I always found the symbols of America interesting and their connections to the history of the European Democratic societies (and their ideals). Concepts that spread like wildfire across the global peasantry, unlanded & slave classes alike.
Who is this Columbia woman? Seriously, why is there a pyramid with an eye on the dollar bill? Compared to many other countries currencies, America has some of the most ambiguous imagery on its bills to the point most Americans don't know or understand their respective meanings.
Americans don't discuss Democracy's relationships to Anarchy (I always found this strange, especially with its obsession with guns); how one complements the other in very important and dynamic ways (this was an ongoing study in the working groups of early democratists).
Why did Americans give up wigs and the Brits did not? are the paris club and imf considered democratic institutions because they originate in democratic countries? Why is capitalism as an economic structure automatically considered democratic?
America as a concept of converging ideas has always befuddled me.
Not surprising. the 100R folk are very upfront about their ideology around sustainability and eco justice.
mjk didn't have anything to add to the social economic conversation around llm usage, to the point of even being a bit tone deaf (especially if the 100R were part of his intended audience).
A bit more open constructive conversation to mjk's post on Mastodon would've been helpful for more people to understand the 100R philosophy more intimately; but...it seems the battle lines are drawn. Who wins/loses?
Schoolaged 1995 coder self with a fpuless Mac would like a word about what we lost/gained (no available c compilers at the time).
The need for tui argument is vague outside of muscle memory. Lots of beautiful poetry though.
That age of computing the author is romanticizing was expensive and corporate fed stupid (RIP Mr Bollenbach my hs cs teacher who gave us weekly insider tech reports).
I feel like tui folk need their stack/os/integrated environment...oh wait. Nevermind.
Who is this Columbia woman? Seriously, why is there a pyramid with an eye on the dollar bill? Compared to many other countries currencies, America has some of the most ambiguous imagery on its bills to the point most Americans don't know or understand their respective meanings.
Americans don't discuss Democracy's relationships to Anarchy (I always found this strange, especially with its obsession with guns); how one complements the other in very important and dynamic ways (this was an ongoing study in the working groups of early democratists).
Why did Americans give up wigs and the Brits did not? are the paris club and imf considered democratic institutions because they originate in democratic countries? Why is capitalism as an economic structure automatically considered democratic?
America as a concept of converging ideas has always befuddled me.