Darryl Wright 🇨🇦 🎧 @darryl@qoto.org

@gamingonlinux There is an entire market for them which would beg to differ. But setting aside NFTs (the low-hanging fruit of Blockchain applications), the Blockchain tech itself could have some really interesting applications for gaming. I am particularly interested in the idea of in-game permanence and long-term tracking of a players impact on a living world.

#Halifax nurses, is it true that you have no access to free coffee at your workplace?

#NovaScotia

We need activists in the same way we need rainy days. They serve a valuable purpose and sometimes, if they're warm enough, you might even be able to appreciate them.

@MetalheadDana It's honestly a fascinating and nuanced subject to me. There is a cultural divide in the workplace between those like yourself and those who, conversely, need / want to introduce positive social dynamics into their work life.

I really don't like ReactJS. It might be the best we have but that's not great. It feels like stacks and stacks of hacks to compensate for poorly planned architecture decisions -- a lot like JavaScript really. #programmming #webdev #shotsfired

I once worked for a company that had a Hawaiian Shirt Day completely unironically, as though none of them had ever even seen Office Space.

#work
#culture

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-right-not-to-be-fun-at-work

"In a win for workplace dignity, a French high court recently decreed that businesses cannot force their employees to participate in supposedly enjoyable activities."

Power to the People?...

@Marcducharme@mstdn.ca Hmmm. Vivid, their most well-known alum came out in 1989. If you were going to pick a notable track released after 1990, what would it be?

@D2Synua@techhub.social Nice one! Going on there.

Because I have been strolling down memory lane into 90s #metal, this beautiful thing came up and I can think of no better representation of the era:

https://open.spotify.com/track/1158ckiB5S4cpsdYHDB9IF?si=8492a22dd2624451

I am putting together a large list of the best 90s #metal for a thing called #GenreJukebox. What should I definitely have on there?

#music
#AskMastodon

@LouisIngenthron True. I should have specified that better. There will always be (and should always be) the natural irreverence of youth. This is a different phenomenon, I think -- it's a sort of performant willful ignorance, even against the advice of your peers -- just because they dare assert the power position of holding knowledge you don't already have.

At the risk of sounding like an old person, I have observed that when we used to be in a physical room listening to a presentation from company execs or people in general, we tended to listen and not speak and then afterward we processed and discussed, maybe even collectively. We looked at what was said in retrospect, to the best of our memories, and decided on its merit. These days, online, we actively type, chat and heckle an ongoing presentation like school kids covertly passing notes in class. I don't think we listen or consider anything well because criticizing for social capital is paramount. The value for modern youth is in the criticizing of a perceived source of authority or power. Actually listening to the speaker or consciously considering their message, for better or for worse, is secondary, maybe even peripheral to the experience.

#discourse
#modernworldproblems
#youth
#communication
#business

"I will have a moment of clarity while I'm watching and be like, 'What am I doing?' Then I'll just continue to watch," said Oberman. "That's where we're at, technology and entertainment-wise."

This article on the phenomenon of TikTok #Sludge Content is the most depressing thing you'll read today.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/sludge-content-1.6716185

Hello, Hive Mind. I was curious if anyone knows of a free / open alternative to JetBrains #gitlab Merge?

#programming
#webdev
#code

https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/18689-gitlab-merge-requests/pricing#edition=commercial