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Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
underlap@fosstodon.org ("glyn") wrote:
@b0rk the user, because without users, what's the point?
the specifier. "what is X?"
the standardiser. "Wouldn't it be great if some implementations of X were consistent?"
the employer. "Let me pay you to build X."
and finally, let's not forget who's below:
the library developer.
the compiler writer.
the operating system developer.
the hardware developer.
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
I've already passed through the stages of grief at this point but when the Roisin shit hit a few days ago I was surprised at how hard it tanked my mood.
There were just a lot of layers to the bad feelings it inspired. It really reminded me of being a teen, constantly braced for someone who was otherwise cool to suddenly say something really homophobic
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
some douchebag was piping noise over top of the Hurrican Watch Net Control (K5WAN) #AmateurRadio #HurricaneWatch
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Previously, Don Lemon (a gay Black man) fact checked the lying idiot Ramaswamy regarding a statement he made about Blacks on CNN. Zaslav's (Zaslav loves right-wing garbage) CNN then fired Don Lemon. Blacks who have experienced the kind of racist hatred that the KKK embodies, were called Grand Wizards of the KKK by Ramaswamy. The only good thing about the Republican Party is that it exposes the idiots (idiot Republicans) that exist in America. https://www.theroot.com/ayanna-pressley-and-ibram-kendi-school-vivek-ramaswamy-1850784121?utm_source=theroot_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2023-08-29
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
listening to Hurricane Watch Net on 40 meters (7.268MHz LSB voice) 📡
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
barb@activism.openworlds.info ("Barbara Dees") wrote:
Georgia judge orders Trump-implicating special grand jury report publicly released - Raw Story https://www.rawstory.com/trump-grand-jury-report/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ct_bergstrom@fediscience.org ("Carl T. Bergstrom") wrote:
Thank goodness they caught that and now we're safe from online disinformation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/29/technology/meta-china-influence-campaign.html
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
listening to Hurricane Watch Net on 14.325MHz USB voice (WX4NHC) #AmateurRadio #HurricaneWatch
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
getting set up for weekly local voice net on 50.250MHz USB #AmateurRadio
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
#Firefox 117 was released... and with it: #CSS Nesting!
https://developer.chrome.com/articles/css-nesting/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by teller ("Siim Teller"):
Chrishallbeck ("Chris Hallbeck") wrote:
It’s weird how before the internet when you had an idle thought like “I wonder how many episodes of Happy Days they made?” you would just carry on with your life instead of getting trapped in a 3 hour deep Wikipedia hole.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
This is entertaining because, in part, it has been the pervasive ad fraud enabled by the other side of the house that has eroded the ecosystem like water:
https://www.theverge.com/23846048/google-search-memes-images-pagerank-altavista-seo-keywords
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
mimsical ("Christopher Mims") wrote:
PBS Terra's Weathered series, and host Maiya May, are doing some of the most important journalism in the world right now.
Here, for example, is the best 3-part series on climate impacts I've ever seen:
What's the RISKIEST Region in the US as the Climate Changes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Oe6YK0DgE
THIS Is the Safest Place to Live in the US as the Climate Changes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcj9IGY6Etg
Is Earth's Largest Heat Transfer Really Shutting Down?
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
davidho@mastodon.world ("David Ho") wrote:
The fear of being murdered by your student with a gun Is uniquely American.
https://www.wral.com/story/unc-shooting-victim-faculty-academic-adviser/21023373/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
petergleick@fediscience.org ("Peter Gleick") wrote:
Warning.
The National Hurricane Center does not use the words "catastrophic" or "destructive life-threatening winds" lightly.
Do not ignore these warnings.
#HurricaneIdalia
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
evewrites@newsie.social ("Eve Glicksman") wrote:
The joy of cleaning out drawers: Girl Scout pocket knife circa 1960s.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
👍🏻Gender identity no longer required on #Boston marriage licenses, officials say #LGBTQ
Mastodon FeedAnd even earlier history - engineering lead, legendary Toivo Annus outlining market opportunity and broad product strategy for Skyper (the “r” got dropped before the launch) to Niklas and Janus Friis, the other cofounder.
Mastodon FeedOn this day 20 years ago Skype beta version was published online. The first lucky 10K users got access to the download. #otd #history #skype https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/09/skypes-secrets/2/
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
I think it's cool an entire branch of evolution that was like, you know what? Hunting sucks. Let's just wait for things to die and then eat them.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by teller ("Siim Teller"):
nebulos@comicscamp.club ("nebulossify") wrote:
If you work in tech and haven't heard about "being glue", I would say that it's vital to read about it:
https://noidea.dog/glue by @whereistanya
You'll either feel extremely heard, or it will open your eyes to what some of your (disproportionately female) coworkers struggle with on a regular basis.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:
Here’s the hidden truth of education:
You don’t know what you’re preparing for.
Your teacher doesn’t know. Your school doesn’t know. Your future employer doesn’t know. Nobody knows. Not really.
Much of what you’re preparing for doesn’t even exist yet. We •hope• it doesn’t exist yet: don’t we educate students in the hope that they will make the world better by changing it? By creating realities that don’t even exist yet?
6/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
@tante Predictably, everybody in the replies here is immediately arguing about license terms. I really wish we could move past that, acknowledge that the "four freedoms" framework from GNU is pretty good *in the narrow, specific context of licensing*, but a disastrously incomplete vision of a social movement. You can't hack your user's brains into being better people by using license terms and I wish we'd stop trying.
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
oh also I totally fuckin jinxed the delivery date by making that first post before I re-checked the UPS page. It seems it's been delayed by the weather, despite there not being any clouds on the radar between me and its current purported location
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
unclepj@zirk.us ("UnclePJ") wrote:
I think I’ll start writing a book today about all the things I should have been doing in my life. It’s an oughttobiography.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Republicans give $101m to sports arena as myriad needs loom over Louisiana | US news | The Guardian
“Robert Mann – an LSU professor, author, and political historian who frequently criticizes Louisiana’s government – said that school officials and advocates have spent years pleading for a new library. Despite those pleas, lawmakers allotted only a few million in project planning for a new library.
However, lawmakers quickly delivered on Mulkey’s request for arena improvements, even though the university itself did not ask for PMAC funding.”
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
I am once again asking: If you haven't looked at/weighed in on this poll about how we add exclusive accordion behavior to the web platform - please do. The text describing it is fairly short.
This is a way that ~any~ developer can potentially help influence the future of the web platform in only a couple of minutes!
Boosts appreciated.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
‘It’s been festering in Florida’: DeSantis accused of hypocrisy over response to racist shooting | Florida | The Guardian
“Nazis were rallying in Jacksonville, in Orlando, at Disney, [and] many of them flew DeSantis flags alongside swastikas. What politician from any party wouldn’t immediately condemn Nazis rallying in their name? Ron DeSantis was that politician.”
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
surely as these things become more common we'll start seeing some zany little fantasy computers
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Be careful if you're bird watching in Africa.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/29/what-i-learned-today/
