Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

My favorite Ren Faire story:

I knew a guy who kept a Starfleet insignia pinned to the inside of his garb. A few times per season, some folks would come to the Faire cosplaying as a Star Trek landing party, investigating a “primitive” world.

He would take them aside, show his insignia, and identify himself as a Starfleet officer on a cultural research mission. He’d call them out for breaking the Prime Directive and ruining his research. Then he’d demand to know what ship they’re from, and threaten to get them court martialed if they didn’t change into something less conspicuous.

i don’t blame google or social media i blame walking talking context collapse machines making it impossible to say anything ever because someone Famous might see it and share it with a million random people

Something I tweeted a few years ago:

April Fool’s Day can be saved with ONE SIMPLE TWEAK: instead of fooling people, make it about playing the fool. Actually do silly things rather than pretending you’re doing a silly thing

We should adopt this nixpkgs RFC as soon as possible!

@solarpunk2050 rebellion doesn't need to be throwing Molotovs, it can be constantly asking if what we are doing is right. It can be trying to find a better way to do something. It means being actively involved in your community and asking if we are not forgetting anyone, even if they don't speak up. There is always a place for such a dynamic in a Better World.

If you cannot imagine it, that only shows how hard the current culture limited your horizons.

I find it very interesting to observe who describes Andres Freund as a "Microsoft engineer", vs. who describes them as a "PostgreSQL developer".

I feel like it tells you a lot about what someone values more - what someone actually does in society, vs. what their assigned role is in the hierarchy.

It looks like libexpat is in trouble, and needs help from experienced C developers: https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/blob/R_2_6_2/expat/Changes#L8-L31

What you can do:
- If you're an experienced C developer, and can commit to helping maintain it, reach out to them. I expect that they're mainly looking for long-term collaborators, not just one-off contributions.
- If not, pass it on to people you know who might be able and interested to help out.

(Note that I'm not in contact with them - I'm just passing on the message!)

I was recently reminded of the time my Mum destroyed my hoover, by hoovering the doormat which sucked loose bits of dry coir into the mechanism where they somehow ignited and set the whole thing on fire. I'd like to pretend I never hoovered the doormat myself because I knew this would happen, but the truth is my Mum's just much more fastidious with housework than me. I think the moral of the story is being too diligent with cleaning can be expensive and potentially dangerous

My Mom built an analog ad blocker for her favorite tablet game and while I cannot stop laughing, I'm also hella proud of her. Go Mom! Stick it to the man!

#FuckTheSystem

the biggest unsolved problem in computer science is capitalism

Can anyone recommend a program for sketching out maps for #TTRPGs. Not necessarily gridded maps to play on.... but say I want to make a map of the country side or a city?

Something with pre loaded icons for things like mountains & forests. Where I can draw lakes & roads & label POIs?

#cartography #DnD #Gaming