Gemini Links 08/04/2024: Human Circle of Trust, Freedom and Power
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GNU/Linux
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Gemini* and Gopher
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Personal/Opinions
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🔤SpellBinding: CDNOWUT Wordo: LYRES
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April 8, 2024 - Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (W)
All the rich among the people shall entreat Thy countenance: after her shall virgins be brought to the King: her neighbors shall be brought to thee in gladness and rejoicing.
Psalm: My heart hath uttered a good word: I speak my works to the King.
Glory be to the Father. All the rich among the people shall entreat Thy countenance: after her shall virgins be brought to the King: her neighbors shall be brought to thee in gladness and rejoicing.
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2024 Week 14: Status and Photos
My weekend away from civilization has reminded me of a few things.
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I Want To Be Involved
Ok so this isn't what I was planning to write today, you were supposed to get either me talking about a game jam I should be working on, or my weird opinions on a niche platformer game and how it peaked at games 2/2.5 out of 4 BUT instead you get somewhat of a vent post! Sorry!
I am a transwoman. I'm not out as such at work so most see me as a guy... it's not too much of a problem but it is sad I can't be myself/I have to be careful with how I say things.
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Technology and Free Software
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Towards an Human Circle of Trust
It’s been clear for some time that the power elites have decided to corral the global populace under a new cyberfeudal order using AI bots of various calibres. The order of the day is data peonage.
In the explicit realms of war or policing, this means surveillance and targeting solutions determined by AI. Before long the weapons of war will be under direct AI control. QED, remaining fig leaves of human oversight on automated war are already being abolished. The IDF is currently pioneering these systems to maximum collateral attrition upon the people of Gaza.
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How notifications support “normal work”
I love notifications because I can otherwise very easily get into super unhealthy “check-check-checking” obsessive behavior.
They need to be few and good but once they’re there, they help me so much.
There is this whole “deep work” productivity culture obsession with hating on notifications, and when I do hyperfocus I often turn notifications off. That needs to be easy to do, and I do that all the time.
But there is a level of focus just before that depth, let’s call it “normal work”. If deep work is twenty thousand leagues under the sea, this is nineteen leagues down. Figuratively speaking.
For me, “normal work” it’s just as valuable, maybe even more valuable since it’s not as obsessive and not as neglectful of my well-being as a whole, and I can’t get there if I’m in check-check-checking hell.
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What counts as screentime?
I’ve been talking to some friends and to my surprise a few of them said that reading comics or books on the tablet doesn’t count as screentime! And maybe they’re right, I dunno.
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About Freedom and Power
Freedom is the right to do whatever you want. Power is the right to force others to do what you want. Power is, by definition, being able to restrict others’ freedoms.
Copyleft is a tool that gives you freedom but no power.
Permissive licenses give freedom and power, allowing already powerful people to restrict the freedoms of others.
That’s why powerful people (and those dreaming of being powerful) don’t like copyleft. When you are accustomed to the privilege of power, freedom of others sounds like oppression.
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Internet/Gemini
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Bubbles and allowlists
My take on a lot of their moderation calls is that it makes sense for their instance and I agree with the call for their instance. For example an instance with many users of a vulnerable group would usually need to have a lower threshold for instance-blocking than an instance with fewer users to protect since the fewer users you yourself have, the better you can respond to attacks on them.
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My experience with Secure Scuttlebutt
Secure Scuttlebutt is an utterly charming idea like messages in a bottle. You send stuff and get to know people in a way that feels disconnected from the normal public internet. The idea is that as you’re walking around with your phone in your pocket, or sitting at the pub or whatever, you can exchange data and when you get home you can look at what you harvested.
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