Alan Avram Shteynberg ☑️ @absolutus@qoto.org

#introduction Hi. I had written an earlier post but it lacked details. So a grad student in physics, with applications in (macro-)economics. Have my fingers in lots of pies: Pyrotechnics, Science popularization, Freelance on machine learning and deep learning. Like to learn new languages - computer and human. Interested in new pedagogical techniques and/or bringing teaching into the 21st century. Looking to discuss on any/every topic under the sun. Good day!

I saw this and I thought of #QOTO

I love the community we have built here. No one waiting in the bushes to assault you if you say something they dont agree with; just acceptance and inclusion of everyone's ideas, it is wonderful!

#ANPUD Short Films Competition 2018 – Change Perspectives https://filmcompetition.anpud.org/

Anyone From India?

#Help wanted!
With some friends we are setting up a local informal environmentalist group, with the aim of pushing forward good practices, spread sustainability, ecological awareness, and this kind of #solarpunk. stuff.

So far we are planning of doing #permaculture , #food production, #composting workshops, #Seed library, #GuerrillaGardening, collective purchase from #RegenerativeAgriculture farms, but we'd like to have more on the todo list.

Help me get out of our echo chamber, and give me your ideas about more activities we could engage ourselves and the local communities in.

Thanks!

if a sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, is a sufficiently mundane technology indistinguishable from its context?

ex: nobody thinks of language as a technology but here we are with a decentralized system of overlapping transient protocols that we use to hack each other’s brains because we literally cannot imagine a society without communication

#QOTO just hit 1400 users just now! Congrats everyone!

You guys left the US to NL.. wonder why O.o ! May be Trump effect..

Hi from South Africa

yo qoto.. hello from Morocco!

Hello world !! Other devs here ? 💻 #introduction #introductions.

Integrity is very, very important to me. Integrity, in this case, is a consistent set of rules. A framework of behavior and how you should be as a person.

Integrity does not, typically, have caveats and addendum. It needs to be consistent to be worth a damn.

People, I've found, respect integrity. All people, regardless of where they are.

I really internalized the concept of integrity while working as a Corrections Officer for the South Carolina Department of Corrections.

My Lieutenant had a mantra for how to interact with inmates, and it has stuck with me for well over a decade: "Firm, Fair, and Consistent."

He was right- arbitrary application of rules and policies just caused problems for everyone.

It should be the same in your behavior and world-view. Firm, fair, and consistent.

I consider myself amoral because I feel that morals and ethics are situational. That, at times, such codes require flexibility.

What is right in one situation is not right in a second, perhaps similar situation.

This being the case, my internal rule set is a general guideline. It gives me enough flexibility to be in a particular situation and find a solution that I feel comfortable with, while giving me the 'Hard Stop' I need to keep my keel straight.

"Firm, Fair, and Consistent'. Those are my words to live by.

Finally, I have one last thing to add to this, as I feel this more or less gives the general jist of who I am.

TL;DR: Be Excellent To Eachother. Treat yourself and others with respect. Find Love and Beauty, especially when everything is turning to shit.

I love you #QOTO , and I love you #Mastodon. I hope the best for each of you, and I hope you have a BEAUTIFUL day.

Torch Red #FF1E36
Black Russian #160121

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My 7 year old son told me he "googled up" the "least fast car in the world" & was bitterly disappointed because he got a page of Porsches & Lamborghinis, etc. Ah-ha, I thought, it's time we have that talk. About search expressions. #LibrarianDad