Pablo SB @iPabloSB@qoto.org
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He/Him. Molecular scientist, Postdoc at Stanford. Plays with flies for a living.
I'm interested in too many things for the time a lifetime has. Some of them: board games, RPGs, music, playing my guitar, learning new languages, TV shows, tech and visiting new places.
I toot in English and Spanish.
Joined Nov 2022
I finally bit the bullet and bought Bike outliner today. I love outlining ideas. Although I use Obsidian for most of my writing, I prefer a separate outlining app. Bike has the perfect balance of simplicity and advanced features (lots of automation), it looks gorgeous and the writing is so smooth!
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1990s web experience
- Open site in browser
- Watch framework of site gradually appear
- Start reading site text
- View images once they load
- Click a hyperlink to more information on the thing you're looking for
2020s web experience
- Open site in browser
- Wait for Cloudflare to verify you aren't a bot
- Wait for background movie to load
- Dismiss cookie popup
- Decline to subscribe to their mailing list
- Decline to speak to a chatbot that promises it's a human
- Scroll infinitely looking for the information you want that's probably not there since it's all generated text intended for other robots to read anyway
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The wonderful David Attenborough is 97 today! Happy birthday Sir David, you have done so much to raise awareness about the dangers to our planet, you are an inspiration to the world.
Of microscopes that could fit inside a smartphone: https://ipablosb.com/2023/05/07/of-microscopes-that.html
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I posted about how the iOS development space is very white, male, and straight. A lot of white, male, straight people seemed to think this was me telling them they’re doing something wrong.
I said that I don’t see a lot of people like me in my field. If your first reaction to that is defensive in any way, you’re the problem. You need to examine why that makes you react defensively. That’s my advice on how to improve diversity. Interrogate your own bias.
I decided to have a look at the Nostr protocol out of curiosity and the only thing I found there was a lot of Cryptobro servers and users. I logged in via Coracle.social and that looked like hell. Is that really what’s trying to replace activityPub? Not for me, thanks.
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All of the spam accounts have been suspended, reports queue cleared, IPs and e-mail domains used in the spam wave banned. We're continuing to monitor the situation and analyzing the pattern.
Giving your best is different each day. Sometimes giving your best means taking a day off to fight a cold and recover. Hopefully I feel better tomorrow. 💪
Yesterday, after failed negotiations, the Writers Guild of America went on a strike. I support them and wish them success in their petition for a fair treatment by the industry giants.
WGA on strike https://www.wgacontract2023.org/announcements/wga-on-strike
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Happy International Workers' Day: https://ipablosb.com/2023/05/01/on-april-australian.html
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A lot of people don't know the difference between capitalism and ... having markets and shopping and little coops and companies in non-super-essential economic sectors that operate independently.
Markets existed before capitalism and will exist after.
Opened a bottle of 2013 Cab today. Rutherford has some of the best wines in the US, and Inglenook never disappoints. 🍷
When consuming books 📚 I always go through the book vs audiobook dilemma. I love the audio format, but I feel like I miss the chance to stop, reread a passage or highlight. I have the impression that audiobooks help me consume content while driving but it is more “superficial”.
If I had to choose the technique I love the most from my work it would be microscopy 🔬. Getting to see life at a cellular level remind me how complex we are and the amount of organization that goes into a single living being.
What can you expect to see - and not see - here: https://ipablosb.com/2023/04/27/what-can-you.html
Today’s pluralistic.net - Death panels post is extremely disturbing. Hard to read, but a good reminder that we need to keep politicians accountable for their despicable actions (or inaction). https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/26/death-panels/
I try to be politically correct, but this headline is making it very difficult.
- Blog
- https://ipablosb.com
He/Him. Molecular scientist, Postdoc at Stanford. Plays with flies for a living.
I'm interested in too many things for the time a lifetime has. Some of them: board games, RPGs, music, playing my guitar, learning new languages, TV shows, tech and visiting new places.
I toot in English and Spanish.
Joined Nov 2022
