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    7 months ago

    Never be an early adopter. You get the most shitty and unfinished version of the thing and all you get in return is that assholes are impressed 😛

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    Ditching technology lol. It’s proven to be very bad for us. There is also research showing that the younger a child gets their first phone, the higher likelyhood they will have depression.

    Plus so many sites and tech are so enshittified that avoiding them entirely is a better alternative. Our technology is getting faster and faster yet software runs slower and slower to make you buy new hardware. Try running Linux on an old computer vs Windows and you’ll see what I mean.

    I work in IT and I swear technology is here to suck us dry. And all those “smart” devices, from TV’s, ovens, security cameras, all spy on you for data.

    I know I sound like a nut head but look into it at least a little. There’s a reason every company is so keen to make everything “smart” with wireless connectivity, despite every consumer calling it stupid.

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    Soil farming.

    I sh!t you not, we need this. Topsoil in many parts of the world is leached of nutrients, or packed with chemical by-products of insecticide, herbicide, and fertilizers, or the topsoil has eroded away. Or, it’s buried under concrete, asphalt, glass, and steel.

    Soil farming for vertical farms, indoor cultivation at home, and replacing some other food growth options just makes good sense.

    3D-Printed Houses

    Hear me out. Right now, they’re small and ugly as f*ck; but that’s a design issue. Getting the materials and designs right can encourage mass adoption of sustainable design, waste sequestration, and abundant housing.

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      7 months ago

      Why are you typing “sh!t” and “f*ck”? You’re allowed to swear on the internet, you know.

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        Hahaha. I’m a teacher. It is better to err on the side of caution. Never know when I’m actually sleep-typing an email and forget to be cordial.

        It’s more about self-discipline and self-awareness rather than self-censorship. The self-censorship kicks in when I’m in the classroom, and some kid feels the need to act a damn fool.

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          Surely just don’t use the swears at all if you want to be cautious? I doubt it’s any less professional to type “f*ck” in a work email rather than “fuck”!

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            I curse in my sleep typing. And, I surely don’t use the swears in my professional moments.

            It takes curse words to get some people’s attention or to confirm that I am not a robot. Whenever we get to the point that open, honest, civil conversation is once again the norm, I won’t use them.

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      7 months ago

      …american residential houses are neither expensive nor slow to construct and 3D printed houses aren’t significantly cheaper nor faster: what’s expensive is land and infrastructure and what’s slow is permitting…

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        You know those pictures you see of beautiful wooden chalets in the swiss Alps etc?

        Yeah they’re not wooden, they’re basically made by pouring liquid concrete in to a massive “mould” for the floor and walls, then covered with wood to make it pretty

        The idea of 3d printed ones is the same, but without the hassle of making the mould

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    Bidet attachment for a toilet. You can get them cheap, or spend a bit more for heated seats, warmed water, fans for drying, etc. Best bathroom decision ever.

    Countertop electric water distiller. For a reasonable price you can get a countertop water distiller that runs a gallon for like $0.15. No more microplastics, chlorine, ammonia, lead, or facial matter in your drinking water! Tastes SO GOOD, nothing like the plastic filled distilled water from the store, blech. Every time we make a batch, we’ll smell the sticky residue left in the heating chamber and gag. It is nasty stuff. In our tap water, gross. Clean water for me please! Makes our coffee, tea, and kumbucha taste a lot better too.

    Getting into a healthy BMI and daily exercise is pretty epic too. You’ll just feel better every day.

    As climate change gets worse, having resilience like stored food and water will be helpful to deal with more frequent natural disasters. No sense bothering with fancy meal packets, a couple dozen big cans of dried beans will go a long way if there’s a shelter in place order.

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    Well, I’m currently working on GitHub encryption plugin, that will encrypt your code on the repository from prying eyes (somebody tell me if I’m being paranoid please 🙈)

    Any one who needs to download the source code will need the plugin agent installed on the machine, that will prove that user is human, then the user will obtain token for decryption of downloaded repository.

    I don’t trust Microsoft

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      Keybase had encrypted repos for private use back then. If you don’t trust Microsoft—and you shouldn’t—then stop using their products like GitHub instead of trying to build hacks atop a proprietary platform since you can’t directly modify the code.

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        trying to build hacks atop a proprietary platform

        LoL Hack indeed

        Here’s a link to Keybase info, for curious minds

        This uses git remote helpers, I was about to completely ignore git as a middle-men

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      You are being paranoid.

      Assuming you’re using Github to publish your own free and open-source software, remember that this is one of the basic tenets of FOSS:

      The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose

      Even purposes you don’t like or agree with.

      If you’re worried about megacorps stealing your code without giving you credit, just licence your code under the GPL or AGPL. They won’t touch it with a 10-foot pole.

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        just licence your code under the GPL or AGPL. They won’t touch it with a 10-foot pole.

        Well should I be worried about openAI touching the code then?

        With copyright infringement all over the place, I bet they have infringe more copylefts than they will ever admit.