Posts by bkam@refactorcamp.org
(DIR) Post #9jrDXDDNcFAJ1fLEgK by bkam@refactorcamp.org
2019-06-15T02:48:20Z
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@kai Yeah very unscientific glance but it seems to use less resources than chromium.
(DIR) Post #9jrDsfFUa57M3MYhcm by bkam@refactorcamp.org
2019-06-15T02:52:11Z
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@kai I'm kinda on that anti-cloud kick right now. So far just making sure I have backups of cloud stuff. Previously it has wound up with me running a mailserver which is probably overkill
(DIR) Post #9jrmuSkNWw5kFpbAVk by bkam@refactorcamp.org
2019-06-15T09:24:42Z
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@kai Yeah I know what you mean re: having everything in there.Mailservers aren't too hard to run, it's mainly just finding out that actually people aren't receiving your mail and figuring out why that's annoying. There are other advantages (like using mairix which is great)
(DIR) Post #9mHDJxZiGrQ7kixgEC by bkam@refactorcamp.org
2019-08-26T09:20:14Z
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Can anyone think of a phrase that means something like the "reins of power"? Like to be close to the sources or workings of power. I feel like there's a better phrase than reins but I can't think of what it is.
(DIR) Post #9n8HAvZfze2Q68DwkS by bkam@refactorcamp.org
2019-09-21T01:32:15Z
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I'm bloggin daily and today I wrote about noise in London https://clerestory.netlify.com/noise/
(DIR) Post #9nBsfjbYpEntjKXQiO by bkam@refactorcamp.org
2019-09-22T19:39:48Z
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@kai Just watching now. It's strangely horrific, isn't it?
(DIR) Post #9nDDc3N9aGIT3CO0fo by bkam@refactorcamp.org
2019-09-23T10:14:20Z
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I wrote about silence, the ringing you may or may not hear in your ears, and suggest how it might relate to ageing and conceptual thinking https://clerestory.netlify.com/silence/
(DIR) Post #9nlFbbKmBYeKAY0COW by bkam@refactorcamp.org
2019-10-09T20:24:11Z
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All right, I've gone and written up my (very) initial impressions, after about two days of heavily using Zettelkästen, a system for thinking in writing:https://clerestory.netlify.com/zk/@alper @kensanata
(DIR) Post #9noh4SOn7D3s9KmNKi by bkam@refactorcamp.org
2019-10-11T10:46:25Z
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@dredmorbius Just wanted to thank you for posting my Zettelkästen article on HN!
(DIR) Post #9optQFJMTRvZGM0uhM by bkam@refactorcamp.org
2019-11-10T01:50:49Z
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If you're interested, I wrote an update on the Zettelkasten note-taking system, one month in https://clerestory.netlify.com/zk1/ @dredmorbius @kensanata @alper
(DIR) Post #9ov2xwNh1jOcj4psAq by bkam@refactorcamp.org
2019-11-13T09:33:51Z
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How do you track book recommendations? Are you happy with your method? It's something I've never really succeeded in, yesterday I was trying to put it into a database but not sure this is the right way forward...
(DIR) Post #9ovXjqpLybN01fXF3Y by bkam@refactorcamp.org
2019-11-13T18:14:04Z
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@kai Likewise! Goodreads, text files, Zotero, Workflowy...
(DIR) Post #9ozLuPiqfdDKKTbQ3s by bkam@refactorcamp.org
2019-11-15T00:32:55Z
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Reading "Stand out of our Light," about digital distractions, which is free here https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/stand-out-of-our-light/3F8D7BA2C0FE3A7126A4D9B73A89415D
(DIR) Post #9ozLuQfh8qHlGz8Pmi by bkam@refactorcamp.org
2019-11-15T14:17:27Z
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Is this true? What about open source software? Linux? vim? cat? I'm genuinely curious. I would agree that there's a spectrum, and some tech obviously encourages certain ways of acting or thinking. But does vim? Really?
(DIR) Post #9ozLv3V4mFxrhLSz9E by bkam@refactorcamp.org
2019-11-15T14:20:20Z
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@tek I just learned from this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P3cj5ItKqs that his dad wanted to take down Hoffa at any cost
(DIR) Post #9ozMGsVCLezVxWvggK by bkam@refactorcamp.org
2019-11-15T14:24:23Z
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@kai@ajin.va That's not very helpful, is it? But I guess it relates to the Buddhist idea of dependent origination.I just think that it's wrong that technology (if you include things like "pen" or "vim") determines what you think consequentially. I think they can enable certain modes of thinking. But he's arguing for something much more deterministic I think.
(DIR) Post #9ozNg1MqclgCeFZoI4 by bkam@refactorcamp.org
2019-11-15T14:40:11Z
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@kai True, but the question of determinism is irrelevant to this, and the question is not a binary one. It's not "Are we influenced by our environment and tools? Yes or no?" because the answer is obviously "Yes."It's a question of extent. What Williams seems to argue is that our thought is consequentially determined by tools. It's a stronger claim than that there is some influence. He seems to be saying that *any* technology is as consequential as the structure of a government.
(DIR) Post #9ozOoNcFt9pPvCKhu4 by bkam@refactorcamp.org
2019-11-15T14:52:54Z
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@kai The question is one of extent. Do you believe that tools strictly dictate what you do or think? That's what he seems to me to be arguing.I believe that they can enable /encourage certain types of thought or behaviour. But I don't think that technology has strong sway over you just by its existence in your environment.If it did, owning a pen would make you a writer. But pens are probably cheaper than they've ever been before, and everywhere, and (from what I've seen) fewer handwrite.
(DIR) Post #9ozdMqV8OpQSiAKaWm by bkam@refactorcamp.org
2019-11-15T17:35:59Z
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@kai I see what you're saying, and this is what the enactivists think, but I think they take it too far.It implies that you're powerless to change your environment. It's possible to move jobs, move houses, move countries, change languages, change cultures, etc. If the environment determined everything, either everyone would do that, or nobody would.It's not an illusion that you can change the environment. To pretend it is is lazy and fatalistic. I'm not saying it's easy. But it is possible.
(DIR) Post #9p0JpF3yrsdZ4XqwnA by bkam@refactorcamp.org
2019-11-16T01:31:44Z
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@kai That's fair enough, I'm not saying that they have no influence, I just don't like this attitude that "no tools are neutral." It seems to indicate that tools decide what you think or how you behave.I have a notebook from 2009, in which I wrote one line, then in the last month I've nearly filled it. If the tool determined what I did, I would have filled it when I got it in 2009. The tool didn't change; I changed. The notebook is neutral enough that it isn't dictating what or when I write.