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rant, tech politics 

My problem with the software development community is that it's like 95% people who will do whatever a tech company with slick marketing says is right, and 5% people who rebel against the status quo but for the wrong reasons so they never get anything done.

Why is it so difficult to find people who actually approach tech intersectionally?

@laurie@hellsite.site riddel me this batman, i have many and you have none, why don't you get some..

Hawthorne, Lewisburg, and Brick Church Long Lines tower sites from last Sunday (I also visited Shelbyville and Thach but their microwave horns seem to have been removed D:)

basically that with the standard plunger design, you need the space in the back for the fully extended plunger arm, so that's why the cheap nerf blasters use that same arm to pull back, instead of a sliding grip

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heh, it's kinda neat designing this nerf blaster and realizing why they made certain design decisions in their blaster types

i guess having some pre-paid tickets left on my card should help

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hm think I went swimming like 10 consecutive Fridays now, but cut it short last week and will probably skip tomorrow too :\ just hope I can pick it up again last week then

@haskal unfortunately i think this is innate to metal death machine drivers everywhere

oooo Lane 8 Spring 2023 mix released this is not a drill

@Dee IKEA should have accompanying size charts for this

I've actually had this concern that one day I'm gonna move somewhere where I'm gonna need a new bed and I'm gonna need to decide what size bed to get, and fortunately I haven't had to do that, but in suppose if it ever happens I can go to the bed store and be like "give me the one that fits at least six sharks"
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uni~ 

alright.. getting close to finishing rewriting the entire *group* report. deadline tomorrow but can do it today I think

#Zotero is hiring for a whole bunch of positions, including an accessibility dev, a new translator dev, and community expert: zotero.org/jobs/zotero_expert
Especially the latter two positions interact w a lot of the (volunteer) work I do, so would love for nice people to apply. Salary ranges are listed & seem quite competitive. Most of the jobs are open internationally.

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