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

Oh my goodness I've just learned a thing about The Matrix that causes it to make a lot more sense: In the original script the humans were used as neural network compute clusters by the Machines and as a crucial component of The Matrix itself.

Which is why humans who were aware of the simulation could control aspects of The Matrix - their minds were part of its foundation.

Unfortunately the test audiences had trouble understanding this concept so the studio changed the human role to "batteries".

Last call for Corail in Hauts-de-France 🚨

SNCF is sending goodbye Corail e-mails to the passengers...

People not wearing masks because they’re worried about standing out is people not liking them is so wild. . Like, I’m not making my autoimmune disease worse or getting early dementia just so you will like me more. I do not give a flying fuck if people think I have illness anxiety or my students think I’m weird. Their feelings about me are not relevant to my personal health choices.

Game dev is the bizarro world where everything you've learned in high school is still relevant.

My brain cannot comprehend the concept of dating
What does it even mean to date someone

Like, the people are together and uhhh

How does it differ from hanging around them and spending time watching them do things/doing fun things together ​​

I might be autistic huh

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was getting us all to refer to creative work as “content”

One of the good things that came with me from my time with MetaFilter (I eventually took the "wipe all my content from the site, please" option because I was done with their very white liberal moderation priorities - I was "kalessin" and I was very active with site policy and politics. You can still see people's replies to my comments even though you can't see the original comments there anymore), was commentary on "ask vs guess culture".

The conceit was asserted by user "tangerine" way back in 2007 and is meant as one guideline to understanding culture and society.

Here's the link: https://ask.metafilter.com/55153/Whats-the-middle-ground-between-FU-and-Welcome#830421

The conceit is that there are "two types of people" though later thought put it on a spectrum. Askers just ask for what they want, and guessers guess how it would go if they asked, and time and tweak and prepare for the asking so the answer will inevitably be "yes". And of course there's culture clash between askers and guessers, both feeling like the other is a bit rude.

After 16 years of sitting with this concept I've finally figured out that guessing culture _has to_ work presupposing supremacist culture and priorities. And asking culture is under no obligation to do so.

Politically, I should try to shift to being an asker. I should ask for what I want. And expect better.

Security updates are important, which is why we've made the update process for your devices require a massive download, take forever, have a tedious process and often break functionality.

Oh and I nearly forgot, you have to agree to new terms of services every time you want that security update.

With @len we're co-hosting a radio show on regulation of technology with quite an emphasis on free software at #RadioStudent, based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. We're planning a show to bring the OpenStreetMap project to our listeners.
Are you or do you know someone who would be interested in talking to us about the OSM project (how the community is organized, history, how to use, how to contribute, funding)...

twitch streamer with 7 viewers: hey guys!! i bought this expensive microphone so you can hear me play minecraft in dolby atmos surround sound

long-distance train manager (speaking into a potato): please listen to the following announcements to find out how you’re going to get home

PSA on Patreon

The new privacy policy email from Patreon you probably ignored had a section in the small print warning you that they were creating you a public profile with all the creators you support.

If you want to disable it, go to your settings page -> the account tab and scroll down and switch off 'full public profile'.