Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

the fire is NIS2, the fire is semver, the fire is flakes, the fire is the module system, the fire is sexism, the fire is code of conduct, the fire is military sponsorships, the fire is conflicts of interest, the house is barely standing, but just one more discussion chat just one more we’ll fix it just one more long drawn out debate and then we’ll change everything it will be so different this time I swear just one more governance restructuring just one more just

I’ve noticed there is a huge fire in your bedroom, but before we can do anything I’d prefer if we opened an RFC to make sure that everyone agrees that-

Oh what is that, the house burned down while we were pontificating the finer points of- Where are you going! COME BACK AND ARGUE WITH ME

#nix #nixos #nixpkgs

The #devenv CLI does not do informed consent and neither `devenv.sh` nor `devenv.new` have a privacy policy or will tell you who runs the service and who it shares its data with.

In #nixpkgs the package was bumped to 1.4.0 after which a contributor immediately sent a follow-up PR¹ to enable `DO_NOT_TRACK=1` when wrapping the devenv binary.

This was promptly reverted² by the author of devenv.

🧵2/n

[1] https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/381817
[2] https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/381981

If you're using #devenv for your projects, please note that the new `generate` command in 1.4.0 uses your repository content.

It tars up all files it can find through `git ls-files -z`³ and exfiltrates them to the service.

It handles `DO_NOT_TRACK=`¹ by sending that intent along² as a query string, so now you need to trust the service to not keep data.

🧵 1/n

[1] https://github.com/cachix/devenv/blob/6c987a8795eedea872afe4d1c1ac518d0c7f6db1/devenv/src/cli.rs#L202-L204
[2] https://github.com/cachix/devenv/blob/6c987a8795eedea872afe4d1c1ac518d0c7f6db1/devenv/src/devenv.rs#L212-L214
[3] https://github.com/cachix/devenv/blob/6c987a8795eedea872afe4d1c1ac518d0c7f6db1/devenv/src/devenv.rs#L226-L257

some lesson I learned last year, for people who are considering adding their fedi handle to their CV: don't. Only add the profile URL. HR people *will* confuse this for an email address even though it's not listed as such and is prefixed by an @

why deodorant marketed towards men always has to have some unpleasant sharp scent. "feminine" sticks are like "cherry blossom" or "papaya delight" or "lavender breeze" and "masculine" sticks be like RAW CONCRETE. ELECTRIFIED CEDARWOOD. CAFFEINATED ARMOR-PIERCING AMMUNITION

A Very Good Thing I've started doing is writing down all the stuff I need to do next week on Friday afternoon and then CLOSING THE NOTEBOOK AND DELETING IT ALL FROM MY BRAIN UNTIL MONDAY MORNING

We hebben van de @gemeentelv een paardekastanje gekregen en ze wilden er graag een bank uit hebben. Vandaag hebben we die stam gezaagd. Één van onze vrijwilligers gaat hem verder bewerken.

Hi, I'm Sharon and I care about de-shitting the world. My contribution to that effort: my anti-racism newsletter where I share my experiences of racism around the globe and platform Black founders and activists trying to redress inequality. I'm a former trade journalist, journalism lecturer and freelance writer. I have lived and worked in many places, and am currently in Barbados. I love reading (and no, it doesn't have to be highbrow), words, Star Trek and learning new things. #introduction

Houd fascisten van onze straten!

Op de dag na de Internationale Dag tegen #Racisme van 21 maart willen de neo-nazi’s door de straten van Baarn marcheren. Dat mogen we niet laten gebeuren, zeker niet nu we ook met een #extreemrechts kabinet zitten. Samen met andere organisaties organiseren we een tegenprotest en zeggen we: Geen haat in onze straat! Demonstreer mee!

https://www.platformstopracisme.nl/22-maart-in-baarn-geen-haat-in-onze-straten

(initiatief van o.a. AFA Utrecht, @Internationale_Socialisten, @PSRF, ROOD en de @VrijeBond)

EDIT: Fixed it. Updating my system solved it. 🤦‍♀️

Plasma broke for me yet again 😖

I had an issue where plasmashell would crash immediately as soon as I logged in, and part of the solution was to delete several Plasma configuration files (in ~/.config and ~/.local/share).

Sadly, this made the Window Decoration I was using completely break (see attached image + alt text). I already tried removing and reinstalling it, to no avail. And it's ONLY that deco that broke - others still work.

“‘read, write, own’ web” - "Those who don’t remember the web before platforms, tend to believe that for 10 years web users stared at their monitors in anticipation. Actually they were made to believe it. First by Web 2.0 proponents, and nowadays by aggressive Web3 campaigns that rewrite the history by stating that Web1 was a dull, passive, read only place.”

https://blog.geocities.institute/archives/7358

Happy captain james cook getting what he deserved Day!

british colonizer captain cook was killed by Native Hawaiians on this day in 1779. cook, whose men spread disease & used violence against Native Peoples for rejecting his rule, was stabbed to death for trying to kidnap the ruling chief of Hawai'i, Kalani'ōpu'u.

*Just reminding folks that Native Hawaiians have asked that commercial travel cease to their islands due to environmental disasters brought on by colonialism.*

Via bsky [https://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.bsky.social/post/3li5nneht3s2i]:

Alternatives to calling someone or something "crazy" when they're doing fascism.

instead of "crazy" → fascist
instead of "lunatic" → fascist
instead of "schizo" → fascist
instead of "psycho" → fascist
instead of "bipolar" → fascist
instead of "schizo" → fascist
instead of "insane" → fascist

f you must vary your language (and who doesn't want to!), instead of using mental illness diagnoses, say:
erratic
bizarre
weird (a good one!)
ludicrous
outrageous
👇

I've been thinning out my record collection, and these have to go.

This is mostly easy listening I pulled together for a festival chillout/cafe tent project that never got off the ground.

There's also some 80/90s pop in there, 12" singles, but a few now albums etc, some kids novelty records...

Nothing with much resale value.

Seems a shame to send it to the tip, but splitting/selling it is omgsomuchwork

If anyone wants the whole lot, and can collect from #Bristol (UK) let me know!