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Notices by Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com), page 62

  1. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 17-Feb-2022 07:29:04 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    In the space of 12 hours, I’ve had the same type of exchange twice:
    Them: Something is wrong in <context>
    Me: This seems to be a much larger problem not specific to <context>
    Them: I didn’t say it was specific to <context>

    And I do not get it, why mention <context> at all if it wasn’t to make a specific observation about <context>?
    In conversation Thursday, 17-Feb-2022 07:29:04 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  2. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Feb-2022 23:41:20 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    Feature: 20 minutes session with automatic logout.
    Intent: Prevent session hijacking.
    Result: Users saving their credentials in the browser to alleviate the inconvenience of typing them often, making session hijacking easier.
    In conversation Wednesday, 16-Feb-2022 23:41:20 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  3. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Feb-2022 08:19:47 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    Out with religious bans in the United Kingdom! This is the Anglican Church, not the Anglican't!
    In conversation Tuesday, 15-Feb-2022 08:19:47 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  4. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Sunday, 13-Feb-2022 14:30:22 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    I firmly believe that humans can always accept worse conditions, which makes any "I couldn't live without X" statement moot to me.

    On the other hand, I learned today that cheese consumption is linked to joint inflammation, and there's no way in hell I'm giving up on cheese.
    In conversation Sunday, 13-Feb-2022 14:30:22 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  5. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Saturday, 12-Feb-2022 23:23:52 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Hypolite Petovan
    • Spencer
    You're very welcome! I resisted the urge to buy the complete NISEI bundle discounted at $140. It isn't that expensive, but I realized I would end up with several hundred cards I wouldn't get to play with that much. So, baby steps. Maybe I won't get to play much with this starter pack either, but you folks still get to benefit from it.
    In conversation Saturday, 12-Feb-2022 23:23:52 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  6. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Saturday, 12-Feb-2022 22:10:43 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    in reply to
    • Hypolite Petovan
    • Spencer
    Shout-out to @Spencer on the NISEI team for putting me back on the #AndroidNetrunner track after playing a couple Netrunner games during the Wizards of the Coast era.
    In conversation Saturday, 12-Feb-2022 22:10:43 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  7. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Saturday, 12-Feb-2022 21:55:18 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    I finally got the chance to play #AndroidNetrunner with a friend who happened to own a copy of the Fantasy Flight Games’ 2012 Core Set box, and it was exactly as good as I expected!

    As a result, I decided to purchase a copy of NISEI’s 2021 System Gateway set through DrivThruCards. It’s mostly to support the volunteer-led initiative to perpetuate the game as I don’t expect to meet many fellow Netrunner players any time soon.

    More importantly, it reaffirmed my hunch that I wouldn’t enjoy playing online as much, I like the feeling of the physical cards too much for this.
    nisei.net/products/system-gate…
    In conversation Saturday, 12-Feb-2022 21:55:18 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  8. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 11-Feb-2022 23:04:41 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Brad Koehn ☑️
    Mazel Tov!
    In conversation Friday, 11-Feb-2022 23:04:41 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  9. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 11-Feb-2022 22:55:15 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Brad Koehn ☑️
    The course requires stick shift driving proficiency, which is less common in the US than anywhere else in the world, so I still get to be European smug about it.
    In conversation Friday, 11-Feb-2022 22:55:15 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  10. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 11-Feb-2022 21:55:27 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    My therapist was jealous to learn that I’m looking into signing up for a two-day car drift course because she used to race cars at the drag strip when she was younger.

    And this ranks among the most American exchange I’ve had with locals since I immigrated.
    In conversation Friday, 11-Feb-2022 21:55:27 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  11. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 11-Feb-2022 21:28:26 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    in reply to
    • Hypolite Petovan
    I’m joking about the paper towel talk, but I remember it the most because it was practical, directly actionable with immediate results, albeit modest. The complete opposite of the official TED style.
    In conversation Friday, 11-Feb-2022 21:28:26 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  12. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 11-Feb-2022 21:09:26 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    This critique of the TED talk style is worth sharing (interesting). The TEDx talk I remember the fondest was about increasing the drying power of paper towels by folding them in half (inspiring?).
    www.thedriftmag.com/what-was-t…
    In conversation Friday, 11-Feb-2022 21:09:26 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  13. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 11-Feb-2022 15:45:14 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    If you haven't kept tabs on ride-sharing companies' shenanigans, this is an informative up-to-date thread.

    ♲ @pluralistic@mamot.fr: Uber is (still) a bezzle ("the magic interval when a confidence trickster knows he has the money he has appropriated but the victim does not yet understand that he has lost it"). And every bezzle - *every* bezzle - ends.

    Uber entered the market with an absurd proposition, which they papered over with an *idiotic* narrative...which the world ate up with a spoon.

    1/

    In conversation Friday, 11-Feb-2022 15:45:14 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  14. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 11-Feb-2022 07:13:01 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Brad Koehn ☑️
    Ok.
    In conversation Friday, 11-Feb-2022 07:13:01 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  15. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 23:58:50 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Brad Koehn ☑️
    Again, I would like to reiterate that I'm happy you found your calling, but capitalism can and will choose whether you get to be happy or not. Do you know the price of your own current happiness? How many people have to have shitty jobs across the globe so that you can have your dream job? Because unfortunately the answer is non-zero.

    And this fact prevents me from ever be happy at any job. I don't get to choose to be affected by this fact or not, so I don't get to choose to be happy. Again, in a capitalist system we see that happiness can be reduced to ignoring the inconvenient parts of the system, just like a dream can be reduced to be about material security or "creating value".

    Is it a waste of a life? I don't really care, since I don't assign value to life, positive or negative. I do assign meaning to it though, and this means that the thought we are enjoying material privileges directly because others are voluntarily made to suffer is hard to bear for me.

    Lastly, if I could have chosen to live under any other system I may have had, but capitalist countries have time and again shown that any departure from economic liberalism will be met with punitive and unwarranted economic sanctions and, if it has to come to that, military intimidation or black ops-backed coups.

    So yeah, capitalism definitely chooses who gets to be happy or not.
    In conversation Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 23:58:50 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  16. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 22:43:04 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Brad Koehn ☑️
    • Becky
    I believe that my original post sort of yucked his yum. Since he said that he currently has his dream job, any negative criticism of the "dream job" concept can be construed as a criticism of his actual professional situation by transitivity.

    Of course it isn't the case, I'm genuinely glad he found his calling but it isn't mine so we've been talking past each other in this particular discussion. In a way he's right, this conversation is more about me and my feelings towards capitalism than capitalism itself but this doesn't say much, it's my page after all?
    In conversation Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 22:43:04 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  17. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 18:29:33 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Brad Koehn ☑️
    Ok.
    In conversation Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 18:29:33 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  18. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 18:19:24 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Hypolite Petovan
    • Jakob
    What I mean is that in this context, capitalism has made water, food and shelter safety integral part of a “dream”, which is very reductive to dreams. Is this the best we should aspire to?
    In conversation Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 18:19:24 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  19. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 17:53:56 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Hypolite Petovan
    • Jakob
    I am going to ask you the same question I asked someone else in this conversation: wouldn't you have preferred doing the same activity as your dream job without the income imperative?
    In conversation Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 17:53:56 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  20. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 13:33:48 EST Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    I started watching the Book of Boba Feet, and I don’t understand the criticism, Boba appears a lot, up close and a little too personal.
    In conversation Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 13:33:48 EST from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
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