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the other problem with that patchwork of metaphors is that it really _isn't_ like all of those things, it's a different thing, with a subtle and complex dynamic that needs to be better understood
Mastodon FeedMastodon Feedreally would like to see a lot more of that cagey energy that people bring to legal recommendations being brought to discussions around open source infrastructure. "This is not formal technical advice; I am a maintainer, but I'm not YOUR maintainer"
Mastodon FeedTidelift, Patreon, Github Sponsors, KoFi et. al. lay down a patchwork of "it's like a professional services contract / it's like a fan club / it's like a SaaS subscription / it's like busking" metaphors that don't quite hang together, partially because everyone individually defines what their specific expectations can be, one at a time, and there's just … not a lot of discussion of harmonizing these
Mastodon FeedRich Hickey's famous "Open Source Is Not About You" https://gist.github.com/richhickey/1563cddea1002958f96e7ba9519972d9 is an interesting start that deconstructs some of the *current* dysfunctional status quo, but while "fuck you, I won't do what you tell me" is an excellent outro lyric, it's not a solid basis for the foundation of a community of mutual benefit
Mastodon Feedin the open source world we really need some well-recognized social concept like the "attorney-client relationship" that establishes some boundaries around expectations and obligations
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parisba@cloudisland.nz ("Dr Paris (he/him)") wrote:
librarians are always the coolest
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gwenthefops@transfem.social ("Gwen the writing Fops :therian: :neofox_floof:") wrote:
OMG just heard "sword and sorcery" described as stabracadabra and that's incredible
Mastodon FeedWe should rely less on the Nazi Bar somewhat.
After outcry, Meta reverses suspension of The Stud's Instagram page: Meta Platforms initially suspended its Instagram account after the bar said bad actors flagged old posts with false charges of "human...
https://jwz.org/b/yk96
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yaelwrites ("Yael Grauer") wrote:
This is the energy I’m bringing into the rest of 2026.
Mastodon Feedaredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart") wrote:
And actually we gave up a LOT of the things that work to manage a commons — preventing extraction, particularly — by yielding to such distant structures. Good management requires a lot more immediate engagement.
But also what a commons _is_ is a bit weird with information.
Mastodon FeedSo there's a Neuromancer trailer out and it's exactly the necrophiliac snore you'd expect it to be. I already watched this show when it was called Altered Carbon, and it sucked. Nobody listens to me, but the only way to make this work was to have gone...
https://jwz.org/b/yk92
Mastodon Feedneatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik") wrote:
Honorable mention.
Mastodon Feedneatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik") wrote:
Misunderstood cake decorating instructions will never not be funny.
Mastodon FeedIn the Year of Our Linux Desktop 2026, it is still _bizarrely_ common for certain… less robustly administered networks to just not allow traffic anywhere but port 443.
Mastodon FeedToday I am reminded yet again of one of my _favorite_ features of Fastmail https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/1500000278342-Server-names-and-ports#h%5F01H95ZZXYRR7J895AFBSH5S5KX
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seth@pdx.social ("̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶") wrote:
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
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mcc wrote:
Something terrible is happening right now and it is everyone's fault except mine
Mastodon FeedAm I doing a bit or am I just totally punch-drunk from the combined relief from finally getting this multi-week task off my plate as well as the massive psychic exhaustion dealing with my own tiny personal slice of the polycrisis? ALL OF THE ABOVE, FOR SURE
Mastodon Feed"QUAD-WEEKLY" definitely sounds cooler than "oops I had completely dysfunctional time management for 3 weeks straight", like it's a quake powerup instead of a neurodevelopmental disorder
Mastodon FeedANYWAY sign up for WEEKLY or in this case QUAD-WEEKLY updates about creating software by typing computer programs into a computer, or communicating ideas also by typing words into a computer, using the same set of programs, and also get commit-message shout-outs via https://github.com/glyph/sponcom as long as you ANSWER MY EMAIL when I ask you what name you'd like me to use
Mastodon Feedbut also retrofuturistic blogging https://blog.glyph.im . Not that I blog about retrofuturism, but my blog is from the future of an alternate history where people just write and put those posts up on the internet for other people to read, instead of a content marketing pipeline for my seminar grift, or an advertising play (mostly because I never figured out how to set up adsense)
Mastodon FeedHow would I describe what I do? I don't know! "Gonzo open source" is a part of it I guess, with my own collection of "indie" projects https://github.com/glyph/ as well as some stuff with Twisted and its ecosystem
Mastodon Feedif you're more interested in the open source sustainability side of things then feel free to have a look at https://github.com/sponsors/glyph/ instead, happy to gift you access to the Patreon updates if you drop me an email
Mastodon FeedANYWAY after that boost of self-confidence from reviewing all this stuff let me remind everyone that I HAVE A PATREON and if you like my code, my writing, or my Unhinged Poasting on here you can support it via https://patreon.com/creatorglyph
Mastodon FeedHaving a powerful #ADHD moment today as I began by thinking "ugh between the jet lag and all the side effects from the meds, I have done nearly nothing for 4 weeks, this is going to be a miserable excuse of a post" and then I did the research about what I've actually done, and eventually needed to stop going back through browser history after 3 hours of writing because updates are not supposed to take that long.
Mastodon FeedWE ARE SO BACK https://www.patreon.com/creatorglyph/posts/patreon-update-164760797
Mastodon Feedokay I have provoked altogether too much curiosity with this, I was subtooting the longevity-obsessed billionaire vampire who just claimed he'd already created a clone of himself, which he was openly salivating about harvesting for organs and such. in fairness he was _directly_ misunderstanding "Mad Max: Fury Road" in his post, but the disposable clones thing is what got me
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asie@mk.asie.pl wrote:
"Is this repo manually coded? If it's manually coded you're being left behind."
Ma'am, that is a twenty five thousand LoC slab of C++ code. It targets a console designed twenty two years ago and discontinued twelve years ago. It is an amalgamation of the work of several developers, forked, patched, reformatted, strained, and ultimately inexorably joined in an unholy Make ruleset. Market economics had no hand in the creation of this abhorrence. The fact that this project exists proves that God is either impotent to alter His universe or ignorant to the horrors taking place in his kingdom. This prism of code is more than a story point. It is a physical declaration of mankind's contempt for entropy. It is hubris manifest.
We also have an SDL3 port if you would prefer that.
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azteclady@kind.social wrote:
From the depth of my "I can barely function enough to keep my job" depression:
holy
jesus
fuck
