Francesco Schwarz

Hi, I’m Francesco, a Frontend Developer from Munich, Germany. This is my little corner of the web. Thanks for stopping by! 👋

  6. Reposted a toot from @mhoye:

    The _practice of computation_, as a field, is less than a century old. We measure the things we can measure, usually the things that are easy to measure, but at the intersection of humans and computers, the most important part of the exercise, this field is still deeply & dogmatically superstitious. The false stamps of authority are everywhere.

    I mean, look at this. Look at it.

    scaledagileframework.com/

    ... And try to tell me that isn't occultist kabbalism delivered via powerpoint.

  8. „Ich lebe und liebe den Renter-Lifestyle“

    Rapper RIN in an interview with the SZ:

    Dort unten ist für mich Urlaub. Hier ist meine Heimat. Ich vermisse es richtig, wenn ich in Bosnien bin. Vor allem das Schwabenland. Ich liebe die Ruhe, die dieser Teil von Deutschland ausstrahlt. Das Schwabenland ist wie das Auenland aus Herr der Ringe. Milch und Honig fließt durch die Bäche, Mercedes, Porsche und Einfamilienhäusle.

  10. Cultivating Your Purpose

    There is so much to learn from this podcast episode, I listened to it during a run this morning.

    On days when good things happen, as you’d expect, people tend to report increases in things like positive affect, life satisfaction or self-esteem, but individuals who score high in measures of purpose in life, on those days when good things happen, they tend to look emotionally even keel. It’s almost as if that good thing didn’t happen. I’ll just say, although that may be jarring at first, it’s like purpose almost blocks you from reaping the benefits of a good thing, over time, you would not want your emotional tone to be bouncing around based upon the experiences that are happening to you. Over the course of one’s lifespan, it might be beneficial to remain even keel or as close as possible to life’s experiences, and feel good irrespective of what’s happening around you.

  11. Microformats question regarding p-rating in h-review’s: Are non-integer values allowed/valid, e.g. <data class="p-rating" value="4.5" title="4.5 out of 5">…</data>?

  16. The mysterious inner life of the octopus

    This is why the octopus is such an interesting case – it can be seen as a form of “conscious exotica”, or an example of consciousness very unlike our own, as Halina writes in an essay on the subject. Octopuses are different enough from us that a lot of our assumptions about them have to be questioned – and even our assumptions about ourselves.

    Fascinating creatues. Let’s hope plans for the world’s first commerical octopus farm in Spain won’t go ahead. 🤞

  19. Wooden learning blocks for children.
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    Bare Figures

    Thoughts on a 10+ year old side project of mine that just went offline.