I'm a bit curious about GoToSocial, in particular because I want to host a few Fediverse/ActivityPub instances myself, and GTS seems to be a bit less resource hungry and supports "backports" of past data.
Does anyone have experience with the GTS platform vs Mastodon? I'm not interested in a "flame war", just objective comparisons.
Collection of essays about the philosophy of life that various academics choose for themselves and why. Covers aristotle, stoics, epicureans, various religions, and modern isms such as existentialism and pragmaticism.
2 ouf of 5. The essays are too short and lacking philosophical rigor and argumentation.
The book comes across as a collection of commercials, and lots of wokeness from about 70% of the essayists.
You're much better off just taking the table of contents and researching the
Two quick book reviews:
1. Materialism - A Philosophical Inquiry by Brown and Ladyman.
Short, excellent introduction to materialism. Starting with its ancient roots in india and freece, 2500 years ago, traving its development until todays physicalism.
4 out of 5, and shows beautifully how religion is not the answer to the question of what exists, but science.
2. How to Live a Good Life: A Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy by Massimo Pigliucci , Skye Cleary
🇺🇸🇮🇷 "Iran wanted it to happen. They’ve had enough. Operation Epic Fury was a historic and overwhelming Victory on the battlefield — a capital-V military Victory."
— US Secretary of War, Hegseth on the 2-week ceasefire
Good resource!
https://github.com/BryanLunduke/SoftwarePoliticsTracker
Oh goodie, I expect now that oil prices have plunged, we will see an immediate, instant and dramatic fall in petrol prices at the pumps
Currently watching Yes Prime Minister, and _nothing_ has changed.
Watch this clip about russia...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg-UqIIvang
We are experiencing the salami tactic as we speak.