Posts by alan@mastodon.technology
(DIR) Post #9rnPS7wNqaJupzizlQ by alan@mastodon.technology
2020-02-07T12:11:11Z
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The hard truth
(DIR) Post #9s0BWEuH16sJIUHdhY by alan@mastodon.technology
2020-02-13T17:18:51Z
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Data scientists should study Philosophy and Epistemology very hard to really understand the impacts of what they're doing
(DIR) Post #9sAQ5qbpJj2yQsi7Cy by alan@mastodon.technology
2020-02-18T15:51:35Z
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If the coronavirus outbreak will last for another few months, we might very well be watching at the end of the economy we know
(DIR) Post #9scgneJ7lNLGg1DXZQ by alan@mastodon.technology
2020-03-03T07:24:28Z
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@Gina I'd say Portugal, it's cheap and it's still underrated by most
(DIR) Post #9t9GgYAJl2gdSRTWxk by alan@mastodon.technology
2020-03-18T17:07:25Z
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Get ready to analyze and work with #COVID19 data in mere minutes, thanks to #clojure https://alanmarazzi.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2020-3-18-panthera-covid/
(DIR) Post #9t9GiRA0lyxeJNEREG by alan@mastodon.technology
2020-03-18T21:13:04Z
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Correct link, there was a funky whitespace character at the end of the URLhttps://alanmarazzi.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2020-3-18-panthera-covid
(DIR) Post #9tANIlrxca4Cf7b7JY by alan@mastodon.technology
2020-03-19T13:23:43Z
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Another fast-forward way to let anyone work with Italian #covid19 data and #clojure.No worries, even if you're not Italian there's a mapping from Italian column names to English ones!https://alanmarazzi.gitlab.io/blog/posts/2020-3-19-italy-covid/
(DIR) Post #9ths4X16Au8ibmjwPI by alan@mastodon.technology
2020-04-04T16:41:21Z
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Why masks are dumb? Simple, because at best they make others immune and not the wearer, so I'll always have the incentive to not wear one.If everybody else has one than I can avoid wearing one and be safe. This the same with vaccines, but with the huge difference that vaccines work firstly on myself, and only incidentally and eventually helping others.So let's focus on vaccines and drugs, these are the only way we can get out of this
(DIR) Post #9uRCF9Nr4wpaS5AaEC by alan@mastodon.technology
2020-04-26T13:56:31Z
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This has to stop, China and Russia are conducting an asymmetrical war with the West, and this means we have to give asymmetrical answers.https://flip.it/gOaxw6
(DIR) Post #9uRDxLFKR46lwFok1g by alan@mastodon.technology
2020-04-26T14:23:43Z
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@veer66 nope, though I consider it europe, for most people only white Russia can be considered West. Moreover, they don't consider themselves West, and that's what matters the most
(DIR) Post #9y1dgN7hUXfVLVziyW by alan@mastodon.technology
2020-08-11T21:37:54Z
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@khm weird, that many don't, but I mostly agree with you. This is clearly a power matter, not an economic one. Because nobody explained how, if the 'economic model' was utterly wrong, it was possible to maintain it for all these years. I bet that if you sack ALL management and mozilla gets in the hands of all those remaining they'd find ways to cope with the model and the people
(DIR) Post #9y1dsyGZDjok1B9Kj2 by alan@mastodon.technology
2020-08-11T21:40:10Z
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@a_cat nothing new under the Sun, unfortunately https://cooleypubco.com/2016/07/25/new-study-shows-inverse-correlation-between-ceo-pay-and-performance-over-the-long-term/
(DIR) Post #9zXzfvmbwOCJ6o2TMe by alan@mastodon.technology
2020-09-25T21:00:15Z
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This discussion about 'modernizing' Emacs (https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/832311/03910e26a3f3e814) makes me think that Rich Hickey (https://youtu.be/MCZ3YgeEUPg) might have a point.If we're starting to suggest things like: "(Let's produce) short videos to match the perceived attention span of young users, ideally funny and sexy, maybe with a cat" then it becomes clear that the issue is not that Emacs is not 'modern', but something completely different: we're dumb.
(DIR) Post #A0Y2zEM2EIAlbmGu24 by alan@mastodon.technology
2020-10-26T08:08:52Z
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Going back to desktop computers http://misc-stuff.terraaeon.com/articles/locked-down-computers.html
(DIR) Post #A0YAJAXqnmIRGSFjoe by alan@mastodon.technology
2020-10-26T09:58:23Z
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@alrs @preslavrachev I din't write the post, but I agree with it
(DIR) Post #A0nE22bAuHWIyucDhI by alan@mastodon.technology
2020-11-02T16:16:22Z
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A new Raspberry Pi PC https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-400-the-70-desktop-pc/
(DIR) Post #A19aXRnLHxoZhMxukK by alan@mastodon.technology
2020-11-13T09:59:10Z
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The covid pandemic is contributing to generate other epidemics, such as measles: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/health/measles-deaths-soared-worldwide-last-year-as-vaccine-rates-stalled.htmlNow, if you think that covid with an R factor of 3-4 is sneaky and terrifying, wait for measles to come back roaring, with a very nice R factor around 18 (yes, 18, not a typo)
(DIR) Post #AIOqY0PS9ztFmDwLh2 by alan@mastodon.technology
2022-04-10T19:15:14Z
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I perfectly understand and agree that regular Russians shouldn’t suffer consequences for the choices of a mafia controlled government, but if whatever their government (or someone else’s) does there are never consequences, how there would ever be change? In the end there are 140 millions Russians, if they really wanted change they can get it, so I guess some of the blame should be placed on them. It’s not easy to decide and I’m not saying this would be fair, but it’s real.
(DIR) Post #AIOqY1mt2MEG3BuZrE by alan@mastodon.technology
2022-04-10T21:27:06Z
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@cy it’s more a matter of willingness than being able to, but yes as I was saying it’s more a provocation, and I’m perfectly aware that’s most likely not the way to go, but still nation states are embedded in a system that eventually leads to wars, if the wars are not between nations anymore what do we need states for? What does it mean to be Russian? Or Ukrainian? Or Canadian? Etc.
(DIR) Post #AIOqY22U6MhopZD2Aa by alan@mastodon.technology
2022-04-11T17:09:45Z
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And here we are: https://www.newsweek.com/russian-students-turn-traitor-teachers-who-speak-against-ukraine-war-1696747?amp=1This is definitely an issue, if actions don’t have consequences it’s a free for all.