Sven Slootweg (soft-deprecated) @joepie91@pixie.town

if you even have the slightest inkling that maybe you're trans, you have less than a week to self refer to a GIC.

Don't worry, you'll have a solid fucking decade to think it through anyway.

Apple. Apple please. You can't use the same short flag for two different things. Apple *please*

you can make connectors that look reversible from the outside (A, arguably mini), or you can make a fancy reversible connector that a nontrivial number of engineers will half-ass and get wrong (C), or you can use the one that has an obvious orientation so nobody has this problem at all

Oh, remember those USB-rechargeable 9V batteries I bought a while ago?

Yeah, definitely DO NOT use them in a smoke alarm. They go from 9V to 0V as soon as the internal cell’s under-voltage cutoff is hit. A real 9V battery slowly loses voltage as it discharges, the smoke alarm monitors this and makes annoying beeping noises when the battery voltage goes under a threshold.

⚠️ Going from 9V straight to 0V gives you a dead smoke alarm with no warning ⚠️

UPDATE: I pulled this battery apart to find out how it works, and it’s exactly like I said here. Thread continues below with photos of the inside of the battery

https://aus.social/@jpm/112951599097637162

I want to get out and meet more people. What's the closest thing to fedi IRL?

As a collaborative artist, I wanted to push back on the idea that creative teams need a strong leader.

Collaborative process is a skill that people study and practice. Most teams aren't trained in that skillset, but they could be.

https://www.miriamsuzanne.com/2024/08/08/vision/

Hey app developers, especially plural folks:

Check out @ampersand - It's an open source app being made for tracking and journaling for plural systems.

The lead developer is currently struggling a bit and would appreciate some help getting it in a usable state. It sounds really useful to me but I don't have much ability to contribute to its development myself.

Go check it out if it sounds interesting to you at all! Thanks 💜

Stand Up to Racism #Scotland has called a national day of action on Saturday (10 August 2024)

Demonstrations in #Edinburgh, at Parliament, at 11:00; in #Glasgow, at George Square, at 11:00; in #Dundee, at City Square, at 12:30

Unite against the far-right!

Far-right is planning to attack a hotel housing asylum seekers in #Paisley on Friday (9 August 2024)

Stand Up to Racism #Scotland has called a counteraction to defend refugees and oppose the fascists. 17:30 at the Watermill Hotel. be there if you can

Tomorrow (9 August 2024) nazis are also planning to attack asylum seekers at the Cairn Hotel in #Bathgate

Stand Up to Racism #Scotland has called a counteraction for 18:00. if you can't get to Paisley, please try getting over to Bathgate to defend refugees there from fascist violence