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doboprobodyne

@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz

Dipping a toe. I have some understanding of the most elementary fluid dynamics and thermodynamics, some practical physics and organic chemistry. I'd like to do a little passive learning if I can, with a view to learning programming later in life. We all see the same truth through a different paradigm, but sometimes math helps us better see and understand and convey the same thing. What a lovely backbone upon which to build a body of communication and thought. I treasure this server.

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anatoliyl, to hardware Russian

Do have very good hardware support? I want to buy Acer laptop and install OpenBSD on it.

doboprobodyne,
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

Short of checking their hardware support against a specific laptop model, I'd just say thinkpad is generally a safer bet than acer.

If you don't mind refurbished laptops, you can buy openbsd preinstalled... https://minifree.org/

doboprobodyne,
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@zombiewarrior

Sadly my daily driver is still Linux due to wanting a couple of programs that aren't yet on #openbsd. Also because I want to follow novice tutorials for some things and having a very widely-used flavour of linux makes it much easier for me. Most of what I use for work can be accessed via a browser though, and I believe in learning by doing, so I will try to migrate to or towards #openbsd when I get time.

I'd say try it on an old thinkpad and see how it feels!

#foss #openbsd #freebsd #bsd #linux #thinkpad #linux

cindyweinstein, to ai

#AI

doboprobodyne,
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@cindyweinstein
Anyone else feel like this fellow ought to be from Yorkshire?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26ZDB9h7BLY

jonmsterling, to random
@jonmsterling@mathstodon.xyz avatar

I'm working on figuring out how to explain the practice of mathematics to students who've never done it before...

There are too many things that we leave unsaid, and then use crudely to separate those who already know from those we won't bother to teach...

doboprobodyne,
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@jonmsterling
Made me think of this! (Sorry, hope I understood your point correctly!)

From https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/simple

neiman, to archlinux

Any recommendation for a VPS hosting where you can install #archlinux?

It's for personal usage so something cheap and light.

#foss #opensource

doboprobodyne,
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@neiman

Www.lowendbox.com

And the associated forum www.lowendtalk.com

Might be of interest to you.

#homelab #vps #lowendtalk #servers

kate, to random
@kate@fosstodon.org avatar

Brits ask “A penny for your thoughts?” and Americans respond with “Just my two cents”. At current exchange rates ($1.00 = £0.80) this means Brits are receiving 1.6p of American thoughts for just 1p. In this paper we propose an alternative asset pricing model for the marketplace of ideas, considering—

doboprobodyne,
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@kate

I think a more nuanced model could be composed if we consider the million dollar question.

kravietz, to random Polish
@kravietz@agora.echelon.pl avatar

Taka obserwacja kulturowo-socjologiczna: na Fediverse od dawna jest trochę Rosjan “z Rosji” (w sensie, że nie emigrantów), głównie uciekinierów z mainstreamowych rosyjskich sieci społecznościowych typu VK po wprowadzeniu cenzury kilka lat temu. Poza grupą autentycznie szurniętych nacjonalistów (którzy też byli wtedy w Rosji ścigani, stąd ucieczka z VK) z większością z nich do wojny i przez pierwszy rok można było normalnie dyskutować. Mam tu na myśli dyskusję na poziomie jaki mogą prowadzić ludzie mający czasem odmienne poglądy ale potrafiący wysłuchać argumentów drugiej strony i z nimi polemizować lub je przyjąć. Ale w ciągu ostatniego roku dokonała się ciekawa zmiana kulturowa. Jeżeli mogę dokonać kilku uogólnień na podstawie niedawnej (i chyba ostatniej) dyskusji z nimi:

  • W złym tonie jest podawanie… źródeł informacji. W dobrym tonie jest pisanie “swoimi słowami”. To znaczy, jeżeli ktoś napisze “ja wiem, że rakiety S-300 nie mogą trafiać w cele naziemne” to ma to z ich punktu widzenia większą wartość poznawczą niż ”nawet ze źródeł rosyjskich wynika, że mogą - tutaj jest link do TopWar.ru” (popularny portal wojskowy w Rosji). Nie mam pojęcia z czego to wynika, podejrzewam jakiś podprogowy komunikat o tym, że wszystkie linki mogą prowadzić do exploitów i wirusów.
  • Całkowite pogrążenie w oficjalnej rosyjskiej narracji - oni nie wiedzą, że Charków był regularnie ostrzeliwany od lutego 2022 i autentycznie myślą, że rosyjskie ostrzały Charkowa zaczęły się dopiero w odwecie za ukraińskie ostrzały Biełgorodu czyli około grudnia 2023.
  • Całkowita brak zdolności do konfrontacji z informacją nie pasującą do tej oficjalnej narracji. W naszej kulturze, jeżeli ktoś poda informację sprzeczną z naszą wiedzą to zaczyna się kopanie w źródłach - albo ja mam błędne źródło, albo on/ona i na podstawie uznawanych przez obie strony można to ustalić. Rosyjskie “pokolenie wojenne” po prostu kończy dyskusję, nie było tematu.
  • Ciekawe zjawisko “podwójnej moralności” - wobec “swoich” przyznajemy nieco więcej (np. ludobójcze cele Kremla w zakresie “złamania Ukrainy”) niż wobec “obcych” (negowanie tych wypowiedzi i upieranie się, że to tylko “”emocje”). Ale to akurat Rosjanie mieli zawsze, to nie jest nowe zjawisko.
  • Odrzucanie dowolnych relacji świadków czy wręcz materiałów wideo z miejsc wydarzeń na tej podstawie, że “nie było cię tam na miejscu, nie wiesz jak było”. W konsekwencji tuzin bezpośrednich relacji wideo z danego miejsca jest odrzucany jako “niewiarygodny” ale obwieszczenia oficjalnych przedstawicieli władzy jest traktowane przynajmniej jako wyraz oficjalnej wersji.
  • Bezkrytyczne podejście do częstych w rosyjskiej oficjalnej narracji zmian stanowiska o 180°. Fakt, że dzisiaj władza mówi coś całkowicie odwrotnego niż wczoraj nie wywołuje absolutnie żadnych refleksji na temat tego, że władza może w danym przypadku kłamać oraz, że jutro powie coś inne niż dzisiaj. Jest prawda życia, i jest “prawda etapu”.

W większości są to zjawiska dość oczywiste dla każdego kto ma kontakt z Rosjanami “z Rosji”, nowością dla mnie była obsesyjna fiksacja na “swoimi słowami” oraz odrzucanie źródeł. Nie wiem w jaką stronę to idzie ale wygląda na to, że oni sami siebie zagnali w jakąś sekciarską informacyjną czarną dziurę. Długofalowe konsekwencje, przede wszystkim dla rosyjskiego społeczeństwa, będą dramatyczne.

doboprobodyne, (edited )
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@kravietz

May I add some hashtags in order to solicit views of psychologists and others who deal with human (or animal) cognitive modelling of reality? I would be fascinated to read about the degree to which we're all vulnerable to bias, the highest-yield methods of protecting oneself from bias (especially in social media), and of helping reflect back to others their own views in a way that lets them critique them. I think the last point is especially hard, especially if the other person has no desire for critical thinking (and as humans, we are terrible at critical thinking!).

If there are any textbooks on the subject, ideally written by scientists &/or aimed at scientists, I'd be keen as mustard to know about them!

If anyone has opinions on the work of Han, Lee, Wang, & Baldwin (librai fact checking automation - https://github.com/Libr-AI/OpenFactVerification ) I'd be all ears too.

Please feel free to boost this if you think answers might interest you.

#counselling #psychology #groupthink #philosophy #advertising #ads #PR #CambridgeAnalytica #Stoics #Stoic #statistics #maths #math #mathematics #disinformation #propaganda #bias #socialMedia #fakeNews #media #reporting #influence #influenceOps #softPower #NATO #DIANA #thought #reality #Plato #manipulation #delusion #politics #law #economics #journalism #military #war

hanscees, to homelab Dutch
@hanscees@mas.to avatar

Dear #nextcloud
I hope you rot in hell with the kind of service your docker people show.
#homelab
Have a look at this #nextcloud forum ticket.
https://help.nextcloud.com/t/reverse-proxy-on-different-ip-admin-cant-login/187129

I am trying to get a new nextcloud docker instance running.
The nextcloud engineer knows what the problem is I am having.
However, he does not give the answer because he insists I should "read his documentation better"

Well his documentation is 30 pages of text, incomplete and confusing. (1/2)

doboprobodyne,
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@hanscees @lukeshu

Bravo!

That is a beautiful way to document things.

doboprobodyne,
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@lukeshu @hanscees

Came here to say something like this.

It's good you had the courage to share your forum post for wider feedback.

There's no evidence you pay them for their product support.

Nevertheless, they've tried to point you in the right direction.

You've done nothing to rewrite the documentation you're complaining about to make it easier to understand.

It's hard to find unbridled sympathy for your view of things.

#FOSS #OpenSource #nextcloud #customerServices #AmITheAsshole #software #homelab #selfHosted

doboprobodyne,
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@hanscees @lukeshu

Kudos!

I absolutely agree with your hesitancy to help rude people.

As I read it, the first paragraph of the documentation described is a request for help with making their documentation more readable.

#Nextcloud come across as folks who are open to asking for help. I didn't check the changelog; I accept that it could be as a result of your inquiry that they've asked for help there, but either way, from that forum interaction they come across to me as good folks.

I'm sorry this doesn't reflect how you experienced things.

#foss #homelab #openSource

OldAndCranky, to random
@OldAndCranky@sfba.social avatar

The fact that I’m 72 and nearing the end of this chaotic life is interesting. I would like to meet and talk with others who are dealing with this transition. It’s fascinating and no one wants to talk about it.

doboprobodyne,
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@OldAndCranky

Cowards!

I'm circa my fifth decade, with family history of Alzheimer's.
Lots to say about how to hedge one's thought and behaviour in order to #AgeWell and #DieWell but the top ones would be:

  1. Stoic philosophy (whatever source you like best... I liked Seneca's letters to Lucilius, for others it's Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, and still others drink from Earth Wind and Stars by St Exepury)
  2. Advanced Directive (or your national equivalent) to lay out your wishes for once you no longer have capacity. Death is part or life, but there are fates worse than death, and to some degree they can be cheap to hedge against.
  3. Look up rates of survival-to-discharge-from-hospital, and survival-to-discharge-back-to-independent-living for folks in your own cohort (age, comorbidities, definition of independent living) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Or discuss this with your physician (probably the old & bold physician who has seen a lot, or if you only have access to young physicians then someone who has spent some of their career in ICU). Then have a think about whether or not you'd like a community DNACPR order. Alas we don't have such orders with much nuance... Frankly the public understand them very poorly and they get attacked in the press. Depending on one's frailty, I'd think in terms of answering the question "for how long do I wish my death to be prolonged?"
  4. Ability to recover from an insult is why octagenerians keep themselves healthy. It might be chemotherapy, sepsis, or urgent/emergent surgery, but its only worthwhile enduring if you and your physicians expect acceptable odds of recovering to a standard of life you can live with.

#fitness #health #MedMastodon

technicat, to random

technicat wants to read https://bookwyrm.social/book/166669

doboprobodyne,
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@technicat

I'd wait 'til an anaesthetist publishes a review of this book. It'll be far funnier ;)

#MedMastodon #anaesthesiology #anaesthetics #surgery #surgicaltime #patientreferral

mondadientes, to random Spanish
@mondadientes@todon.eu avatar

Mi nuevo modus operandi cuando llegó a un enlace de un periódico de esos que te pide que pagues o que aceptes es llevarme el enlace a un navegador en Tor. Mano de santo.

doboprobodyne,
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@mondadientes

And Tor Browser is also on the F-droid store! <3

#tor #foss #Fdroid #android

thelinuxEXP, to linux
@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social avatar

Every time I review any #Linux hardware on the channel, I always get asked « where the affordable options are », so here are 2 #laptops from @slimbook, the « Elemental » line.

They start under 550€, or under 500€ if you don’t have to pay VAT, and they actually give you a really solid device for the cost:

https://youtu.be/3wCexOqw-h4

doboprobodyne,
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@Nuuskis @Natanox @tarneo @thelinuxEXP @slimbook @libreleah

Is it worth mentioning, in this context, Minifree as a supplier of linux laptops? They also sell *BSD laptops too. That's not even their USP, which is that they use (and indeed develop) libreboot - a FOSS BIOS for improved security.

https://minifree.org/

#linux #BSD #hardware #laptop #laptops #FOSS #privacy #security #Qubes

joannejacobs, to random
@joannejacobs@aus.social avatar

I will so miss the 717-200 jets. I love just how steeply they ascend. I love how smoothly they fly. I love how reliable they are. I love how comfortable they are.

I know they are guzzlers of energy. And they need to be replaced with more efficient commercial services. But they are such beautiful aircraft. If I were up for buying a jet, it would be this one.

doboprobodyne,
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@joannejacobs

If you like a steep ascent, there's a lot to be said for visiting the local gliding club and asking if they would let you join for an air-experience flight... There's nothing quite like a winch launch ;)

(and you never know, you might find a sport you enjoy too!)

#gliding #aviation #flying #soaring

jeffowski, to random
@jeffowski@mastodon.world avatar
doboprobodyne,
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@jeffowski

Is that old testament? Worth forwarding to the Israeli government!

doboprobodyne, to vr
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@grumpygamer would you ever consider a #VR #PointAndClick #adventure #game for the latest crop of standalone VR headsets? I think that a sailing (or I suppose space-ship a la #RedDwarf's Starbug) simulator where one is winched between the decks of little boats and desert islands might be right up Mr Threepwood's alley :P to be sure, any adventure game in which the protagonist was in a wheelchair might allow a more 'boundless' VR point and click.

Thank you for your tireless work in game development!

#indydev #gamedev

kravietz, to random
@kravietz@agora.echelon.pl avatar

@carnage4life

Contrary to what “Time” says, education is the first and foremost method of preventing not only anti-vaccine movement but also other pseudo-scientific and sectarian movements, such as anti-GMO, anti-nuclear, anti-5G etc. But this required country-wide improvement of access to education on all levels, which is incompatible with the US model of education being paid, premium service for people who can afford it.

RE: https://mas.to/users/carnage4life/statuses/111043423771957974

doboprobodyne,
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@kravietz @carnage4life

Crikey thank you for such a thoughtful reply! Absolutely. I felt like the take home message there for me was that only widely available education based in statistical maths (or the same by any other name; science, evidence, so forth), that provides such benefit to those who use it, that their peers want access to it too, can create that future for which I (and if I flatter myself, possibly others) hope.

doboprobodyne,
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@kravietz @carnage4life

I would suggest it also helps reduce climate change sustainably:

If we define climate change as human-induced changes, then educating women, and promoting first-world standards of family planning, contributes to reducing the rate of increase of the human population.

It's for everyone to do their own root-cause analysis of course, but I'm always gobsmacked that no one lobbies for this.

#education #eduTooter #teaching #familyPlanning #medMastodon #medical #ObGyn #climateChange #KhanAcademy #OpenUniversity #RootCause #FirstPrinciples

thunderbird, to random
@thunderbird@mastodon.online avatar

This feature would be fantastic in Thunderbird, don't you think? 👀 😉

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/08/firefox-117-private-translation

doboprobodyne,
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@thunderbird

Wow. Thank you for sharing this on-device #translation #Firefox capability.

I see why you want this for #thunderbird! Personally I hope #SelfHosted translation comes to #openSource #messaging and #documentSharing platforms like #nextcloud too.

Arotrios, (edited ) to 13thFloor
Arotrios avatar

Lyft driver last night decided to tell me his life story. The guy was more than a bit unhinged, so I just let him talk.

Veteran, tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Starts talking about his domestic violence towards his ex-wife and children, laughing about how he had only jokingly threatened to break his children's legs, and when he stabbed his wife in the arm with a wire, it wasn't really a stabbing.

"I told the judge, if I had wanted to stab her, she'd be dead."

Complains in great detail about all the money she took from him, his prison time for the assault, and describes with glee hiding his assets in his vintage car. "New chrome, new hood, new tires - bitch wasn't gonna see that money!"

Continues on about how his new girl came from Iraq and knows what a war zone is like. Brags that he'll send her back if she doesn't marry him. Turns out he's never seen her in person, but has sent her over $7k through some online hookup site that charges per message. Goes off on how he helped her move from Canada to Chicago (we're in California), and complains about how each time he sends her money to come out west, she never shows up.

"I've bought the tux, the wedding dress - it's all ready to go - it's that or Iraq."

Note that all of this was punctuated with constant bouts of chuckling and provided completely unprompted - I said maybe three words the entire trip.

Why do I relate this story? First, it was watching bad karma in action, both the fuck around and find out phases wrapped up in a tidy taxi ride.

But I found myself wondering what he was like as a child... he was clearly struggling in the smarts department, but he had a natural friendliness that belied the horrible shit coming out of his mouth. It got me thinking to what this guy might have been like had the army not put a gun in his hand and sent him overseas to kill. He was in his forties, but his mind was that of a violent teenager - almost as if it had been frozen at the point in time when he was deployed.

I speak about this because I've seen the same pattern in other vets I've known, including some I went to high school with (1st Gulf War vets). Something gets permanently broken in them, keeping them in a state of constant angry adolescence that takes childish glee in abuse, cruelty and savagery as a way to normalize their experience.

And then they come home, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake as they try to integrate to a peacetime existence, unable to grow up, Peter Pan with a gun in hand.

I wish someone had made this clear to my friends who joined up. There's more than one of them who's too dangerous to be a friend to now.

doboprobodyne,
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@Arotrios

I have yet to read it, but I understand the book "Achilles In Vietnam" might be the tome for which you don't know you're looking ;)

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/isbn/9780684813219/

#psychiatry #medMastodon #PTSD #ADHD #military #war #vietnam #classics #greek #history #afghanistan #iraq #veteran #combat #trauma #family #relationships

doboprobodyne,
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@Arotrios

Thank you! :D

LukaszOlejnik, to random
@LukaszOlejnik@mastodon.social avatar

Blowing up a dam is a violation of international humanitarian law, I cite Protocol Additional I to Geneva Conventions. "installations containing dangerous forces, namely dams, ..., shall not be made the object of attack"

image/jpeg

doboprobodyne,
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@kravietz @LukaszOlejnik @EugeneMcParland
I just wanted to add to this thread a link to a post with a very acute observation: https://mastodon.ie/@EugeneMcParland/110514271602258230
Days before the damage to the dam, investigations into accidents at hydro-technical structures that occurred as a result of military operations, sabotage and terrorist activities were prohibited by law in Russia.

Oddly specific!

doboprobodyne, to nuclear
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

Interesting web comic about nuclear technology and regulation. Especially in the context of current events (AFIK only 3 countries that have had nuclear weapons and ICBMs have ever disarmed... One of them is now being invaded).

https://phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1988

Hashtags for visibility; and don't necessarily represent ideology of the poster. Feel free to boost/ repost/ add your own if you think more visibility/though about this is useful to society:

doboprobodyne, (edited ) to uk
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

If you're in the UK, check out this new Rough Sleeping Criminal Justice Bill. Feel free to boost this for visibility or add hashtags - I think it's important to set &/or maintain the precedent that these laws be debated and critiqued very thoroughly. Telling someone with no home to 'move along' is a stiff order. That police could be asked to uphold this law (as it is written) could carry a risk of moral injury to our coppers.

“Nuisance rough sleeping” starts at s.59, and the offending smelly “rough sleeping condition” can be found at s.69(5)(c). Including words from subs.(4):

> A person does “something that is a nuisance” if the person ... causes or does something capable of causing ... damage to the environment (including excessive noise, smells, litter or deposits of waste)...

https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3511

If one were to parody this, I'd propose the following as a start:
"Sleeping in public in the UK must now be done only in a suit and tie or equivalent formal dress, whilst wearing a perfume. Snoring is illegal. Campaigners are lobbying the government to permit it to be carried out whilst wearing a polo-shirt and chinos, however the government maintain that this is a slippery slope to people wearing pyjamas in public, and thence anarchy."

Information about one's MP is available at https://www.theyworkforyou.com/ if you feel further critique of this law is a worthy cause. I'd suggest any MP pushing for this would get positive media coverage.

#UK #law #homelessness #homeless #vulnerability #security #safety #health #police #policing #legal #england #wales #court #displaced #refugees #employment #lords #commons

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