Martin Jambon 🌍🌎🌏 @mjambon@qoto.org

@wayne_williams thank you!

Those who've made an effort to learn don't have a duty to teach those who haven't.

#expertise #teaching #laziness #curiosity #exploration

@lowqualityfacts getting rid of bed bugs is easier: burn the house.

@tero fact: the OCaml folks saw that coming, that's why they introduced a typo in their animal name.

@df0aed92dff00d4ffeda2f4cd88d967dc576b5549400b92afb98a419aa06e6f5 @1c9dcd8fd2d2fb879d6f02d6cc56aeefd74a9678ae48434b0f0de7a21852f704 the box knows.

Here's a better headline: "Climate change could make your d*ck smaller"

#journalism #globalwarming #clickbait #beer #bullshit #alcohol #bbcnews #fear

@nasamuffin I'm also in the Bay Area (Palo Alto). Waiting impatiently for mushroom season, mostly on the Pacific side of the mountains + special finds in irrigated landscaped areas.

@nasamuffin mycelium of most large wild mushrooms lives several years, it probably came with the soil and/or associated with the tree (I don't know what type of interactions they have with the tree, it could be none, beneficial, or parasitic).

@nasamuffin fun fact: I have never seen a real one of these. They get reported on California mushroom forums now and then, and they don't appear to have lookalikes in north America. Oyster mushrooms may be the closest lookalike but they don't make this crowded "petaloid" arrangement.

@nasamuffin compare with Hohenbuehelia petaloides.

@CptSuperlative many people confuse intelligence with domain expertise/familiarity.

Wiktionary nous donne "l'enfer est pavé de bonnes intentions" et la variante "le chemin de l'enfer est pavé de bonnes intentions". Ça marche pour moi. https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/l%E2%80%99enfer_est_pav%C3%A9_de_bonnes_intentions

Comment dit-on en français "the road to Hell is paved with good intentions" ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_road_to_hell_is_paved_with_good_intentions
#français #francais #proverbe #proverbes #french #proverb

@MariaLiv I posted this: https://qoto.org/@mjambon/111229800849840316

If you're blind:

Does it help if we tag abstract art images in toots with an "alt" description? What kind of description do you appreciate?

(my take is: I label abstract paintings with just "abstract painting" so as to make them easy to ignore but I don't try to describe them because it would be futile in my opinion much like summarizing poetry)

#art #blind #lowvision

@MariaLiv I'll see if there's a good hashtag for it. Being asked directly is probably a hassle for a lot of people.

@MariaLiv I mean this is why I don't spend much effort trying to convey the same material in text form because I can't (and even art critics aren't great at it imo), but I describe just enough to not waste the reader's time.

@MariaLiv I see that. Are you sure it's useful beyond giving good vibes? (I compare this situation to attempting to summarize poetry: I don't see how it could describe what's essential about it)