ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org
A consciousness somehow associated with matter.
Posting about culture, philosophy, politics, AI Art Tools, NaNoWriMo, Software Development occasionally, the relationship of consciousness to matter.
Degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science, once had a US TS/SCI(redacted) clearance, radical-for-the-US politics, ex-Libertarian, zen-buddhist-pantheist-atheist.
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Joined Nov 2022
Fair enough. I'm not sure how we'd measure "just as many". :) But reframing it that way is helpful at least to me.
Talking about a *subject* doesn't really require (or even generally involve) the most important aspects of QTing, really?
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight,
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you.
And I don't know if I can do it;
Oh no I've said too much.
I haven't said enough.
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: An end-of-year retrospective; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/24/looking-back/
This is the last Pluralistic installment for 2022 - see you after Jan 7, 2023!
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QT discourse again. :)
As someone else said somewhere in another thread, it's usually better to talk WITH someone than to talk ABOUT them. To QT is to talk about someone.
I guess journalists, whose job it is basically to talk about people, may not see the difference as strongly.
And maybe also communities that struggle for recognition, where talking positively about other members of the community, where the wider world can see it, is an important thing?
(Speculating here.)
@edbott
As someone else said somewhere around here, it's usually better to talk WITH someone than to talk ABOUT them.
I guess journalists, whose job it is basically to talk about people, may not see the difference as strongly.
And maybe also communities that struggle for recognition, where talking positively about other members of the community, where the wider world can see it, is an important thing?
(Speculating here.)
I love the distinction between talking with someone and talking about someone.
If we talk about the desire for simpler QT as the desire to make it easier to talk about somebody rather than talking with them, I think that captures rather a lot of the reluctance people feel to just open up the feature.
As a counterpoint to those people who say gosh why are people making such a big deal about it, I would reply gosh if it's so important, having to push a couple of extra buttons to do it doesn't seem like such a big deal either.
I hope we can all manage to listen to each other on the subject.
@joesabin@mastodon.world
Ah, yeah, that's true. One can always switch servers, but with "by the mod" included in that idea to make it clear, that's feasible.
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Mask in indoor public spaces.
Limit the size and frequency of your social gatherings.
Think about ventilation.
Stay home when sick.
It's important.
@joesabin@mastodon.world
There isn't anyone to judge that someone is abusing, nor to take away the ability ...
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@scottaw Twitter would have been better with that feature IMO.
There is a nice proposal where you could check:
- everyone can QT me
- only those from my server
- only those I follow
- only those who follow me
This would kill the feature being used for most forms of dunking. And give people who get targeted in this way a line of defense.
Of course "dunking" could and currently is happening using other methods.
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29ISGLOCOL02 - From Gordan Ugarkovic - https://flic.kr/p/8x5nVk
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Here's another song we did a little while back. Someone once described it as Tropical. I liked that description. 
The video is home made so kind of basic but I think it works with the song.
#Liotia #SoClose #IndependentMusic #DIY
https://video.mxtthxw.art/w/qE1Yd1HiVuaac4mviEVHxV
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"The great Epochalypse"
submitted by Gman-343
https://reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/zsrfbe/the_great_epochalypse/
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FACT: There is more vitamin C in one yellow Starburst than there is in an entire Ford F-150.
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Take me down to the pair of mice city,
Where they have two mice; it's a two mouse city
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My 8-year-old daughter: "How do you make egg nog? You milk an egg! Is that a good joke? Does egg nog have milk? I don't know what egg nog is"
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*runs an entire marathon holding scissors* oops
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#ArtAdventCalendar
I am a poster child for atheism, but I still find spiritual places glorious and beautiful.
A consciousness somehow associated with matter.
Posting about culture, philosophy, politics, AI Art Tools, NaNoWriMo, Software Development occasionally, the relationship of consciousness to matter.
Degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science, once had a US TS/SCI(redacted) clearance, radical-for-the-US politics, ex-Libertarian, zen-buddhist-pantheist-atheist.
Google employee, but I do not speak for Google in any way.
If your profile tells me nothing about you, it's less likely I'll follow you (back).
Header: abstract smoky patterns
pfp: Adorable weird piglet / delirium cultist... thing. In a hoodie.
Joined Nov 2022
