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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Christian quote
"The first action to be taken is to pull ourselves together. If we are going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb, when it comes, find us doing sensible and human things -- praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting to our friends over a pint and a game of darts -- not huddled together like frightened sheep and thinking about bombs."
-attributed to C. S. Lewis #Christian #Christianity #Catholic #OrthodoxChristian
Has anyone checked the Chinese spy #balloons for more #classified documents?
The balloons actually remind me more of The #theprisoner than anything else.
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I'm generally against instances blocking and muting people, but I'm 100% in favor of doing it myself.
The difference between me and the typical #fediblock #fediblockmeta stan is that if there's content that's offensive or hurts my feelings, I block the account. If one of the stans comes across objectionable or controversial content, they'll demand that the entire #fediblock #fediblockmeta community block the instances or account.
My experience on free speech instances is wonderful specifically because of the blocks I've instated. And I forgot how wild and reckless the federated timeline on the free speech portion of the #Fediverse is until I convinced a #Fediverse user to try out social.teci.world in order to test #Soapbox lol
"During the civil war, the Union counterfeited Confederate currency and deliberately gave it away in the South to cause massive inflation. "
https://www.kickassfacts.com/fact-of-the-day/2/
Huh. Glad the government doesn't just give money away anymore.
Wondering if the primary goal of taxes is to get the government as much money as possible OR to reward and punish targets with tax benefits and penalties.
It certainly doesn't seem to provide the government with the amount of money to cover the necessary and only the necessary expenses of government with clear limits.
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Twelve year old me: if you tell someone to shoot you in the head, and they do, is it murder?
Literally everyone: what the heck man you're psychotic why are you thinking about something like this?
Literally #Canada in 2022: hey man if you're sad you should come to our place and we'll kill you swiftly 😏
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A list of questions to unpack the moral dimension of any technology
> 1. What sort of person will the use of this technology make of me?
> 2. What habits will the use of this technology instill?
> 3. How will the use of this technology affect my experience of time?
> 4. How will the use of this technology affect my experience of place?
> 5. How will the use of this technology affect how I relate to other people?
...and so on. Excellent
https://thefrailestthing.com/2014/11/29/do-artifacts-have-ethics/
Headed with the kids to the art museum. The list of supplies is longer than it used to be. We now have to take canned soup and super glue, right? Is it one can and one give per kid, or per family?
For the record, I too have not accepted a $50 million 4 year contract to do a podcast.
Tonight's reading from Jeremiah 19 seems like it should be shocking. Even elders among the priests were called out because "the people have forsaken me....they have filled this place with the blood of innocents... to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings...which I did not command or decree, nor did it come into my mind"
Even the religious leaders seem complicit in the death of the youngest children as sacrifice in exchange for... What? The hope of a better life for the adults?
It's framed here as totally foreign and opposite of the ideas of the God of Israel they claimed to represent.
Despite being called out on this by Jeremiah, they don't change and subsequently face divine punishment they evidently thought would never come.
Thinking about how this might apply today...
Headline: #Canada performing more organ transplants from MAID donors than any country in the world
(Definition: MAID means Medical Assistance In Death. See thread for earlier content.)
Excerpts:
“I was rather proud that Canada has done so well in terms of organ donation by MAID patients,” said Arthur Schafer, director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of Manitoba, in an interview with CTV News.
With more than 4,000 Canadians waiting for organ transplants, some of whom are dying, he says Canada’s numbers show a strong move to turn death into a win-win.
“So I say, 'Good on us.' It’s a wonderful opportunity for someone facing death to make something significant out of the end of their life”
...
The MAID recipient is given the medications in their home, and then transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital to have the procedure completed and organs harvested.
We do not want a #church that will move with the world. We want a church that will move the world.
- G.K. #Chesterton
#quote
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Public Notice: Please stop copying and pasting ChatGPT answers to @trailhead questions (or any platform) without fact-checking them!
Note: It has been banned now by @trailhead and @StackOverflow
It doesn't know anything of the past year, and a lot has changed!
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🔖 Things You Should Never Do, Part I – Joel on Software https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/
📝 Over 2 decades old, a classic and still relevant. 'The idea that new code is better than old is patently absurd'. A great (and short) read. Recommended.
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2023 carrying on where 2022 left off (unsurprisingly). Not a great time to be working for a big tech company.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4062243/amazon-cut-jobs
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4062221/salesforce-hired-people-cut
I don't disown ten percent of our family when times get tough. I don't banish our children when they don't perform.
I grow concerned when a corporate culture is built on telling employees that their work is now their family. Even the healthiest corporation isn't a family...and presenting it as if it is seems unhealthy to me.
With Salesforce leting go 10% of its Ohana (Hawaiian for "family") employees, I find it helpful to remember the importance of family and other support systems in addition to the workplace.
#Colorado plans to send more migrants to New York
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https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/03/colorado-migrants-new-york-00076115
In 2021 I broke my lower leg, then ran my first #marathon 7 months later.
In 2022 I didn't run much.
I'm 2023 I'm trying something new. 1% daily improvement. Today I ran 1.03 miles. About 18 steps further than yesterday.
It feels a little silly to ONLY increase one percent over the prior day. However...
If I increase one percent each day, I'll be #running a half marathon in September and would be on track for over 37 miles per day by year end, without ever adding more than 0.37 miles per day.
I may hover at the half marathon distance once I reach it. Or plans may change. It's an experiment.
- 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
