mushambo @mushambo@qoto.org

I finally took the "web3/NFT" plunge with an investment, because that's what it is. And I'm pleased with the project that I chose, even if it progresses to 0 my return is already obscene multiples :) Most importantly, I plan to carve out a name for myself in the space by offering a healthy degree of establishment "skepticism" although I prefer the term "realism". There is absolutely no way that the "metaverse land" opportunity pans out to achieve the success current prices would imply. Some of those folks have their head in the sand(box). Am I the only person who remembers when SecondLife was a "must have" digital real estate land for companies?

I'm writing under mushambo.substack.com, still getting the hang of that platform. I need data to support my arguments, so if you can provide vidgame unit sales figures, please let me know.

@underlap async collab is the future...I say that as someone who's studying "remote work models" for a company, yet ironically am much more productive in Discord with peeps across ~22 time zones.

@freemo Fly high like a griffon? lol I still play a MUD and try to keep up with the kiddos on Discord. Talk about cognitive dissonance..

@freemo Look over BOTH shoulders, you're definitely already on a list now.

This is a truly wild artistic experience! I ain't big on telling grown folks (within commUNITY at least) on how to spend their time, but I'll recommend this...(read descriptions while listening):

https://medium.com/merzazine/latentvoices-95fc47559dbc
https://notype.com/en/drones/a/351/Latent_Voices_Merzmensch

#mastodon

tl;dr - so this is why I was told to learn graph networks?
ps tl;dr - i already knew all this stuff from watching "The Wire" lol.

https://propertyofthepeople.org/document-detail/?doc-id=21088576

@freemo Honestly hadn't even noticed those lightning bolts, thus proving the point...I mean, I've likely made some crappy pitch decks in my life but this is like "bigly" skill level

@freemo This slide actually gets funnier the more you look at it. What's with the outdated radio symbolizing the 1980's? And consider this is 1 of 22 slides total.

Full Deck: https://tmtgcorp.com/static/tmtg-company-overview-f6cfb16513c78a61681aea3bbdae7a78.pdf

So apparently Trump's "Truth Social" platform is just going to utilize #mastodon as the base platform? LOL, y'all should see the pitch book that's going around for -- there's literally a whole slide that says "Industry Ripe for Further Segmentation" then it's a graphic of how the US population has evolved from 50M ("1800s" <-- Pretty sure there would've been intra-century growth?) to 330M ("2021"). It's not even a line graph! It's like someone's HS intern made it.

Y'all are a very interesting community, if I knew graph networks better, I bet it would be interesting to look at. Good on us! #qoto

My theory of commUNITY is about our psychographic. I probably should sketch it out fully, but let's just say it's also a compliment about being "good people", experts in whatever field we pursue, and being a giver vs. a taker. This dude (JL) is the world's best seedsman, hands down and ships worldwide. He also typesets the catalog (which funnier than hell) and doesn't have a telephone. If you don't know how to grow plants, I'm probably going to have to dig into these online training class platforms and do a video series. So please, don't ask me to add that to my list lol
https://www.jlhudsonseeds.net/

@freemo Careful or the "Big PowerBrick" lobby will put you on the list! I'm convinced there's a conspiracy to not label the power supplies. Somedays it seems all I do is unsuccessfuly try to match power and devices, while I'm debating "will I ever need a fourth DVI cable?"

Y'all will probably enjoy a newsletter called Ernie @ Tedium, lot of good stories on the background of our "lost" technologies of yesteryear.

Holy moly, I just logged onto Discord for the first time in a week. Just did "Mark All as Read". I can't keep up with 10+ "servers" each with 10+ channels. I think it's a function of how youngsters multi-screen everything. I forget that I've been online twice as long as some people have even been alive.

That's why I tell peeps in commUNITY if you really need me, hit me up on the MUD I STILL play!

@freemo Figured as such, excuse me while I run to Costco and buy all their aluminum foil 😂

@freemo Sounds cool, but WAY above my paygrade :) Does it mean my neighbor two doors down, who has amateur radio operator license plates and a whole garage for his radio set up can listen in on my house? LOL

I honestly don't know how to message someone on Twitter, so I'm going to put this out here on #qoto / #mastodon and see if it'll prove my "theory of commUNITY". I need to get this link to a certain famous musician / Ph.D. molecular biologist . I figure with enough nerds as are on here (I'm assuming :) someone knows Dexx's contact info...

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/sep/22/mathematicians-discover-music-really-can-be-infectious-like-a-virus

@freemo Cool !

I still won't be able to keep up with yet another platform, although I'm sure there are awesome peeps on #mastodon .. Why haven't all the creatives unionized now to be like the digital Teamsters? lol

@Aporia Heh I was on Twitter in 2007 but never kept up with it. I still MUD with some of the same folks I've known 20 years. Then I had to learn Discord to keep up with some folks. LOL. I probably should just lurk here and build out my profile while I see how things work