Notices by Billy Smith (billysmith@social.coop)

@derek

Have you read "Metrophage" by Richard Kadrey?

@mattl

Try using a couple of flat rocks. :D

@mattl

Have you tried grinding the sand down to your desired grade of fine-ness?

Couple of model-makers at the hackspace had to do this.

@mattl

If i find any other sources, i'll let you know. :D

@mattl

Just saw that they are now getting UK government funding to teach Machine Learning systems... :|

And the remote options are no longer listed... :|

I'll have to stop recommending them. :(

@mattl

Sorry about the AI slop.

I'll have a word with them about that... :|

Yes, it's in-person, and, it's based in London, but they had some great remote options during the UK lockdowns, and those should still be running.

It's why they had a lot more international students taking part.

@mattl

Founders And Coders may have some suggestions:

https://www.foundersandcoders.com/

UK-based people:

Our UK Government have created a Water Commision to look at how to deal with the problems of privatisation, but have banned the Commmision from considering Nationalisation.

Email the Water Commision before their enquiry closes on the 23rd.

https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/water-commission

@cwebber @mkljczk

On the original website, it's possible to read the content without having any scripts running.

On the new website, you have to enable the scripts, and dismiss the pop-up's before you can read the content.

It may not look as "modern" but the older version jsut works. :D

@mattl

Have you tried Fallout and Fallout 2?

Very different flavour of narrative experience. :D

@derek

Also, i read some interviews with Tolkein, when he was asked about the comparisons between the One Ring and Nuclear Weapons technologies.

He didn't think much of the comparisons, but said that if the One Ring was here, then it would have been used during WWII... 🤦♂️

@derek

It's difficult to get someone to understand when their salary depends upon them not inderstanding. :D

Most of the authoritarian warlords get their power from hydraulic despotism caused by fossil fuel scarcity, so... :D

@gutenberg_org @PaulAnomaly

Surely an AI would help... 🤣

What sort of AI would you get if the only training set was the Voynich Manuscript? :D

@mattl

It's amazing how, at first, people don't notice when you swap them over with the motivational posters in the workplace... :D

@mattl

Have you heard of Demotivators? :D

https://despair.com/collections/demotivators/

@agaric @dee

TY for the offer, but we've got a HP 4700. A similar donation. :D

I'll shout on the mailing list and see if any of the members are interested. :D

@FreeScholar @ntnsndr @beckett @mako @dazinism @sam @Matt_Noyes @Eliot_L @dmokreis @GiacomoSansoni @coopartisans @toddxy @JosephAndriano

This would be useful. :D

Anything that makes it easier to create co-operatives will help everyone.

The docs we create could be used to create simple templates that can be used by other groups without their incurring legal fee's.

CoopsUK have a similar set of model rules and templates docs for co-operatives operating in the UK legal system.

For UK-based people, please contact your MP about the latest court action by Thames Water:

https://weownit.org.uk/ask-your-mp-protect-households-bailing-out-thames-water

Some excellent news for the Open--Source ecosystem. :D

FreeCAD has hit the 1.0 release. :D

https://fosstodon.org/@FreeCAD/113510662013123465

#freecad

Just signed this petition about the continuing corruption in the UK governmental system:

https://goodlawproject.org/petition/remove-the-governments-protest-adviser/

The person that decided that climate protesters, and, pro-Palestine protesters were serious criminals, was receiving bribes from the fossil fuel industry, and, from the arms companies selling munitions to Israel.