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I have just stumbled across a quite decent article in The Atlantic, which I think can add some texture to this conversation -
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/12/false-romance-russia/603433/
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Joined- mbravoYes, if I feel I need to prep more extensively for a conversation, Cake-based or not, I almost always create a page or note somewhere to collect my thoughts, needed facts and quotes, etc. I have no expectations for the discussion platform to manage …2
- mbravo> what the Russian public thinks Also, there's no such thing as Russian public, similarly as there's no abstract American public. Society is highly divided, and many groups just do not have a public voice at all, and/or a very distorted or …5
- mbravoDefinitely don't read or watch RT. Unless for counterpoint. For RT as a source, assume hidden agenda at best, manufactured "facts" and narratives and barefaced lies at their normal worst. It is not trivial to suggest a useful list of …2
- mbravoAs a (rather sad) illustration of the current situation in the kleptocracy-ruled Russian Federation (and as an enlightening episode for those who tend to think "come on, it can't be THAT bad"), here's a link to HackerNews discussion about the …7
- mbravoHow do I find interesting conversations on Cake? I don't. Not in the sense that I don't anything interesting, far from that. But I don't search. I have determined that for the time being the rate of any new conversations popping up is low enough …6
- mbravoTo not just wax philosophically, let me try and list some of the things that I find helpful in reducing entropy around me. Paper-based Bullet Journal method has become quite useful and sticks around, as long as I have the stamina to maintain it …4
- mbravo> My productivity approach is a thousand little hacks. I’m always looking for ways to get things done with less effort or less thinking required. This is probably the absolutely best description of my productivity practices :) also, my role model …4
- mbravoIt is likely a great dramatisation. But let me share some reflexive thoughts - the feeling I was mostly finding within myself while watching this was annoyance. Intellectually, I am usually the first one to remind people in a discussion about the …1
- mbravo> But don't you feel there should be a component of the web that would be considered a public utility. Perhaps. Depends on particulars. E.g. I think something similar to (but better) current PKI infrastructure should be a public utility, and that …2
- mbravo> But why are there different operating systems under Linux? Because Linux is, originally, the kernel. But a workable OS needs more than just the kernel, and there's a myriad ways to package all that extra stuff. Especially so if the packaging is …2
- mbravo> Okay, someone bring the conversation back to Linux. No sooner said than done. Google sells a developer board called Coral, custom-designed for running machine learning tasks. It runs a customised version of Debian Linux, called Mendel.1
- mbravo> I think whether it’s theory or not depends on what happens after the US Presidential election. Thought this was a timely share. I don’t think it’s come up in any of the debates so far. I find the discussion on whether it was capitalism or some …2
- mbravo> Am I wrong in thinking experience in some countries like the Soviet Union makes you more distrustful of public services? It depends. Implicitly, you are correct, and I have personally observed and continue to see this rather sad tendency in …3
mbravoIf you enjoyed Robert Ludlum's books about Jason Bourne, or any of the various movie interpretations of those (I like the ones with Matt Damon, and think they easily outweigh Bondiana movies in the same period), then you might enjoy Treadstone If …- mbravoI feel I should update this conversation with a couple of tools I have discovered since starting it. One is loosely related to RoamResearch via the ZettelKasten topic, it is called TheArchive and is not free, one-time purchase of $19.99 I believe, …1
- mbravoI'm afraid I don't have anything useful to contribute about Kaggle except its existence and that it is considered to be one of the more or less useful playgrounds to tinker around (and get some free compute capacity) when you are exploring data …1
- mbravo> The contract for the web is an example of this. Is it perfect? No. Will FANG fully comply? Probably not. I was just having a conversation with someone who was saying that Facebook and Google signing that contract effectively completely devalues …1
mbravoThanks for the review! I've seen the original Indiegogo campaign, but by the time it shipped, I was already out of my photography cycle and couldn't justify spending on a tool that would just sit in a drawer. But as a former event photographer, I …2- mbravoThis is veering off-topic, but for the purpose of your immediate interests as listed, are you aware of kaggle.com ?
- mbravo> these are problems way beyond the scope of semantics in my estimation. Indeed. I have two large problems reading and comprehending discourse (usually labeled "socialist") similar to the one prevalent in the article you linked. Me having been …2
- mbravoIt *is* a Monty Python production. They have released an anniversary version, partly to make a point that nothing has changed.2
- mbravo> I do get where you are coming from but Tim Berners Lee is a bit more than just a celebrity in my estimation Just to clarify, celebrity status mention was there not to in any way to disparage his contribution, but rather to illustrate the skewed …2
- mbravoand now for a little entertainment break (but still, I think, relevant) https://youtu.be/nT5JBrKC5M02
- mbravo> very vague on how to fix it. Ain't we all? :) I don't know how to fix things at planetary level either, and I am a bit self-congratulatory on the fact that I am not afraid to say it out loud, instead of pretending to have both the silver bullet …8
