David Cooper @cooplogic@qoto.org

Welcome to Version 2 of Lily∞Bot, the open-source robotics platform for academics & novices. Open-source Hardware trailblazer. @SloanFoundation @oshwassociation @BlkInEngineerng @BlkInComputing @BlackInRobotics #BlackTwitter #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse @Robotics #BlackInRobotics #BlackInEngineering #BLERD #BlackwomenInAI #BlackWomenInTECh #BlackTechMastodon #WomenInTech #BlackAndSTEM
#RoboticsForTheStreets
https://youtu.be/moO17gJcWWw

This juvenile robin was busy looking for food that had fallen from the bird feeder, I love the big two footed jump he did just at the right moment. #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #Nature #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #Photography #Robin #AltText

Day 7 #AdventCalendar The bright red Cardinal Flower is the Hummingbird's favorite nectar and the red is hard to miss. The vivid red Lobelia is growing in my backyard pond and the Ruby Throated Hummingbird is zooming in for some sweet nectar.
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#hummingbird #ArtAdventCalendar #hummingbird #nature #lobelia #wildlife #bird #birdlover #birdart #RubyThroatedHummingbird #birdwatching #naturelover #animal #cardinalflower #ArtMatters

Yucatán woodpecker. #photography #birds #woodpecker #BirdPhotogaphy #wildlifephotography #Cozumel #LauraCochranPhotography #Nature #Mexico

Although quite common, these tiny songsters with black cap and white cheeks are so cute, curious and quite acrobatic at times.This shy little #BlackCappedChickadee perched on a small tree branch in the cold in winter was quite aware of me being so close but they are quite trusting.
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#Chickadee #bird #songbird #birdwatching #birdlover #birdart #wildlife #nature #naturelover #artforsale #wallart #homedecor #giftideas #FediGiftShop #FediArt #giftideas #birdphotography

So far the United Federation of Isntances consists of 2.5% of the entire #Fediverse... We havent even officially launched yet! So exciting.

#UFoI @ufoi #UFI

Allen’s hummingbird. I first stumbled upon this bird a few years ago and he seemed to get accustomed to me so I was able to do some dramatic things with the light and dark.

Northern Mockingbird caught a juicy worm. #birdsofmaine #birdsofmastodon #birds

OpenAI's question-answering bot, #ChatGPT, isn't smart enough for the team at Stack Overflow, who today announced a temporary ban on answers generated by the #AI bot because of how frequently it's wrong.

https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/05/stack_overflow_bans_chatgpt/

#EngineeringProfessorAdvice #PurposefulProfessor #BlackInEngineering #BlackInRobotics #RoboticsProfessor #Robotics @robotics #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #BlackSTEM #BlackFediverse #Blerd #BlackTechMastodon #BlackWomenSTEM #BlackSTEM #WomenSTEM #NoireSTEMinist #MySTEMisFortheStreets

Software Design Plans
Robot Simulation

Would news outlets call it “vandalism” if people with Middle Eastern names and appearances shot up a power station in North Carolina to silence people they didn’t like? #journalism

@crichardson Oh I got one that you are going to LOVE! hold on. Take a Gander at Molly Bot @Robotics #RoboTok #RoboticsEngineer #PurposefulProfessor #EngineeringProfessor #NoireSTEMinist #Blerd #BlackSTEM #WomenSTEM #BlackInEngineering #BlackInRobotics #BlackTwitter #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse
https://youtu.be/oX83YSOlHgU

The Center for Effective Altruism has bought this castle, as one obviously does need one to be both effective and altruistic. Saw on twitter via @xriskology

There are 2 ways to sign up to the United Federation of Instances, for those wondering.

We have over 200,000 members but looking for more before launch.

One, and the most important, is as an instance admin bringing your instance onto the UFoI. For this you dont need to do anything other than ensure you follow our basic code of conduct. See the proposal/by laws for that:

https://ufoi.gitlab.io/constitution/united_federation_of_instances_proposal.pdf

https://ufoi.gitlab.io/constitution/united_federation_of_instances_bylaws.pdf

Other than that you dont have to do anything to be a member, and you can be a one person instance or a large instance. You do need to promise to federate with other instances in the UFoI. Also you can leave at any time, no questions asked, so not much obligation.

The other is as an individual.. for that just let me know and ill give you access to everything and add you to the list of contributors. In this case you arent under any obligation either, you can join in on conversationsn, suggest edits, or just lurk. Up to you. Message me if you want to be a contributor and ill add you and check out the repo here:

https://gitlab.com/ufoi/constitution

Any questions first feel free to ask me.

For more information on ways to connect see this post:

https://qoto.org/@freemo/109433298021890915

#UFoI #UFI @ufoi #mastoadmin

Just a reminder, as I get this a lot, but joining the United Federation of Instances doesnt require **any** time contribution of the part of its admins or instances. Any voting is totally optional to participate. As long as your instance follows our code of ethics you can join, nothing else required other than to federate to other UFoI instance.

DM me if you want to talk more, are are at over 200,000 members and will be open to more over the next week or so before membership will become harder and more formalized.

all intances welcome, from single user to large instances.

#UFI #UFoI @ufoi

HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS

Carl Friedrich Gauß and the story of curved spaces

In May 1820, Carl Friedrich Gauß received an order from King Georg IV to carry out a state survey in the Kingdom of Hannover.

Gauß concluded that the geometry that we operate on flat paper and that we know from school (Euclidean geometry) could not be valid in the landscape.

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@freemo

*The existing problem* that I see, was JoinMastodon unilaterally and non transparently turfing QOTO from its list despite QOTO at all times meeting its publicly stated requirements. On top of that, not having any receipts on how and why when questioned. Really is a violation of trust.
And that drastically effects new signup if JoinMastodon is represented as an authoritative list of where new people could go. When it is seemingly more just some guys friends list and is not actually done on its owns stated & advertised criteria.
There are all the public criteria for being on Join Matstadon then there are the double secret reasons
(some servers, in this case QOTO are excluded because :P<blows raspberry>. )

What is thus needed is a replacement for Joinmastodon, or an improvement in JoinMastodon.
One of the improvements might be that each server must tell us (potential new signups) what other servers on that list they block and why. other UI improvements is how to find server that suits the new user would also be possible.

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As for mandating that servers don't block others. NOPE.
It is perfectly true that I have strong expectation that any @member@QOTO is likely basically immune to radicalization. (we've all met stupid a lot of times before, even stupid dressed up in academic clothes.) And given that QOTO so clearly says it doesn't block instances and has csv files to make it easy for individuals to make their own garden walled.
Then yes we, the members of QOTO are just fine with no blocks and we knew that coming in.

I don't agree that generalises to all servers and people. If someone wants to be on a server that clearly defines itself as a walled garden ... then that is not a second class server, its just one delivering things/features that I don't personally want or need. I do however respect that some people may well want or even need that.

I am even more than happy to make sure all new signups that want such a thing know where to find it.

If you see a random poll, do you take the time to interact with it?

Boost to increase sample size.

Every time I talk to journalists about how ridiculous the effective altruism, longtermism, rationality cults are, I also make a point of letting them know how much I resent having to spend energy explaining why these cults are harmful. Wouldn't have had to do spend all this energy explaining their ridiculous ideologies if they didn't amass so much $$ and influence.