[FRIAM] Globalism in the age of populism? .. & Open Source Software

Fri Jan 27 09:30:06 EST 2017

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 <marcus at snoutfarm.com 
> <mailto:marcus at 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
>
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>     *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com
>     <mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com>> on behalf of Owen Densmore
>     <owen at backspaces.net <mailto:owen at 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
>         <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
>
>
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