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by patcon 7y ago
And what if structurally (perhaps due to emerging technical and social constraints), companies increasingly outmaneuver governments? If technologists like us (those doing much of outmaneuvering) advocate companies being apolitical, then won
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by patcon 7y ago
Ah I can see that. But it feels like a red herring to me...? As in, those gains aren't accruing equally. Even among people, tech savvy monetizable upper-middle class people get tech sic'd on their dilemmas first. But between orgs
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by patcon 7y ago
Not defending uber here -- they're shitty, and need to be replaced by #platformcoop's imho -- but you're perhaps underselling as "just A to B" because uber isn't openning any new "B"s from your "
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by patcon 7y ago
Great question. I mean that. But maybe put differently: > What is happen ing to personal responsibility? It sure as heck is changing a lot when powerful players derive algorithmic insight that allows them to know/predict us bette
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by patcon 7y ago
Loved you first curious question about industry analysis. With respect, less a fan of your second comment. Please know that I'm saying this with respect :) > This is our new democracy. I have a slight reaction to people talking abou
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by patcon 7y ago
Excuse this hot-take, but PSA for all: If you values environmental sustainability, work on getting WOMEN INTO MORE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. If you're still with me after the capslock... :) We've known since the Hofstede leadership st
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by patcon 7y ago
I appreciate your generous work, but I think this person is commenting on the lack of any screenshots. That is normally a "smell", no matter how wonderful your intentions are <3
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by patcon 7y ago
omg her omni-talks with civil society groups are amazing. So long but SO CHOCK FULL of information. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tc_5bM0zSM Transcript in case that's quicker: https://paper.dropbox.com&#x
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by patcon 7y ago
Thanks for the generous thoughts :) I know it's not intrinsically bad. But I suppose I am saying that this specific event is bad, in non-shallow analysis. Yes, all things are aspiring to "bend the world" (i like that term
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by patcon 7y ago
Thanks! I realize that :) Interestingly, diapers.com could have legally sold their diapers as a vendor on Amazon as well.[1] That doesn't really affect the predatory nature of Amazon's steep and unsustainable 20% discount, which w
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by patcon 7y ago
Thanks for validating the concern. Truly appreciate that. I don't like to be cynical! I promise it's not my default mode! There are a hundred more funding experiments to run in open source. And open source is the playground for th
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by patcon 7y ago
First off, thanks so so much for engaging. Truly grateful <3 From the FAQ[1]: > In the first year, GitHub will not charge any fees, so 100% of sponsorships will go to the sponsored developer. In the future, we may charge a nominal pro
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by patcon 7y ago
This is NOT about helping us out, fellow maintainer-kids, it's about owning the playground and burning the forest. This fee structure is predatory af & straight outta amazon's playbook. (2x matching funds and all fees waived f
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by patcon 7y ago
> I just wish it could be on an open platform. It could be. Letting GitHub get away with this without criticism feels like a failure of imagination. They could have done integration of an open platform (heck, even one they created) if th
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by patcon 7y ago
> It's got a major company with deep and signficant expertise in security, payments, and accouting. A name that people and companies already trust with a raft of compliance all handled already. Yes, and they are absolutely _robbing_
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by patcon 7y ago
So what did this person do when they weren't on your sofa?
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by patcon 7y ago
Oh! cool! As someone who's bad with remembering names (but who feels that using names is REALLY important to making people feel welcome) I use spaced repetition to better match names to faces as a Meetup co-organizer. I basically wrote
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by patcon 8y ago
I can imagine the liability of _not_ having a human to say "this is me" miiiiight keep this from becoming a go-to for big brands. Or we could put it this way: a corporation might see this as a choice between A) creating a whole ne
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by patcon 8y ago
Also, fwiw, the west is the one that can't stop it's out-of-control careening toward climate catastrophe. China's handling it much better.
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by patcon 8y ago
The field of social physics has lots to say about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMBl0ttu-Ow https://hbr.org/2013/11/beyond-the-echo-chamber > What pattern of exploration and social lear
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by patcon 8y ago
what about the original form of community: physical location -- the one we spent deep history evolving to be suited to navigate with wetware, instinct, intuition and body language, and from which initial social behaviour emerged :)
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by patcon 8y ago
I feel like this would be up your alley: http://nautil.us/issue/47/consciousness/is-consciousness-fra... Points toward volatile systems (e.g. cells and animals and humans and cultures and all forms of life) p
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by patcon 8y ago
to close the loop: https://twitter.com/patconnolly/status/1116722347849977856 re: spreadsheets and recursive publics ;)
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by patcon 8y ago
I recognize that. But it's plainly a big connected operation, at least until we break it up. They operate via succession -- one subsidiary moves in and helps create space for the next. fwiw, you do people a disservice when you assume t
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by patcon 8y ago
Interesting. If I were Taiwanese, I would be very wary of the aspirations, and perhaps keep a #BlockSidewalk campaign idling in the driveway. I don't trust Google's ability to steward and govern a thoughtful city-building project
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by patcon 8y ago
Not sure if you're saying this is good or bad, but fwiw: Personal social support networks are important :) This is a great offering. If someone can get to family or a place where they have a supportive network of folks, that is a billi
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by patcon 8y ago
> Telegram, on the other hand, has been absolutely reliable, both in regular and secure chats. Never a lost message, never a delayed message. > Same for Whatsapp. what's disturbing to me (from a relatively naive perspective -- I&
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by patcon 8y ago
I had the same thing. My side-projects would end up making me anxious, and I'd resent them -- whether they were code or volunteering or what. But then I just kinda left my job -- my ordinary life -- downscaled to the point that I didn&
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by patcon 8y ago
imho the more interesting cryptopgraphic proof would be proof of address or bounding box. I feel that if you allowed third-parties to pay you for supporting a validation of locality via cryptographic features sent in postcard, then the rail
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by patcon 8y ago
Disagree. I feel there's tons in there -- it's just not laid out in a bullet point list of "do this" statements (or at least the list given is a punchline). For example, her approach to interviewing: That a high-level pe

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