Notices tagged with infrastructure, page 10
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simsa03 (simsa03@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Friday, 14-Jul-2023 00:54:45 JST 
simsa03
Talking about "reducing the demand for FF" is ridiculous in at least four ways:
a) It prevents states in Africa to jumpstart their economies to benefit their citizens with cheap energy systems (resources and power plants), and, via surplus value, become capable in the first place to invest in environmental protection. (Not to forget the #ecocolonialism involved in the vast green land grap in Africa.)
b) It ignores the life cycle of #energy systems because even after a new source of energy has been found and disseminated, the older energy sources keep delivering and *increase* their output. It takes roughly 60 years for a new energy source to substitute and leave behind an older one.
c) It ignores how much FF are involved in the production, the spread, and the integration of "renewable" energy systems in a given #infrastructure: From mining and processing of materials, to production and spreading of units, to the hitherto unsolved problems of recycling of these new systems (and thus "loss" of the engery invested in their production).
d) Even in the sub-sector of electricity production, relying on #renewables means relying on fossil fuels (esp. when #nuclear power is abandoned). As demand increases, #peakrenewables is already in play, only sugarcoated by high subsidies. (Germany alone will have 14,000 wind turbine units of its 30,000 onshore units decommissoned after 2026. Germany will be lucky to keep the current electricity output of the wind turbine units; it rather becomes increasingly harder and less likely that more output will be generated in the future -- at least within a market economy.)
The chatter about "reducing the demand" is the result of an individualist consumer approach, which suggests to cut back on holiday flights etc. With regard to infrastructures of whole societies, that is a mistaken approach. -
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Børge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 05:11:51 JST 
Børge
Great article on the internet working for good, for once!
https://www.cnet.com/deals/amazon-prime-day-deals-for-25-dollars-or-less/
And I'm really proud that the journalist links to my text on how to make it easier for people to get around by walking and biking by improving @openstreetmap 😀
Thanks to @TheWarOnCars for sharing! #BikeTooter #Urbanism #Infrastructure #Carfree #FuckCars #BilfrittByliv
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Emeritus Prof Christopher May (chrismayla6@zirk.us)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Jun-2023 18:25:35 JST 
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
All you need to know about how rentier #capitalism works in one bit of data:
The UK's water firms were privatised without any outstanding debts over thirty years ago.... now, the privatised #infrastructure (regional) #monopolies have around £62bn in debt, but are still failing to deliver an adequate service.
If that debt has not been used to invest sufficiently in the #infrastructure, which the firms now (grudgingly) admit,, you might wonder where has it gone?
I leave that for you to guess!
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NimbleDave (nimbledave@onemorestop.photo)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 13:11:23 JST 
NimbleDave
The driver's seat
#train #transportation #photo #blackandwhite #infrastructure #photography #blackandwhitephoto #blackandwhitephotography -
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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 16-May-2023 23:15:04 JST 
simsa04
It saddens me to see that apparently there hasn't been made any conceptional or programatic progress in the past 40 years. All the mentioned trite proposals in this articvle are revamps of endeavours already widespread and practised in the 1970s and 1980s, with the same clichês (like #indigenous people having been egalitarian, etc.). And foremost: that people and their individual behaviour changes are centrepieces and origins of "change". That attitude led to the #Esalen Ideology of self-centered spiritual self-improvement in the first place.
The most awful impact the #counterculture as well as the various other movements had since the early 1970s is that they never bridged the gap between the life of individual people and their immediate #communities on the one hand and the problems of how to change the foundations of #infrastructure, societies, and industries on the other. Not only did they deprive the #unions of at least two generations of new members (thus enabling #globalisation); as they couldn't come up with suitable proposals for industrialized societies as a whole, they became a lifestyle choice and a fad, presupposing for the viability of their daydreams the full-fledged functioning of an extractive economy and society they were out to critique and to be an alternative to in the first place.
Like decades before, #degrowth and voluntary simplicity are ideals of the young affluent petty bourgeoisie, not of the working poor. -
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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Apr-2023 11:42:00 JST
simsa04
An interesting booklist on "social infrastructure": https://twitter.com/SimonLennane/status/1650498637368029185
I can't say much on the books but people may find the suggestions valuable.
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@band @scribe @dvdmrsdn @woodbark @andrej
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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Monday, 27-Mar-2023 06:22:56 JST
simsa04
Bought this one at a bargain:
Gerold Ambrosius & Christian Henrich-Franke, Integration of Infrastructures in Europe in Historical Comparison (2015) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-22467-1
« This book compares the cross-border integration of infrastructures in Europe such as post, telecommunication and transportation in the 19th century and the period following the Second World War. In addition to providing a unique perspective on the development of cross-border infrastructures and the international regimes regulating them, it offers the first systematic comparison of a variety of infrastructure sectors, identifies general developmental trends and supplies theoretical explanations. In this regard, integration is defined as international standardization, network building and the establishment of international organizations to regulate cross-border infrastructures. »
I'm not just interested in #infrastructure because we seem to stand at a threshold of changes from old towards new structures (some would rather call it decline and decay) but also because we can "change" "the" "world" only inasmuch as we can change infrastructures, or rather: systems of integrated and mutually depended infrastructures.
It's not (or not merely) "bad bad capitalism" but the tenacity of established infratructures that stand in the way of a fairer and more sustainable distributions of resources and access to goods and services. -
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Tiesa Meskis (tiesa@ceilidh.online)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Feb-2023 02:53:07 JST 
Tiesa Meskis
Ya know, if this #lithium deposit is so important to our #transportation #infrastructure then maybe, just maybe, we should negotiate with the #indigenous peoples that the #land was #stolen from and ask them to mine the lithium in a way that is respectful to their #ancestors
Oh, and they should get the proceeds from the sale of the lithium too.
Can the US stop #stealing stuff from indigenous peoples already?
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bikejourno (bikejourno@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 21:35:39 JST 
bikejourno
Can we have a slow clap for #Japan's government? This is a breathtakingly stupid decision that will eliminate #cycling as a relevant mode of transport.
Making helmets mandatory has been proven repeatedly to lower overall bicycle use. And where there are less cyclists they are more endangered.
Do you want to make cycling safer? Than bloody invest in #infrastructure and don't come up with mandatory helmet laws. And no: that's NOT news.https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20221220/p2a/00m/0na/067000c
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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Saturday, 17-Dec-2022 08:30:00 JST
simsa04
#infrastructure's "assertiveness" and clout is as relevant as its tenacity towards change and resilience towards attempts to alter its direction.
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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Thursday, 15-Dec-2022 14:01:35 JST
simsa04
I still wonder how #Russia under #Putin, Putin and his circle, and their apologists in the South and West could ever come up with the idea that NATO and "the West" were out to "encircle" and "subdue" Russia. If you want to bring down a country, you don't first engage in economic relationships with it or make yourself dependent on it in crucial areas of #infrastructure and #energy. Assuming Putin to be a rational player – a murderous one, but still – he must have clearly seen that delivery of raw materials to the West was increasing, not decreasing Russia's security. Not even a NATO membership of Ukraine and Georgia could endanger Russia given the scale of Western dependency. Thus, the Greater Russia chimera with the corresponding conspiracy idea of the West wanting to "extinguish" Russia is the fantasy of a drama queen that cannot accept that Russia is a banal and mediocre state with little else to offer than raw materials and conflict. Putin needed to concoct interrelationships of historical, existential, and religous dimensions because he seemingly couldn't accept that after 20 years in power (various positions), his only achievement had been the creation of a mafia-state for his self-enrichment. But the country itself had become a failure, and so, irrespective of his riches, he himself. (Since 2007 I would argue.) And so he started it. A genocidal war on a sovereign neighbouring state, to ease his feelings of inferiority as man and head of state. -
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Miriam Posner (miriamkp@dair-community.social)'s status on Sunday, 04-Dec-2022 00:00:34 JST 
Miriam Posner
Logistics nerds: The Advanced Semiconductor Supply Chain Dataset includes manually compiled, high-level information about the tools, materials, processes, countries, and firms involved in the production of advanced logic chips. ... It uses a wide variety of sources, such as corporate websites and disclosures, specialized market research, and industry group publications. https://eto.tech/dataset-docs/chipexplorer/ #logistics #infrastructure #criticaldata #criticallogistics
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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Friday, 02-Dec-2022 08:31:23 JST
simsa04
Matt von Hippel, "Crucial Computer Program for Particle Physics at Risk of Obsolescence" https://www.quantamagazine.org/crucial-computer-program-for-particle-physics-at-risk-of-obsolescence-20221201/
« [I]f you want to solve the biggest equations in the world, for 33 years one program has stood out: FORM.
Developed by the Dutch particle physicist Jos Vermaseren, FORM is a key part of the infrastructure of particle physics, necessary for the hardest calculations. However, as with surprisingly many essential pieces of digital infrastructure, FORM’s maintenance rests largely on one person: Vermaseren himself. And at 73, Vermaseren has begun to step back from FORM development. Due to the incentive structure of academia, which prizes published papers, not software tools, no successor has emerged. If the situation does not change, particle physics may be forced to slow down dramatically. »
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tallship (tallship@mastodon.tech)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 09:37:59 JST 
tallship
More clarification and review material by my friend Danie on the amazingly practical #Keyoxide.
#Danie publishes one of the very best FOSS Tech blogs on the Internet and his video product review drill downs are unparalleled in their in-depth coverage and cookbook style instructional aspects - not only to you come away with a good sense of the products suitability and viability for your particular needs and applications, but also a basic understanding of onboarding and studio usage of these FOSS projects did you can hit the groundv running, after being introduced to the basics.
https://gadgeteer.co.za/keyoxide-is-a-privacy-friendly-open-source-tool-to-create-and-verify-decentralized-online-identities-using-a-cryptography-based-approach-to-bidirectional-linking/
We even use and leverage the utility of #Keyoxide with our release signing at #Forgejo, the git forge with a solemn commitment to remaining completely free and maintained exclusively with FOSS infrastructure and tools in the Fediverse for FOSS Advocates and users alike - you'll NEVER SEE a link to a Google Doc or ANY proprietary, #privacy_disrespecting in ANY of our discussions , links, #infra, or resources - literally every single thing the #Forgejo community does occurs ONLY with FOSS based software and #infrastructure.... period!!!
And mostly, exclusively with #Fediverse and other #FOSS_Centic DeSoc spsces
There has been perhaps, never a more mainstream, FOSS based project (other than the #GPL'd v2 only #CopyLeft Linux kernel) that has reached out in support of users in a truly free and open source world view...
No special #Enterprise versions with paid subscriptions like other platforms such as
#GitLab or #gitea with the whole principle of #fealty add #subjugation as the user, as a #vassal to the #lords of corporate #surveillance and subjugation, but moreover, ANY freaking measure of #disrespect for your personal or #professional_privacy as a user, contributer or #maintainer of software that is truly free of #Privacy_disrespecting technologies so prevalent in the space of the #deprecated, #legacy #monolithic_silos.
#tallship #FOSS #Fediverse #Privacy #identity #cryotographically_proveable_identity #cryptographic_proofs #verification #gpg #OpenPGP #Keybase #rel_me #freedom @danie10 @keyoxide @yarmo @forgefed @forgefed
I hope that helps!
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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Friday, 25-Nov-2022 11:06:38 JST
simsa04
I'm not sure this is the right way to proceed.
#Twitter is part of the U.S. disaster and emergency communications infrastructure. As
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/11/19/twitter-emergencies/ points out, about 1 in 5 U.S. Americans use Twitter. So it's here where people get their info, or from platforms that pass through announcements that originated on Twitter.
Also, as the article points out, :
« [O]fficials expressed confidence in their ability to spread messages and warnings without Twitter, using tried-and-true methods like email distribution lists and wireless alert systems [...]
“We’ve been sharing messages for a long time, long before Twitter came into existence,” said Karina Shagren, the communications director for the Washington Military Department in Tacoma [...] “We’ve always been modifying strategies, and we’ll do it again if we need to.” »
The main problem is not that Musk purportedly undermines Twitter's part in the disaster and emergency communications #infrastructure but that in the U.S. critical infrastructure is run by private companies. (Cf. the winter blackouts in Texas of 2021.)
Thus on the one hand it's a deeper seated structural problem (i.e., capitalism), on the other hand it's not something that is peculiar to Musk's handling of Twitter. In fact, given Twitter's share in the infrastructure, it may serve to Musk as further incentive to keep Twitter running decently. -
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Brent Toderian (brenttoderian@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Nov-2022 19:33:40 JST 
Brent Toderian
Never forget, a 13-year study of a dozen cities found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. As for sharrows, it’s safer to NOT have them. Via #StreetsblogUSA, read their article linked below. #bikelanes #bikes #cities #transportation #mobility #sharrows #infrastructure #urbanplanning
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/protect-yourself-separated-bike-lanes-means-safer-streets-study-says/ -
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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Monday, 14-Nov-2022 22:45:53 JST
simsa04
[cont.]
#infrastructure (history of; its resilience and tenacity vis-à-vis change is more important than "energy" and "renewables")
#landgrabbing (primarily the Progressive and Green one)
#logistics (history of; supply chains, technical inventions, standardisations, politics)
#nuclear (given climate change its risks are minuscle compared to other means of electricity generation incl. renewables)
#peakrenewables (my hunch that, given supply issues, environmental impacts of mining and production, economic cost-benefit ratios, etc., we already face the peak of construction of renewables; idea: we're set to see a stagnation, even shrinking, not an increase in the construction of renewables)
#postdoom (not scientism nor blind faith in technical progress (which usually ignores the social fall-out) but the stance that the complexity of our world is the main source of hope and the main reason why the chatter of doom is less about reality but a psychology)
#rain (we have too little where I live; and I love its sound)
#renewables (mostly technical developments, liabilities, and economic viability)
#sources (instead of "bookmarks" a collection of info sources that caught my eyes)
#talkingtomyselflettingyoulisten (personal musings in which I develop (or rather: follow the trait of) thoughts and ideas; not to provoke, or troll, or to invite heated discussions)
Right now many notices are also tagged #Ukraine, #Russia, #Putin
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lostinlight (lightone@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 10-Nov-2022 05:31:16 JST 
lostinlight
? New themed servers in #Fedi network (3/3):
• https://techspace.social - for techies and tech-curious people
• https://techhub.social - for passionate technologists
• https://k8s.social - for #Kubernetes, container and #cloud native enthusiasts
• https://urbanists.social - for people who like #bikes, transit, and walkable #cities
• https://bikejam.social - for bike and pedestrian #infrastructure
• https://bahn.social - for #rail enthusiasts
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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Nov-2022 06:33:01 JST
simsa04
It's a bit difficult to unpack your question because so many different and divergent concepts and aspects are lumped into this word #technology. Its primary image, that of a #tool, is contrasted with the results of its application, and stuff (material or immaterial) that serves a #purpose. Also layers of generality: of practical knowledge; generalised procedures to effect impacts; strata of consequences that in themselves have such consequential "power" that people have only few ways to influence and change courses of events.
Thus to me two things turned out to be important over the years:
° thinking about technology via the image of "tools" is devastaingly inappropriate
° thinking about technology deflects from the perhaps more important topic of #infrastructure
To me, the history of infrastructure(s) began to replace questions about technology or its history.
With "infrastructure" I don't mean merely places, built environments, supply chains and innovations therein (e.g., the innovation of the shipping container in the 1930s and its standarisation in the 1960s which proved decisive in the Vietnam war). It entails concepts of #energy density, of market economies, of sustainibility...
But more to your point: I find the most fitting metaphor for technology to be that of a #game. Be it competitve games, be it solitary games, be it "new games". The aspect of playfullness is more important than earlier generations of tech critique may have acknowledged.
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