Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa
Joined May 2019
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@BrokenBiscuit Being ENDLESSLY PRODUCTIVE is kind of hammered into us but it in my experience that doesn't really lead to good work, ironically.
Personally, it took me a long time to unlearn it and I still go back and forth, but the best work I put out is work that comes from me being deliberate in my process instead of just banging my head when I'm not feeling it.
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Who speaks for the self-employed blue collar folks? This important question has not received enough attention.
In Netherlands the battle for the self-employed construction workers is being fought between unions and an organisation for entrepreneurs.
A new article "Organizing of the self-employed in the Dutch construction sector" on Mutual Interest, a free online newspaper #coop owned by the readers and writers.
Become a founder member here: https://opencollective.com/mutual-interest-media
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Gove says scientific advisers determined what was held in PPE pandemic stockpile - https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/apr/28/uk-coronavirus-live-news-minutes-silence-to-commemorate-key-workers-who-have-died?page=with:block-5ea81ff68f083b3d4d11ec9b#block-5ea81ff68f083b3d4d11ec9b here we go, people: UK gov preparing to throw all its scientific advisers under the bus...
@byllgrim@mastodon.xyz Yes. The term is not well defined, because it mixes generations and abstractions. I should quit using it. Capers Jones has an interesting chart in ISBN: 9780071502443, that assigns productivity level to programming language. ASSEMBLY = 1.0, C = 2.5, PASCAL = 3.5, C++ = 6.0, Smalltalk = 15.0, SQL = 27.0, Spreadsheets = 50.0
The numbers are based on actual data collected, but sample sizes may vary. They also change with project size.
@byllgrim@mastodon.xyz OK. That clarifies things. It should be noted that it's hard to KISS at that level of programming. The best way to simplify is go as abstract as possible, but many people concentrate on becoming good at the one thing that fits their current viewpoint and stagnate.
I've learned a lot from a lot of people who for various reasons never went to college. School is no measure of intelligence; it just a measure of how well you can follow orders. Too many so called progressives don't seem to know this. They want to stereotype people into categories that allow them to feel more comfortable with their world views. Then they can feel better about buying a house in the "right" neighborhood with the "right" schools.
" "Don't ever play a worker to be a fool," Jim Wright recalling his days as a steward for [FE] Local 236. " - The Long Deep Grudge by Toni Gilpin. The FE (United Farm Equipment Workers of America) was a progressive union racially integrated from the leadership in down in the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s.
The UAW used red-baiting and race-baiting to finally overcome it. Kind of like what the Democratic Party is doing to progressive movements right now.
DNC should need the quote.
@byllgrim@mastodon.xyz weird to classify Unix (OS) and oop (Programming style) as peers and somehow at odds. If you view Unix as represented by C programming, and oop as represented by C++, then yes, at the 3GL level, there is argument over which to use. Maybe a broader OOP vs functional/procedural programming?
Hopefully you're saying you've learned how to get out of the 3GL mud, which where the real problem solving should occur.
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Halt destruction of #nature or suffer even worse #pandemics, say world’s top scientists | #Coronavirus outbreak | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/27/halt-destruction-nature-worse-pandemics-top-scientists
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Publicly funded research belongs to the public.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/04/lengthening-patent-terms-10-years-exactly-wrong-response-covid-19
More on the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe.
Capitalism suppresses innovation.
http://inthesetimes.com/features/covid-19-coronavirus-vaccine-capitalism-socialism-innovation.html
The power is always in the people's hands.
http://inthesetimes.com/article/22479/capitalism-failing-coronavirus-stress-test-labor-covid-19
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This Is America #115: Brooklyn Tenants on Rent Strike Talk May 1st https://itsgoingdown.org/this-is-america-115-brooklyn-tenants-on-rent-strike-talk-may-1st/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Small business stimulus money going to Trump donors. Anyone surprised?
https://theintercept.com/2020/04/24/coronavirus-small-business-loans-trump-donors-ppp/
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Despite record amounts of philanthropy by obscenely rich folks who are answerable to no one, things are getting worse, not better. The plutocrats be plutin' - https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/plutocrats-at-work-how-big-philanthropy-undermines-democracy
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If any of you aren't aware of it, Kate Raworth's Doughnut Economics is the thinking we need to revitalise into a better world, post-COVID-19, not merely return to where we work. Intro: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018686503/kate-raworth-on-doughnut-economics
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#Insect numbers down 25% since 1990, global study finds | #Insects | The Guardian
#Science #Biology #Zoology #Entomology #Conservation #Ecology #Biodiversity #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Pollution #Pesticides
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"Billionaire Donald Trump asks the UK government to bail out his golf courses in Scotland"
You couldn't even make this shit up if you tried really hard.
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa
Joined May 2019
