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when I was younger, I didn’t get the “goat farming” trope. I sincerely loved computers, after all! And my job was to make them even better for everyone!

Goats. Goats never commit human rights abuses at incomprehensible scale in a way that intentionally dilutes responsibility too thinly to convict any one person. I’d like to go feed some goats

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Show threadMossMay 29
@0xabad1dea seems to be what @sundogplanets does
Show threadJohn MaxwellMay 29
@0xabad1dea They do eat everything. It's a more intelligent, sensible kind of greed, though.
Show threadMirrors And StuffMay 29
@0xabad1dea I'm personally leaning towards cultivating rare breed strawberries. I'd like something that doesn't need me to be on call every day whilst also not chewing at my soul.
Show threadNosirrahSec 🏴‍☠️ guillotine enthusiastMay 29
@0xabad1dea I know exactly who...I mean what to feed them.
Show threadNosirrahSec 🏴‍☠️ guillotine enthusiastMay 29
@0xabad1dea and more seriously, yes I long for days in the wilderness with only non-networked tech.
Show threadPusher of PixelsMay 29

@0xabad1dea @sundogplanets probably has some openings for goat feeders (joking)

downside, it's still possible it will be snowing for another month (not joking)

Show threadWren ReillyMay 29

@0xabad1dea unlike big tech companies’ slopware marketing, no one is trying to convince everyone to have goats in the home and office. Well, maybe the goats themselves, but there are no futurist thinkfluencers on Microsoft’s payroll trying it.

No one is trying to let a herd of goats teach in a primary school.

Show threadChris Ford May 29
@0xabad1dea Goats are farming on hard mode. Sheep are much more relaxing. Speaking as someone who's done both growing up.
Show threadDazMay 29
@0xabad1dea "negative externalities"
Show thread⁡jasegMay 29
@0xabad1dea never underestimate goats
Show threadStoneBear May 29
@0xabad1dea I hear tell looking after sheep is good therapy (if a bit tiring during lambing season)...
Show threadWhyrlMay 29
@0xabad1dea @critter_in_flux I used to write software and now we have goats.
Show threadCritter (he/him)May 29
@whyrl @0xabad1dea one day I'll get there too haha
Show threadjohn lehetMay 29

@0xabad1dea I had goats. Saanen dairy goats and Angora goats for fiber. I did love having them, and it was great for my kids when they were young. I gave them up when we moved to get my son into a better school system. They took up a huge amount of my time and energy in the prime of my life, non trivial.

One thing about goats though: as ruminants they are prolific converters of biomass into methane, and thus they fuel climate change.

Show threadStephen J. ThomasMay 29
@0xabad1dea
Or alpacas
Show threadBenoît JonesMay 29
@sjthomas @0xabad1dea that looks like a crazy gang!
Show threadBeggar MidasMay 29
@0xabad1dea Goats are chaos agents. Every single one of them. Computers are logical. If you do the same thing, you get the same results. Goats are biological. You can be consistent AF and they will still do as they damn well please. Which usually includes finding fifteen new ways to piss you off each & every day.
Show threadEli the BeardedMay 29

@0xabad1dea

When I was younger the only time I heard people mention goats and computers together it was bad news for the goat and wishful thinking for SCSI

Show threadRichard JohnsonMay 30

@elithebearded @0xabad1dea

I never could get the silver knife vs the gold knife right. Let alone performing the sacrifice at full moon or new moon.

Show threadMaggie MaybeMay 29

@0xabad1dea There’s a property down the road from me and whoever owns it rents “goat mowers” every year. (Whoever owns the goats sets up a large fenced in area that they move daily as the goats “mow” the area.)

Every year when I drive by on my way into town I have to talk myself out of pulling over to pet them: “They’re working. There’s nowhere to safely park on this main road. What if I freak them out?” BUT I REALLY WANT TO PET THEM!!

Show threadChris Geoghooligan ✊May 29
@0xabad1dea goats are awesome. Had a good experience with some donkeys too, highly recommend.
Show threadDaveMay 30
@0xabad1dea Sounds a bit like the "dann mach ich was mit Holz" trope ("... then I'll do something with wood") that is prevalent in german IT circles. 
Show threadsebastian ⚡May 30

@anathem @0xabad1dea I've also heard of a German version involving sheep.

Personally I like neither. However lathes, mills and welders have a certain appeal, when compared to modern day computers.

Show threadDaveMay 30
@sebastian Now you just need a catchphrase for that :D
Show threadsebastian ⚡May 30
@anathem For the German version I'd go with: "Im nächsten Leben werd ich Schlosser.". Haven't found a catchy English version yet.