354 entries from "Brasilia"

Punkt.vrt.Plastik: Somit (2021)

‘Spiky’ avant-garde jazz from Berlin. Vague meters and uneven clocks. I also grooved hard to the slightly steadier Nuremberg Amok from an older album.

The Open-Source Software bubble that is and the blogging bubble that was

[Google Reader and Feedburner were not victims but weapons used to ensure that only Google was extracting value from the industry.]

[Blogspot was an attempt to populate the search indexes because there was not much content. As advertisers started to push back, it became less worthwhile of an investment.]

[Open-source projects without revenue are either burnout waiting to happen, or a formerly well-paid developer coasting on savings, or a group that took venture capital.]

[Microsoft invests in VSCode, TypeScript, GitHub and npm to create business for Azure and other offerings.]

[The 'money hose' is a mechanism to ensure that big tech can control the ecosystem.]

[Capitalism will always find a way to exploit common resources. It's just a matter of time.]

Let's talk about what I didn't talk about and a way to reach people....

[Presenting contradictory information to someone with a closely-held belief will trigger uncomfortable cognitive dissonance that makes them reject outright because it flies in the face of what they believe. Don't give them new information.]

[The truth cannot be told, it has to be realized.]

[Whataboutism is proof that people believe something is true across all systems.]

[Talking about the specifics of the situation will cause them to be rationalized by slogans and talking points. Talking about comparable situations in other places clarifies the principles so that they can come to the conclusion on their own.]

[Instead of talking about this conflict, talk about indigenous land disputes in the United States, about police excessive use of force in Black communities, about journalists being censored, talk about military action requiring concrete intelligence before pursuing a target in Afghanistan, talk about how South Africa was a strategically important region for imperialist powers, talk about how funds for military power are better directed towards schools and hospitals, talk about how security clampdowns only strengthen the resistance, talk a out how miners have made concessions while being on strike.]

[Those who are in power benefit from slogans, not from context.]

[I'm on the side of the civilians.]

[In/out is a spectrum, not a binary. Based on your root, you can be closer or farther away in terms of belonging in the tonality.]

Documentary on Will Ruddick and Kenyan Community Currencies

[Allowing popular retailers to become banks creates a profit motive for debt, which reduces trading because people are not able to pay expensive loans. Introducing a secondary currency enables people to trade which deteriorates debt as a profit strategy.]

[Joining the network gives you 400, half of which is kept in a community pot for helping children, community lunches, waste collection…]

[The community knows what's best for them. They can back their own money.]

Cal Tjader: Complete Concert By The Sea

Lovely Latin jazz with congas and cowbells.

Meara O’Reilly: Hockets for Two Voices (2019)

If you liked the pygmy hockets from last week, check this out. In these exquisite duets with herself, she manages to create a diversity of moods using only the sound of her own voice.

Athletic Progression: OSAKA

High-energy vortex non-stop fire drumming.

Yellow Spoon: Octopus

Minute-long drum amen break escapade.

Jaubi: Raga Gurji Todi (2021)

Mix of jazz, raga, and rock.

Doja Cat, SZA: Kiss Me More

I’ve never seen such fiery dance choreography by someone in a wheelchair.

MC Fioti: Bum Bum Tam Tam

This funk carioca body-shaker blasting at home signalled my friend’s long-awaited scheduling of a COVID vaccine. I dig the music, and it has gotten over a billion views, but the video hurts your eyes. Featuring samples of Bach’s Flute Partita in A minor.

Tariq Harb: Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 on Guitar

A challenge to translate this from organ keyboard to six strings. Classical music on guitar is one of the most sublime things.

Declarative programming

[Declarative programming expresses logic without control flow—describe what should happen without saying how to accomplish it.]

[Amatonormativity favours relating as couples or family units over anything else, including relating to the land.]

[Don't mistake silence for approval. Not everyone can afford to tell Pharoah that building pyramids is a bad idea.]

[Diffuse hostile customer support requests by starting every email with 'Hey!' and hostile approaches with 'Sorry about the hassle.' as a way to diffuse.]