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   scribe (scribe@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 19:57:15 JST scribe

   Anyone else ... (whispers) ... *bored* by modern technology?

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     simsa03 (simsa03@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 21:23:58 JST simsa03

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     So *yes*.
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     scribe (scribe@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 01:30:27 JST scribe

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     @simsa03 Maybe it's become infrastructure to the point that boring is good. But can't quite merge that with the constant pressure for people to hype progress, or my own inherent need for disruptive magic...

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     simsa03 (simsa03@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 02:17:39 JST simsa03

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     I'd rather keep technology and infrastructure apart, even conceptually. And infrastructure can be boring but when well done, i.e., when nobody senses its continuous working, it's on the brink of Zen-like magic that I can admire and contemplate endlessly about. Technology on the other hand, esp. the gadget version of disruptive electric capitalism, is at most interesting to me when it becomes the smart embodment of science and skills. When not turning into infrastructure, it is momentary and fleeting, and as such technology becomes the progenitor of even more sparkling pixie dust, only to wear off soon and demanding the next round. In fact, it's rather the skill involved in both that I appreciate and at times admire, not the material manifestation. But I am a (former) Protestant, so what else should I expect me to cherish? :-)
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     scribe (scribe@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 22:49:40 JST scribe

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     @simsa03 This is why we have stable LTS tracks and bleeding edge tracks for software updates ;) If only we formalised the difference between them in more aspects of life than just my Linux desktop 😅

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     simsa03 (simsa03@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 22:53:47 JST simsa03

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     You can wipe your machine clean if things go south but you shouldn't with infrastructure. So I rather not copy the difference of LTS & bleeding to the system of sewer channels.