blaise

blaise, 1 month ago to Victoria

I'm thinking about visiting #victoria in #britishColumbia with my 19yr old son. We would take a ferry from the Seattle area.

I would love suggestions or warnings for activities, lodging, etc

blaise, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to academia

I don't know who needs this summary of advice I gave to a young woman about her academic career.

#academia is subject to #capitalism like many other institutions.
Members of marginalized groups can apply #infosec practices like social engineering to overtake the power structures.

For more detailed, practical guidance, I recommend the underground classic:

"Hacking Capitalism" by Kris Nova
https://hackingcapitalism.io/

my Audio reading
https://youtu.be/baGHDYFI810

• #anarchism

blaise, 2 months ago to sourdough

My fifth loaf of #sourdough . The first I can be proud of.

blaise, 2 months ago to python

In all the excitement, it would be easy to overlook this announcement relevant to #pythondev s building large/busy projects with #python :
https://developers.home-assistant.io/blog/2024/04/03/build-images-with-uv/

I'm encouraged by the synergy between the #RustLanguage and Python communities, with several collaborations increasing adoption and familiarity of #rustlang .

Ok, I'm calling it a day.

blaise, 2 months ago to fediverse

Facebook feels like a stream of contact with people I wish to avoid IRL.

#fediverse feels like a stream of people I wish to meet IRL.

blaise, 2 months ago to random

In my ongoing quest for a #cooperative offering high end Internet infrastructure services, I read https://blog.cosocial.ca/about/
about @coop ,
and I wonder if there is something similar in place in the USA?

I'm intrigued by the notion of a member owned #coop because that might provide enterprise customers with greater long term commitment (assuming they apply Deming's principle 4, use one supplier)

blaise, 2 months ago to til

#TIL
The Christian Science Monitor has a #fediverse presence @csmonitor
I used to be a daily subscriber (when I had money) and I miss that level #journalism which is really rare these days.

blaise, 3 months ago to til

I've seen lots of "toppling dominoes" but didn't expect this ending

https://youtube.com/shorts/aZMZqx_x_YI
I bet @johncarlosbaez has some cool explanation of how to set it up.
#til

blaise, 3 months ago to ADHD

I have been #procrastinate ing a smartwatch for a number of reasons, mostly #adhd and anxiety; and a reluctance to add proprietary apps and services.
As a life long early adopter of open source (TAMU #Linux, anyone?) I'm going to try https://www.espruino.com/Bangle.js2#tutorials
.
(despite the reference to .js, it's not a toy and real programming languages like #python are available)
Thank you @adafruit

blaise, 4 months ago to til

#TIL this #ted talk about #coops is a compelling and concise intro to the advantages over corporate #capitalism

https://youtu.be/4nCJRrNTlus?si=MVcNNdkkt-Ou3vDL

The call to action at the end "cooperativism needs better marketing" made me think of @mariyadelano and the work she is doing with B2B #marketing

blaise, 5 months ago to random

Here are the major 20th century advancements no one talks about:

1950: An american statistician evolves the scientific method:
https://deming.org/explore/fourteen-points/

1956: A basque priest invents #coops The Secret of Arizmendi (https://vimeo.com/119282962)

1990: The basque #coop become Spain's 10th largest industrial group.
Grupo Mondragon Empresas cooperativas web

1997: Universidad Mondragon: https://www.mondragon.edu/

blaise, 5 months ago to tech

So far this looks like a good resource for people seeking to learn more about building a #tech #coop
https://tech-coops.xyz/

blaise, 5 months ago to geopolitics

What more could I ask for in a brief #geography video?!
It's got #maps , #toilet , #language , #history , #train

https://youtu.be/WQ0g8uhNhJA?si=bpcVPep8b5QRbJU4

#poland #ComplexityWranglers

blaise, 5 months ago to spain

My cousin Ivelisse Pabón does genealogical research on our family's African ancestors. She doesn't publish her work so I wanted to share a recent find.

The image is the cover of an article from the provincial #library in Cádiz #Spain. It shows the brand that was burned into the skin of people trafficked by La Companía Gaditana de Negros in 1765 to show that the transaction had paid the duties to make it " legitimate".

@blackmastodon
#BlackMastodon #History #Slavery

blaise, 6 months ago to bass

Notwithstanding the fact that Wooten is a #bass genius, the simplicity of his wisdom on #music #improvisation here goes beyond #jazz .

https://youtu.be/UBNT5K2sEFQ?si=C3RIk66EahIIHpCD

Even if you hit the wrong note, on either side of that note there's a right note.

blaise, 6 months ago to random

@_chrismay blew my mind yesterday with a demo of @django #AlpineJS and #htmx so now I want to rebuild my portfolio/blog site ...

Are there any particular repos or examples that I should use as a starting point?

• @carlton

blaise, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

@carlton gives a nice interview with @brianokken about #django and life in #catalunya ...
I noticed that he didn't mention the tramontana, so do your own research if you plan to visit him in Winter.

blaise, 7 months ago to programming

Is it weird that I feel completely comfortable with #git ?
I noticed that most of the folks #programming I run into are ill at ease when they interact with their repo.

The resources available tend to either

• explain how (all of) git works.
  Or
• provide a few stanzas of incantations to accompany the ritual sacrifice.

I wonder if there's an audience for a "git therapist"?

"Do you think your struggles with merge conflicts may be rooted in early experience with svn ?...."

blaise, 8 months ago to web

I'm nervous about the talk I'm giving tonight.
To calm down, I'm watching @b0rk
https://youtu.be/30YWsGDr8mA?si=ez8c6uWw19zOiTbh

telling myself
It's ok to be authentic
People want me to help them learn git
I don't have to have all the answers.
#git
#web

blaise, 8 months ago to France

TIL about gandi.net
It's probably well known in #France , but it was new to me.

Anyway, I was impressed with the quality of this blog post
https://blog.gandi.net/en/posts/sphinx-doc-and-pagefind/
about a rather obscure and super useful solution for adding search to #sphinx #documentation , which is common in #python projects.

I looked through their service descriptions and they seem to have the right stuff for #hosting cloud #saas and #web apps.

Have any of us used them before?

blaise, 8 months ago to python

This underrated talk from the recent #EuroPython2023 is my current recommendation for understanding #python version manao, packaging, installation and environments
https://youtu.be/3-drZY3u5vo?si=xwKzEWr1VC2SQCBa

blaise, 8 months ago to Jewish

Many years ago, I had a #Sanskrit tutor in Palo Alto. She had two PhDs and was a pandit in #Tamil (I discovered this later, she never mentioned it). Her husband was nearly as distinguished (their son had not yet won the #Nobel prize for chemistry.

Across the street lived her daughter and Ashkenazi #jewish American husband, both professors.

🧵

blaise, 8 months ago to python

Like peanut butter and chocolate, someone managed to blend #python and #kubernetes kubectl

:https://docs.kr8s.org/en/latest/index.html#object-api

maybe other #DevOps geeks will enjoy this. It also has well automation #documentation , for anyone who wants to see an example of a good #sphinx project.

blaise, 8 months ago to random

If schadenfreude is taking pleasure in someone else's (richely deserved) comeuppance, I wonder if there's a word for taking pleasure in someone else's amazement and delight.

Lately I have been watching a category of videos where young people react to seeing #rock classics for the first time.
Jimi Hendrix 67 Monterey "Hey Joe" is a great one for eliciting life changing astonishment.

blaise, 9 months ago to bass

Good news:
The satisfaction of completing a perfect setup: neck relief, string action, intonation, pickup height.

Sad news:
Discovering that fret 13 is higher than the others.
#bass #guitar