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posiputt@mastodon.art ("posiputt ÖvÖ") wrote:
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DeveloperMemes@cybre.town ("Developer Memes") wrote:
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
As one of the safety officers on my campus, I made a video about COVID prevention for our yearly safety training. I guess we don't need it anymore, now that U of Minnesota has completely abandoned any pretense of caution - all the old requirements are gone.
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Missed it by *that* much.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/06/30/the-terfs-have-science-on-their-side/
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Premiering at 7pm tonight: the video no one will watch, that everyone will avert their eyes and deny exists. Except, maybe, the kids who will think it's awesome. It's 20 minutes of baby spiderlings.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/06/30/wanna-see-a-bag-of-spiders/
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tomayac@toot.cafe ("Thomas Steiner") wrote:
Decentralization isn't everything. It's not the goal in itself. There is a long tail of product design decisions that make or break a platform (which is why I find it kind of silly that Bluesky spent 2 years arguing over protocol design, though that's a different story). But that point is that decentralization is the foundation for a viable platform. Without it you're doomed to repeat the path of hundreds of social media apps of the past... Just a different paint on the same exact structure.
I remember, years back now, coming across someone arguing with fervor that proprietary software was better than open source software because it was more secure. It was a culture shock to me, because usually I am surrounded by people for whom the benefits of open-source software are self-evident. I got the same feeling today arguing with some folks who genuinely believe that being locked into a proprietary, centralized silo is actually better than having control over your own platform...
xor@mastodon.xyz ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
I love free software, and I love encryption tools 🥲
The purple isn't an entirely random choice, as it was my signature color as far back as 2012 when I first started doing web development consulting. Though this time the shade is different...
