SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org
- Current Life Chapter Title
- Something Smells Terrible
- More Seriously
- Fighting the long defeat
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
I'm a #Dad of several from toddler to teen, #Husband, #Christian, #Anglican, Unaffiliated #conservatarian, Software #Developer, #Coloradan, Reader of paper #books, Card and BoardGamer, #tea drinker, solving problems and helping millions escape extreme poverty as a #Salesforce #Architect at an amazing nonprofit.
Joined Aug 2018
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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C.S. Lewis ( on government response to #COVID and other crises?)
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Thanks for the welcome, #@freemo Here's my #introduction .
I'm...
• a dad of a handful of kiddos, married, living in Colorado.
• a Christian in the Anglican tradition, and suppose I'm an unaffiliated conservatarian.
• a reader, working through the great novels as well as easier/fun books and nonfiction.
• a card and board game player and am happily teaching more to my kids as they get older.
• short on free time. I enjoy a philosophical pipe as I read and/or reflect, and occasionally get my guitar or bow/arrows out to learn new skills.
• a software developer... and have been for a very long time, now in the world of APIs and cloud development (CRM/SFDC).
The #Onion bought #Infowars. Hey @BabylonBee, #MSNBC is for sale.
SecondJon
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The craziest thing is that the left had all kinds of Joe Rogans, they own the establishment media. Arguably, they used to have Joe Rogan.
The problem is that being authentic and honest and having a highly controlled hyperpartisan message are mutually exclusive goals.
Now, some might go "But Joe Rogan is hyperpartisan!" which would only show that person's own personal biases, which right now are "anyone who disagrees with our partisan message in any way is literally the hyperparisan opposite of me".
in a sane world, Joe is probably center-left to solidly left. It's only in clown world that he's considered some far right figure.
The problem is that being authentic and honest and having a highly controlled hyperpartisan message are mutually exclusive goals.
Now, some might go "But Joe Rogan is hyperpartisan!" which would only show that person's own personal biases, which right now are "anyone who disagrees with our partisan message in any way is literally the hyperparisan opposite of me".
in a sane world, Joe is probably center-left to solidly left. It's only in clown world that he's considered some far right figure.
So glad the news article I just read pointed out that Elon Musk's company "X" used to be named Twitter.
First time I'd heard that. 😜
#Salesforce's pricing on "#Agentforce" #AI chatbots at $2.50 per conversation seems to price it out as an option. One AI "conversation" per day may cost customers more than the entirety of the user's otherwise all-encompassing user license.
uspol, tracking expectations vs. reality
Someone needs to track what I'm seeing is expected with a Trump win:
- internment Camps
- mass executions
- outlawing divorce
- end of democracy, no more elections. ever.
And track when these things happen. Headlines I've seen so far with a Trump win:
- Charges dropped
- Migrant caravans turning around
- Hamas wanting to stop the war
- EU shifting to buy American instead of Russian Energy
- NY pulling back on sanctuary city policy (with stopping cash payments)
SecondJon
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Filing this away in a document for something I want to write about solipsistic engineering. It's a nasty attribute of modern software that most of it overestimates its own importance.
Users don't want software, they want the results of software!
uspol, coalition, media
The new administration transition team is a coalition team including 2 who ran for the presidency in the Democrat Primary?
Tulsi got more support from Democrats than Harris in the 2020 primary, RFK took a shot at the primary which Harris avoided. This is weird. It doesn't seem divisive, it seems like a coalition. That doesn't match the media narrative. Could the media narrative be wrong?
"Other transition team members include Vice President-elect JD Vance, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-transition-team-reveals-whats-next-after-historic-victory
uspol, hate, anger, love
What are the chances that post-election Americans will look at their neighbours and consider they may not be the embodiment of pure evil, but neighbours with diversity of background, experience, priorities, and ideas?
The seething hate for the majority of voting Americans who just elected both a president and vice president who are both married to immigrants is.. unhealthy and possibly unsustainable.
In a healthy way we can reconsider our hatred for each other, be gracious, kind, and learn to love our neighbours. Or the growing hate will explode, damaging relationships at a minimum and possibly actual lives. Anger and hate are not far from murder.
“You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell." - Jesus, Mt 5.
Trump election
These wild eyed "apocalyptically bad" predictions...
Like many times divorced Trump outlawing divorce?!...
Are on the one hand hilarious because they're so divorced from reality (pardon the pun) but also tragically sad that people have themselves bought into this disconnect from reality and are in psychological anguish because they've bought the big lie that anyone not a Democrat is the embodiment of evil. It's like a mass psychosis. What a world.
Trump election
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I genuinely hope that you guys having mental breakdowns over #Trump winning are doing better in a month or two.
SecondJon
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Don't blame the voters.
Obviously there are plenty of bigots in the GOP base, but many of them are simply ignorant or outright misinformed by the media they consume.
It's literally the job of a campaign to gain more votes than their opponent. Accepting the border hysteria, not distancing from the incumbent, flopping on progressive policies like single payer, caring more about getting Rep votes and taking dem. ones for granted, misogynists didn't do that. The Kamala Harris campaign did that.
uspol, evil, faith
Seeing posts of people being scared, broken, paralyzed, angry from the news that democracy worked today - votes were peacefully cast and counted - but their preferred candidate lost.
We place too much faith in our politicians and our government. We all get emotional about things we're invested in. Fair enough.
But the core problem in society is sin; and no government or politician can fix that.
"the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either – but right through every human heart" - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Government can't fix these problems. It's a form of idolatry to believe it can. Folks from all sides can easily fall into this, as our hearts are idol making machines.
uspol
History question... Have we ever had a president AND vice president both married to immigrants?
SecondJon
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A local story
Xcel Energy pitching small nuclear reactors when talking to the City Council of Aurora CO. Post 2030 deliveries.
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Mark Cuban, congratulate Donald Trump.
#trumpPresident #donaldtrump #electionnight #trump2024
uspol
And... they're calling it. Just a few outlets so far. Others still have #Trump at 230, 246,247, 267.
Trump is winning both the electoral college and the popular vote, and is winning in all yet-to-be-called swing states.
Interesting to see the different outlets calling states very differently. American conservatives seem to be overconfident given the surprises the last 2 elections.
8 years ago we watched melt-downs on live TV as Clinton lost to Trump. 4 years ago we went to bed thinking Trump had won and work up with states having flipped in the night.
SecondJon
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When I first came to the U.S. 12 years ago I was annoyed that everyone was telling me that this is the greatest country in the world. Now I am tired of hearing that this is the worst country in the world.
It’s true that this country has only extremes
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Most software devs are not hired to reinvent the wheel. It's a difficult temptation to fight because we all have the confidence that we could build a better wheel. And we lose focus on delivering business value to spin our wheels.
- Current Life Chapter Title
- Something Smells Terrible
- More Seriously
- Fighting the long defeat
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
I'm a #Dad of several from toddler to teen, #Husband, #Christian, #Anglican, Unaffiliated #conservatarian, Software #Developer, #Coloradan, Reader of paper #books, Card and BoardGamer, #tea drinker, solving problems and helping millions escape extreme poverty as a #Salesforce #Architect at an amazing nonprofit.
Joined Aug 2018
