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Article: "Tech was supposed to fix X"

Narrator: "Tech made X far far worse"

"Tech" practices problem-space-reduction to reach MVP, reducing messy, complex, human situations to linear engineering problems, optimized for what "works in most cases" where "most cases" is bounded by systemic and institutional bias (including systemic racism).

Systemic bias is an inseparable part of organizational culture, the common pattern of thinking that goes with it, and the premises by which all human systems function. Therefore each of us has a systemic bias. However, we may be unaware of its unstated assumptions. compression institute, 2011

Hence, "Tech" makes many things far, far worse.

Shut Up, Moby #racism #the90s #butimvegan https://www.good.is/articles/shut-up-moby-how-the-but-i-m-a-vegan-problem-is-ruining-progressives dammit, Moby is the soundtrack of much of my 20s

Best Nesting Or Laying Boxes For Chickens https://selfsufficientme.com/poultry/chickens/best-nesting-or-laying-boxes-for-chickens #bookmark #chickens #rurallife

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to-show-or-not-to-show tags: mastodon,playviscious,ui title: Post Activity in Mastodon - to show or not to show twitter_id: "1232318268884389888" twitter_url: https://twitter.com/steveivy/status/1232318268884389888

For the most part I appreciate the design decision that the #mastodon developers made to not show reply/boost/fave numbers on the feed lists, because it puts more focus on the content and less on gaming an algorithm for popularity or "engagement".

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but I also realize that this makes it harder to know if there are responses! For example, this post by Jun on #playviscious actually has an interesting thread that I'm learning from, but nothing in the UI signifies that there is more content to find connected to the post.

I wonder if there could be an additional affordance in the #UI that there are replies (boosts and faves not so much)?

My response to agreeing with something online should be "say so and amplify it", not "say something clever and self-centering #amplifytruth

Twitter is testing new ways to fight misinformation — including a community-based points system https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/twitter-testing-new-ways-fight-misinformation-including-community-based-points-n1139931 #twitter #community #moderation

Rage Against The [white, privileged] Machine https://twitter.com/michaelharriot/status/1231800076021968897 #institutionalracism #investing

None#mood: Deftones, White Pony, 2000

What is Dimensional Model in Data Warehouse? https://www.guru99.com/dimensional-model-data-warehouse.html #bookmark remarkable informative #datawarehouse #dataengineering

Getting my Matrix on #thematrix

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Converting a small playground #python data pipeline from ruffus to #apachebeam and wrecking my assumptions

https://beam.apache.org/

Data Processing with Apache Beam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ppsHzhdTnU&feature=youtu.be #bookmark #dataprocessing

Posting UI #experiment #goldfrog

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So I don't forget: Unacceptable by Helene Schouten https://medium.com/@scaryh/unacceptable-4cdca86ba0db #bookmark #racism #economics #america

Swiping #Macos Spaces feels very #scifi on a curved monitor #swoosh

wanting to be able to post from my phone has me learning about css grid and flexbox, so there's that #css #webdevelopment

I've started messing around a bit with javascript-enhanced UIs for #goldfrog. Rather than use all of JQuery, I decided on a small subset of Jquery's functionality as implemented by Sprint.JS.

1. I only load the JS for me, since I'm logged in.
2. It's only used on the home page to power the new switchable post form, and
3. It powers a character-counter for the note UI.

Here's the new posting UI:

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I'm trying to implement some basic progressive enhancement - the forms work as is without javascript, but the switcher and the counter are niceties for me, the author.

while being a privileged beneficiary thereof, I can say that #capitalism is objectively terrible

None#standingdesk update: it's been 2 hours. Legs aching, back on fire, sweat breaks out across my brow. Never has anyone striven for so much, so long. Rescue unlikely, expecting the sweet embrace of death. Tell my wife I loved her #drama