Hiring a software engineer in their late 40s:
Pros:
* Understands your stack better than you do after glancing through the repo for five minutes.
* Will rewrite said stack 2x as fast, and half as buggy if you let them.
Cons:
* Gives zero fucks.
* Knows we're not *really* like family here.
* No, seriously, absolutely zero fucks given.
Do not cite the deep magic to me, product manager, I was there when it was written.
The things I learn, even at my age, simply by reading documentation are WILD!
Today: #SQLite3
"In addition to reading and writing SQLite database files, the sqlite3 program will also read and write ZIP archives."
Nach einer US-Gerichtsentscheidung muss der Chatbot alle Eingaben von Nutzenden speichern. Die EU-Aufsichtsbehörde reagiert verhalten.
https://taz.de/!6102247
Der Rückzug von Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf ist ein Armutszeugnis für die Bundesregierung. Selbst im eigenen Laden bekommt die Koalition keine Mehrheiten organisiert. Wir fordern bei künftigen Richterwahlen ein eigenes Vorschlagsrecht. Dann klappt’s auch mit der Wahl!
People justify continuing to use #GitHub in all sorts of ways.
"OK, they're owned by Microsoft who has spent decades trying to crush FOSS, but..."
"Yes, they steal code to feed their planet-destroying LLMs, but..."
"Sure, they help ICE enforce fascist policy, but..."
"Yes, they're supporting genocide, but..."
There's no "but" clause that justifies supporting all of that.
Values, require sacrifices. This is the price we pay for the world we want.
Don't collaborate. #Resist #GiveUpGitHub
the fucking "starter pack" thing is such a bad idea
we don't need to reinvent social hierarchy, thanks. like... ugh
Announcing Spritely Goblins v0.16.0! With MAJOR speedups and a brand new Unix Domain Socket netlayer! https://spritely.institute/news/spritely-goblins-v0-16-0-released.html
These speedups are HUGE! Multiple 10-20x speedups for core operations! And now you can use Goblins + OCapN with Unix Domain Sockets for local inter-process communication!
this game that has no nudity, no portrayed sexual acts and no pornography whatsoever, but covers topics of misogyny & sexual abuse—just got banned from steam for "sexual content with depictions of real people," so the developers released it for free. https://dreadxp.com/vile-is-banned/
Ich habe es so satt. Ich protestiere gegen die AfD, fordere eine Prüfung des AfD-Verbots, aber ICH soll „intolerant“ sein, „die Gesellschaft spalten“. Die AfD will MILLIONEN meiner Mitbürger vertreiben. Ich will, dass meine Nachbarin hierbleiben kann. Ich kämpfe für sie und Millionen andere.
Move slowly and ensure your testing includes safety and accessibility features.
White guys: Racism is bad! Racism has no place on social media! We hate racism on our platforms! How awful that Black folk get harassed on such a nice place as the fediverse!
Also white guys: Hey let's have dansup, a widely acknowledged racist prick, give a talk at our fossbro circle jerk. We're ignoring the racism because the guy made some big federated software that we all love using. Money and popularity render us blind to bigotry. We have not a single collective spine.
Oida! Meine Tochter war auf der MaHü und traf dort auf eine obskure Gruppe namens "Tradition Familie Privateigentum". Eine paar in beeindruckend lächerlichen Fantasieuniformen gekleidete Männer, die gegen Abtreibungen wetterten. Dazu Fahnen wie vom Mittelalterfest und das Vater unser mit Hitler-Stimme.
Höhepunkt: Passantinnen formierten sich spontan und skandierten "My body, my choice". #WienLiebe
Der Typ am Megaphone entgegnete: "Not your body, not your choice!" Zweiteres ist Ideologie, aber "not your body"??? Echte #Kasperln.
Boost if you're touch-starved and ravenously horny, or if you disapprove of payment processors being used as instruments to silence sexual expression.
They’re building rainbow cycle tunnels in Norway. Nice video by Critical Mass Bergen. 📽️
"But wait, won't somebody think about the poor cars?"
