RE: https://social.riley.pub/@robin/116313183325858396

Age verification is simply identity verification.

The government wants to know what you read and write. There is absolutely no other point to this. That’s literally the whole point of this. Furthermore, this whole plot is being pushed by fucking Mark Zuckerberg

https://www.gadgetreview.com/reddit-user-uncovers-who-is-behind-metas-2b-lobbying-for-invasive-age-verification-tech

you may fascinate a roz with even the most elementary of control systems

i had to whip up a barebones LQR for a satellite orbit tracking problem, just for comparison purposes; i sat running the simulation over & again with childlike glee going "look! the feedback makes it work better!"

ok the bit that's genuinely is amazing is how well a control system designed to be optimal for an extremely crude dynamical model still works very well when run against a fairly accurate model. i mean, we're literally talking about modeling the three-body problem as a system of linear ODES, designing a controller for the ODEs, and hoping it works with no changes for the three-body problem. it would be reasonable to expect total failure with such an approximation, but feedback is shockingly good at what it does.

I'm seeing openness to age verification laws within some left of center organizing spaces 😱

Folks, we gotta talk to our people to kill this harmful policy. Regulate dangerous big tech practices, not people!

LGBTQ+ kids in hostile environments suffer when they can't access community online.

Age verification also facilitates excluding representation of marginalized folks. Also, it is at odds with the right to repair — shouldn't we own our devices, and not the other way around?

I started outlining Book III as a change in direction from Book II and a way to salvage parts of Book I

Book I made it to the proposal stage (rejected with honors). Book II was a rethink of Book I and got a tiny amount of mental traction.

The working titles were (approximately)
I: Revitalizing Legacy Scientific Software
II: Writing Legacy Scientific Software (and Why You Would Want To)
III: Analysis Software and Engineering Practice

I wanted to avoid "A Holistic Approach" for III because while it's accurate, it sounds vague and "holistic medicine" really taints the term.

The quick summary is that the practice of engineering analysis revolves around the production of technical reports and calculations as artifacts of the analysis process. We first need to undetstand the purpose and practice of engineering analysis, define the role of analysis software, and develop critical characteristics of analysis software to ensure it supports engineering peactic.

It's a long way of saying we need to understand the work philosophy, intent, practice, and artifacts to ensure software tools support good work practice. We also need to rethink how we teach software development to engineers, to integrate it with practice rather than isolating and simplifying it as a generic task suitable for computer science educators and a general audience. Software development requires context to understand good practice in a specific environment.

I need 5 co-signatures for my UK petition before it will be reviewed and published:

"Implement proportional representation for general elections"

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/765777/sponsors/new?token=h26R2TBKhx1ojTgqEFKZ

Edit: This petition now has 5 signatures so it qualifies for review, but it can accept up to 20 before review.

#ProportionalRepresentation #ElectoralReform #UK #UKPol #UKPolitics

The Duke is coneless ... I repeat, the Duke is coneless ... this is not a drill ... Can all available Guardians of the Cone please report to their assigned posts as soon as possible to rectify the situation.

#glasgow #dukeofwellington #roadcone #glasgowhumour

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