AI practitioner with an interest in decision making, data, statistics, causal inference, and ontology.
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The 5th day is in systems theory called 'slack' and this is required to keep any system under control. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl @npub12pw…zvxn @npub1fdr…lvhs npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl It can also make the employer employee relationship healthier that way. A common sense mentality towards swapping days hugely increases planning efforts. It also signals a lot both ways. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl It's a real answer to productivity increases not being mirrored in wages? npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Yesterday I remarked that the chances are high that the U.S. administration is dunking on Europe because they are betraying Europe to Russia. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl I can imagine that the large steps, also language wise feel uncomfortable, perhaps disrespectful. The latter is not intended, the playing rules for science and design are different. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl These are all separate concerns. Your (communal) space, is your(communal) space. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Hopeful progress I see in social media. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Challenge: It would be nice if some inclusion can be arranged, because of connections with society. Isolation can be good, and also has its own challenges. And yes AI slop. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl The infrastructure part, now very messy with publishers, if correctly envisioned, can be an 'impartial' contribution to science. And above all, very much shared internationally. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Perfect, for me, this is all in line with my thinking, and what I said. I hope we can avoid language debates; pulling ahead and perfect language are often at odds. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl , any thoughts on this? npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl RE: https://journa.host/@ScottLucas/116046199241497279 npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl What I think is missing is the notion of positive and negative freedom. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl It also makes it useless to write manuals or educational materials to do that. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Summarizing, the point is not that U.S. tech platforms do not innovate at all. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl One step further in my thinking. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl For me, the exact ramifications are hard to assess. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl The walled gardens of the big tech-platforms will be their demise. So much innovation is lost because of the need for control. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Perhaps making the U.K. incompatible with Europe is the point. Has this been considered? npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Which part? npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Enter credit system. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl No disrespect meant, and as a consultant I always hear three things: npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl It is here where I would like to link back to my remark of helio centric clock work like view of science, whilst it is bazar. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl (at Ulrike) I am not claiming to propose a working solution. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl (@ulrike) I did not read your blog post. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Not sure I completely understand. Open has three meanings here I think: npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Don't forget that the global money system has similar problems. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl This is also the direction I am looking at. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Indeed, how does this (archiv based?) system currently work? npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Voor de lezers: volg @npub1fdr…lvhs oftewel Cory Doctorow van de EFF. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl My intuition is that science is currently organized like a helio-centric Newtonian model. As if science is like building a clock, adding precision parts in a oversee-able whole. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Hasbara? npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Once the idea is there, the tools will come. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Yes, I have been pondering . npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl @npub1fdr…lvhs npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl The Swiss threw them out. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Would you know if somehow external IT service providers are involved? npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/11/ice-death-costa-rica-randall-gamboa-esquivel npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Only Blue cities are targeted, nothing to loose there. It's marketing of violence. Like all fascism is. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Iedereen lijkt te willen verdienen aan andermans ellende. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl It is a cruel capitalistic execution mechansim for a lot of people. No overview, no agency, no real responsibility, just being shoved around based on some numbers. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl As a consultant I see a lot of different businesses from within. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Here is some data about that. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cpUKkoT1MUn8_xM4usiERn-IdEuh0hXfBrwbbThwGiI/edit#gid=1111869705 npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl The same way that it is just very easy to influence European politics. Spend 15 million euros per country per year for four years at a total cost of 1500 million and you surpass each government majority in influence. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl The chances these are bots are real. To understand polarisation is to understand reflexive control. To understand reflexive control is to understand destabilization. To understand destabilization is to understand hybrid warfare. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Fascists are going to destroy. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl The state of Israel has killed more than 230 journalists in Gaza. I can only repeat that. The state of Israel has killed more than 230 journalists in Gaza. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Replying in Dutch for exposure. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl An interesting take. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Meanwhile in the United States: https://www.comicsands.com/langford-auschwitz-unemployment?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl It is surrealistic. Anti-semitism is used as a cudgel to bludgeon common sense. What in heavens name is going on? npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl The blockade has to be broken. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl I stopped using Google since 4-5 months. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Courage, it is called courage. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl I'm paying for sigmoid.social; replying for visibility. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl De ontkenning van systematisch rascisme in Nederland is angstvallig. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Bonhoeffer was right when he said that stupid is the worst enemy. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl An authoritarian political model does not fit the U.S., having an open economy. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Putin is Trump's second Roy Cohn. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl I don't think monetization discussions are helping Mastodon. Once there is money, there is interests, once there are interests, there are problems. I pay for my Mastodon instance. Its fine. npub15zk05ckghecee5ymt6v96qgjzwwxnsd9sz8sy3hp5gp202n36mrqp2vndk spdrnl Copying Gary Marcus: 'When Yann LeCun is right, he's right'.
