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Brendan Jones
Brendan Jones
@Brendanjones@fosstodon.org  ·  activity timestamp last week

@jlou I suspect @ambiguous_yelp means something like this https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anarcho-communist-planning. Would that be right Ambiyelp?

I remain unconvinced (my thoughts mirror what you've put to Ambiyelp) but there are some interesting concepts presented.

The Anarchist Library

Anarcho-Communist Planning

Katja Einsfeld Anarcho-Communist Planning 06/2024
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@ambiguous_yelp@veganism.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@Brendanjones @jlou Honestly I think this essay covers much of the concerns brought forward in this thread

#Socialism #Anarchism #Communism #AnarchoCommunism #PlannedEconomy

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David Culley
David Culley
@davidculley@hachyderm.io  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@aral @malteengeler I wonder if I specialized in the wrong niche in order to work on Small Tech. I wonder if there is demand for data engineering in Small Tech.

If I were a web developer, I could spin up something like https://gaza-verified.org myself. If I knew Go or Rust or whatever (and had more ideas), I could build some app or service that helps people in a meaningful way.

But I specialized in organizing data. Like someone who hasn't organized their closet for a long while and calls Marie Kondo to clean up their wardrobe, I'm the Marie Kondo for data. I know how to move (big amounts of) data from here to there, and how to organize it so that information is easily accessible and insights are facilitated. Without people like me, data is just noise.

I was told that data is the new oil/gold/electricity. And I do believe that there are use cases for doing good, still waiting to be discovered. #socialism #PlannedEconomy Otherwise I'd probably already have switched careers.

But my specialization is most useful with large datasets. Small datasets aren't in such dire needs of good organization strategies, same as you don't need Marie Kondo when two pair of shoes and three shirts is all you own.

I wonder if my specialization is useful only to Big Tech.

Does anyone have ideas for how I could use my skills for Small Tech? Does maybe even anyone has uses for someone like me? #FediHire

I didn't study this to be a cog in the ad-tech surveillance machine. 😒

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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
@aral@mastodon.ar.al  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@malteengeler Heck, some might even say, Small Tech 😉

https://small-tech.org/about/#small-technology

David Culley
David Culley
@davidculley@hachyderm.io replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@aral @malteengeler I wonder if I specialized in the wrong niche in order to work on Small Tech. I wonder if there is demand for data engineering in Small Tech.

If I were a web developer, I could spin up something like https://gaza-verified.org myself. If I knew Go or Rust or whatever (and had more ideas), I could build some app or service that helps people in a meaningful way.

But I specialized in organizing data. Like someone who hasn't organized their closet for a long while and calls Marie Kondo to clean up their wardrobe, I'm the Marie Kondo for data. I know how to move (big amounts of) data from here to there, and how to organize it so that information is easily accessible and insights are facilitated. Without people like me, data is just noise.

I was told that data is the new oil/gold/electricity. And I do believe that there are use cases for doing good, still waiting to be discovered. #socialism #PlannedEconomy Otherwise I'd probably already have switched careers.

But my specialization is most useful with large datasets. Small datasets aren't in such dire needs of good organization strategies, same as you don't need Marie Kondo when two pair of shoes and three shirts is all you own.

I wonder if my specialization is useful only to Big Tech.

Does anyone have ideas for how I could use my skills for Small Tech? Does maybe even anyone has uses for someone like me? #FediHire

I didn't study this to be a cog in the ad-tech surveillance machine. 😒

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