Oof. Nothing quite says "Richest country on Earth" like this:
(And like all capitalist equivalents of other things, it has all the problems of the original thing, plus extra problems)
#AskFedi: Does anyone have a good article on how window positioning, sizing, bounds etc. are supposed to be handled in #Wayland? Something that goes into the different cases like the compositor telling you to resize your buffers, not just the standard initialization.
(Yes, I have read the XML already, so unless I overlooked something, what I'm looking for is probably not in there)
you can make connectors that look reversible from the outside (A, arguably mini), or you can make a fancy reversible connector that a nontrivial number of engineers will half-ass and get wrong (C), or you can use the one that has an obvious orientation so nobody has this problem at all
Oh, remember those USB-rechargeable 9V batteries I bought a while ago?
Yeah, definitely DO NOT use them in a smoke alarm. They go from 9V to 0V as soon as the internal cell’s under-voltage cutoff is hit. A real 9V battery slowly loses voltage as it discharges, the smoke alarm monitors this and makes annoying beeping noises when the battery voltage goes under a threshold.
⚠️ Going from 9V straight to 0V gives you a dead smoke alarm with no warning ⚠️
UPDATE: I pulled this battery apart to find out how it works, and it’s exactly like I said here. Thread continues below with photos of the inside of the battery
As a collaborative artist, I wanted to push back on the idea that creative teams need a strong leader.
Collaborative process is a skill that people study and practice. Most teams aren't trained in that skillset, but they could be.
Hey app developers, especially plural folks:
Check out @ampersand - It's an open source app being made for tracking and journaling for plural systems.
The lead developer is currently struggling a bit and would appreciate some help getting it in a usable state. It sounds really useful to me but I don't have much ability to contribute to its development myself.
Go check it out if it sounds interesting to you at all! Thanks 💜
Scotland against racism, call to action
Stand Up to Racism #Scotland has called a national day of action on Saturday (10 August 2024)
Demonstrations in #Edinburgh, at Parliament, at 11:00; in #Glasgow, at George Square, at 11:00; in #Dundee, at City Square, at 12:30
Unite against the far-right!
Scotland against racism, call to action (Paisley)
Scotland against racism, call to action (Bathgate)
Buster is a browser extension that solves captchas for you.
It leverages the fact that blind people should be allowed to use the web too.
https://github.com/dessant/buster
I love this for 2 reasons:
1. Fuck Captchas
2. Fuck Captcha Companies getting free labor from people to train AI.
I hate this because i fear if it catches on this will negatively impact blind people's ability to use the web.
See also points 1 & 2 re EVERYONE.
In the process of moving to @joepie91. This account will stay active for the foreseeable future! But please also follow the other one.
Technical debt collector and general hype-hater. Early 30s, non-binary, ND, poly, relationship anarchist, generally queer.
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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.