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Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

also, someone poo poo in the 3D printer and now it's just printing 💩 over and over

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FMguru
Sep 10, 2003

peed on;
sexually

Luigi Thirty posted:

also, someone poo poo in the 3D printer and now it's just printing 💩 over and over
its me

im the 3d printer

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost

ChickenOfTomorrow posted:

SENTIENT DOOR


HACKATORIUM


CONCERN HOLDER


CLASSICALLY HOW


ASCII B.S.


SUPER EMOTIONALLY INVOLVED

this was a good thread

The Ghost Writer
Jun 27, 2012
:ghost:
Shameful Outlet
Serious question. How does a doocracy deal with the obvious degenerate "strategy" of someone just doocratically reversing something until the other side/person gets tired and gives up and therefore someone gets what they want regardless of whatever else. Obviously the person cutting speaker wires (for example) or knocking down a shed or tearing down a camera has it easier than whoever is putting it in place / repairing it.

Is this kind of 'may the most autistic/obsessive win' a feature, not a bug? Because it seems as though they don't actually deal with such situations (not that it doesn't happen, more that everyone just sort of looks the other way on it when it does)

zeekner
Jul 14, 2007

The Ghost Writer posted:

Serious question. How does a doocracy deal with the obvious degenerate "strategy" of someone just doocratically reversing something until the other side/person gets tired and gives up and therefore someone gets what they want regardless of whatever else. Obviously the person cutting speaker wires (for example) or knocking down a shed or tearing down a camera has it easier than whoever is putting it in place / repairing it.

Is this kind of 'may the most autistic/obsessive win' a feature, not a bug? Because it seems as though they don't actually deal with such situations (not that it doesn't happen, more that everyone just sort of looks the other way on it when it does)

'be excellent to each other' but in reality

The Ghost Writer posted:

'may the most autistic/obsessive win'

Sweevo
Nov 8, 2007

i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

The Ghost Writer posted:

Serious question. How does a doocracy deal with the obvious degenerate "strategy" of someone just doocratically reversing something until the other side/person gets tired and gives up and therefore someone gets what they want regardless of whatever else.

they whine about it on the mailing list for six months

evilweasel
Aug 24, 2002

The Ghost Writer posted:

Serious question. How does a doocracy deal with the obvious degenerate "strategy" of someone just doocratically reversing something until the other side/person gets tired and gives up and therefore someone gets what they want regardless of whatever else. Obviously the person cutting speaker wires (for example) or knocking down a shed or tearing down a camera has it easier than whoever is putting it in place / repairing it.

Is this kind of 'may the most autistic/obsessive win' a feature, not a bug? Because it seems as though they don't actually deal with such situations (not that it doesn't happen, more that everyone just sort of looks the other way on it when it does)

since they operate on consensus they'd view the process as being biased against somebody getting their way to do something as a feature, not a bug

any one person can indefinitely veto anything, because that is a sensible and well thought out way to run anything

jony ive aces
Jun 14, 2012

designer of the lomarf car


Buglord

The Ghost Writer posted:

Serious question. How does a doocracy deal
it doesn't

ChickenOfTomorrow
Nov 11, 2012

god damn it, you've got to be kind

ayn rand hand job posted:

this was a good thread

thank you

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
So where are they getting all their money? I know there were theories that SV companies were donating but what about now

Farmer Crack-Ass
Jan 2, 2001

this is me posting irl

evilweasel posted:

since they operate on consensus they'd view the process as being biased against somebody getting their way to do something as a feature, not a bug

any one person can indefinitely veto anything, because that is a sensible and well thought out way to run anything

i thought consensus had the ability to eventually override a block? like i thought it was less "one person can veto anything indefinitely" and more "one person can force like a couple of weeks to discuss it but after that if everyone else votes in favor it goes through"

ChickenOfTomorrow
Nov 11, 2012

god damn it, you've got to be kind

I'm not entirely convinced that the noisebridge reboot wasn't a bloodless coup and the roof is now a hackerspace star chamber

atomicthumbs
Dec 26, 2010


We're in the business of extending man's senses.

evilweasel posted:

any one person can indefinitely veto anything, because that is a sensible and well thought out way to run anything

you see, if one person has a problem with something, it's not a viable option. this ensures that the hackerspace is flawless and perfect at all times.

Nintendo Kid
Aug 4, 2011

by Smythe

Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

i thought consensus had the ability to eventually override a block? like i thought it was less "one person can veto anything indefinitely" and more "one person can force like a couple of weeks to discuss it but after that if everyone else votes in favor it goes through"

pure consensus model allows for the only way to remove a block is to just hope the guy doesn't stick around.

Main Paineframe
Oct 27, 2010

Alan Smithee posted:

So where are they getting all their money? I know there were theories that SV companies were donating but what about now

some big sv companies do donation matching for charitable donations, and nb somehow managed to convince the irs to register them as a 501(c)3 nonprofit, so donations to them qualify as "charitable" under those policies

JawnV6
Jul 4, 2004

So hot ...

Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

i thought consensus had the ability to eventually override a block? like i thought it was less "one person can veto anything indefinitely" and more "one person can force like a couple of weeks to discuss it but after that if everyone else votes in favor it goes through"

consensus, as I've actually seen it practiced, allows all viewpoints to be aired and mitigated. it's kinda sloppy and in practice it seems like everyone's repeating the same points in their own ordering until the decision maker just charges ahead

The Ghost Writer
Jun 27, 2012
:ghost:
Shameful Outlet
I think that is what I was really asking: what do they do for (inevitable) conflict resolution. I suspect that if I've been reading this thread then I already know the answer.

The whole cultural anarchistic platform itself - at least the parts I read - just kinda never brings it up other than kinda suggesting it'll never happen through the magic of dialogue and a vague exhortation to Be Excellent (excellent being subjective esp when it bumps up against What I Want)

Jonny 290
May 5, 2005



[ASK] me about OS/2 Warp

The Ghost Writer posted:

I think that is what I was really asking: what do they do for (inevitable) conflict resolution. I suspect that if I've been reading this thread then I already know the answer.


yaeh its anarchy via mailing list until somebody doocratically seizes power and things clean up for 10 femtoseconds but then somebody takes a poo poo on the STOVE

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

evilweasel posted:

since they operate on consensus they'd view the process as being biased against somebody getting their way to do something as a feature, not a bug

any one person can indefinitely veto anything, because that is a sensible and well thought out way to run anything

well you know if you use the Liberum Veto you get 12,000 free cavalry units but you can only use it once and it kills your stability

evilweasel
Aug 24, 2002

Luigi Thirty posted:

well you know if you use the Liberum Veto you get 12,000 free cavalry units but you can only use it once and it kills your stability

poland has a long and storied history of effective government that deterred invaders

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


eschaton posted:

someone biohacked the soldering irons

I hope they aren't using them to lance off warts/hemorrhoids etc.

kitten emergency
Jan 13, 2008

get meow this wack-ass crystal prison
consensus governance eventually turns into the lunch room at high school despite whatever high-minded ideals you start with

the pro way to gently caress with it is to form your clique, let poo poo get awful and untenable to drive people away, rewrite the rules to allow for block overrides then provoke a crisis that attracts a bunch of interest. when everyone comes back your clique works as a voting bloc + "responsible adult syndrome" of being the ones to stick it out which helps get enough of the teeming crowd onto your side, and all y'all override blocks from the crazies

then slowly marginalize everyone else until anarchy is crushed under your bootheel

unpacked robinhood
Feb 18, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

uncurable mlady posted:

consensus governance eventually turns into the lunch room at high school despite whatever high-minded ideals you start with

the pro way to gently caress with it is to form your clique, let poo poo get awful and untenable to drive people away, rewrite the rules to allow for block overrides then provoke a crisis that attracts a bunch of interest. when everyone comes back your clique works as a voting bloc + "responsible adult syndrome" of being the ones to stick it out which helps get enough of the teeming crowd onto your side, and all y'all override blocks from the crazies

then slowly marginalize everyone else until anarchy is crushed under your bootheel

this would actually be good for noisebridge if it happened

instead, the do-ocracy's governance is driven by passive aggressive basement dwellers. they post nasty things to the mailing list and refuse to go to meetings

getting this bunch of nerds in agreement long enough to crush anarchy under a bootheel is apparently impossible

jony ive aces
Jun 14, 2012

designer of the lomarf car


Buglord

Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

i thought consensus had the ability to eventually override a block? like i thought it was less "one person can veto anything indefinitely" and more "one person can force like a couple of weeks to discuss it but after that if everyone else votes in favor it goes through"
lol if you think consensus nuts would let you oppress them with your democratic voting

also consensus only works when jesus makes the decisions for you http://berkeleyjournal.org/2015/05/the-theology-of-consensus/

Jabor
Jul 16, 2010

#1 Loser at SpaceChem
the real answer is to get in good with whoever manages the money, then unilaterally kick out the crazies and call in some jackbooted thugs to keep them out when they object. it's not a real anarchy, more like an ant farm

Main Paineframe
Oct 27, 2010

The Ghost Writer posted:

I think that is what I was really asking: what do they do for (inevitable) conflict resolution. I suspect that if I've been reading this thread then I already know the answer.

The whole cultural anarchistic platform itself - at least the parts I read - just kinda never brings it up other than kinda suggesting it'll never happen through the magic of dialogue and a vague exhortation to Be Excellent (excellent being subjective esp when it bumps up against What I Want)

they dont make any allowance for conflict resolution because their whole ideology is based around people being beep boop logic robots who are always right. it's assumed that if someone blocks then the problem will always be resolved through peaceful dialogue and compromise, so they dont bother having a way to resolve a block because that would be admitting that people aren't inherently logical and cooperative

froward
Jun 2, 2014

by Azathoth

The Ghost Writer posted:

Is this kind of 'may the most autistic/obsessive win' a feature, not a bug? Because it seems as though they don't actually deal with such situations (not that it doesn't happen, more that everyone just sort of looks the other way on it when it does)

See also: Wikipedia.

jony ive aces
Jun 14, 2012

designer of the lomarf car


Buglord

uncurable mlady posted:

the pro way to gently caress with it is to form your clique, let poo poo get awful and untenable to drive people away, rewrite the rules to allow for block overrides then provoke a crisis that attracts a bunch of interest. when everyone comes back your clique works as a voting bloc + "responsible adult syndrome" of being the ones to stick it out which helps get enough of the teeming crowd onto your side, and all y'all override blocks from the crazies

then slowly marginalize everyone else until anarchy is crushed under your bootheel
house of someone-shat-on-the-cards

Jabor posted:

the real answer is to get in good with whoever manages the money, then unilaterally kick out the crazies and call in some jackbooted thugs to keep them out when they object. it's not a real anarchy, more like an ant farm
game of someone-shat-on-the-thrones

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
dookieocracy

Buttcoin purse
Apr 24, 2014

Luigi Thirty posted:

well you know if you use the Liberum Veto you get 12,000 free cavalry units but you can only use it once and it kills your stability

I didn't know what this means so I Googled it and Wikipedia says:

quote:

The liberum veto (Latin for "the free veto") was a parliamentary device in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was a form of unanimity voting rule that allowed any member of the Sejm (legislature) to force an immediate end to the current session and nullify any legislation that had already been passed at the session by shouting Nie pozwalam! (Polish: "I do not allow!").

:siren: I DO NOT CONSENT! :siren:

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost
[quote[ J tman66 at gmail.com
Tue Jun 9 19:13:29 UTC 2015
Hey everyone,

Looking to organize a monthly social gathering with the goal of hackers
around the community to get to know each other better and have some fun.
Drinking, playing games, silly rants, watching movies, organizing trips to
hacker events. I need everyone's help in picking a name, so far these are
the ones that I came up with, vote for one or add it if you can think of
anything cool to be added to the list. So far I have:


a) (G.D.M) Geek Day of the Month

b) Return of the Living Hackers: Get out of your hacking catacomb and have
some
fun

c) (B.T.E.C.H) Bill and Ted's Excellent Chaotic Horseplay[/quote]

ChickenOfTomorrow
Nov 11, 2012

god damn it, you've got to be kind

d) YOSPOS, BITHC

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

(B.T.E.C.H) Bill and Ted's Excellent Chaotic Horseplay (everything about it)

Farmer Crack-Ass
Jan 2, 2001

this is me posting irl

ayn rand hand job posted:

c) (B.T.E.C.H) Bill and Ted's Excellent Chaotic Horseplay

more like BLECH :xd:

jony ive aces
Jun 14, 2012

designer of the lomarf car


Buglord

Jerry Cotton posted:

(B.T.E.C.H) Bill and Ted's Excellent Chaotic Horseplay (everything about it)

froward
Jun 2, 2014

by Azathoth
I went to NYC resistor again and they were supes cool.

One of them helpfully pointed out the thing I made looked like a pipe bomb and help me make it look like Not That.

Also a cute girl gave me her number.

Their secret: to become a member, a quorum of members must unanimously approve of the person.

Roughly eight non members and yours truly outnumbered members rather steeply, yet none of us poo poo on anything. I know it seems far fetched but this really happened.

maniacdevnull
Apr 18, 2007

FOUR CUBIC FRAMES
DISPROVES SOFT G GOD
YOU ARE EDUCATED STUPID

froward posted:

I went to NYC resistor again and they were supes cool.

One of them helpfully pointed out the thing I made looked like a pipe bomb and help me make it look like Not That.

Also a cute girl gave me her number.

Their secret: to become a member, a quorum of members must unanimously approve of the person.

Roughly eight non members and yours truly outnumbered members rather steeply, yet none of us poo poo on anything. I know it seems far fetched but this really happened.

But what if someone disagrees? Everything would fall to pieces man!

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

also, someone poo poo on the consensus

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BONGHITZ
Jan 1, 1970

what kind of world is it where a man cannot carry around a pipe bomb.

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