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Since this apparently needs to be repeated: you don't write reliable code by "being really careful" or "avoiding mistakes".

You do it by accepting that you *will* inevitably make mistakes, and designing your code so that the likelihood and/or impact of those mistakes is minimized.

Always thought the Dyson Sphere thing was weirdly capitalist, like "a type 6 advanced civilization will need to harness the power of an entire star" no an advanced civilization will sit in the grass enjoying birds and bugs and a stable climate for thousands of years

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@evelyn@misskey.bubbletea.dev food at a warm buffet

@amapanda Neat! It's definitely not perfect (red line is what it *should* have routed through for the optimal cycling route), but definitely much better than most generic routers :)

maia quote of the day, food, drugs 

@maia you said 'drugs' twice

@amapanda Wait until you learn about the difference in bike routing quality! As it turns out, a whole lot of bike paths/crossings/etc. just straight-up do not exist in Google Maps, because their AI magic can't see them due to tree cover, and no Streetview car would drive over bike paths, of course... this leads to sometimes absurdly better routes with OSM-based routers than with GMaps.

@guerda @amapanda I'd argue that OSM does quite well with POI display, too, despite the higher level of detail.

@evelyn@misskey.bubbletea.dev @pleb@hunk.city Do you actually need a local queue, though, or do you just need a multiplexer?

We should have some form of public goods transport, where you 'check in' some kind of cargo (camping gear, large hardware store purchase, whatever) at the point of origin, specify where you're going and when you'll arrive, and then someone shows up after that time with your stuff, for a price that's in line with human public transport.

“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin

covid 

@melsbells@tenforward.social Unfortunately not; it seems I haven't kept any bookmarks on this topic :( It's unfortunately also a difficult topic to find details on (in English anyway), considering how little attention there is for policy and communities in Africa in general...

covid 

@melsbells@tenforward.social While that is true, decentralized authority structures are still authority structures (that people look up to and expect solutions from), just often less functional ones, therefore less effective.

AFAIK a lot of communities in Africa have fared *much* better with the pandemic despite having way less access to means, because local communities (often in the absence of authority structures) took the responsibility upon themselves to protect the entire community. There was no authority to look towards and expect to fix it.

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