What do you all think about low-data / low-energy ways to implement replies to messages in a relational database, that are resilient long-term? You can see the app in question here: https://groundtalk.land/feed (and code here: https://github.com/sbutler-gh/coop-media)

The app currently gets all messages from the database, returns them as HTML, and caches them in localStorage. On subsequent page loads, it gets messages from localStorage first and then only checks the database for newer messages.

Thinking about how to implement replies on top of this this (also, welcoming input on the overall architecture as well).

Hacker News/Reddit nested replies is what's coming to mind, for informational architecture at least? I don't know how heavy it is to implement finding all the replies at each nested level and then rendering them in HTML. Probably much simpler technically with Twitter/Mastodon style (no nesting display), but kind of feels like nesting is the right direction for informational longevity (which is part of the idea)? Then again, not necessarily assuming that nesting a la HN/Reddit nesting always leads to better discussions.

What do you all think?

@scanlime @hydroponictrash @trashrobot @becomethewaifu @pikselkraft @alive @wwahammy @rzr @milo_bytes @yhancik @nolwennm @joachim boitam.eu @aral

#database #tech #backend #webdev #html #htmx #ux #design #architecture #postgres #relational #permacomputing #socialmedia #socialnetwork #indieweb #sql #fullstack #networking #computers #it

Always nice to highlight a #conservation success story. Or at least the start of what is hopefully a longterm #success.

#Kipunji were only identified as a new genus in 2005. The animals were/are threatened by #habitat #degradation and #human-#wildlife interactions. Both issues require conservation management in #relational coordination with local #stakeholders.

🔗 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/meet-the-kipunji-a-rare-primate-success-story-in-tanzania/

'Knowledge Hypergraph Embedding Meets Relational Algebra', by Bahare Fatemi, Perouz Taslakian, David Vazquez, David Poole.

http://jmlr.org/papers/v24/22-063.html

#relational #hypergraph #relations

A new theory suggests that physical reality is nothing but quantum mirrors. The theory, proposed by physicist Carlo Rovelli, challenges the classical view of the world as made of independent objects. Instead, it proposes that reality is relational, meaning that everything is defined by its interactions with other things.

#Reality #Quantum #Relational

https://anomalien.com/a-new-theory-indicates-physical-reality-is-just-quantum-mirrors/

If you really think that using the word "#narcissism" is #ableist, please watch this video:

https://youtu.be/eISuc8v7B1M

To summarize (poorly), the #research is beginning to recognize that the #personality #disorders, as diagnoses, do those to whom they are applied more harm than good. Most #narcissists will never see a #therapist, and they'll never be #diagnosed with #NPD. The people who are diagnosed with NPD are #vulnerable, and it's possible they need a second opinion.

But the #ableism? It's calling from inside the house.

Because if you're still convinced that saying "#narcissistic" is ableist, then rather than shouting "ableist" at the top of your lungs to people who are #survivors (and in some cases present #victims) of people who engage in narcissistic #behaviors, are the most likely to take your words seriously. They are the most likely to experience worse #abuse as a result of your disempowering them and silencing them.

Instead of #silencing survivors, try to consider what words may be used instead of narcissism. It's not correct to say that "narcissistic abuse" is the same as #emotional abuse. Narcissistic abuse may be a form of emotional abuse, but its insidiousness goes far beyond what most people who experience emotional abuse ever experience.

A lot of people who think of "narcissism" as an ableist term will eagerly call its users ableist without offering any alternative words that will allow them to speak about their specific type of suffering. So let Dr. #Ramani do the work for you: Consider sharing the term "#antagonistic #relationship #style" or, in lieu of "narcissistic abuse," antagonistic #relational abuse, with those who you might otherwise re-#traumatize with your careless #social #justice #barbarism.

Because silencing the survivors of abuse, many of whom have #PTSD from living with narcissistic (or antagonistic) persons, is the real ableism.

#psychology #socialJustice #mentalHealth #stigma

INTEGRATE: Distance based Graph Convolutional Networks for Statistical Relational Learning

https://openreview.net/forum?id=VJK8jLGHLR

#relational #relations #adjacency

@DamienMarieAtHope

#Epistemology #science #relational

I agree. But in fact things are a little more complex: there is a co-determination between the theorical dimension and the empirical/experimental dimension, meaning that theories are also attentional grids and that you can only find what you are looking for.

So science doesn't really describe nature per se, but more the relation we have with nature.

📢CfP: With @EhrnstromMaria we are organising a session at the #SSD2023 conf. Inviting contributions on:
- #anticapitalist, #anticolonial, post and #degrowth approaches to #transformations &
- #posthuman, #multispecies, #relational and #ontological approaches.

To apply, find our session: "Just and Relational, Decolonial and Postgrowth Transformations" and send us an abstract: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/sustainability-science-days-2023/theme-calls/open-call-abstracts

RT @derek_downey
Augmenting #relational databases with cache like #Redis is useful. But what if you need your data across regions, or even around the world? Checkout out how #CloudSpanner and Redis can help you achieve this scalability.

https://redis.com/blog/google-cloud-spanner-for-global-real-time-applications/

"Rocks are always on the move, more plastic than we think, but rhythms are slow. This is lithic time and space. Is a deeper, more long-term, in-depth geophilia possible – of motions unmeasured, abiding and supporting – more like the love of a parent for a child? And yet, indifference is commonly held by humans towards more-than-human stone...What kinds of rock love are possible" https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/lithic-love re: #deeptime #nonhumannature #relational et. al.

Endorsing the efforts of ‘hegemony replacing’ theories&approaches to call out the present system’s destructive dynamics, we critique the bloc’s bias to biophysical aspects, & flattening of the #relational & #experiencial that play a key role in interpreting the biophysical. (6/9)

Gillian Wearing, from the series 'Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants you to say,' 1992-1993.

© Gillian Wearing, courtesy Maureen Paley/ Interim Art, London.

Wearing stopped random passersby in London, inviting them to write their thoughts on a card before photographing them.

#photography #streetphotography #identity #protest #signs #sociallyengaged #relational #art #contemporaryart #womensart #mastoart #artmustgrow

Just released: Bases de datos relacionales Cheat Sheet by asourv

Download it free at http://www.cheatography.com/asourv/cheat-sheets/bases-de-datos-relacionales/?utm_source=mastodon

Here's their description of it: Resumen de características de las bases de datos relacionales

@cheatsheets #CheatSheet #CheatSheets #databases #relational

Terry Real was featured in a New York Times article in June about normal marital hatred. Highly recommend his books and insights.

“People talk about the American dream, in which your kids have a better life than you do. And we always think about it materialistically. But I think about it psychologically and spiritually — changing the legacy of how you were raised and handing your kids a new default that is kinder and more humane and wiser.”
#relational #therapy #HarmonyDisharmonyRepair

Terry Real is featured in a New York Times article today about normal marital hatred. Highly recommend his books and insights.

“People talk about the American dream, in which your kids have a better life than you do. And we always think about it materialistically. But I think about it psychologically and spiritually — changing the legacy of how you were raised and handing your kids a new default that is kinder and more humane and wiser.”
#relational #therapy #HarmonyDisharmonyRepair

Introducing the “fallen Christmas tree operator” >>: 🎄😅 #functionalscala #relational

Together with Anne Birgitta Pessi, we analysed best-selling #SelfHelp books in Finland to ask how these books represent humans as #relational beings and how the notions of #religion and #spirituality relate to this. Self-help books are often portrayed as deeply individualistic, but we found that intersubjectivity also has a role. The books present spirituality in a positive light. Institutional religion is seen as a threat to well-being and intersubjectivity.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13537903.2022.2138025

I think that the relevance of this paper for theory and policy is twofold.

In terms of #theory, the findings are in line with the work challenging that poverty is mostly related to the individual characteristics of the poor. Instead, poverty is #relational.

#Poverty cannot be solely explained by reference to individuals’ own "socioeconomic background, #family composition, and "policy context, but also requires reference to the #economic activity and composition of other households in society.

Kaya friends
#photographer #artist #interdisciplinary #conceptualartist #silverhalides #photons #particles #rhizome #deleuze #bergson #johnberger #MerleauPonty #quantum #consciousness #relational #art #science #biology #philosophy #decolonisation #history #low #mimiparker

@AbelTM @garymarcus I can see that. I don't know Bengio's approach in full detail.
But, Laird's approach has been that of integration - as computational systems mature, he attempts to bring them into the #CognitiveArchitecture

For instance, we are current studying what it means to connect (theoretically and systematically) #CV #transformer models in visual reasoning with #cognitive #relational #representations similar to what a #AIPlanner would use.