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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 -

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.

Picture Text:
"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

" 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

🔁 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 🔁
💰 More money than sense? ⚙️
⚙️ More tech than sense? 💰
🔁 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 🔁

TODAY it's all about crazy #money + crazy #tech for what needs Human interaction as the real labour of love / curating respect and caring to improve humans and their situation themselves and help with the way of saying things / getting things useful done...

Seem people think they need money and tech almost only to help people or that it fulfils all human needs / wants and struggles...

💰 More money than sense? ⚙️
⚙️ More tech than sense? 💰
🔁 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 🔁

So not more money OR more tech as the main focus please, but people individually joining together / finding each other in more dedicated concrete ways...)

It's like watching steroided versions of money and tech that only need existing basic ping-pongs to achieve the same things and that's it.

The human work and objective should be about getting better humans now as without that all money and tech which is getting lost and fails!!

⬇️ LOOSE EXAMPLE - $150M... ⬇️

Farcaster is a social crypto based social network which raised $150M in May with only 80K users...

...which is just crazy money we need to perhaps do something like not even spend it... and create any " #change " using our human time with others more directly - not always using all that money on tech... or just coding tech... doing the same things over and over,,,

*Not* doing the #human #work with others is the problem that even luke-warm " #evil " can take advantage of - because we largely don't improve all users or work together towards our *dreams* as a together think - just alone on a server that looks together... so a way to figure out what people want and be dedicated about that is important... with existing money and tech to improve USERS and even help stop ABUSE / ILL #LOGIC / FALLACIES WITH #TECH AND #MONEY ETC falsely constructed for us.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/farcaster-a-crypto-based-social-network-raised-150m-with-just-80k-daily-users/

" Opt-out isn't #consent, but it's the only real option we have here. "

- Jon @jdp23 (said in profile text)

#nobot / no bots without #permission

Basic needs - not just rewards or incentives...

Food, Connection, Affection, Attention, Closeness, Freedom...

...are not just rewards.

They are human needs, and the birthright of every child.

B. Heller #Quote

#Food, #Connection, #Affection, #Attention, #Closeness, #Freedom...