Indeed! ^_^ On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 7:30 AM, Steven A Smith <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote:
> Gil - > > The sun just rose here as well, as I read this... I guess Donald's powers > are weaker than he thinks. > > - Steve > > On 1/27/17 7:24 AM, Gillian Densmore wrote: > > For What It's Worth at around 710AM before some meditation on a stunningly > nice FridayMorning: > > It depends. > Sounds to me you're just geeking out about Social Media That's totally > fine. It's pretty cool- or can be.. Keep in mind only certain Geeks are > likely to know about or even want to use GitHub for example. > And your (somewhat) preaching to the quire. Or at least the Trouble and > Bass part. > Not everyone wants to resort to FaceBook chat just to say hi. Some want to > talk on that thing you routinely want to chuck off your roof: Da Phone. I > know well the aholery of robodialers, as does everyone. Personally I screen > my calls as nomorefobo doesn't (yet) like CyberMesa. > > Their's draw backs to offshoring and the way "Globalism" is going.; > > I had a (infamously) problematic issue with Googles Wallet. They sent me > to India (where google has some it's tech support) They just didn't know > what the issue was. Problem: Wouldn't it be a good thing for google (for > example) to have decen number of people in irvine and mountain view to be > good ol fationed skunks such. For one: what if something goes wrong? Some > off shored out fits simply can't (or won't ) fix issues though. > A lot of places are mis-using tech and globalism " ". Go to Smiths. Self > check out( for example): Why don't they hire a few more dudes for that? > Google: Everything is beta, and might not work.. > Comcast > TSA > Etc. > > On the brighter side: OMFG voice-to-text! YAR Why didn't I use that > sooner? > > Facebook(sort of) is useful and fun to chat with some of my friends Or a > quick check in about meetups. I'm part of several global clubs. Some do > fucking awsome work in their areas. > > I suspect Dad's Smarmy side is geeking out about That Person. I know not > where this flare up of domestic and global Drama will lead. > No place good i'd imagine. > > Ask not for trouble. Ye shalt get it. > > In the meen time check out the sunrse it is super pretty, and the sky is > wonderfully clear. Let us hope warm sunny weather is soon. > > > > On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 8:33 PM, Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com> > wrote: > >> "I daily chat with pioneers in tech fields, most of whom are not in my >> state or even my country .. if I can call it mine any more. And we get >> along just fine and the whole is greater than the some of its parts." >> >> >> If the activity is commercial, then one could imagine that new >> protectionist policies could make it harder for you to perform financial >> transactions with your collaborators. You may instead be incentivized to >> work with domestic collaborators even if they are inferior or less >> appropriate. You could try to sidestep the issue with Bitcoin, but then >> you are taking legal risks. >> >> >> Marcus >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of Owen Densmore < >> o...@backspaces.net> >> *Sent:* Thursday, January 26, 2017 7:10:50 PM >> *To:* Complexity Coffee Group; Wedtech >> *Subject:* [FRIAM] Globalism in the age of populism? .. & Open Source >> Software >> >> With all our concerns about Trump, and the article on 8 European populist >> .. 10 if you include US and Brexit >> >> https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/05/world/europe/ >> populism-in-age-of-trump.html >> >> .. I oddly got thinking about "our" kind of globalism: the Friam & >> WedTech lists, and open source Open Source Software and global >> communication. >> >> I daily chat with pioneers in tech fields, most of whom are not in my >> state or even my country .. if I can call it mine any more. And we get >> along just fine and the whole is greater than the some of its parts. >> >> I use GitHub to ask for an improvement in a software library. I use >> twitter to ask a question of a technologist. I store my data world wide, >> often which moves to be closer to the consumer. There are no walls, and >> there is a lot of cooperation. My world I guess is not Populist. >> >> I don't think that can be easily broken, but certainly Northern Korea has >> done it, as have some others. US? >> >> Don't most of us have the same experiences: Travel, co-workers, global >> facilities and so on? That at least is a ray of hope. >> >> -- Owen >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >> > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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