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@freemo @Rovine Sorry for the unrelated post above -- my clipboard had contents from a previous post, and not related to this thread. OOPs.

Here's what I had in mind...

@Rovine @freemo
https://qoto.org/web/statuses/103154056064692821

@Rovine
LOL, there, we both see their point. 😄

I remember visiting a local older school, and to fall in love with their ancient, beautiful, smooth slate backboards.

Being a math teacher at the time, that was to salivate for. 😉
@freemo

@_lunawinters Wonderful, Aaditi.
My family came from there, and it feels completely like home when I am in Portugal, which is where I would dream to re-locate at this time.

It's a wonderful country to visit and travel, I an kind of an unofficial ambassador for Tourism Portugal it seems, but sincerely. 😜

Salaries there are lower than other Euro centres, but cost of living is lower too, and the quality of life is admirable.

I have only visited Portugal, extensively, and Southern Spain, less so, have no experience in other countries although Italy might be a nice place, specially if one speaks the language.

@freemo @Rovine

That's perfectly fine -- planning should start on paper and pencil, or a large white board or blackboard.

Things get too complex to hold in one's conscient mind. Making notes and spreading things around on the table sure helps; you can focus on a smaller piece and deal with it, then move back and look at the picture, what should come next?

Too big to chew? Take it one Byte at a time. 😉 🍷

@_lunawinters If I may suggest, Europe is the place I would consider ideal to be in, or starting a new life. Done that, changing countries totally, 30 years ago, and now am tempted to do it again.

@_lunawinters I am happiest when I am traveling, Aaditi. Do it, you won't regret, may God guide you.

@freemo It's nice to have bots running that bring content from other networks or repositories.

Have found a few interesting ones, specially the media sites; NY Times, WSJ, possibly others.

Medium term project, learn more about what's required and how to do one of those. 😉

@Rovine
I love quality, and it's easier and more affordable to find that in off-lease, Business grade hardware.

I am running an HP Elitebook as my main, go to platform, it's a delight. Stable, fast, 8 GB of ram, I replaced the hd with an ssd, and it has an i7 processor, beautiful lcd display.

The display alone is worth it, so commonly laptops that are very interesting cheap out on the display and suck for that reason.

This one I have is like a mac BooK Pro, all aluminum, a hefty 5 pounds or so, but I don't carry it around, just use it at home. Got a docking station for it if I ever want to place it on a desk and connect tons of disks and peripherals.

Unlike the MBP, it didn't cost an arm and a leg. I rescued it from neglect at a local pawn shop, came home and lovely cleaned its aluminum shell, the design is pretty and conforms to a few Milspec requirements.

Find that, any of it, on a consumer grade laptop is hard, and would cost 3 times or more what I paid for it.

@Sphinx

@robotcarsley

That sounds intriguing. I really liked the political ideas on the posts and how clear and logically explained they were.

Searching around and finding interesting info on this. Thank you!

I am posting my findings into a thread, here: https://qoto.org/web/statuses/103154056064692821

@DissidentKitty@radical.town

https://www.eclipsephase.com/game

"Humanity stands on the cusp of a new age, with accelerated technological growth converging toward a singularity point, promising an undreamt-of future. Despite the ecopocalypse and social upheavals on Earth, humanity has conquered the solar system and partially terraformed Mars. Advancements in biotechnology, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science have transformed our lives. Everyone is wirelessly networked with the world around them, AIs process vast amounts of information, and nano-fabrication enables people to “print” complex devices from the molecular level—at home. Biotechnology allows people to genefix, enhance, and clone their bodies, while others pursue body modifications to adapt to new environments or make themselves into something no longer quite human. People’s minds and memories can be digitized, uploaded, transferred over long distances, and downloaded into new bodies (biological or synthetic). Death has been defeated—for those who can afford it."

OMG, wonderful art.

"Eclipse Phase is a science fiction horror[1] role-playing game with transhumanist themes.[2] Originally published by Catalyst Game Labs,[3] Eclipse Phase is now published by the game's creators, Posthuman Studios, and is released under a Creative Commons license.[4][5][6][7] "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_Phase

see also: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/284022/Eclipse-Phase-Second-Edition

and: https://www.eclipsephase.com/

@mngrif If the client had an option of disabling the default (which Fedilab does), it would be up to us to enter in a real limit, or see it crash on an error message.

I really wish they gave us the option, without need to changing the underlining API for now.

@Sphinx @Rovine
For sure.

And keep your tools sharp, oil them if needed. Having to re-learn how to use new fangled tools is time consuming, when the older ones are good and productive.

I recently posted a photo of my dear Thinkpad laptop here, used it for 10 years everyday at work, brought it in and VPN'ed instantly to work with control over what I did and saw.

Turned it on last week, after a few years of non-use, and it's still a nice tool.

Find the tools that work for you, keep them handy. The main reason I have not left the windows world, since I have so many things that work well for me here. Linux would feel weird, and I never make the jump. 😞

Maybe I should try it again this Winter, on a spare machine.

@robotcarsley @DissidentKitty@radical.town

Is this one the source, Robert?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_Phase

@robotcarsley

Had never heard of it, but I saw DK's posts on the stream and they made a lot of sense. Admirable thoughts.

A breath of fresh air, we need a new way to run things.
@DissidentKitty@radical.town

@freemo @_lunawinters @Karthikdeva

The theory mentions that an Older child has to do what you did, and be the role model for the younger ones too, sicne the only other available model is an Adult.

First Borns are forced to look up to the adults as the only available role models, and theory posits that leads to an earlier maturity and more independant thoughts.

@shibaprasad It could be, there are always variations, they are reporting on observed groups.

Read on, this is an intriguing theory, seems to make sense to me.

@_lunawinters

For most boys and grown up men, that is probably the case.

And the girls and ladies have to deal with some rough treatment too, of course. Only Children probably suffer most, I think.

@Karthikdeva @freemo

@Karthikdeva @freemo @_lunawinters
Wikipedia has a good page, might be an easier reading too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_order