harikesh @harikesh@scholar.social
A researcher solving the materialistic life ;)
I follow Renewable Energy, Marxism, Anarcho-communism, Open science movements, GNU/Linux and any creative art.
What's on my mind ??
What's the purpose of my life? Mostly purposeless :)
But that's discouraging
Ohh got it...the purpose is to free myself first ;) Then think of it again
We really need a #failed project #archive in material science or at least #solar energy materials..
Its sad that all my #effort put into investigating a material goes wasted if it doesn't work.
It would be very nice if people are able to #publish their failed stuff and still get due credit...may be such an initiative also help overcome fear of publishing open access bcoz its a failed project..
#introductions
Helooo,
I am a researcher in solar energy materials ( at present perovskites). Renewables are a necessity..isn't it ?
Other than that I love thinking about random stuff, watching movies, fixing stuff, travelling..etc
I use and advocate GNU/Linux and free software.
I follow socialism, marxism, openscience movements.
Into the 4th year of #PhD.. Still in #confusion..
#working on sodium antimony sulfide as a #photovoltaic material.
I now use #searx for all my web search.
What do you think of the idea of using #mastodon as a platform for #collaborative #research projects ?
Something like #polymath project
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymath_Project
#science would be more fun and easier that way.
Are there present or past examples to prove that a
1. #anarchist
2. #communist
society can be stable over a long period of time ?
@harikesh Regarding your point about "generally the most 'efficient' ...", this might be a better-worded statement than you intended, as I learned in environmental economics that mainstream models tend to not involve considerations of sustainability/externalities, so though they may point to "efficient" outcomes, those tend to be different from the "sustainable" and efficient outcomes. So there can be a choice that isn't often pointed to: efficient solution or efficient AND sustainable solution.
New Puppety Video: in which a communist puppet debates Krobotkin the #anarchist robot
https://www.non-compete.com/in-for-wars-capitalist-puppet-vs-anarchist-robot/
.@Framasoft's crowdfunding for #PeerTube has just passed 100%, so it will definitely get funding 🎉 👏 🍾
There's still 12 days to go, so the appeal is going for a stretch goal to add even more features 😎
Well done everyone! 👍
My friends criticize me for criticizing #authoritarianism and #capitalism. One of the arguments put forward is that it is "efficient". (#efficient for whom is a different question 😑 )
But generally the most "efficient" things are not the most #sustainable.
If we learn from #nature : the energy conversion efficiency of #photosynthesis is only around 3% compared to a #fossil fuel powered engine which is around 30% or a silicon solar cell (around 20% )
A Small thought from the #lab
I am supposed to maintain the glove box in the lab. But problem is we tend to make the place dirty and unsuitable for work over time. Why does this happen even though everyone knows how it should be maintained.
One of the things that came to my mind is the #alienation of worker from the work and workplace.
An easy temporary solution to this problem would be by inflicting terror by strict rules and punishment.
But what will be the best solution to the situation?
Like this rendition of the anarchist A isn't particularly menacing to me, and the sickle and hammer I think is mostly scary to us because of our upbringing. When I first moved to Vietnam 5 years ago I was super anxious being surrounded by "evil" sickles and hammers but nowadays I find them very charming and welcoming. Hope we can discuss more, do you have a podcast?
«He feels at home when he is not working, and when he is working he does not feel at home. His labor is therefore not voluntary, but coerced; it is forced labor. It is therefore not the satisfaction of a need; it is merely a means to satisfy needs external to it. Its alien character emerges clearly in the fact that as soon as no physical or other compulsion exists, labor is shunned like the plague.» 2/3
«What, then, constitutes the alienation of labor?
First, the fact that labor is external to the worker, i.e., it does not belong to his intrinsic nature; that in his work, therefore, he does not affirm himself but denies himself, does not feel content but unhappy, does not develop freely his physical and mental energy but mortifies his body and ruins his mind. The worker therefore only feels himself outside his work, and in his work feels outside himself.» 1/3
«External labor, labor in which man alienates himself, is a labor of self-sacrifice, of mortification. Lastly, the external character of labor for the worker appears in the fact that it is not his own, but someone else’s, that it does not belong to him, that in it he belongs, not to himself, but to another.» 3/4
The #EuropeanParliament is voting on 20th June on changes to the #CopyrightDirective.
#Article13 would mean automated content filters (like YouTube uses) on all sites. Large corporations would be able to censor and spy on all internet content, because they would be running the filters on behalf of smaller sites:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/06/internet-luminaries-ring-alarm-eu-copyright-filtering-proposal
Call/email your MEP *today* to say no to Article 13, especially if they're on this list of committee members:
#Slavery fell
#Monarchy fell
#Feudalism fell
#Capitalism is no big deal
Just curious to see what follows..
You know what? It would be really cool with a federated comic/graphic novel platform that supports various formats so that comic strips, vertcal and horizontal formats can flourish. Now I don't know how to streamline it with that wide support but important part would be to be able follow series and the like. I don't know how to program, but maybe someone else might find it a cool passion project. 
What's on my mind ??
What's the purpose of my life? Mostly purposeless :)
But that's discouraging
Ohh got it...the purpose is to free myself first ;) Then think of it again
Watch #corporate TV series.
a very good one 👍
A genuine satire on capitalist corporations
I find #jitsi meet quite useful for #videoconferencing
