poetaster

In Germany, Fusion and not Fission is the future (ducks and runs).

Hmmm. Marketing works!? Well having been a sucessfull .com era ad co. founder, I suceeded in raking in the cash of the uniniated (automobile, etc, so no tears) only to see companies literally obliterated by marketing. TV was then still 20 times the spend. Still, marketing had 0 clue. Fun to drink with at the theatre, sure. I was CTO, so, shrug? No, I was incensed and tried to talk other managers client side out of giving ME money. I know some clever people in marketing, but when they smell budget, it's a movie shoot in the sahara time.

I do think things are better in some sense today. But it is a hungry beast, marketing. Oh, and lies and statistics.

You are obviously a free climber of some renown! I once sprang from a 2nd floor balcony and landed in a roll. I don't want to think about the amount of alcohol that was involved. Way over. I try to tell that as a cautionary tale. But then, not a scratch. Ok. Now, back to AA.

Really nice that it's multi-track. I've done a bit of byte muzak, but this is more fun and instructive since you see and hear the fns.

If I am being very cynical, I say that people abuse/use the suffering of others for their own gain. PR from corps aligning with progressive aims is what I have in mind. I have seen it working with NGOs, too. Not saying we should not put the pressure on. Obviously institutions need pressure applied. But if it is always 'both barrels', we will alienate the old, the conservatives and the christians. Seeing the destruction of the political left in germany, I doubt the extreme pressure wave will yield anything but reaction. Trump 2.0.

An ex of mine was back stabbed so viciously in a feminist culture producing context funding play (the 1990s), that I have become very sceptical. I used to run around wearing a badge, Ich bin gegen mich, (I am against myself). I have stopped this.

The author clearly states that Abott's position was not relevant to the talk he was to present. Wether his position on admittance us congruent with progress in client science has yet to be adressed.

Who is imputing that a nationwide published scientist has no tact but is themself the model of said tact. Myopic.

I think you are missing the point that affirmative action, which I am for, is done a disservice when we descend to PR games. Knee jerk reactions serve no one.

Sea of words was being generous. At about the first mention of satanism, my tolerance dropped to zero.

I have a frame. 28 hours. M/W/F I do 8 hours, am available. T/T I do 2, alone. Sometimes I do more. I have the good fortune to say when and where, but this gives me modalities and no one has to wait too long and I get quality work time in both parts. Pay is not that good, perks are.

I climbed over a wall in a police station to get into the loo to pee at .25. Drank a litre of water, climbed back over, sat on a bench and waited for someone to give me the drill. Leaving out a lot of details, wound up buying a piano. I don't drink and drive, though. That's mad.

For my older pies I found https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/projects/raspberrypi/tutorials/os/ great. But this is arm assembly territory. I believe subsequent generations of pi have had good tutorials. OS, of course, is a very large, encompassing term. What is a minimal OS?

I used to do this properly. One vanity got the better of me. Got some work to do. TGF SQL.

I have not laughed so loud since before the virus that shall have no vogon name.

There's a Baxter novel in that line!

Qt/qml works for. With python sometimes.

Qt/qml works for me. Write once.

I think that is a reference to amateur photography.

For all my love of chording and old macs, for that matter, trackpoint touch typist I will ever remain. I rever Doctorow, but I reward myself otherwise. Smoking Cuban on occassion. A new used thinkpad every 2 years or ssd. The builds run in obs and writing can nicely obtain on a light x220.

I learned to couch surf in the 1980s, west coast Canada, US and Europe. Convivial people in the arts, music and so. Even surfed a barn couch in southern france. Biking and hiking was sometimes a common denominator. Internet optional.

Must admit it's the first positive framed use I've read. Reminded me of the GPL as my contract with other GNU guys. Sort a.

Ah. And read Feynman!

Damn. I got a rush from learning to touch type on the IBM Selectricks....

Me too! Astounded to write sprites to a screen. Objects. Collision detection.

Ach. I only programmed on the c64. I never enjoyed playing games. Programming sid! Radio shack computers also had a role. Radio shack.

Kids and arduinos belong together.

German lumber is as badly milled as anywhere. My fortune is friends with tools.

xhk (etc). Nice spotting. You saved someone from drownig.

I agree that 3 hours on hannons (pattern excercices) on the piano a day might hold you back. But that's not playful. I built my own metronome. Disasemble the piano! Really. I admit that I will never be a good pianist, but have made good music, with others, on keys. It is really difficult to be mindfull and conscious of your production. I try swapping modalities. Loop record some chords on top of euclidean rythms... Swap to the drums. Obviously the dilettante approach can also be a dead end. But I've been learning music, more and more this way for decades. I'll never be a virtuoso, but have recordings where I think, wow, was that really me? Does help to play with others who help 'carry' you. I have a similar approach to software.

PS. I did have to save for the basement studio.