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Posted by Andrew Cater (#Debian #DebianConf #Linux #fan)

I have had excellent colleagues both at my day job and, especially, in Debian over the last thirty-odd years. Several have attempted to give me good advice - others have been exemplars. People retire: sadly, people die. What impression do you want to leave behind when you leave here?

Belatedly, I've come to realise that obduracy, sheer bloody mindedness, force of will and obstinacy will only get you so far. The following began very much as a tongue in cheek private memo to myself a good few years ago. I showed it to a colleague who suggested at the time that I should share it to a wider audience.

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SOME ADVICE YOU MAY BENEFIT FROM
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Personal conduct

Never argue with someone you believe to be arguing idiotically - a dispassionate bystander may have difficulty telling who's who.
You can't make yourself seem reasonable by behaving unreasonably
It does not matter how correct your point of view is if you get people's backs up
They may all be #####, @@@@@, %%%% and ******* - saying so out loud doesn't help improve matters and may make you seem intemperate.

Working with others

Be the change you want to be and behave the way you want others to behave in order to achieve the desired outcome.
You can demolish someone's argument constructively and add weight to good points rather than tearing down their ideas and hard work and being ultra-critical and negative - no-one likes to be told "You know - you've got a REALLY ugly baby there"
It's easier to work with someone than to work against them and have to apologise repeatedly.
Even when you're outstanding and superlative, even you had to learn it all once. Be generous to help others learn: you shouldn't have to teach too many times if you teach correctly once and take time in doing so.

Getting the message across

Stop: think: write: review: (peer review if necessary): publish.
Clarity is all: just because you understand it doesn't mean anyone else will.
It does not matter how correct your point of view is if you put it across badly.
If you're giving advice: make sure it is:
Considered
Constructive
Correct as far as you can (and)
Refers to other people who may be able to help
Say thank you promptly if someone helps you and be prepared to give full credit where credit's due.

Work is like that

You may not know all the answers or even have the whole picture - consult, take advice - LISTEN TO THE ADVICE
Sometimes the right answer is not the immediately correct answer
Corollary: Sometimes the right answer for the business is not your suggested/preferred outcome
Corollary: Just because you can do it like that in the real world doesn't mean that you can do it that way inside the business. [This realisation is INTENSELY frustrating but you have to learn to deal with it]
DON'T ALWAYS DO IT YOURSELF - Attempt to fix the system, sometimes allow the corporate monster to fail - then do it yourself and fix it. It is always easier and tempting to work round the system and Just Flaming Do It but it doesn't solve problems in the longer term and may create more problems and ill-feeling than it solves.

[Worked out for Andy Cater for himself after many years of fighting the system as a misguided missile - though he will freely admit that he doesn't always follow them as often as he should :) ]

Posted by Andrew Cater - Monday 12 February 2024

http://flosslinuxblog.blogspot.com/2024/02/lessons-from-and-for-colleagues-and.html

Human change first because mass "technology" is just another man-in-the-middle attack, Shitshow and #Enshitification tool.

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Technology as just another tool used by those than have mass control or regulation to result in the same bad-"work"-as-usual.

Humans are not perfect by far, but they need learning and preserving what computers ultimately cannot do as human contact, care and personal respect with arms and legs and heart etc.

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Humans are essentially the baseline for defeating cold 'systems' and hidden lines of code by using time better between people and day-to-day human intelligence incremented.

Human people as the #evolution incremented and let #technology

be what we have now (which is more than enough).

Human change first before more technology

If I would post now I wouldn't see it on my own timeline until the weekend lol.

So the last post I see is 1+ day old. recently got worst to 3 days

TRY IT... Can you see my latest post or reply or your own recent post?
Click my name then "post and replies" for example and then try that on your own.

Previously you could post something and see it on your own timeline immediately...
Looool -

@poemproducer@systerserver.tnake friendown

Quick reply, depends on who we consider fascist.

But the lower levels of fascism which I think is everywhere (and overlooked by those asking) consider these examples and let me know what you think os my take on it as it's not always people in black boots or militia as we know today:

EXAMPLE
As example below and more prevalent at lower level + back by #state and other subsidiary #companies:

➡️ I think my mum was fascist of various sorts:
- over-cleaning and too sterile
+ didn't know what to do otherwise with herself
- a bit of a #Hitler reaction when challenged (like "measurably you did this 5 hours ago and almost not been here much ever since) but #no room for #choice
+ and even aggressive or more provokable
+ #psychological #questions were there (didn't know what else to do but take this position of #cleaning etc / #monowork / #workaholism / non #diversity
+ she was using spray guns (like real #guns on people) but even the friendly is prossibele #bacteria)
+ #chemicals were bought by the trolley load and fund pollution and even #climatechange with #sprays etc
+ toxic stuff created by SmithKleinBeecham etc which are #polluting things and #toxic to #earth / nature and #habitat as #planet
+ few other things that touches on similar #fascism which is more strictly #state backed / #government #authoritarian #hierarchy

Imagine now all the mums, dads paying for shit and doing shit like this over cleaning while paying for it / helping state profit... sounds much closer now with these list of points with keywords (hashtags)... A sloopy

Systems with winner and loser = Bad*

Systems with a few winners and many losers = Bad*

Systems with 1 winner and the rest nothing = Bad*

Systems asking users to gamble (pay to play over and over again) more than anything educational / sharing = Bad

...this includes money itself as it's a gamble game itself...

* Bad = needs changing

#Life as #ProfitandLoss vs #Coop #Sharing #FutureGeneration #Gambling ? 🎲 📈 📉 📊 ⌛ ⏱️

The Linux Playstation People

It's regression when generations of heads are down coding, unable to do longer talks any more. They start to operate like limited computers more than caring people.

Humanity and it's real talk is the real reason why HUMAN PROGRESS does or does not happen. I know it's hard to see that as computers not fulfilling your goals but now more than ever we need real people and although things are relative to work etc but really when people are doing near-0 humanity all-the-while then there is no excuse (for not listening, improving people's way of talking, humanly able to chat and negotiate conversation, level up you're own thinking etc)

If only computers improve and NOT HUMANS or nothing much at the end of your work, then you're the one I mean.

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"But mum I'm not just playing games (Linux) wasting time - and not my fault human contact isn't getting better ".

#Linux #Life like the Newer #Playstation ?

Like not watching #TV but watching YouTube all the time instead? #FreeSchool

"...the fix is addressing the underlying real fear that there's no one coming to save you"

- Tarah Wheeler 🖖♦️ @Tarah #Quote
https://infosec.exchange/@Tarah/113399970392518322

"fear is a great motivator, but a bad advisor."

- Oliver D. Reithmaier #Quote
@odr_k4tana
https://infosec.exchange/@odr_k4tana/113399043074747592

@stevetex @evan I like the idea.

I've often called for WebRTC + Mastodon in similar style as what works and what we already have... so you said something similar with Matrix (instant jump in #Jitsi https://theinternetphonebooth.com/ etc is what I prefer / no account nothing 3 clicks)

And that we get improving ourselves through actual socialising on any dedicated scale (#p2p #1to1 #manyto1 #manytomany) and spearhead our own change through relatively of the same ethics and advices to more and more people... which I assume we all also in my experience and observation..

The "morality" or principles when we all get down to it I think are all similar *but only* up or down the ladder of priority - So we still basically want for the the same rungs on the ladder and even just finding what they hell we're doing... but we can join up with servers more dedicate to this than aimless stuff (somewhat) and do work there instead if people dedicate themselves to seed server or just group / test lab within existing. We have the man power / power of mankind.

The most basic tech wins also if it's really the people work / human work we are doing and have to continually work on (i,e, real change is to link better users / better people through other etc?)

And not dedicating people or servers to this just fuels another kind endless social perhaps, staying about the same in change or chances since population growth dilutes / as floods the pool of people again and again making for not much change.

Even more important it seems to seed better culture and provide alternative more-direct dedicated contact.

What do you think?

Appreciate your thoughts on that.

" If we start controlling #social #web, then it should go to #ethics and #government and #education. Why a company #control any area on web, I do not understand. "

Özkan 🦖 #Fediverse #SocialWeb #QUOTE #ActivityPub
@thejvmbender / Post
https://techhub.social/@thejvmbender/113402384729487094

"A sort of zero-sum protocol war funded by a company with a product."

- hallenbeck #QUOTE #ActivityPub

@hallenbeck / POST: https://mastodon.social/@hallenbeck/113402439209981269