Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

@dynamic yes, and the people will fight it. Unfortunately, gradual change won't save the environment, and we're probably going to find out what that means. (Maybe not me; I've probably only got about 20 years left.)

@dynamic Lifestyles definitely take a hit, but the hit in one area produces beneficial change in another. e.g., gas price increases lead to people driving less, but (maybe) moving more.

Reduction in the wealth gap would need to be spread globally. Like I said, "can of worms". First step would be to enforce labor and environmental laws on multinational corporations, which would lead to said corporations finding ways around enforcement, followed by more enforcement, etc.

@dynamic More complicated. Reducing inequality just reduces (or more accurately, puts checks on) the desire to harm. Directing the reduction of future harm in one area into repairing of past harm requires more work.

@dynamic Society needs to understand ecology. Harm to one part effects adverse change in other parts; this applies to environment and society equally. Wealth accumulation is harmful; the wealth has to come at some expense to the system. We see this play out in human terms as war, famine, lack of safety, etc. We see this in environmental terms as climate change, pollution, species extinction, etc. The reduction of wealth accumulation is the current most viable solution.

@dynamic Can of worms... How many people who recycle also buy disposable items? Do people who live in big cities and preach "walkable" ever contemplate the massive transportation infrastructure that is required to get goods into the large city?

Personal environmental responsibility can set an example, but it can't drive mass change very quickly. You can see the same dynamic in other social areas. The broader message is get yours while you can; wealth=celebrity is a huge driver.

Got my daily reminder that Microsoft Teams is really, really, really, bad software. #microsoftsucks

How many people has climate change killed already? https://grist.org/climate/how-many-people-has-climate-change-killed-already/

@fribbledom Pretty soon people's phones/weather stations will be linked to their door/surveillance cameras, and those cameras will look outside and tell people what they are seeing.

@fribbledom Programming in 3GL is wasted time.

@mattedgar The next tendency, as seen in the VW diesel Jetta scandal, is to blame the developers, even though most problems in knowledge development can be traced back to management decisions usually driven by a desire to compress schedules in a process that the management often doesn't understand or measure.

@Matt_Noyes @johnnymac @GuerillaOntologist @ntnsndr Interesting from the Glassdoor talk, "The main problem, he says, is company hiring policies that routinely ask for higher-skilled or more highly educated workers than they’re willing to pay for." One often wonders if companies act against their best interest because they want more outsourcing (visa or out of country) or strictly through ignorance (in actual job needs or worker relations).