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It’s #linux time. Since Windows and Mac OS are moving in a questionable direction and my laptop was getting slower, I tried #popos. A truly magnificent system. All the modern apps are there. Smooth. Sleek. Nothing compared to Ubuntu a few years ago, or Arch tinkering, or my dust-craving Cubes OS.
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#ICQ will turn off soon. I grew up with it’s weird aoooo and still know my quite long ID by heart. It was sensational, in contrast to the other, hacky (also cool) #IRC. It was the first DM app I and everyone around me used and loved. #WhatsApp never came close. hackerweb.app
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What’s a hot and useful technique in network #dataviz? I am fiddling around with a graph that represents extractive practices around a #datacenter. Work in progress in #Obsidian. #sts Going minimal? Staying with the trouble of dots and lines, but with style? Or: layers, an infographic, …?
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A wild read with many interesting graphs. The lack of social theory is part of the argument, but it really shows. #degrowth efficiency is a catalyst for technological sprawl [everywhere] economicsfromthetopdown.com/2024/05/1…
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#Saigon vibes. #streetphotography I’ve been to a lovely #sts conference in #HCMC (more on this elsewhere). The south of #vietnam is a somewhat different place. The first random chat in town was about business (am I with Intel, em??), hitting one stereotype right on the head. But there’s more.
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We’re finishing a lovely “situated”, and a bit speculative, dictionary on virtuality this week. It’s been a wild ride co-editing this—such a cool team we have. But I’m also tired. It’s one of those weeks where academic tasks just agreed to cuddle and pile up. #academicchatter
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Bei Soziopolis bespreche ich das für den Sachbuchpreis nominierte Buch „#Müll. Eine schmutzige Geschichte der Menschheit“ von Roman Köster. Mit kritischer Notiz zum Begriff des mismanaged waste, der sich in das Buch eingeschlichen hat. #soziologie www.soziopolis.de/eine-inni…
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You want to watch the trailer for an upcoming movie on YouTube but you first have to sit through an ad. Then you sit through a preview for the trailer itself. Etc. pp. A tale of #enshittification #tech. And #streetphotography #vietnam. www.takahe.org.nz/heat-deat…