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Boosted by andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt"):
pronounshe@lgbtqia.space ("Amanda") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@andrewnez/117172702770260949

#GetFediHired

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
faithisleaping@anarres.family ("Faith, Purple haired feminist 🧋 :v_tg: :v_lb: :v_greyace:") wrote:

I think a lot of us white people could learn a lot from Dolly Parton: “If you see something’s wrong, just fix it.”

When you’re raised in whiteness, there’s a real temptation when presented with the fact that you made a mistake to get more incensed at the notion that someone might be accusing you of something than with the thing itself. “That thing you said was kinda racist.” “No it wasn’t! How dare you say I’m racist! I’m not racist! And even if you’re right, here’s 5 reasons why I didn’t mean it in a racist way and why what I said was actually fine.” All they needed to say was, “Sorry. I didn’t mean it that way.”

Dolly made a practice of learning and correcting herself over time. “Oh, you mean that thing offends the gay people? Well, then I wont say that anymore.” She didn’t need to fully understand why. She wasn’t gay and never pretended to understand the gay experience. She just needed to know that something was a problem and that was enough for her to make the change.

We should all be a little more Dolly.

And that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t ask why. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to understand. It just means that change doesn’t have to be predicated on full understanding and that, when in doubt, trust the people who have the lived experience.

firepoet@tech.lgbt ("Stephen 🌈 (he/him)") wrote:

@NfNitLoop I have read a bit of your work on diskuto and found it interesting! I once attempted to build a similar thing but ran out of steam. Even used the same crypto mechanism and was inspired by Scuttlebutt!

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
quincy@chaos.social ("Oenanthe conioides ⁂") wrote:

The "inevitability" fiction keeps the LLM scam bubble from bursting.

Puncture it. Burst the bubble.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@AnnaAnthro/117173038375578853

IMHO a dangerous shift in public opinion. that fat orange old child has destabilized more than three quarters of a century of diplomatic work towards keeping some semblance of peace.

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
Ryu@furry.engineer ("Ryu Gen 🔁 unemployed (happily)") wrote:

Your Berlin furry reminds you to vote!

#berlinwahl

Attachments:

• gifv: 238f2e2b3591c22f.mp4

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
dillyd@turtleisland.social wrote:

The sky cleared up in time for the peak. If my neighbors didn't already think I'm weird, this should clinch it. Stalking the sidewalk at midnight, with binoculars in my left hand, iPhone in my right hand, and a bug net over my head for mosquitoes.
#eclipse #LunarEclipse

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
petrichor@digipres.club ("Jez 🍞🌹:heart_autistic_pride:") wrote:

US administration demonstrating just how easy it is for them to attack organisations they disagree with far outside their borders. Autistici/Inventati is based in Italy and has been running for 20 years, but the plug has been summarily pulled on their Internet presence because their domain name is a .org and therefore controlled by nonprofit Public Interest Registry and their technical partner Identity Digital which are both subject to US law.

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
flora@app.wafrn.net ("flora 'λ crime'") wrote:

remember: autism is not just trains

#NotJustBikes-#NotJustTrains

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
Tealfuleyes@mastodon.art ("Tealful Eyes") wrote:

Something I find amusing is how gaming can be credited for a lot of my professional skills.
I learned to code/design beyond simple html and css creating addons and mods.
I learned community management skills being a guild officer/leader and a moderator for a gaming forum ages ago.
I understood accessibility by experiencing how issues effected other players and helping to resolve those issues.

Folks always talk about “hand eye coordination” or “brain exercises” but they can help so much more.

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
Nickiquote@mstdn.social wrote:

Found this thing I made ages ago.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

The story of this blog so far: 'AI', the death of web dev, and feeling like an outsider

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/the-story-of-this-blog-so-far/

A bit of thinking out loud as I review the history of the blog.

Boosted by andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt"):
jrf_nl@phpc.social ("Juliette") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@andrewnez/117172702770260949

Ouch... I feel seen....

Boosted by andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt"):
bagder ("daniel:// stenberg://") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@andrewnez/117172702770260949

I'm not suggesting that this describes my role to a 100% but it's very very close...

Boosted by andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt"):
avsm@recoil.org ("Anil Madhavapeddy") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@andrewnez/117172702770260949

We'll need a few more zeros on that compensation line!

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

aaaaanyway. i have prepared a new idris library for release. i'm cunningly holding off actually releasing it while i figure out what is missing by using it.

Boosted by andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt"):
dch@bsd.network ("dch :flantifa: :flan_hacker:") wrote:

@andrewnez can I apply for this in addition to my existing unpaid maintainer roles? Why not both?

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

i just can't even anymore. if you're going to commit code without reading it and say this is good, one of the following is true:

• your code is so bad that even slop code is an improvement
• you don't understand programming
• you don't understand risk

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

i just read a piece bothsidesing slopping of the worst sort (not even reading the code) and i think i'm done with the internet today.

Boosted by dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase"):
modal@mastodon.design ("Modal Collective") wrote:

We're excited to announce an investment of over 500K Euro by @sovtechfund into Flatpak!

The focus of the project is on closing gaps in Flatpak’s sandboxing story: new portals for audio, networking, VPNs, and spell checking, as well as infrastructure work on entitlements and intents. We have a great team of community members on board, who will be working on this through the end of 2027.

Read the full announcement here: https://modal.cx/blog/announcing-flatpak-sta

Boosted by andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt"):
openrisk ("Open Risk") wrote:

RE: https://piefed.zip/c/technology@lemmy.world/p/1773172/sovereign-tech-agency-invests-eur500k-in-flatpak

Sovereign investment in #opensource software can be the most efficient use of public funds imaginable.

Its not a panacea, its not without its own risks but it has been a blind spot for too long.

A digital society built on top of #adtech and #bigtech is a grotesque dystopia but somehow the message takes too long to reach the brain of the dinosaur.

Boosted by andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt"):
stevel@hachyderm.io ("Steve Loughran") wrote:

@andrewnez + comply with EU CRA regulations including responding to all reported vulnerabilities within 72h if yiu become aware of the issue. Managing your awareness by only checking your email one Monday a month may be part of this workflow

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

And why is every single payment service so utterly all-in on "agents", "AI", and vibe coding?

Ugh.

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

(if you didn't know, middle endian is a thing and the PDP-11 did it) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness#Middle-endian

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

Native endianness can be little, big or something else. R6RS leaves room for other native endianness choices.

oh good, just in case you wanted to run modern scheme on a PDP-11

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

"We are a global service!"

No you aren't. Nobody in the payment business is a global service. It's literally impossible to provide a global payments service without enabling fraud, money laundering, or terrorism. Some legal environments simply don't work practically with other laws. Some countries are too small. Just publish a fucking list of countries you support.

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Why is it so common for payment providers to just not make it possible for you to find out whether your country is eligible for their service without signing up.

I get limiting the countries you service. Regulatory environments vary. But please, for the love of all that's holy, put a fucking list of countries that can use your service somewhere on your fucking website.

andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt") wrote:

Now Hiring: Senior Open Source Maintainer

https://nesbitt.io/2026/08/28/now-hiring-senior-open-source-maintainer.html

andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt") wrote:

TIL DOIs can have commas in them 🤮

https://doi.org/10.5675/HyWa%5F2017,3%5F1

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

i am looking at extending someone else's code but they've added javascript support to everything so far and seemingly javascript is a bit light on facilities for dealing with byte data...