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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“Once we searched Google, but now Google searches us. Once we thought of digital services as free, but now surveillance capitalists think of us as free.” https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/20/shoshana-zuboff-age-of-surveillance-capitalism-google-facebook
"And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost." - Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
With many new advances in technology, something significant is lost. Things are forgotten in our rush to progress. We traded quality food with family and friends for quick, nukable dishes in front of the entrainment on screens. We traded our feeling of untethered adventure and independence to be tied to smart phones with cool apps. We traded signatures with personality for block lettered print so we could type instead of writing.
I think we ought to spend more time evaluating what is lost with our advances. Consider what value we risk forgetting in our glee for advancement in some aspect. Work to preserve things that matter. I suspect it's up to us in tech to lead in this, as we're often the ones delivering the new ways of doing things.
I'm always glad to see fellow fountain pen user @freemo here, and others who refuse some technology like always-on listening devices. We need more of this. I still have a few working rotary phones and mow my lawn when a non motorized push reel mower, haven't had home internet for a couple of years, just using mobile device hotspots. I'm not against technology, just against lack of discernment with its adoption...I also lead a software dev team and am a fan of my robot vacuum and motorized window shades.
Striking Blow Against Toxic Masculinity, Man Graciously Allows Wife To Shovel Driveway
I have a difficult time getting work ready for offshore developers. Any suggestions?
A 12 hour time offset makes knowledge transfer difficult, and I feel like in the time I spend to prep the work for them, I could have just completed the work. As it is, they hit blocks at 3am my time and then lots of billed hours are unproductive.
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@Surasanji No such thing as free healthcare. The only difference is if your forced to pay for it or if its your choice, as well as how much freedom you have in what you buy.
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The evening was hectic, and I almost forgot about the #LunarEclipse. I had literally just put my son to bed when I remembered, "The #eclipse!" We went out to see if the sky was clear.
Clouds were rushing across the sky, but for the most part, it was clear, and we had a perfect view of the #moon looking like a dark brown chunk of rock in the sky.
(Then I spent 10 minutes fighting with camera settings while he went back to bed.)
The minimum wage hike resulting in layoffs. This result helps those who were earning less.
Had a surprising and fun brief conversation about fountain pens at work today.
#factcheck: Trump said the food was piled a mile high.
Result : false. The food didn't literally tower one mile high. Impeach! Immediately! Liar!
Next up? : Trump once mentioned sunrise. Fact check false, the sun doesn't actually rise, the earth rotates. Trump must be a flat earther! Impeach! Now!
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I wish I hadn't switched to a double edge razor years ago, so that I could drop their products now..
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I think if you take intersectionality far enough, dividing people up into smaller and smaller groups, you ultimately wind up with individualism.
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The federal "shutdown" would more accurately be called a default. It hasn't suspended any functions; it's just stopped paying for them.
Standard business practice is that paying employees comes ahead of nearly all other obligations, but Washington has defaulted on salaries. The answer to this ought to be healthy distrust in the federal government, but it's just going to be more partisan battles with no thought of fundamentals.
- 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
