https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2025/making-any-integer-with-four-2s/
Try it with your kids!
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Sturla Bragason
@sturlabragason
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Well, well, well. Not quite sure what to write in bios anymore. #Somethingsomething, #Web3, #OpenSource, #Transhumanism, #Degrowth, #Algocracy, etc. I wish there was a single word that neatly encompassed all the above. Also a father of two teenagers and an energetic young one, plus the humble human to two purring overlords and a tail-wagging companion. If I have time, I write some code while I #WFH.
How did we get here?[Note: this thread was copied from another instance with the full knowledge and endorsement of the original poster who wants to remain anonymous here.]
HOW DID WE GET HERE?
(a thread of threads, quotes, and links)
This is a collection of writings and research concerned with how we got where we are today, which is in fact the story of what has been done *to* us, and what has been *taken from us*.
By "us" we're talking about "the 99%", "workers", "wage slaves", all non-owners of private property, "the poor", unhoused people, indigenous people, even plenty of people who swear by capitalism and identify as "capitalist" yet have no capital of their own and no serious hope of ever having any worth speaking of. In other words almost everyone except for the very few who have had the power to exploit us and shape our lives to serve their agenda. We're going to examine institutions and concepts that have deeply altered our world at all levels, both our external and internal realities.
By "here" we are talking about climate crisis and myriad other environmental catastrophes resulting from hyper-excessive extraction, consumption and waste; a world of rampant inequality, exploitation and oppression, hunger and starvation, genocide and war; a world of fences, walls, gatekeepers, prisons, police, bullshit jobs and criminalized poverty; a world overrun with cars and preventable disease; a world of vanishing biodiversity and thriving fascism; a world where "democracy" results in being led by some of the worst of humanity; a world ruled by an imaginary but all-powerful and single-minded god: Capital.
Our inspiration and structural framework for this survey is this quote from THE PREHISTORY OF PRIVATE PROPERTY, an important book from political philosopher Karl Widerquist and anthropologist Grant S. McCall:
"After hundreds of millennia in which all humans had direct access to the commons, it took only a few centuries for enclosure, colonialism, capitalism, and industrialization to cut off the vast majority of people on Earth from direct access to the means of economic production and therefore to rob them of the power to say no. It took only a few generations to convince most people that this situation was natural and inevitable. That false lesson needs to be unlearned."
https://widerquist.com/books-3/#2b
Also recommended: PREHISTORIC MYTHS IN MODERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
https://widerquist.com/books-3/#4b
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ProtonWho should we support this year with the 7th Proton Lifetime Charity Fundraiser?
After raising $730K last year, we’ve now donated over $2.7 million to organizations around the world that align with our mission. Nominations are open until November 13th. https://proton.me/blog/lifetime-fundraiser-survey-2024
Jan Wildeboer 😷
What happens when every time your browser sends data to a tracker it makes a beep sound? Well, @bert_hubert did just that. And it sounds like you are listening to an old school modem. Creepy stuff! https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/tracker-beeper/
Tracker Beeper - Bert Hubert's writings
A week ago, I finally got round to implementing an idea I’d been toying with for years: what if your computer made a little bit of noise every time it sent data to Google? From studying logs, I’d long known just how many sites send all your visits and clicks to (at least) Google, but a log that you have to manually create first and then analyze is not very dramatic.
Ricardo Cassel Schmitt 👋How long will it take now for the creation of a Linux distro called Linux Zero Trust? It's a good opportunity given the current engagement and publicity.
Peter RileyIf workers staying at home for a few weeks causes the entire global economy to shut down, then that should be a stark reminder that labor creates all wealth. Bosses and CEO’s only steal it.
#Capitalism #Profits = #wagetheft
#union #solidarity #iww
#Capitalism #Profits = #wagetheft
#union #solidarity #iww
Radical Graffiti"You don't hate Mondays, you hate capitalism"
Sticker spotted in Frankenthal, Germany
Sticker spotted in Frankenthal, Germany
Thom HolwerdaHere we go: Desktop Linux has a Firefox problem
Spread far and wide. This needs to be talked about.
https://www.osnews.com/story/136653/desktop-linux-has-a-firefox-problem/
BBC Radio 4Hello everyone! 👋 We've joined the fediverse as part of an experiment with our friends from BBC Research & Development. Read more about it here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-07-mastodon-distributed-decentralised-fediverse-activitypub
Hilda Bastian"Telling academics they can achieve career success by using today’s algorithmic-driven platforms is like telling Millennials they could afford to buy a house by eating less avocado on toast. It’s a cruel lie because social media is a shit way to share your work now.
Not a little bit shit either. Very shit."
From: The enshittification of academic social media by @thesiswhisperer
https://thesiswhisperer.com/2023/07/10/academicenshittification/