Jan Koekepan @jankoekepan

@crablettes When using Mastodon, yes.

@Verus @augustus @mono

I'm back now.

Out for tonight.

@Verus @augustus

It really depends on the instance admins.

Bear in mind each instance is a separate server, and each server has its own admins. They can, in principle, do what they like.

@Verus @augustus

Not sure, really. Again, that might be Pleroma's interface.

@augustus

Yes.

H.P. Lovecraft.

He was never the same.

@Verus @augustus

Don't really know - doubt it. The surface pro is pretty capable.

@Verus @augustus

I'm here, just working on a commission at breakneck speed, so expect sporadic responses.

@Verus @augustus

No biggie. In a while you'll be navigating it like a pro.

No solution is perfect, but this is a lot better than nothing. @augustus can help you more with pleroma interfaces than I can.

@Verus @augustus

Yup!

@augustus Speaking of opium dens and black smoke, @Verus had the ineluctable distinction of being blocked on mastodon.social for being politically incorrect.

@Verus You may or may not like @augustus (shitposter is another instance that federates with freehold).

@Verus Now, if you poke around, you should find that on this network of madness, things are a little more open-minded. I recommend opening the federated timeline.

@Verus Behold! It works!

@Verus @Verus
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@rye Don't do that.

Just charge it up, put it in a box, set it to loud ringer volume, and mail it to your congressional representative.

Mark it something like: Trump Hotline.

@aparrish Because in many cases mathematicians are bad at the conceptual and good at applying the rules.

This also explains why many mathematics departments don't actually bother with the conceptual, starting with what it is and what it does for you.

This is also why and how they maintain their pretence of not being an applied science. (Mathematics is an application of formal logic to set theory, in broad terms.)

@rye I'm told that cocaine means that sometimes it's OK, and other times it's way worse.

@bob What I see coming is more of the social investigation aspect. The consequences of the revolution, and the value/validity of punk.

@sullybiker I completely agree.

If I were a CEO of a company that used lots of computers, I'd tell vendors: "I don't want solutions. A solution is a thing where you profit from hiding information. I want tools, so that the smart people I hire can make the solutions that we need."