Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@qoto.org
Software engineering contractor/consultant in Florida specializing in .NET C# #WebDev, plus #Indie #GameDev in #MonoGame, #Stride, and #Godot.
I like complex simulations and enjoy writing procedural generation algorithms for fun.
#Pilot in training. Burgeoning fan of #Aviation in general.
Fan of #1A jurisprudence and the kind of #FreeSpeech that applies to everyone equally.
Pro-Democracy. Pro-Rights. Pro-Freedom. In that order.
Politically moderate, but a registered Democrat since January 7th 2021.
He/Him 🏳🌈
High risk of rants, especially with the lack of character limit.
Joined Nov 2022
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@interfluidity TBH, even at the SCOTUS level, I'm pretty happy with 1A jurisprudence at the moment. Kavanaugh has been on the record as understanding why S230 is important and Thomas showed serious reticence to mess with it in the Gonzalez v Google hearing. If anything, I'm more worried about some of the more liberal justices on that particular issue.
And the lower federal courts have not been pulling their punches, especially the one with the Stranger Things paragraph.
@interfluidity At least the federal courts have had a pretty good history lately of slapping down Florida Republicans' more egregious attempts to subvert the constitution.
Pretty sure this is just going to keep getting worse until November 2024. Then it'll either start getting better slowly... or get much, much worse very quickly.
Until then, they're just going to keep putting on a big enough show to generate enough outrage to make the national media to raise his profile.
@interfluidity That's an interesting perspective. So, essentially, because they're being held accountable for lying on purpose, they want to hold their opponents accountable for "lying" by accident. It's like a more egregious repeat of the "Twitter is banning more conservatives" outrage.
In my mind, the motivations for this move seem much simpler, though... Republicans don't think Dems are competitive in our state, so they have no fear about consolidating power, because they don't think they'll ever have to give it up again.
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A thing about Mastodon that I didn't realize I'd missed from pre-algorithm Twitter is the sheer randomness of the content. No longer honed to be hyper-engaging (usually by being scary or enraging) I now see weird experiments, fun scientific papers, random shitposts. Of course it's not all exactly in my wheelhouse, but that makes it simultaneously more *interesting* while being less *addictive*. The whole experience feels a lot healthier for my brain.
@interfluidity I'm familiar with what the "actual malice" standard is, but I'm struggling to understand what you're trying to say here. Can you please expound?
@BillCamp I mean, that might bring the ratio down a notch, but I'd argue it's still much harder to read good code than it is to write it.
The sandwich that's guaranteed to keep you single for at least a few more days:
Braunschweiger liverwurst, raw onions, and spicy mustard, on a whole wheat roll.
Yum.
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@jeffjarvis @mmasnick Yup. It all comes down to one simple truth: writing computer code is 10x easier than reading computer code.
And people like Musk simply aren't willing to put in the work. Which makes his decision to not pay people who already put in the work twice as insane.
@Green_Footballs All of what exactly? Obliterating his net worth? What, did he decide he was too rich and the best way to fix that was to piss it away by ruining something millions of people enjoyed?
@jeffjarvis @mmasnick Yup. It all comes down to one simple truth: writing computer code is 10x easier than reading computer code.
And people like Musk simply aren't willing to put in the work. Which makes his decision to not pay people who already put in the work twice as insane.
Just started watching "The Menu" and I *love* Anya Taylor-Joy's character. I want to be best friends with her.
@freemo Ah, no worries. If I knew RoR, I'd offer to help, but that's a bit outside my wheelhouse.
@brody Is it really "unpaid"? I thought the whole point was that it was a fundraiser for the troop?
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Elon Musk is just an asshole, and looking at this response from the disabled employee he just fired and repeatedly insulted, he's talked his ignorant ass into a huge ADA lawsuit.
Musk has no idea how much he is torching his reputation. He's gone from the next Henry Ford minus the racism to Henry Ford *with nothing but the racism.*
@annmlipton That does sound like an especially strange and suspicious merger, given that JetBlue is one of the more expensive options and Spirit is damn near the cheapest.
What's next? Shake Shack is going to buy a McDonalds franchise?
@veraendert Very strong "old people scared of new things" vibes in that article.
@drewharwell Right, but like Nigerian Prince scams, they're doing volume business. Doesn't matter if 99% ignore it if the last 1% still makes them a million dollars.
@peterbrown @drewharwell If you read the article, it's actually the opposite.
@gnusuario Doesn't hurt to ask.
@freemo, what's the latest status on the new Masto update for QOTO?
Also, is the fork we're on something that you work on personally or something we're waiting for a third party to update?
Software engineering contractor/consultant in Florida specializing in .NET C# #WebDev, plus #Indie #GameDev in #MonoGame, #Stride, and #Godot.
I like complex simulations and enjoy writing procedural generation algorithms for fun.
#Pilot in training. Burgeoning fan of #Aviation in general.
Fan of #1A jurisprudence and the kind of #FreeSpeech that applies to everyone equally.
Pro-Democracy. Pro-Rights. Pro-Freedom. In that order.
Politically moderate, but a registered Democrat since January 7th 2021.
He/Him 🏳🌈
High risk of rants, especially with the lack of character limit.
Joined Nov 2022
