This is in response to my fedifriend's toot:
Sit down next to the fireplace my friend, as I spin my yarn...
In January 2016, after over two years of searching, I finally found a church home. I loved where I …
Category: Life Tagged: Christianity Content Warning Ethics Life Non-technical post Philosophy
Read MoreAs I was "delightscrolling" (the opposite of doomscrolling) around on the Fediverse yesterday, I came across this toot that perfectly describes how a lot of us are feeling these days:
I loved computers.
I loved what technology promised.
This wasn't that long ago!
Now it just makes me sad and …
Category: Ethics, Philosophy, Tech Tagged: Computing Ethics Non-religious post Non-technical post Retrocomputing WritingMonth
Read MoreIn Part IV, I discussed wristwatches. In this article, I'm jumping back into my pocket, so to speak, with a look at what's on my phone itself.
This was a rather exhausting article to write, because I have a lot of apps on my phone. I have even been ridiculed …
Category: Tech Tagged: Computing Ethics Federated Services FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Non-religious post PeerTube Productivity Translation WritingMonth
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Read MoreIn Part II, I described the protective function of hashtags. I will now delve into a more entertaining aspect of how they can be used.
Whenever I share a blog post I've just written on the fediverse, I always use the hashtag #rlDaneWriting. It's an easy way for me to …
Category: Tech Tagged: Computing Ethics Federated Services Language Non-religious post Non-technical post Philosophy WritingMonth
Read MoreIn Part I, I spoke humorously on the linguistic value of hashtags. I'd like to now go over why hashtags are useful for search on the Fediverse, and why global search is a bad idea.
Reply guys. That's it. End of blog p— Oh okay, okay!
I've noticed that there …
Category: Tech Tagged: Computing Ethics Federated Services Language Non-religious post Non-technical post Philosophy WritingMonth
Read MoreYou're driving to work and you see them. A bunch of people holding up signs in favor of the human being (if they can be truly described as such!) that you loathe the most on the entire earth.
Your blood boils.
You air out …
Category: Life Tagged: Beauty Ethics Life Non-religious post Non-technical post Philosophy WritingMonth
Read MoreFediFriend Amin wrote this in Early September:
Well, NaNoWriMo has made an official statement that they believe categorical condemnation of "AI" to be classist and ableist. I'm… I'm just done with them.
I used to overlook issues I was seeing with the organization behind NaNo, but… this is too much …
Category: Writing Tagged: Ethics Non-religious post Non-technical post Writing WritingMonth
Read MoreIn Part I, I discussed the state of "Native Messaging" services in FOSS Android forks/builds, and why RCS might never be coming to these OSes.
What does that leave us with? Well, SMS and MMS, of course, but using what client?
Unfortunately, there is (of course) no one good …
Category: Tech Tagged: Computing Ethics FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Non-religious post Polemic Productivity
Read MoreNow that I've piqued your curiosity with an reference to a children's book I've never actually read (because I'm an alien, apparently), let me pause the narrative train by carefully defining some terms:
Category: Tech Tagged: Computing Ethics FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Non-religious post Polemic Productivity
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