Rovine(QOTO) @Rovine@qoto.org

I wrote some of my thoughts about the decentralization of language on the web while reading 'Because Internet' by @gretchenmcc https://davidwolfpaw.com/decentralization-of-language-on-the-web/

If all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
If you do not have a problem, but need to justify your love for wielding hammers, everything will become a nail.

Hey, fediverse, I'm looking for resources to help a friend. #AdviceWanted #autism

She's autistic and has been struggling to balance her responsibilities with the things she enjoys. Her enthusiasm is one of her best qualities, but lately she insists that she can't like anything without it becoming an "obsession" that gets in the way of other things.

Consequently, she's become afraid to have an interest in anything at all. Does anyone know some autism-supportive resources to help her?

Thinking about doing a regular music podcast. I used to host a goth/industrial radio show ages ago. Maybe it's time to raise that from the dead, but with a slightly more open format.

Yay or nay?

This has turned out to be my favorite reading in quite some time. Wonderful if you’re into old architectures (6502), but also something to always keep in mind with regards to optimization.

http://nurpax.github.io/posts/2019-08-18-dirty-tricks-6502-programmers-use.html

http://nurpax.github.io/posts/2019-08-18-dirty-tricks-6502-programmers-use.html

You pick a phrase, you pick a rhyme, repeat the sound a second time.

Five iambs and then an extra beat will do ya.

Another rhyme, a rising note. Congratulations you just wrote

Another goddamn verse to Hallelujah

I'm finally doing an #introduction post here with some tags to search and make it easier to meet others. Follows and conversation welcome!

I'm a cis, gay man who is enamored of the beautiful spectrums of folks on the fediverse.

I run tech.lgbt, and am interested in #CommunityBuilding. I build things for #WordPress #WebDev #PHP #JavaScript

I am actually a werewolf.

#DigitalRights #Privacy #Linguistics #DigitalCulture #Reading #SciFi #Blogging #Dogs #Furry #Plants #Coffee

Have a teeny-tiny-tarot to draw tarot cards, made in PICO-8

https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=32803

What OS camp are you in? Hopefully this will be big so please boost so we can get as many votes as possible

How the Liberal Left created the Conservative Right and extremism in the fediverse:

As someone who cares greatly about equality, and recognizes minorities and underprivileged groups deal with some unique and difficult struggles I realize the title to this post would seem a bit inflammatory. But that is not my intention, my intention is to address a very real problem.

As anyone on the fediverse knows there are generally two major groups of instances. Those that wont ban anything of any kind, no rules it's the wild west (red instances). Then there are those that ban anyone who shares any opinion that disagrees with their politics, even if you criticise both the left and the right in the same breath you will likely quickly find the instance or yourself banned.

However the unfortunate consequence of this pattern of behavior is to promote ever increasing support for red instances and to drive grey instances (instances that take a middle ground) into being red instances. Should be obvious why...

You basically have a spectrum of behavior with red on one side and blue on the other. With everyone crammed into the 0.1% of either end of this spectrum that means most new instances will start off, most likely, somewhere in the grey area, even if their just marginally shy of being red or blue in its full extreme.

The experience for an admin of such an instance is to quickly be overwhelmed with people from blue instances blocking and banning for things like criticising a democratic politician or something rather minor. By the end of the first few months a blue/left leaning instance will quickly find itself on dozens of suspend or ban instances as a result and find they only have a voice among the 99% red instances and the 1% grey instances out there.

Since this means they naturally wont have a voice among blue instances, and most people are on social media because they want to be social, this means their only incentive is to appeal to red instances (since that's where all their boosts and likes come from). Along with building animosity for how blue instances treat them and with the acceptance of red instances you will find all the incentive for the instances to move to be an extremist red instance with extremist no-rule policies quickly develop.

As such we see exactly what we are seeing now on the fediverse, an ever increasing number of red instances very quickly overwhelming and overtaking the blue instances.

Of course this is made worse by the fact that those ont he blue instances can only see other blue instances. so they will be under the mistaken impression that the red instances don't exist and that the blue instances are thriving and growing and dominating over the red instances. This ignorance just ensures the red instances grow unchecked and unchallenged.

As someone who's personal policy is anti-extremism, and with this pattern being one that generates extremism it is very VERY concerning to me.

#mastodon #fediverse #uspol #extremism #mastoadmin

Ransomware attacks are on the rise. Did you back up your novel/drafts on a removable, portable medium yet? When was your last backup?

Jimmy was about to publish his novel when his HDD got fried, and lost years of work 😱

Don't be like Jimmy. Back up your stuff.

#writing #tips #ransomware

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“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
― Terry Pratchett