Sven Slootweg (soft-deprecated) @joepie91@pixie.town
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- they/them, he/him, whatever, it's not like I have any idea either 🙃
In the process of moving to @joepie91. This account will stay active for the foreseeable future! But please also follow the other one.
Technical debt collector and general hype-hater. Early 30s, non-binary, ND, poly, relationship anarchist, generally queer.
- No alt text (request) = no boost.
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- DMs are open.
- Flirting welcome, but be explicit if you want something out of it!
- The devil doesn't need an advocate; no combative arguing in my mentions.
Sometimes horny on main (behind CW), very much into kink (bondage, freeuse, CNC, and other stuff), and believe it or not, very much a submissive bottom :p
My spoons are limited, so I may not always have the energy to respond to messages.
Strong views about abolishing oppression, hierarchy, agency, and self-governance - but I also trust people by default and give them room to grow, unless they give me reason not to. That all also applies to technology and how it's built.
Joined Aug 2019
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Freedom in technology must include freedom from technology.
We must not create societies where the price of admission is owning a device controlled by one of two trillion-dollar US corporations.
We must safeguard people’s access to public services and the everyday necessities of life via alternate methods.
Technology should always be a progressive enhancement.
Do not let Silicon Valley privatise your access to modern life.
https://mastodon.ar.al/@lrvick@mastodon.social/112079059430275102
@th So *that's* that newfangled high-capacity bike parking design they've been going on about
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Als je heel cynisch bent, denk je dat het continu zeiken over asielzoekers rechts stemmen oplevert en men daarom bewust constructies creëert die garanderen dat men elke keer weer over asielzoekers in de media praat. Een beetje zoals de Republikeinen de deal over grensbewaking hebben opgeblazen om te kunnen blijven zeuren over het gebrek aan grensbewaking tijdens de verkiezingen.. als je cynisch bent, hè?
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re: bad ux
I hate features that clearly exist because project management refused to let developers implement something properly and instead make users feel bad like they're the ones who are wrong for wanting the feature, actually
where you push a button and instead of doing the thing it says it's going to do it just prompts you with "actually, you should push this other button, instead"
fuck that
@ben I usually see RimWorld classified as neither, but rather as a 'colony builder' (which seems to be due to its relatively small scale and high granularity, as opposed to typical city builders)
NixOS, governance 
Some places where conversation about the Anduril sponsorship is currently ongoing:
- https://discourse.nixos.org/t/should-organizations-relating-to-the-defense-sector-being-able-to-sponsor-nixos/41252 (discussing whether the sponsorship is desirable)
- https://matrix.to/#/#nixcon-sponsor-discussion:nixos.org (Matrix room with currently a discussion how to respond to it as a community - please read back some history before getting involved to avoid reruns!)
NixOS, governance
@aud No worries :) And yep, I was about to link that. I wish I had a better answer.
why oppressed folks seem so angry
@AlgorithmWolf@derg.social @clarfonthey Can't seem to pin boosts here, and this instance also doesn't have quotes, so don't think that works here :(
re: why oppressed folks seem so angry
@clarfonthey Also, I am more and more inclined to deal with people telling me to be less aggressive, by asking them when they are going to make their contribution to getting the problem resolved.
Like, if you think that asking nicely works, then surely you are willing to do that work yourself, yes?
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Idk who said it first but I find the sci-fi idea that earth *is the spaceship* very compelling. we are on a vessel hurtling through the cosmos that has organically nurtured various forms of life for an extremely long time! What if we treated this planet as the space ship it is and maintained it! This is the gospel I am talking about
NixOS, arms dealer
Let's just say that people's responses to Anduril sponsoring NixCon reveals an awful lot about who people are, what privileges they have, and how much time they spend understanding the fate of those without them
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“Affection at reader (threat)“ is one of the most fedi content warnings…
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sorry boss, there's rays of sunlight coming in through the window, it's nice and warm on my body, I won't be coming in today, I hope you learn to find joy
NixOS, governance
@monk Because money never comes with strings, and you really don't want arms dealers involved in your community to begin with - it's basically a guarantee that they will end up using your contributions to kill vulnerable folks.
Money makes it worse; the reason these companies spend money on things like NixOS is because it legitimizes their reputation and serves as a recruitment tool, which makes the world worse for everyone. It's not charity, it's marketing budget.
This is blood money almost as literally as it gets, with all the consequences (moral and practical) that come with it.
NixOS, governance
@daughterofrao@weirder.earth I don't expect that there will be many low-frustration opportunities - the leadership is not exactly making much room for getting this resolved.
I will toot about it if I find something, but for now it remains pretty much "get involved in the governance discussions on Discourse/Matrix/at conferences/etc., and keep pushing for people to do the right thing".
re: why oppressed folks seem so angry
@clarfonthey As you certainly should :) That is an excellent summary of how I feel too
why oppressed folks seem so angry
@clarfonthey How do I pin someone else's post
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why oppressed folks seem so angry
extracting this bit from another unrelated post:
like, one of the reason why people (read: oppressed folks) seem to fight so strongly and forcefully for things is because like. we are so used to being completely ignored. it's tiring to go through the same stages of speaking nice at first, then progressively less nice until you find the right level of firmness that's required to get someone to actually listen to you.
I know because I've done this. back when I was at university, I went to physically sit down with loads of different people to ensure that they were doing things correctly, with trans folks in mind, ensuring that they were actually using people's preferred names instead of their legal names in the university systems. it was fucking exhausting, because I would do this, and then myself and others would be invited to meetings where people show up with big slides and powerpoints about these cool new ideas they have that showed they didn't even fucking listen to us. at one point, they claimed that they needed to add a profanity filter before they could let anyone change their preferred name in the system, because apparently, letting people naturally face the consequences of naming themselves "fucknut johnson" was worse than trans people being treated respectfully
so, if you're at this point and just fucking tired of dealing with the bullshit and want to get your point across, it feels like you approach every situation with full body armour and a battleaxe to just talk things out, and it sets people off. like, woah, calm down, why are you so uptight about this?
because I know otherwise you won't fucking listen to me. and sure, maybe I'm being too strong for you specifically, but I don't know that until I try, and quite frankly, I'm done fiddling with people's attention spans until they listen and will instead just slam my fists on the desk in front of them immediately. gets their attention.
I don't like showing up to situations like this, but at a certain point I have to, because I have tried the nice option and it has failed me every single time. so, if you don't like it, consider how many times the nice option has worked for you and people like you, and think about that instead
NixOS, governance
If you care about the future of #NixOS, its governance, and its policies, right about now would be a good moment to get involved.
Some of the issues currently on the table:
- NixCon sponsorship by an arms dealer (Anduril)
- Moderation issues in the community, safety threats to marginalized folks
- What acceptable forms of participation are for the formal RFCs
A lot of things feel like they are coming to a head right about now, with the community growing rapidly, and I suspect that the decisions made are going to have long-term effects.
So if you've been waiting for a moment to get involved, that moment is probably now.
- Future new account
- @joepie91@slightly.tech
- Matrix
- @joepie91:pixie.town
- Pronouns
- they/them, he/him, whatever, it's not like I have any idea either 🙃
In the process of moving to @joepie91. This account will stay active for the foreseeable future! But please also follow the other one.
Technical debt collector and general hype-hater. Early 30s, non-binary, ND, poly, relationship anarchist, generally queer.
- No alt text (request) = no boost.
- Boosts OK for all boostable posts.
- DMs are open.
- Flirting welcome, but be explicit if you want something out of it!
- The devil doesn't need an advocate; no combative arguing in my mentions.
Sometimes horny on main (behind CW), very much into kink (bondage, freeuse, CNC, and other stuff), and believe it or not, very much a submissive bottom :p
My spoons are limited, so I may not always have the energy to respond to messages.
Strong views about abolishing oppression, hierarchy, agency, and self-governance - but I also trust people by default and give them room to grow, unless they give me reason not to. That all also applies to technology and how it's built.
Joined Aug 2019
