Dave T-W @davoloid@qoto.org

Thinking about https://mastodon.social/@grimalkina/112553269616845417 - , in modern western society, any activity or behavior that requires effort, empathy, consistency and moderation is disparaged, judged, shamed and societally coded as “women’s work”, like:
- consistent showing up (boring !)
- consistent care and vulnerability (boring !)
- consistent routine maintenance (boring !)

So attention is focused “endless novelty” since that is effortless, see Aesop’s fable about the Fox and the grapes - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fox_and_the_Grapes

Oh boy oh boy Dawn has hit the nail on the head right here.

This work is the most important work in the computery industry where I have worked by accident for 30+ years.

I've met only a relatively tiny amount of peoples who enjoy this continuity labo[u]r. I am one of them - although that took a while to form, in response to my disgust at wasted time and work.

Also. These areas are also rife with novelty although it might not be immediately visible!

From: @dahukanna
https://mastodon.social/@dahukanna/112574463098146073

@ianbetteridge He couldn't even manage one full day of national service.

Your theorists were so preoccupied with whether or not they should they didn’t stop to think of they could

RT by @CarolineLucas: As Sunak and Starmer throw around blame + accuse each other of offering no vision, we’re yet to hear a single policy that will transform the lives of ordinary people struggling through the climate + cost of living crisis.

We have a plan! For a start, tax wealth now #ITVDebate

[2024-06-04 20:21 UTC]

In a way, a bad-tempered badly formatted exchange of adults interrupting each other, while pretending Brexit does not exist, meant last night's debate captured the national mood perfectly.

Jon Richardson in a bubble bath 😎 explaining how Rishi Sunak made money from the global financial crash. Labour really are pulling out the big guns.
#UkPol

youtube.com/watch?v=eaejKZWUWq…

Important read:
"technology is not going to save us, real or imaginary. We have to change our behavior. If we change our behavior, we have sufficient technology to save ourselves"

"Sustainability has come to mean, what kind of technological fixes can we come up with that will allow us to continue to do business as usual without paying a penalty for it?"

"we should not be talking about sustainability, but about survival, in terms of humanity’s future"

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-collapse-is-coming-will-humanity-adapt/

"Not being able to give up is not to be able to allow for loss, for vulnerability; not to be able to allow for the passing of time, and the revisions it brings."

Adam Phillips on the art of self-revision and the courage to change your mind https://t.co/rS0x9ZvPSA

Please reboost!

Trying something new, everyone is guaranteed an interview! Open interviews! For a limited time no one will be skipped (except for clear cases of abuse).

So we still have about 10 more 100% remote positions to hire for full-time market-fair positions here at QOTO/CleverThis.

100% remote, work from anywhere, even the beach, market-fair offers. Ethics first, we treat our people like family.

We have an urgent need for Machine learning experts with a background in NLP and Deep Learning (Natural Language Processing and Neural Networks). There is a focus on Knowledge Graphs, Mathematics, Java, C, looking for Polyglots.

We are an open-source first company, we give back heavily to the OSS community.

We need everything from jr to sr, data scientist to programmer. If your IT and your good, you might be a fit.

I will personally be both your direct boss, and hiring manager. I am also the founder and inventor.

The NLP position can be found at this link, other positions can be found on the menu bar on the left:

https://docs.cleverthis.com/en/human_resources/organizational_structure/sr_data_scientist_(nlp)

If you would like to submit yourself for an interview, which for a limited time I am guaranteeing you will get a first stage interview, then you can submit your application here, and even schedule your interview as you apply, instantly!

https://cal.com/team/cleverthis/interview-stage-1

For those of you who cant schedule during core hours you can schedule in my free time if you’d like a chance (the company doesnt have fixed hours):

https://cal.com/team/cleverthis/interview-stage-1-extended

#Fedihire #NLP #MachineLearning #Job #jobs #hiring #Programming #IT #AI #AGI #KnowledgeGraphs #semanticweb #ML #ChatGPT

If crime is falling but our perceptions are that its just as bad, if not worse... what's behind this misperception.

Unsurprisingly, the news media is skewing our perceptions; as crime gets (relatively) rarer, so of course, it becomes more note-worthy, and we see more stories about criminal activity (and the relentless crime-based dramas cannot be helping).

The key problem is policy seems to be driven by voters' perceptions not what's actually happening?

#crime #media
https://theconversation.com/most-crime-has-fallen-by-90-in-30-years-so-why-does-the-public-think-its-increased-228797