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@Hoss
I don't think he's dead. I'm not gonna pretend he's playing 4d chess and this is some sort of grand tactic before he makes a comeback, but he IS still alive.
@hfaust

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BiggusDiccus (biggusdiccus@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 09:10:05 JST

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@waifu
Yes.

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BiggusDiccus (biggusdiccus@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 04-Aug-2024 08:41:11 JST

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@bronze
From Wikipedia:

The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID) is a systems thinking heuristic coined by Stafford Beer,[1] who observed that there is "no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to do."[2] The term is widely used by systems theorists, and is generally invoked to counter the notion that the purpose of a system can be read from the intentions of those who design, operate, or promote it. When a system's side effects or unintended consequences reveal that its behavior is poorly understood, then the POSIWID perspective can balance political understandings of system behavior with a more straightforwardly descriptive view.
Origins of the term
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Stafford Beer coined the term POSIWID and used it many times in public addresses. In his address to the University of Valladolid, Spain, in October 2001, he said:[1]

According to the cybernetician, the purpose of a system is what it does. This is a basic dictum. It stands for bald fact, which makes a better starting point in seeking understanding than the familiar attributions of good intention, prejudices about expectations, moral judgment, or sheer ignorance of circumstances.

@TimeSpent

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BiggusDiccus (biggusdiccus@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 17:04:40 JST

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narcolepsy and alcoholism :flag:

@hj
Many questions. Not curious enough about any of them to hit play.

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BiggusDiccus (biggusdiccus@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jul-2024 09:09:50 JST

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@BowsacNoodle
Iwant to know where he lives that it's such a wonderland of skinny bitches. Not enough to devote my autism to finding out, but if he was exposed to the sheer mountain of stank jello flesh that I have to deal with every day I suspect he'd change his fetish. Especially if he has a sense of smell.
@tyler @RealRaul @elftummy

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BiggusDiccus (biggusdiccus@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jul-2024 08:25:57 JST

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@tyler
This is the ONLY reason I have @elftummy blocked. @RealRaul is in timeout for this as well as his penchant to promote moobmentz.

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BiggusDiccus (biggusdiccus@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jul-2024 08:25:56 JST

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@tyler
I see those everyday IRL. Don't need more.
@RealRaul @elftummy

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BiggusDiccus (biggusdiccus@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jul-2024 18:58:02 JST

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@Hoss
Haven't seen much of Gleason in forever. What went down?
@caekislove

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BiggusDiccus (biggusdiccus@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jul-2024 18:57:57 JST

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@Tony
This has been a very informative thread.

Alex is obsessed with NOSTR rn.
Fedi is broken because mastodon.
ActivityPub is communist (never been done right)
Siloing is an accidental feature that works along natural human tendencies.
NOSTR will inevitably be flooded with CP which will break it.
There might be a market for prepackaged mini PC's running low user instances of soapbox.

Did I miss anything?
@caekislove @Hoss
@Zergling_man

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