@angelobottone@qoto.org

For todays Follow friday I can think of a lot of new faces some old I just want to mention again.

Also sorry for so many people always being from #QOTO. Thats just a consequence of meeting so many amazing people here. I will try to add more foreign accounts in the future.

@iankenway - Director of the Centre for Information Ethics and Public Policy

@Trillenial - Software Developer, into philosophy

@pansapiens - New to QOTO so can use a few follows, he is a programmer and into bioinformation.

@peterdrake - Computer science professor.

@Rovine - Developer, uses this space as a learning log

@arteco - He is back! our moderator and friend was away for away, but he is back. Great to follow him, when he posts its usually about various backyard projects.

There are also two project of my own that will have accounts here worth mentioning, both open-source projects.

@protowaffle - For protoboards I design and sell, but are open-source. It will start posting soon here.

@aparapi - Open-source library that allows Java, and any JVM language, to run on a GPU. The project is very active and will start posting soon here.

#FF #FollowFriday #Follow

"“I never said that *I* am happy that Magdalen is dying of brain cancer. I merely said that I think such an attitude is ethically justified when the person dying has engaged in extreme harassment of a marginalized group ...,” McKinnon tweeted.

McKinnon has also tweeted that her comments about being happy when bad people die is a common ethical question. " https://www.postandcourier.com/news/the-tweet-heard-round-the-world-charleston-professor-sparks-global/article_4a462cda-c9c7-11e9-8134-d32dc721835d.html

Busted for running an illegal commercial surrogacy ring.
Trafficking in women and babies #humanrightsviolations https://vietnamnews.vn/society/524391/ha-noi-police-bust-commercial-surrogacy-ring.html#37u7D1KkacFXjiou.99

I saw the violent Hong Kong protests https://spectator.us/violent-hong-kong-protests/ #hongkong

A little walkthrough/tutorial I wrote explaining Bayes Theorem, Conditional Probabilities, and Unconditional Probabilities.

https://discourse.qoto.org/t/conditional-probabilities-and-bayes-theorem/46

#Math #Mathematics #Maths #Science #Discourse #MachineLearning #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

The grim reality of surrogacy in Ukraine

Irish media often present surrogacy as an uncontroversial option for couples who struggle with infertility but we rarely hear reports about children who have been abandoned by commissioning adults, or about the poor women who have acted as surrogates and regret it. A new documentary by the Australian ABC TV covers the story of baby […] https://ionainstitute.ie/the-grim-reality-of-surrogacy-in-ukraine/

Maria Steen on liberal intolerance

Maria Steen had a column in The Irish Times on Saturday which caused a big online response. The topic of her article is crucial; are liberals as liberal and tolerant as they purport to be? Increasingly, many liberals seek to shut down debate on substantive issues. Instead debates (such as they are) are intra-liberal ones, […] https://ionainstitute.ie/maria-steen-on-liberal-intolerance/

Police Draw Guns For the First Time at #HongKong Protests
https://youtu.be/bcf4JJkpRr0

@freemo @mngrif @Rovine @angelobottone @snder @koyu@koyu.space @Curator @rvlobato @pschwede @comphys @TheGnuMaster @adrianomaini

Look at that list...wowee.

The grim reality of #surrogacy in Ukraine https://ionainstitute.ie/the-grim-reality-of-surrogacy-in-ukraine/

Re organ donation, this is worths listen. It's about artifical wombs but also covers transplants

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswvxh

Here is my #FF ( #FollowFriday ) list. We have a lot of new faces on #QOTO I just have to share, and a new few friends from around the fediverse. Plus some old friends too.

@mngrif - hacker, gamer, bit of retro computer, ham radio, all around interesting guy and an old friend.

@Rovine - New member, mostly posts about learning experiences. Friendly and sweet.

@angelobottone - A philosophy teacher

@snder - Fair minded admin that runs several instances around the fediverse

@koyu@koyu.space - A lovely down to earth person with some tech interest, also a fellow instance admin.

@Curator - Shares wonderful art from the art instance

@rvlobato - Linux enthusiast and physicist.

@pschwede - Fellow coder

@comphys - Professional in Physics and Computing, excellent technical posts.

@TheGnuMaster - Fellow Open-source enthusiast, usually engages in discourse respectfully, good conversations.

@adrianomaini - Posts absolutely amazing vintage photos

More news on the terrible surrogacy situation in Ukraine https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-21/australian-parents-warn-about-ukraine-surrogacy-lotus/11426396

#GospelToday (Mt 22:36-40)
"Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?"

He said to him, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment.

The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."

Government should be fair to all child-care choices

The recent outcry about the poor treatment of children at a number of creches focused public attention once again on the issue of daycare. But the debate centred almost entirely on the need to better resource the sector and to regulate it more. But as Maria Steen argued in The Irish Times on Saturday, the […] https://ionainstitute.ie/government-should-be-fair-to-all-child-care-choices/

Even before birth biological males have genetic physical advantages over females.

https://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/114327152/even-before-birth-genetic-building-blocks-are-giving-athletes-born-male-a-massive-advantage-over-females?fbclid=IwAR1nuJjfdSIXYD2Y43AQY90wNQE_6AeC9cVBMEJNjMdPA1TnDnVyBqe0aZ0

#womenssports