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Technical debt collector and general hype-hater. Early 30s, non-binary, ND, poly, relationship anarchist, generally queer.
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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
@balrogboogie That is definitely often a factor, though I've seen the same thing happen without the bigotry component too. My working theory is that the most privileged among us are accustomed to the system Working For Them (ie. things "just magically work") and therefore do not recognize that they have a role to play themselves in making things happen
Like, I've seen and been involved with tons of governance issues in FOSS communities over the years, and I've lost count of how often it's just a situation of "everyone in the community is working really hard to make this work, and solving all the difficult problems, and then the entire effort grinds to a halt because of one singular white tech dude at the top being uncooperative or 'not seeing the problem' or being unwilling to delegate responsibility"
Behind every FOSS governance problem is seemingly a tech dude who holds the keys but just doesn't care
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@eloy My gut feeling would be that it often correlates to one's general sense of competence; someone who has a general (and usually misplaced) sense of superiority might frame that as being a generalist, whereas someone who knows where their limits are would be more likely to speak in terms of specialisms?
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yessss the monoliths are back
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I wanna just say something to neurotypical people for a sec
a lot of us autistic people mask pretty hardcore... and not all of us are actually bad at picking up social things that happen to us on a regular basis
such as: insults
now, that doesn't mean we *respond* like neurotypical people do! we may often, for example, be doing or not doing something because it's what makes the most practical sense in the moment and not be really worried about what other people think, which I know is a state of mind a lot of NT people are boggled by
...what I mean to say is, you should know, an autistic person who doesn't "get" your subtle digs, and one who 100% understands what you just did/said and just doesn't see a reason to respond immediately can look exactly the same
and there are more of the second one than you think, and we are *absolutely* judging you
Never know when that information might become relevant later
I would subtly suggest to start taking notes of who in your tech circles works for companies like Anduril
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The easiest way to see 'privilege in #FOSS' with your own eyes, is probably to observe how the people arguing for sketchy sponsors, legalistic moderation procedures, "neutrality" in moderation and government involvement, are virtually always white dudes - and those opposing them are everyone else (and, often, a small subset of white dudes).
Like, you don't actually need to believe me on this. Just keep an eye on who is saying what for a couple months. You'll see the patterns.
@shine Hmm. That might work as a backup, though they wouldn't really be something that people are unlikely to have their own stash of at a hacker camp (in terms of material properties, which the acceptor looks at) and the consistency would be a challenge
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@DelphineUnseen@queer.party Definitely true!
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Had the pleasure of illustrating the landing image for open-source text editor @novelwriter as part of its latest 2.3 update.
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Protesters have taken over the park around the convention center and have been holding a teach in about Boeing's role in US imperialism.
There's several live streams on the gram 🙄 (I'll see if I can xpost a speech)
https://www.instagram.com/resist.seattle/live/18024391120971510?igsh=bWppcmhkYjI0Zmw0
(The current idea bouncing around in my head is some sort of scavenger hunt involving finding coins)
I don't think it'll work with plastic coins though, so I may need to find a source for metal non-money coins somewhere
I have acquired a programmable coin acceptor! Turns out they're pretty cheap... hoping to make a fun project out of this for the next hacker camp
(Obviously this only works with people who disclose that information in their profile. There are usually enough of them.)
- 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
