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@rossdavidhprofilefollowwrote:
I think more than 50% of our economy's businesses, are cosplaying. Not in it for customers or profit; in it for investors and investments. "Looking like a business", as your real line of work.
@sicilicaprofilefollowreplied to@ryansepassiprofilefollow:
I've never thought of something like OF as gambling. But I guess your point is that young adults are pushed to a lot of "you have a 0.1% chance of hitting it big and a 99.9% chance of getting no online traction at all" types of careers?
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@rossdavidhprofilefollowreplied to@jamesjan3profilefollowresearcher, developer, dancer:
I know many small business owners, and a clear majority do have investors, whether spouse, parents, or a small business loan. Easily more than 50% never make a profit. I know a woman who ran a clothing retail store for over a decade, who was never able to pay herself a dime. When the pandemic hit, everyone closed, but the ones who actually needed the business to pay their bills opened up as soon as it was allowed or shortly thereafter. Many took years. They are cosplaying.
@jamesjan3profilefollowresearcher, developer, dancerreplied to@rossdavidhprofilefollow:
a business loan is not an investment, it is debt financing that pays back with interest. An investment means putting money into a company to gain ownership or a share of future profits. to me it feels like youre arguing against cosplaying, showing small businesses struggle and arent just playing boss for the funzies.
@catastrofer๐ŸฅธprofilefollowJust another AI guywrote:
I lately been a bit curious of strudel io and the live coding movement. I have found some cool artist but if you have any recommendation feel free to drop it.
@miqโ˜•profilefollowEternal disciple of impostor syndrome โˆ™ Perth, WA.wrote:
Nudged by an interesting read about time perception to try reclaim moments where I can deliberately feel bored again.
@chenxiangprofilefollowwrote:
็œ‹ๆฅๅฏไปฅๅ‘ไธญๆ–‡ใ€‚ๅ› ไธบๆฒกๆœ‰่บซไปฝ่ฏ๏ผŒๆ‰€ไปฅไธ่ƒฝๆ‹ฅๆœ‰ๆ‰‹ๆœบๅท๏ผŒๆŽฅ็€ไธ่ƒฝๆณจๅ†Œ็จณๅฎš็š„email๏ผŒไนŸๅฐฑๆฒกๆณ•ๆณจๅ†Œๅ†…ๅฎนๅนณๅฐ๏ผŒๅ‘ๅธƒๅ†…ๅฎนใ€‚hotmailๅ› ไธบๆˆ‘ๆฒกๆœ‰็จณๅฎš็š„ipๅœฐๅ€๏ผŒๅธธๅธธๅฐ็ฆๆˆ‘็š„email่ดฆๅท๏ผŒๆˆ‘็š„mastodon่ดฆๅทๅ› ๆญคไนŸๆฒกๆณ•้•ฟๆœŸไฝฟ็”จใ€‚ๆˆ‘ๅธŒๆœ›่ฟ™ๆ˜ฏไธ€ไธชๆˆ‘ๅฏไปฅ้•ฟๆœŸๅ‘ๅธƒๅ†…ๅฎน็š„ๅœฐๆ–น
It seems I can post in Chinese. Because I don't have an ID card, I can't have a phone number, and therefore can't register a stable email address, which means I can't register on content platforms or publish content. Hotmail frequently blocks my email account because I don't have a stable IP address, so my Mastodon account can't be used long-term. I hope this is a place where I can publish content consistently.
@fastidiousprofilefollow"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ€” Sid Meyersreplied to@chenxiangprofilefollow:
ๅ—ฏ๏ผŒๅฅฝๅง๏ผŒไธบไบ†ไฝ ่‡ชๅทฑ๏ผŒๆˆ‘ๅธŒๆœ›ๅฎƒ่ƒฝๆŒ็ปญๅพˆ้•ฟๆ—ถ้—ดใ€‚ไฝ ็š„ไบ’่”็ฝ‘้—ฎ้ข˜ๅพˆ้šพ่งฃๅ†ณ๏ผŒ้žๅธธๆŠฑๆญ‰๏ผ :-(
Well, okay, for your own sake, I hope it lasts a long time. I'm so sorry your internet problem is so difficult to fix! :-(
@chenxiangprofilefollowreplied to@fastidiousprofilefollow"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ€” Sid Meyers:
่ฐข่ฐขไฝ ๏ผŒๆฒกๆƒณๅˆฐ่ฟ˜็œŸๆœ‰ไบบๅ›žๆˆ‘็š„ๅธ–ๅญ๏ผŒๆˆ‘ๅœจไบ’่”็ฝ‘ไธŠ่‡ณๅฐ‘ๅ‡ ๅนดๆฒกๅ’Œไบบๅฏน่ฏ่ฟ‡ไบ†
Thank you. I didn't expect anyone to actually reply to my post. I haven't had a conversation with anyone online for at least several years.
@fastidiousprofilefollow"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ€” Sid Meyersreplied to@chenxiangprofilefollow:
ๅพˆ้ซ˜ๅ…ดๆˆไธบๅพˆไน…ไปฅๆฅ็š„็ฌฌไธ€ไธชไบบไน‹ไธ€๏ผŒๆˆ‘็š„ๆœ‹ๅ‹๏ผๅฅฝๅฅฝ็š„๏ผŒๅ‘จๆœซๆ„‰ๅฟซ๏ผๅŽŸ่ฐ…ๆˆ‘็š„ๅฐ้”™่ฏฏ๏ผŒๆˆ‘ๆญฃๅœจ็”จ็ฟป่ฏ‘ๆฅๅ›žๅคใ€‚ๆˆ‘ไปฌ้ƒฝ็Ÿฅ้“ๅคงๅคšๆ•ฐๆ—ถๅ€™้ƒฝไธๅคชๅฅฝใ€‚
So happy to be one of the first people to reply in a long time, my friend! Have a good weekend! Please forgive my little mistake, I'm replying using a translation. We all know things aren't always great.
@fastidiousprofilefollow"Beware those that would deny you access to information, for in their heart they dream themselves your master." โ€” Sid Meyersreplied to@chenxiangprofilefollow:
I am sure pretty much everything that isnโ€™t criminal, abusive, or illegal. I know those definitions vary from country to country. Just be a good human, and you should be OK.
@andre๐Ÿ˜ŠprofilefollowHow wonderful to be alivewrote:
Last year I wasn't feeling too good. I turned forty, waited for surgery, and was hurt by my own colleagues. So I dealt with things. Maybe not so well, but to the best of my ability. One of the consequences was that I got a bit heavy. My body changed, and I didn't feel like myself. It was a problem for future me. So now I am here with this little belly of mine. We're not enemies, but I decided it's time to part ways. So I count calories. Maybe not so well, but to the best of my ability.
@andre๐Ÿ˜ŠprofilefollowHow wonderful to be alivereplied to@semperos๐Ÿ“’profilefollowPresbyter, husband, father, technologist, linguist, musician.:
Thank you! Almost back to baseline now, after a few months. trigger warning, eating disorders: I sometimes forget to log what I eat in my app of course, but what is perhaps slightly nore disturbing is the fact that I sometimes log stuff and then forget to actually eat them. Some sort of Baudrillardian simulacrum of eating.
@maxinedotdev๐Ÿง™profilefolloweat, get a new hobby, sleep, repeat maxine.devwrote:
LinkedIn post: "Git 3.0 is going to be a bigger change than the version number suggests." Proceeds to list breaking changes, congruent with a major version number change.
@jgprofilefollowNew herewrote:
Huge items in the plus column for Quebec City: lots of music stores, and lots of shops where you can buy a really good chef's knife.
@thechelsukprofilefollowCurrently in remission from ME/CFS after 3+ years. Occasional software engineering leader, app developer, blogger, zwifter, and just being online.wrote:
Spending mornings scouring job boards and listings and applying. Afternoons working on Cheltenham Open Data and iOS app development. What about you?
@prophetorit๐Ÿ’งprofilefollowgrand and intoxicating innocencereplied to@thechelsukprofilefollowCurrently in remission from ME/CFS after 3+ years. Occasional software engineering leader, app developer, blogger, zwifter, and just being online.:
waiting for my friend so she can put my hair into a bun
@derblitzmann๐Ÿ’€profilefollow10+ years Seattle based software engineer.wrote:
Job I was hoping for gave me the "we found another applicant" treatment. I don't begrudge them for that, since I know I had a 'less than adequate initial coding interview. But still, it stings and sucks. Hopefully my other interviews yield better results...
@jamesjan3profilefollowresearcher, developer, dancerwrote:
buit a keyboard driven calendar webapp right now cause im disappointed with all tho other solutions i could find. no dependencies, super customizable, im kind of obsessed. for the first time in my life im actually keeping my calendar alive.
@semperos๐Ÿ“’profilefollowPresbyter, husband, father, technologist, linguist, musician.replied to@jamesjan3profilefollowresearcher, developer, dancer:
Something youโ€™re willing to share in any capacity? Iโ€™ve felt like calendar apps are one of the most poorly-solved areas.
@jamesjan3profilefollowresearcher, developer, dancerreplied to@semperos๐Ÿ“’profilefollowPresbyter, husband, father, technologist, linguist, musician.:
i actually just shipped it lol: github.com/jafoers/kalkeeGitHubGitHub - jafoers/kalkee: A minimal, customizable, keyboard-first calendar with Google Calendar and CalDAV sync.A minimal, customizable, keyboard-first calendar with Google Calendar and CalDAV sync. - jafoers/kalkee let me know what you think if you set it up! I really like the cursor for navigation.
@stagas๐Ÿคธprofilefollowcreative technologist creator of textlogwrote:
I hate it when I donโ€™t remember if I took my midday pill or not. Not that it matters a lot, but still, annoying. I have notifications set up but I discard them by habit because they are exact times and my sleep pattern fluctuates.
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@personprofilefollowwrote:
Ubuntu telepรญtรฉse a VirtualBoxba rendben megtรถrtรฉnt. Mรกr csak egy รผgynรถkรถt kell bele fogni, รฉs mรกris kรฉsz az "AI torture chamber", ahogy a Futurism รญrja... Mondjuk, elsล‘ kรถrben mรฉg nem รญgy fogalmaznรฉk...
Ubuntu has been successfully installed in VirtualBox. All you need to do is add an agent and you have an "AI torture chamber", as Futurism describes it... Let's just say I wouldn't put it that way at first...
@miqโ˜•profilefollowEternal disciple of impostor syndrome โˆ™ Perth, WA.wrote:
Ahoy denizens of textlog. Like the concept.
@crustyrustaceanprofilefollowOld school metallian, hobbyist developer writing things mostly in Rustโ€ฆmostlywrote:
Huge flaw in the static site generator I built. That's what you get I guess when you don't have a computer science degree and you build with only surface level knowledge. You get your ass bit!
@geverprofilefollowwrote:
I'm doing experiments with short attention-span students and code. Starting with python, and, oddly, now working in BASIC. As a C programmer of 40+ years, I find this aesthetically and pedagogically displeasing, but I am delighted to see them getting fully absorbed in writing 130 PRINT "You have been eaten by a bear!" : GOTO 900. Yes there is spaghetti, but it's their spaghetti and they seem to take delight in debugging it. Python will come later. #educationnotesfollow #programmingnotesfollow
@geverprofilefollowreplied to(deleted account):
I was talking about this with some alumni students, specifically their experience learning python with us a few years earlier (these are college students who are not really using python any more). What it seems to boil down to is that with python you have the feeling that there is this huge forest of solutions to any problem you are having -- but you will never know the whole forest. BASIC feels like you "know" it after a day or two of playing around, evidently.