Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town
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- http://cryto.net/~joepie91/
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- @joepie91:pixie.town
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- 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.
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- 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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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!
Your periodic reminder that with 'state-sponsored attacks', usually the only thing that's certain is that it *definitely wasn't* the country that it looks like it was.
Be very, very skeptical of people trying to attribute stuff like backdoors to specific countries. Misinformation campaigns are very much on the table here.
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the biggest unsolved problem in computer science is capitalism
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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?
open-source sustainability issues, actionable
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!)
CW-boost: union busting, amazon
meta, subtoot
I would very much like for the "concerned citizens" in question to start recognizing this pattern among themselves, and ask themselves why that is
meta, subtoot
Every single time someone is like "hey uh this is going quite far, can we not tone it down a bit" in response to community safety measures (like throwing out Facebook), *every single time*, it always seems to be a white dude
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sort of negative, rimworld
I think I've figured out why I don't like to play Rimworld in the way you're "supposed" to play it (where a disaster is just another story element) - because my actual communities in my actual life already constantly get destroyed by others, and I would for once like to build something and have it actually remain a nice place to live and exist
Argh. Was listening to a recording of a liveset, and fuck whoever it was in the audience that was constantly blowing a whistle...
xz (sort of) meta, hierarchy
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.
sort of negative, rimworld
I think I've figured out why I don't like to play Rimworld in the way you're "supposed" to play it (where a disaster is just another story element) - because my actual communities in my actual life already constantly get destroyed by others, and I would for once like to build something and have it actually remain a nice place to live and exist
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someone: you've violated the prime directive
every star trek captain: the code is more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules
every star trek captain: the code is more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules
Ah yes, spring has started, and so everyone has naturally decided that this is the perfect time to start using powertools outside all day so that it is impossible to sit outside and listen to the birds and insects
I have yet to actually work with it, so I may run into some unexpected roadblock once I do that, but... yeah
I often see people talking about how Vulkan is more low-level than OpenGL and not suitable for direct use, but honestly every time I look at it, it seems *so much* simpler to reason about and work with than OpenGL?
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The abusive behavior that was being used to manipulate Lasse Collin into bringing on more maintainers for #xz went unnoticed because abusive behavior in Open Source communities is so pervasive. In context, we can clearly see it was part of an orchestrated operation. Out of context, it looks like just another asshole complaining about stuff they have no right to complain about. https://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2024/03/30/a-microcosm-of-the-interactions-in-open-source-projects/
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Thirty spokes
meet in the hub.
Where the wheel isn’t
is where it’s useful.
Hollowed out,
clay makes a pot.
Where the pot’s not
is where it’s useful.
Cut doors and windows
to make a room.
Where the room isn’t,
there’s room for you.
So the profit in what is
is in the use of what isn’t.
(Dào Dé Jīng 11, translated by Ursula K. Le Guin)
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"What if an AI got hyper-focused on making paperclips and destroyed us all?" asked the insufferable nerd, as corporations whose only directive is "make stock price go up" utterly destroyed the conditions favourable for human life
- 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
