Trying very hard to avoid computers, and failing miserably.
A 30-something British-born coconut Indian living in Zürich, Switzerland. I speak English, and enough Hochdeutsch to order a pizza.
Occasional, inadvertent arsehole. If observed, please call me out.
Fascists, racists, Zionists, TERFs, homophobes, and other bigots can fuck right off.
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| pronouns | he/him; they/them |
| location | Zürich, Switzerland |
| blog | https://functional.computer/ |
I have an Easter sale going! First off, a bundle of all of my books, including the ones no longer available for sale elsewhere. It's more than 60% off the full price
https://payhip.baldurbjarnason.com/b/QHWZc
But the interesting part of this is an experiment where, included in the bundle, is a preview of the book I'm working on. Buying the bundle, or the preview separately, lets you join a newsletter where I'll be documenting my progress on the book.
[THIS IS A SELF-DISCLOSING, GOOD FAITH APRIL FOOL'S SENSIBLE CHUCKLE]
please enjoy the paper I wrote last year that is going to redefine history and linguistics as we know them as soon as anyone can stop laughing long enough to finish reading it: The Utterly Unhinged Elamo-Minoan Hypothesis
on academia.edu: https://www.academia.edu/128559713/The_Utterly_Unhinged_Elamo_Minoan_Hypothesis_April_Fools_
direct raw pdf: https://0xabad1dea.github.io/bin/Utterly-Unhinged-Elamo-Minoan-Hypothesis.pdf
[YOU CAUGHT THAT I SAID THIS IS A HAHA FUNNY FOR APRIL FOOL'S, RIGHT?]
RE: https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/116324676116121930
You gotta read this whole thread. Don’t drink coffee at the same time.
What's anthropic going to do, sue them? Insist in court that LLM recreating copyrighted code is a violation of copyright???
: The first gender reassignment operation in Poland took place on 21 April 1937 at the Infant Jesus Hospital, which is still located on Starynkiewicza Square in Warsaw. The operation was performed by the surgeon Henryk Beck, whilst Dr Stanisław Luxenburg oversaw the endocrinological aspects of the transition.
The Polish javelin thrower and table tennis player, Zofia Smętek, had announced her transition and his new name, Witold Smentek, in the newspapers beforehead – for the residents of Warsaw could address him appropriately after the operation and legal proceedings.
The fast consequence of the change was that Witold, like every other man of his age, was soon called up into the Polish Army (soon discharged to the sport duties as a National Champion).
Pinging whomever #TransDayOfVisibility got into my mastofeed today, to let em know that there were places and times that let #trans persons live in peace:
@samir @MeaningfulBits @literalgrill @Artemis201 @RinaVolpina @funcrunch @MeaningfulBits @earwigplanet @blogdiva @robin @janetlogan @AimeeMaroux
Witold Smentek is first to the left:
every culture since the dawn of time had #trans people
2 spirit people of indigenous north america
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-spirit
the 5 genders of the bugis in indonesia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_in_Bugis_society
gala priests of sumeria, scythian enarei, india's ancient hijra community
etc, etc
#transgender people have always been with us
and always will be with us
they are an essential thread in the fabric of human existence
forever
I feel what happens more often is *specific sociopathic actors* take advantage of the collective resource and attempt to claim it for themselves, often destroying it in the process.
common land in england was not overused and depleted, it was enclosed, deliberately, by powerful actors, and taken away from commoners.
anarchic projects like the Paris Commune, Kronstadt, Catalonia, Rojava, Chiapas don't collapse under their own weight because they are not sustainable, they are destroyed from the outside, deliberately, by violent people for whom the success of an egalitarian society is an existential threat.
foss and the open web are not straining under the weight of individual over consumption, they're being attacked, deliberately, by malicious actors seeking gains and power.
Alright trans friends, I got paid, who wants a pizza?
[Edit: done. Cis friends, buy pizzas. Don’t boost this, post your own.]
First trans person to shout at me with payment details gets 20€. (Not in North America, sorry, transferring money to you is impossible and also there are plenty of North Americans who should be throwing money at you instead.)
I know it’s not much but maybe it shows that someone cares a bit.
(If you are not trans and have money, buy a pizza for a trans friend plz.)
Baldur Bjarnason
abadidea
jonny (good kind)
kopper 
Brynnbo the FrogMxstress
ohir
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
Ramsey Nasser