Software usually has extraordinarily high margins. Tech’s nonsense management tactics are contingent on being able to float shit away on a tide of money. You only get away with bullshit software dev, shipping abysmal apps, and constant security lapses if you are making an obscene amount of money
I assume that people who need to know this would already know it, but I am not such a person and did not know it, so I will pass this on from a correspondent who wishes to remain nameless: There's a FOSS menstrual cycle and fertility tracking app named "drip." created by feminist female developers with privacy at its foundation. I'm not qualified to opine about its safety or security but developers say everything stays on your device: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.drip/
Wir haben das Wochenende genutzt, um im Alaunpark ein paar Flyer zu verteilen. Mit dem guten Wetter geht auch die Kontrollsaison der #Polizei wieder los. Mit unseren Flyern seid ihr auf einen Blick informiert: Was sind eure Rechte in einer Kontrollsituation? Was sind eure Pflichten? Was könnt ihr tun, um anderen zu helfen?
#Polizeikontrollen sind für die Mehrheitsgesellschaft überhaupt kein Thema. Wer hingegen nicht dazu gehört / gehören soll und als "anders" wahrgenommen wird, erlebt sie ständig. Das kostet Nerven & Zeit und nicht selten auch Geld. Viele Strafanzeigen entstehen erst als Folge solcher Kontrollen. Nicht weil vorher etwas vorgefallen wäre, sondern weil Beamt*innen im Nachgang Anzeigen stellen, weil Betroffene sich nicht "angemessen" verhalten.
#Kriminalstatistik #Repression #racialprofiling #Rassismus #Dresden
suicidality
Context: I am not actively suicidal, but do have suicidal thoughts that I’m talking to a therapist about.
Are there any suicide hotlines available in Germany that are actually safe for neurodivergent trans people? I have heard trans people having bad experiences with the German hotlines and would very much like to have an emergency plan in place.
Quick reminder to upload your SpotPass data right now! This has to be done before tomorrow and only takes a few minutes.
Follow the guide on SpotPass Archival Project or if you have a modded 3DS, follow these quick instructions below:
Using FBI, scan the attached QR code (it's a link to the 3dsx of SpotPassDumper11) to download the required utility. Your 3DS will have to be connected to the Internet.
Open the Homebrew Launcher.
Scroll down to SpotPassDumper11 and then click on it.
Your BOSS data will be automatically extracted and uploaded! You are done!!
seriously: a lot of “multilingual programming” stuff seems to focus around esoteric languages where all the keywords are replaced with a different language’s keywords.
But what if we didn’t have to go that far? What if the focus was to let folks write in their natural, preferred input method without having to switch to “special” ascii range characters that just won’t look right?
What if we just use the stuff that Unicode is already providing us, like character tags and equivalence rules, to make things easier for folks outside the tech-privileged sphere?
For all you nonbelievers, I’m genuinely trying to make this happen now, because kdl 2.0 is hella scope creeped already so why not
Anyway come join the discussion if you have some thoughts. The most compelling thing anyone said was when @janl said this would bring the language out of the 70s. Let’s explore the space!!
The TL;DR is that I wouldn't trust anything from "Salvydas Lukosius" or "ss-o" or "z-shell" or "digital-clouds".
At best, they're an inexperienced developer who cares more about looking like an experienced, trusted developer than they do actually becoming one.
At worst, they are some kind of scammer.
I have yet to take a deeper look into the zi source code, but even without that I can safely say the whole project is extremely sus.
reference to conspiracy theory
Just realized I never shared this story: when they came to replace my power meter, I refused a smart meter. Their first question was "oh, because of 5G?", to which I responded by explaining that it was for privacy reasons instead.
The 5G question was not judgmental in tone; it was sympathetic, and I have such mixed feelings about this.
On the one hand, I appreciate that people are showing empathy and understanding for other people's boundaries and concerns, in everyday situations like dealing with a power company.
On the other hand... why did it have to be for a 5G conspiracy theory specifically, and not any of the many other very legitimate concerns that lots of people have about their daily interactions with systems and institutions?
now I may not be (minority), but as a huge Ally, anti-(bigoted position), and all-around fan of the (minority) community, I would LOVE to be invited to the "Get Together For (Minority) Only Where We Celebrate Having Our Own Space For Once" group. I know I haven't been explicitly invited yet, but I'm sure I will as soon as they realize they could even be half as welcoming as I am :) and if not, no worries! but I will be sure to publicly yet indirectly complain about how excluded I feel as an Ally
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need to figure out a way to receive mutual aid donations under peculiar circumstances. two separate questions:
1. does patreon allow withdrawing money through bank wire? that's the only damn thing that works for me.
2. anyone got experience with payoneer? is it suitable for this?
no, paypal and stripe do not work for reasons i can't resolve at the moment or at all.
Technical debt collector and general hype-hater. Early 30s, non-binary, ND, poly, relationship anarchist, generally queer.
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- Flirting welcome, but be explicit if you want something out of it!
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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.