Derick Florian (he/him) @derickflorian@qoto.org

@derickflorian I think there is a difference between a retired cop who goes into something like ministry (as a former colleague did) where there is no connection to enforcement actions, and something like this situation where the cop is transferring survalence know how to the private market.

Hey, there's even going to be a #LinuxOnMobile stand at next @fosdem ! Not sure how much time I'll spend there, but expect to see folks from @mobian @postmarketOS @ubports & more :)

https://fosdem.org/2023/news/2022-12-08-accepted-stands-fosdem-2023/

#LinuxMobile #MobileLinux

@derickflorian @whalecoiner @lizupton Thing is, there's a big difference between (a) hiring a former surveillance cop and (b) hiring a former surveillance cop and making an excited post about how your new hire was a surveillance cop and isn't that cool

@josemanuel

First to make a few things clear:
I am autistic myself.
And I have a fairly good understanding of what those kids might go through.

What if they actually _like_ analyzing data and all that? Computers be damned, they're just tools, doesn't mean humans can't have a shot at it too.
Sometimes I am hyperfocused myself, then I make ridiculous lists of lists and whatnot. Waste of time? Oh, _absolutely_, you bet! But was it satisfying to me? Oh _yeah_!

They'll have plenty of time to learn how to socialize, but does that mean you need to put them in a fascist regime that only forces them to socialize and never have _fun_?

After one evening of socializing, I'll be _happy_ to have 3 weeks of no human contact. I don't hate humans, it is just that social contact is _utterly exhausting_.

Maybe try to understand _that_.

@Raspberry_Pi

Guys,

Y'all should probably make a statement about yesterday's kerfuffle.

It's not just the ACAB crowd that are ticked, a lot of people who otherwise like you are pretty mad about how the whole thing was handled.

If you don't believe me, my poll results surprised even me:

https://fosstodon.org/@RL_Dane/109480618094425078

Re Kyrsten Sinema: Good riddance. Now I only wish she wasn't on the team. In any case, she'll never be family. There's a difference.

😁

a debugging manifesto

Another term of allowing students to ask me questions anonymously during class. >800 Q in 66 Chem101 lectures, and always a different flavour to the ones I get via traditional hand-raising (the ones below aren't at all representative, just some fun examples)

Shared by my Daughter
"I need privacy, not because my actions are questionable, but because your judgement and intentions are"

In response to "if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear"

@chrisg
I know it best from @aral and his Small Tech Foundation (https://small-tech.org/about/), but it may have originated elsewhere.

It's a movement to make software personal (and more) again.

So often, I'm reminded about the broken state of IT today. Barriers to entry everywhere are ridiculously high.

Self-hosting anything is incredibly stressful, often requiring you to be skilled as a system administrator to the point where you could make a living off of it.

I know why, of course.

Capitalism rewards enclosure. Money flows to companies who want customers on their terms, so solutions are designed to service thousands of people and for professionals to operate.

We need #SmallTech.

@RL_Dane My constant recommendation is Crafting Interpreters (https://craftinginterpreters.com/) by Robert Nystrom. Everyone should read this book, and it's available online for free. The second part implements a full language and a VM for it, in C. If you have some passing knowledge of C, it will get you the rest of the way there.

It doesn't cover make/cmake or any other build system, which is necessary for anything non trivial. I just had to learn that through trial and error.