You know, the first thing that I said when I came out of the cinema was "Wow, fab film, even if it was a kinda weird British/American mix. In fact it felt a lot like Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits".
Really. I don't think they need a new director, just a few more films to tell the rest of the story. Worked for Peter Jackson.
If you're interested in any of the concepts that the parent writes about then be sure to read Olaf Stapeldon's Star Maker. Lots of thoughts on how mind, spirituality and how a species transcends into the next organisational grouping, resulting in galaxies full of merged species trying the contact the Star Maker...
And no, I didn't include my affiliate id in that link...
Human beings were not meant to live in big separate dwellings, insulated from each other by lawns, fences, cars and streets.
Oh, I do see people here in my friendly, almost suburban neighbourhood - neighbours, local kids, my family. I get out, I walk my dog, I goto the shops, etc. But 90% of the time is still spent working by myself. All in all, I'd rather be working in an office, in a professional environment.
American society can be a very lonely place.
Well, this is the UK I'm on about here. Same planet though.
I've just spent the last 18 months working from home (as a freelancer, not as an employee). I loved it so much that I am now applying for all the permie office jobs that I can find as I have finally lost it with working alone.
I really, really hope that working from home does NOT become commonplace. If you work in an office then you probably think "wow, work from home in your PJs. Fantastic!". The reality after a few months is so different. You really begin to miss people. You just want to talk. You want to trade jokes while you're coding. You want silly little things like someone offering to get you a coffee. You want to go out for a group drink at lunchtime.
We need interaction. You might think that you hate your office environ, but doing solitary in your home office is far worse.
Okay, I agree that people should have the choice about working from home (at least some of the time, when you just want to get away from the office) but I hope that it doesn't become mandatory.
Why are there not more women in geek fields? If the 99% male/. crowd experienced life from the other side youd understand why.
It's chicken and egg. You don't get many women taking geek roles in society because those roles are male dominated. Let's take a simplified hypothetical scenario:
Think of the teenage girl on a campus open-day. She likes coding but has never been encouraged at it. She looks in at university computer lab and sees 50 sweating/overweight/horrendously thin pale boys, all with mildly-pornographic desktops and wearing Tux t-shirts (a stereotype that I've seen borne out often enough to not be a stereotype). She tries talking to one of the students. Gets told that the EnglishLit building is next door. She tries talking to another group of students. Wow, she gets sniggered at by emotionally immature male geeks.
So, due to this experience the girl doesn't want to join this particular highly exclusive and, believe me, misogynistic male dominated profession. The profession takes this as proof that women are unsuited for their work, reinforcing the misogyny that prevents women joining in the first place.
Yeah, so I'm simplifying. But women get told their entire lives - by their mothers, their teachers, their fathers, society - that geek roles are not for women. If you take such a role then you obviously do so because you are a failure as a woman. Do you really expect women to want to join something that theyve been told to loathe?
Now, let's twist the scenario around. Now, how many men can honestly say that they are able to cry at a movie? Who can cuddle up to their best male friend on the sofa? Who actually talk about their emotions? Come on, raise your hands. Oh dear, I don't see many. Now are you telling me that men are biologically incapable of performing those acts? Like fuck you are. You wouldn't be so stupid. Men don't do those things BECAUSE SOCIETY TELLS THEM NOT TO. You're soft, you're a sissy, you're gay, youre not a man if you do any of these things. D'ya see what Im getting at here guys?
Sorry for ranting or if I sound like I'm trying to preach. It just really frustrates me that I see so many geek women turn away from geek roles (or who keep them as a dirty little secret) just because society says no. I don't know if discrimination against men in job applications is the answer, but you cant just leave it to "let managers pick the best person for the job". There IS inherent sexism in the geek world. If you can't see the forest then its because of all the trees.
Is there any reason practical reason (bar the one stated below) why Apple can't act as a music label and start offering to distribute music for small bands/artists? Does a label, even if they are indie, need to be invloved when Apple can just cut out the middleman?
There are no distribution costs, bar bandwidth. As long as a band has a decent amount of talent they should be able to get published by ITMS.
But yes, I know all about the Beatles sueing Apple over trademark infringement...
Well, he's kind of like SCO. He makes a claim, has no real evidence to back it up, and then twists facts to make it seem like he was right all along
If that's the case then why hasn't he been sued into oblivion?
If he's making false accusations against very rich people in the most litigous country on the planet then you would have thought that someone would have sued him by now. Last time I looked he still seemed to be solvent...
(Personally, I agree with what he's trying to say, but think that he's going to become unstuck soon as he's sounding more like a politician each time I hear him.)
Talking about how Mozilla and Opera show the advantages of open source software kind of blows up in your face since Opera is closed source.
Yeah, but Opera does show that even a closed-source business model does not have to be unresponsive to user feedback (not mentioning any Microsofts - ah feck) or take years to make changes. Okay, they may take a bit of hammering to understand what users want prioritised but Opera Software do implement standards support and user suggestions on a par with OSS.
Think huge monolithic corporation vs. small zippy company.
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You know, the first thing that I said when I came out of the cinema was "Wow, fab film, even if it was a kinda weird British/American mix. In fact it felt a lot like Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits".
Really. I don't think they need a new director, just a few more films to tell the rest of the story. Worked for Peter Jackson.
If you're interested in any of the concepts that the parent writes about then be sure to read Olaf Stapeldon's Star Maker. Lots of thoughts on how mind, spirituality and how a species transcends into the next organisational grouping, resulting in galaxies full of merged species trying the contact the Star Maker...
And no, I didn't include my affiliate id in that link...
...aesthetics for nerds. Stuff that looks damn ugly.
I'm no Mac zealot but how anyone can claim this compares to the Apple Aesthetic is beyond me.
Human beings were not meant to live in big separate dwellings, insulated from each other by lawns, fences, cars and streets.
Oh, I do see people here in my friendly, almost suburban neighbourhood - neighbours, local kids, my family. I get out, I walk my dog, I goto the shops, etc. But 90% of the time is still spent working by myself. All in all, I'd rather be working in an office, in a professional environment.
American society can be a very lonely place.
Well, this is the UK I'm on about here. Same planet though.
I've just spent the last 18 months working from home (as a freelancer, not as an employee). I loved it so much that I am now applying for all the permie office jobs that I can find as I have finally lost it with working alone.
I really, really hope that working from home does NOT become commonplace. If you work in an office then you probably think "wow, work from home in your PJs. Fantastic!". The reality after a few months is so different. You really begin to miss people. You just want to talk. You want to trade jokes while you're coding. You want silly little things like someone offering to get you a coffee. You want to go out for a group drink at lunchtime.
We need interaction. You might think that you hate your office environ, but doing solitary in your home office is far worse.
Okay, I agree that people should have the choice about working from home (at least some of the time, when you just want to get away from the office) but I hope that it doesn't become mandatory.
I'm not sure that that is the case. Most people I've spoken to see cameras as a cheap 'n' nasty replacement for beat policemen.
Ask anyone in the UK whether they would rather have a local bobby or a CCTV camera and the bobby would win every time.
Why are there not more women in geek fields? If the 99% male /. crowd experienced life from the other side youd understand why.
It's chicken and egg. You don't get many women taking geek roles in society because those roles are male dominated. Let's take a simplified hypothetical scenario:
Think of the teenage girl on a campus open-day. She likes coding but has never been encouraged at it. She looks in at university computer lab and sees 50 sweating/overweight/horrendously thin pale boys, all with mildly-pornographic desktops and wearing Tux t-shirts (a stereotype that I've seen borne out often enough to not be a stereotype). She tries talking to one of the students. Gets told that the EnglishLit building is next door. She tries talking to another group of students. Wow, she gets sniggered at by emotionally immature male geeks.
So, due to this experience the girl doesn't want to join this particular highly exclusive and, believe me, misogynistic male dominated profession. The profession takes this as proof that women are unsuited for their work, reinforcing the misogyny that prevents women joining in the first place.
Yeah, so I'm simplifying. But women get told their entire lives - by their mothers, their teachers, their fathers, society - that geek roles are not for women. If you take such a role then you obviously do so because you are a failure as a woman. Do you really expect women to want to join something that theyve been told to loathe?
Now, let's twist the scenario around. Now, how many men can honestly say that they are able to cry at a movie? Who can cuddle up to their best male friend on the sofa? Who actually talk about their emotions? Come on, raise your hands. Oh dear, I don't see many. Now are you telling me that men are biologically incapable of performing those acts? Like fuck you are. You wouldn't be so stupid. Men don't do those things BECAUSE SOCIETY TELLS THEM NOT TO. You're soft, you're a sissy, you're gay, youre not a man if you do any of these things. D'ya see what Im getting at here guys?
Sorry for ranting or if I sound like I'm trying to preach. It just really frustrates me that I see so many geek women turn away from geek roles (or who keep them as a dirty little secret) just because society says no. I don't know if discrimination against men in job applications is the answer, but you cant just leave it to "let managers pick the best person for the job". There IS inherent sexism in the geek world. If you can't see the forest then its because of all the trees.
Is there any reason practical reason (bar the one stated below) why Apple can't act as a music label and start offering to distribute music for small bands/artists? Does a label, even if they are indie, need to be invloved when Apple can just cut out the middleman?
There are no distribution costs, bar bandwidth. As long as a band has a decent amount of talent they should be able to get published by ITMS.
But yes, I know all about the Beatles sueing Apple over trademark infringement...
Well, he's kind of like SCO. He makes a claim, has no real evidence to back it up, and then twists facts to make it seem like he was right all along
If that's the case then why hasn't he been sued into oblivion?
If he's making false accusations against very rich people in the most litigous country on the planet then you would have thought that someone would have sued him by now. Last time I looked he still seemed to be solvent...
(Personally, I agree with what he's trying to say, but think that he's going to become unstuck soon as he's sounding more like a politician each time I hear him.)
Sweet Jesus, this got rated as funny? It's the most sensible idea I've heard in years.
Every meeting, every decision and every nervous cough made by government people should be easily viewable by the public.
Talking about how Mozilla and Opera show the advantages of open source software kind of blows up in your face since Opera is closed source.
Yeah, but Opera does show that even a closed-source business model does not have to be unresponsive to user feedback (not mentioning any Microsofts - ah feck) or take years to make changes. Okay, they may take a bit of hammering to understand what users want prioritised but Opera Software do implement standards support and user suggestions on a par with OSS.
Think huge monolithic corporation vs. small zippy company.