Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town
- Website
- http://cryto.net/~joepie91/
- Matrix
- @joepie91:pixie.town
- Pronouns
- they/them, he/him, whatever, it's not like I have any idea either 🙃
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
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The Fediverse Award for Excellence in Meowing
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So here's a quick straw poll - please answer with your first thought, *without* looking it up first! 
Are Github the creators of Git?
We could skip so many tiresome "debates" if techbros just bothered to understand the concept of "punching down vs. punching up".
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There is only one form of valid user consent;
INFORMED, ENTHUSIASTIC CONSENT, REVOCABLE.
That's it. No ifs, no buts.
The user must understand what they are giving consent for, and the scope for which their consent is valid.
They must enthusiastic, wholly onboard with the decision, not begrudgingly agreeing to it because they feel like they have no other choice.
And they must be able to revoke that consent at any time, whether five minutes from now, or five years in the future.
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I am a bit worried about the number of people here who, like me, are fairly recent arrivals, and who are using the so-called 'extreme' and 'unreasonable' reactions to them wanting to 'hack' the fediverse to write off the whole conversation around consent as somehow not relevant.
The NSA monitors anything you do on the internet anyway, so why are you complaining about tech bros wanting to harvest out in the open, yada yada.
It seems we need to define what consent actually is.
AGAIN.
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A BILLIONAIRE
CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
THEREFORE A BILLIONAIRE MUST NEVER MAKE A MANAGEMENT DECISION
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How did the hacker get away from the police?
She ransomware.
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fun fact: because the mascots of open source software are all various kinds of free content all fangames and fanfiction involving them are canon
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Have you noticed an increase in your fave science communicators suddenly extolling the virtues of propane and propane accessories (TM)? It's because the Fossil Fuel industry is spending millions to convince you that truly clean energy is impossible https://skepchick.org/2023/01/big-oil-bought-my-favorite-science-influencer/
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tech ragepost
Ugh, was wondering why Firefox kept showing intrusive af ads, even though it should be going through the local pi-hole. Turns out, an update made Firefox default to using DoH against Cloudflare's public servers.
First, screw Cloudflare, and screw Firefox for defaulting to using them.
Second, that's just a bad thing to silently turn on — I have my DNS set up the way I like it for a reason, and am not in love with Firefox just deciding it knows better.
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Attempting to gauge interest, so please boost outside of my (rather small) circle:
Would there be any interest in a (largely menu based) game about the fantasy adventuring life.
A bit like Skyrim meets the Oregon Trail.
You explore the world, helping people with quests and general adventuring, all while having to hunt for food, manage energy and maintain equipment.
Goal would be to replace fancy graphics/3d movement with lots of depth and content.
Questions and criticisms welcome.
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Former #ADSBExchange feeders are moving to a new server, adsb.fi. Coverage is light right now, but hopefully more feeders will come online soon.
If you're feeding #ADSB, please consider adding or switching by pointing to feed.adsb.fi
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fuchsiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
need something that just reverberates "wake up Neo" in my ears every time I can't focus because i feel seepy
So here's a quick straw poll - please answer with your first thought, *without* looking it up first!
Are Github the creators of Git?
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With all the recent tech layoffs, I am reminded of this idea:
Workers feel they have no need to organize in prosperous times when work is abundant and wages are fair.
Workers feel they have no Ability to organize in lean times, when layoffs are abundant and wages are contracting.
In both cases, we are wrong. The best time to start organizing was years ago, but the next best time is now.
I don't care what industry you're in, or how comfortable your job is.
The people, united, will never be defeated.
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re: github, angry
@joepie91
> GitHub is the home of all developers
This sentence gives me chills. My "home" should be a place I own or have security of tenure in, and not a place where people I don't know wander by unannounced to nick my stuff (for "training data")
> GitHub is the home of all developers
This sentence gives me chills. My "home" should be a place I own or have security of tenure in, and not a place where people I don't know wander by unannounced to nick my stuff (for "training data")
re: subtoot
Like don't get me wrong, there is obviously nothing wrong with being openly ND, nor with trying to help others with it.
But all these "neurodiversity coaches" always have such a slimy vibe of trying to build a 'brand' on people's disabilities, they don't actually support or inspire grassroots organizing, and the pricing of their sessions is typically so prohibitively high that it ends up being a service only available to wealthy nerds.
- Website
- http://cryto.net/~joepie91/
- Matrix
- @joepie91:pixie.town
- Pronouns
- they/them, he/him, whatever, it's not like I have any idea either 🙃
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
