Oliver Geer

#introduction Hi Fedi!  

I'm a student in #CompSci and #Philosophy (https://www.philocomp.net) at the University of #Oxford. Busy University life will make me unresponsive sometimes.

I'm a #FreeSoftware #OpenSource promoter (co-running https://ox.ogeer.org/) and developer (https://ogeer.org/#code-forges). I would love to increase confidence and become a long-term contributor to communities' projects.

I'm a beginner but interested in #governance - social.coop is an example.

I also enjoy #etymology and language-learning (message me in ES or ZH_Hans), considering and protecting our natural #environment, and music.

I love creative, diverse methods of human expression and existence. I shun prejudice, and try to widen my perspectives. I am learning robust analytical arguments via Philosophy. Respectful, critical argument with me is welcome, but if it requires triggering topics, or could tire some, please put it behind a content warning. I will try to do the same.

PhiloComp.net

The aim of this website is to highlight the many strong links between Philosophy and Computing, for the benefit of students of both disciplines.

Apr 7 at 12:28pmWeb
Show threadOliver Geer19h ago
What about @WebCoder49? That's an old account of mine - I lost the two-factor authentication on it. Due to my own laziness and some difficulty in communicating with the admin, I've not got around to migrating it here. You can verify that by seeing my verified link on this profile, and that oliver.geer.im redirects there.
Show threadElena Rossini ⁂19h ago
@ogeer welcome to the Fediverse Oliver! Happy you're here. My biggest recommendation would be to follow @FediTips
Show threadOliver Geer19h ago

@_elena Thank you very much, Elena, for helping make the Fediverse so welcoming. I have in fact been on the Fediverse for a while and used to be quite active, though I didn't make that clear (https://social.coop/@ogeer/116363438872678925). I have followed @FediTips nevertheless, because it has a lot of recommendations I haven't looked at yet.

Thank you also for your promotion of the Fediverse to the wider population, and demonstration that self-hosting doesn't require you to be a professional programmer. I have in fact mentioned your self-hosting journey when talking to my friends!

(social.coop's 1000-character limit is refreshing)

Oliver Geer (@[email protected])

What about @[email protected]? That's an old account of mine - I lost the two-factor authentication on it. Due to my own laziness and some difficulty in communicating with the admin, I've not got around to migrating it here. You can verify that by seeing my verified link on this profile, and that oliver.geer.im redirects there.

social.coop
Show thread✝️Aesthetic Femboy🕊️19h ago
@ogeer howdy ho and welcome to the fediverse
Show threadOliver Geer19h ago

@GlitchGhost Hello! Thanks for the friendliness.

I'm afraid I've got to work now, so will have to rudely go!

Show thread✝️Aesthetic Femboy🕊️19h ago
@ogeer you're welcome and no problem. Enjoy the fediverse
Show threadpjw18h ago
@ogeer Welcome to social.coop from the other resident philosopher :)
Show threadEric Lawton18h ago

@ogeer

I did philosophy then comp sci much later.

The CS was mostly obsolete within a few years but the philosophy was useful for my entire careers.

Good luck.

@Dianora

Show threadDianora (Diane Bruce)17h ago

@EricLawton @ogeer

CS as a branch of math does not go as obsolete. The problem comes when they hard code "You should learn this and that as it is being used now." Of course that is obsolete very quickly. I drifted from math to CS leaning some chem/physics/engineering/linguistics along the way. Regretted not doing philosophy but I am making up for that now. Self-didactic but I rely upon people like Eric to point out things I should be looking at!

Show threadEric Lawton16h ago

@Dianora

I already had a maths degree so my CS was just a layer on top of that specific to computing.

Some of the theory didn't agree so much but it was all embedded in libraries. And, oddly, operating systems didn't include spying, advertising and customer retention, though that took a few more decades.

@ogeer

Show threadDianora (Diane Bruce)15h ago

@EricLawton @ogeer Yes! You can't be a good programmer without math. I have run into the sort who don't believe that.

I remember local colleges teaching such useful things such as 'Flash' etc. Very employment oriented rather than "real" CS. Hence my prior comments.

Show threadEric Lawton10h ago

@Dianora

The sciences are good for "how to build" IT systems.

The humanities help with "what should we build".

Self didactic is good. I'm rereading Doris Lessing's "Children of Violence" series. The first time, I took note that the protagonist, Martha Quest, taught herself the equivalent of an undergraduate course every few months, and followed her in that habit ever since.

@ogeer