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@thoughtpunks
Another thing I like/am proud of is the application of one of guiding principles of the program, which is "practice what you preach" or "walk the talk". For example, in the Psychology topic, we learn how people's brains work differently, and to reflect this in the program we try to accommodate as many different learning styles as we can.

And while it may seem strange to be coming from the topic of Critical Thinking, there is the optional use of Themes to "dress up" the learning material and make it more fun. For example fans of Star Trek may enjoy the material looking like it came from Star Fleet Academy, where they can learn Vulcan Logic (Critical Thinking) and Interstellar Diplomacy (Communication Skills). There are ideas for several different themes already.

Because of the topic of Organizational Intelligence, the system is designed to be self-improving, with a feedback and contribution system that regularly updates and improves the material. Even just submitting what works well for you and what doesn't can be helpful. Thus we leverage the "network effect" that we learn about in Community & Cooperation.

And speaking of C&C, I plan to have a companion organization where all these things can be practiced and used. Everything from simply finding a study partner or group, to finding or starting community projects to get involved in. I also plan on a mutual aid network which embodies many of the things taught in the program.

So yeah, this program isn't meant to be just a body of raw information, it's the soil in which I hope many good things will grow from.

@thoughtpunks
I think that my favorite part is making connections between the different topics. For instance, Emotion Management helps with Critical Thinking and Communication Skills, Long Term Thinking helps with Science and Technology literacy, Psychology and Communication skills help with Community & Cooperation... actually I think that they all might help that one, and vice versa. Still so many connections to make! I find that they make the skills you learn in each topic stronger by reinforcing each other, much like people do in Community & Cooperation... see, I did it again! 😆
(I like to do this in my fiction writing and worldbuilding as well.)
#OSES

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#Design #Analyses
Claude is an Electron app · How native software lost its edge to web apps https://ilo.im/16b39q

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#Claude #Electron #Software #WebTechnology #OSes #Usability #Design #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

Claude is an Electron App because we’ve lost native

Article argues that Claude is not an Electron app not because LLMs can’t do it, but because there are no advantages left for native

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Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻

🇨🇦Mar 4

Hey everyone, remember that project I am working on called OSES (Open Source Education System)?

(If not: it's a free, open educational program to help people overcome barriers and reach their potential—covering subjects such as critical thinking, psychology, communication, systems thinking & community development. More details in my pinned post: https://autistics.life/@murdoc/114175617261126366)

The project is almost ready for its first alpha release (v0.1)! I'll be putting it online soon for early review and feedback.

However, "OSES" was always a placeholder. I want a name that will appeal to more people, so I need your help choosing one.

Here is a link to a quick survey/poll to vote. The poll will be open for about a week.
https://framaforms.org/project-naming-survey-1772612666

I'll share results and may ask some follow-up questions afterward. Thanks!

#education #OpenEducation #naming #poll #feedback #OER #selfimprovement #CriticalThinking #OSES

Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻:ri: 🇨🇦 (@[email protected])

For my second appendix to my Introduction, I'll talk about another project I'm working on, called OSES, or the Open Source Education System. It does not have anything to do with open source software however, not even computers. This is in fact just a placeholder name I've chosen until a better one comes up. It is meant to denote how it is meant to follow a similar method of development as open source software uses, which I'll describe in more detail later. The primary goal of the program is to teach people important knowledge and skills that are too often missing from the traditional education system. Examples include critical thinking, interpersonal communication, and emotion management (think like anger management, but for all emotions). While these are things almost everyone already has some knowledge and skill in already, everyone can benefit from improving them, and there is a lot to learn in these areas that most people are not aware of. OSES is not designed to replace traditional education, but instead work independent of it. It would be accessible, for free, primarily from the Internet in the form of downloadable materials (text, videos, apps, etc.). As time goes on and the program develops, it is my intention that groups will form that will assist in this training. They will be spontaneous, self-organized study groups that can range from large lecture groups to just having a study/practice partner. As many different learning styles will be accommodated as possible in order to reach as many people as possible. It is my hope that this program will not only be helpful to people's lives as individuals, but will also benefit their communities, organizations, and society as a whole. I'll describe more aspects of this project further in future replies to this post. #OSES #education #CriticalThinking

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Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻

🇨🇦Mar 3

I'm excited. My #OSES project is coming along nicely. I'll being doing a more official post about it in the next day or two, but just wanted to say that I haven't had this much fun doing something constructive in a long time. 😄

C.Nov 28

A random link I came across reminded me that one of my FOSS projects' README file references all of the following:

Tru64
HP-UX
Debian
RedHat
SuSE
Ubuntu
FreeBSD
NetBSD
Darwin

x86
AMD64
Alpha
PA-RISC
Itanium
PowerPC

I would like to issue a decades-late "thank you" to Hewlett Packard for operating their "Test Drive" program, that allowed me to do test builds on all of those platforms I had no other access to. [1] I was sad when they discontinued it, even if it was a pretty niche thing at the time.

I must have been one of about 3 people outside of Hewlett Packard, Intel, and Microsoft who'd ever bothered to try to build software on Itanium. [2]

How many of the above phrases would elicit blank looks from newly-minted engineers and #CompSci people these days?

[1] Meaning actual useful Hewlett Packard. The practically unrelated modern HP corporation can, of course, stick their overpriced, DRMed ink and toner in their paper-jam access holes.

[2] a.k.a. "Itanic"

#HP #HewlettPackard #TestDrive #platforms #architectures #OSes #Unix #CPUs #PaperJam #StickIt #WhereTheSunDontShine

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Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻

🇨🇦Nov 14

@hadon
"Peachtree dish" got me. 😆

No vaccine for stupidity exactly, but that's not the problem so much as misinformation combined with a general lack of proper education in things like critical thinking. So by this analogy, these people weren't sufficiently inoculated against harmful ideas when they were young. But that doesn't mean that they can't get it later in life, it's just more difficult. Still, I'm working on it:
https://autistics.life/@murdoc/114175617261126366

#OSES

Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻

🇨🇦Oct 18

I'm excited to have come up with another theme for the OSES* project, inspired by a post I saw here on Mastodon a few days ago. It's a Harry Potter theme! And for those that won't have anything to do with it due to its creator, this theme has no HP content in it at all, it's all a cheap knock-off like so many things before it. (Plus the bonus of no copyright entanglements!)

(If all this seems a bit silly, remember that there are other themes in OSES than this one, and that themes are entirely optional, just a fun way to spice up what you learn in OSES. You don't have to use any if you don't want to.)

*(And if you don't know what OSES is: https://autistics.life/@murdoc/114175617261126366)

Now I present to you...

The Eldermyst Academy of Arcane Arts
"Where ancient secrets awaken"

Here at the Academy you will learn the mysteries of magic (note: no real magic taught!) and how you can use it for your benefit.

Example subjects include:
*Magical Discipline (aka Critical Thinking and Emotion Management)
*Magical Etiquette (aka Communication Skills)
*Gestalt Magic (aka Cooperation/Community)
As well as the secret of the renma ka'e, the mysterious source of all magic that lies within each of us!

We even have several houses for you to join! But unlike certain Scottish magical academies, our houses work together, not compete against each other.

Behold!

The Celestia Sanctum of Mystical Studies
"Reach for the stars, command the void"
These students are masters of the Mysteries, studying the ones known, seeking out the unknown, and relentlessly unravelling them.

The Moonshadow Conservatory of Enchantment
"Light the night with magic"
These students are the 'glue' of the Academy, organizing events, fostering relationships, help teaching, and making sure that everyone is having a good time.

The Glimmerforge Institute of Magical Arts
"Craft brilliance from raw spellwork"
This house handles more practical matters, such as securing venues for events, materials for projects, handling logistics, and devising crafty solutions to more physical problems.

The Obsidian Hall of Sorcery
"Forge destiny in darkness "
Energetic, adaptable, and creative, these students can be found assisting students and faculty in nearly any capacity where help is needed. Many have also taken a bit of a protective bent towards the other students when necessary.

The Aethergate College of Enchanters
"Open portals to new possibilities"
The affable students of Aethergate act as intermediaries between the Academy and the rest of the world, performing outreach, recruiting, and public relations.

#OSES

Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻:ri: 🇨🇦 (@[email protected])

For my second appendix to my Introduction, I'll talk about another project I'm working on, called OSES, or the Open Source Education System. It does not have anything to do with open source software however, not even computers. This is in fact just a placeholder name I've chosen until a better one comes up. It is meant to denote how it is meant to follow a similar method of development as open source software uses, which I'll describe in more detail later. The primary goal of the program is to teach people important knowledge and skills that are too often missing from the traditional education system. Examples include critical thinking, interpersonal communication, and emotion management (think like anger management, but for all emotions). While these are things almost everyone already has some knowledge and skill in already, everyone can benefit from improving them, and there is a lot to learn in these areas that most people are not aware of. OSES is not designed to replace traditional education, but instead work independent of it. It would be accessible, for free, primarily from the Internet in the form of downloadable materials (text, videos, apps, etc.). As time goes on and the program develops, it is my intention that groups will form that will assist in this training. They will be spontaneous, self-organized study groups that can range from large lecture groups to just having a study/practice partner. As many different learning styles will be accommodated as possible in order to reach as many people as possible. It is my hope that this program will not only be helpful to people's lives as individuals, but will also benefit their communities, organizations, and society as a whole. I'll describe more aspects of this project further in future replies to this post. #OSES #education #CriticalThinking

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Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻

🇨🇦Oct 4

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
This is a classic demonstration of a concept I call Short Term Vs. Long Term Investment (for lack of a better name), which basically states that in most if not all cases, long term investments have better payoffs than short term ones. This "austerity" is basically a short term investment. Fixing the pothole is a long term one.

And this concept doesn't just apply for governments and business, it applies at all levels of life. Investing in your own education provides more opportunities in life. Taking care of your health saves you money in health care costs later. Buying a solid, reliable car or house will save you money on repairs later on. Even putting work into maintaining healthy relationships will pay off when you need support, emotional, physical, or even financial. The list of examples goes on.

This is a concept that everyone needs to know about, not just in theory, but in practice. So they can not only implement it in their own personal lives, but recognize its value in the decisions made by the governments that we elect (and thus help inform our voting choices). Since this concept is not widely taught in schools, I have included it in my project to supplement education, which for now I call OSES. It's designed to fill in the gaps that traditional education often misses. More information here: https://autistics.life/@murdoc/114175617261126366

#OSES

Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻:ri: 🇨🇦 (@[email protected])

For my second appendix to my Introduction, I'll talk about another project I'm working on, called OSES, or the Open Source Education System. It does not have anything to do with open source software however, not even computers. This is in fact just a placeholder name I've chosen until a better one comes up. It is meant to denote how it is meant to follow a similar method of development as open source software uses, which I'll describe in more detail later. The primary goal of the program is to teach people important knowledge and skills that are too often missing from the traditional education system. Examples include critical thinking, interpersonal communication, and emotion management (think like anger management, but for all emotions). While these are things almost everyone already has some knowledge and skill in already, everyone can benefit from improving them, and there is a lot to learn in these areas that most people are not aware of. OSES is not designed to replace traditional education, but instead work independent of it. It would be accessible, for free, primarily from the Internet in the form of downloadable materials (text, videos, apps, etc.). As time goes on and the program develops, it is my intention that groups will form that will assist in this training. They will be spontaneous, self-organized study groups that can range from large lecture groups to just having a study/practice partner. As many different learning styles will be accommodated as possible in order to reach as many people as possible. It is my hope that this program will not only be helpful to people's lives as individuals, but will also benefit their communities, organizations, and society as a whole. I'll describe more aspects of this project further in future replies to this post. #OSES #education #CriticalThinking

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Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻

🇨🇦Oct 1

@TheBreadmonkey
Basically what the study of memetics has been doing for a while now. Ideas can "infect" people just like viruses, and the most successful ones spread like successful viruses. Everyone has an intellectual immune system that helps limit this spread, but it can vary a lot. The best inoculation against harmful ideas is critical thinking, but there are ideas that can suppress the spread of this just like an autoimmune disease (anti-science, anti-critical thinking, etc.). These can be the most dangerous as they can allow the spreading of ideas that help spread things like real disease (like anti-vax ideas).

That's why critical thinking is one of the core subjects in my OSES project, which is designed to teach people how and why they should do this. We can even use the study of memetics to help "spread" this idea to the greatest number of people. One can think of it like learning 'intellectual self-defence'.

https://autistics.life/@murdoc/114175617261126366

#OSES

Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻:ri: 🇨🇦 (@[email protected])

For my second appendix to my Introduction, I'll talk about another project I'm working on, called OSES, or the Open Source Education System. It does not have anything to do with open source software however, not even computers. This is in fact just a placeholder name I've chosen until a better one comes up. It is meant to denote how it is meant to follow a similar method of development as open source software uses, which I'll describe in more detail later. The primary goal of the program is to teach people important knowledge and skills that are too often missing from the traditional education system. Examples include critical thinking, interpersonal communication, and emotion management (think like anger management, but for all emotions). While these are things almost everyone already has some knowledge and skill in already, everyone can benefit from improving them, and there is a lot to learn in these areas that most people are not aware of. OSES is not designed to replace traditional education, but instead work independent of it. It would be accessible, for free, primarily from the Internet in the form of downloadable materials (text, videos, apps, etc.). As time goes on and the program develops, it is my intention that groups will form that will assist in this training. They will be spontaneous, self-organized study groups that can range from large lecture groups to just having a study/practice partner. As many different learning styles will be accommodated as possible in order to reach as many people as possible. It is my hope that this program will not only be helpful to people's lives as individuals, but will also benefit their communities, organizations, and society as a whole. I'll describe more aspects of this project further in future replies to this post. #OSES #education #CriticalThinking

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