Consider words from the street. All those potential Pharo users!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMnLHmTXjgU&list=PLJiUTrmz_5UMkFsdjCRJD0bpRpuswwccx&index=1
On 12/19/2016 8:11 PM, Charlie Robbats wrote:
This is how I deal with ptsd. Change the system.
On 12/19/2016 8:08 PM, Charlie Robbats wrote:
Which I have done over the years, used other venues for peaceful
warfare. Sorry to disturb you. The 20th century model of society is
stale and dated. Look at all the damage done to people for no good
reason. We can effect change through technology. What kind of change?
Something that leverages modern computing, including the blockchain
for trusted interactions, lots of hand-held IoT devices combined into
a massive decentralized computational network, leaving REST services
behind and presenting functional semantics with robust data
marshaling. With these capabilities, transform the way physical
interactions occur. I like to term what I am seeing as virtualizing
physicality & physicalizing virtuality.
Is Pharo just aiming to be a better WebApp? That market is totally
saturated. Pharo's/Squeak's strengtsh are robust dynamic presentation
of information in graphical form and interconnectivity. Let us
leverage that. Smalltalk is perfectly positioned to define the next
transformation, because it is the only language system designed to be
online 24/7, exactly what is needed for a massive decentralized
computer with dynamic un/loading. I merely made a few comments
regarding some of the practical functional requirements around the
security facet of the new system.
My apologies if you felt it was inappropriate. I think you were
concerned it may get further out of hand and I do not disagree with
you. Let's collect functional requirements for how this new social
network will interact with personalized locality. This is my
proposition. Why, we could eliminate prisons, massively reducing
mental illness and eliminate collective confrontation. I believe
completely, with all my heart, that this is in the original spirit of
Smalltalk, but I cannot speak for the founders, this is my belief.
Thank you for your thoughts, I did not mean to offend or go so far
astray.
Charlie
On 12/19/2016 7:17 PM, Brad wrote:
Don't know about anyone else, but I would appreciate it if this kind
of commentary never made it to this email list. This topic is so
inappropriate. Let's keep the discussion about Pharo. If you feel
you must go down the political route, then please be gracious enough
to find another venue.
Brad Selfridge
913-269-2385
On Dec 19, 2016, at 6:48 PM, Charlie Robbats
<charlie.robb...@gmail.com <mailto:charlie.robb...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Alright, one more sad observation. Of all the Law Enforcement
violence, either perpetrated by LEOs against citizens or by
citizens against LEOs, in all cases I am aware or recall having
heard, all of these involve police officers. No violence, or very
little, is perpetrated against or by Sheriff Deputies. As counties
are a good and proper and consistent scope of crime administration,
regardless of the density, police ought to report to the Sheriffs
and let's put and end to broken windows policy and discriminatory
enforcement. Police are always in our shit, and have their egos to
boot. Sheriff Deputies, by comparison, are laid back and easy to
talk to. They engage the public in respect, without attitude.
Bob didn't shoot the deputy.
On 12/17/2016 10:11 PM, Charlie Robbats wrote:
Last bit, a mantra: Crime & Punishment creates massive mental
illness in our society. Ask the Russians.
On 12/17/2016 10:05 PM, Charlie Robbats wrote:
Well, my paranoia is kicking. I spoke too broadly of police, I
have interacted with many and they do a lot of good. A bad apple
spoils the whatever and their code of silence allows for that
sort of rot. I tell it straight, because they monitor the list. I
pissed them off! Do you think it passed the sanity test that cops
run all street drugs with their felon database in hand? Damn! All
those Fellas are going to turn and bite their masters' hand, you
watch! Stacking these grown men like Twinkies in overcrowded
prisons. There is a debt that needs to be paid and the righteous
are those in prison on a bunch of bullshit paper. Vive la
revolucion! Ok, sorry I went political. I am done.
On 12/17/2016 9:49 PM, Charlie Robbats wrote:
I am sad with you in your diagnosis. I get that too, the blues.
I get high if I am holding and listen to "Kind of Blue" or deep
house or reggae. Some X would be good, but herbage is my
mainstay to drop my constant threat mode (hypervigilence). I do
not want a repeat of what happened! Unfortunately I drive people
away to make sure of that. I appreciate your alls kindness. I
wanted to share a solid explanation of why I am such a dick at
times. I flip to active threat mode, I struggle to control this.
It doesn't help that the police have been stalking me for 2
years, I am all caught up in their noise. Don't believe a word
of their truthfulness. The blue wall of silence breaks God's
commandment thou shalt not bear false witness. Police violate
that daily, protecting their brothers who shoot unarmed black
men in the back and claim they are fearing for their lives.
Really? No, really? Well, that is a different story. That just
freaking triggers me. And my opinion makes me their target. At
least in my C-PTSD befuddled mind.
Be well all!
