josemanuel @josemanuel@qoto.org

@ink8@the9thcircle.club Not only that. She got her name from a real-life Barbara, the daughter of Ruth Handler, Barbie's creator.

Moreover, Ken (short for Kenneth) is named after her son, which makes the relationship between the two dolls pretty sick, in my opinion.

@trinsec

As predicted, Zelensky (in the form of “the people of Ukraine”) won. The European Union is, for the most part, a scam. We're all vassals to the US.

@urusan The 90s were a time when the future still seemed bright, so I'd say TNG would be the best representative.

That said, everyday I'm more and more convinced that _Soylent Green_ will be the _actual_ future.

@trinsec Yep. That's what I said, too. It is obvious if you think about it. I just never did until now.

I just realised that the real name of Minnie Mouse is Minerva.

@RyunoKi The GIMP account mentioned IRC (as the place where «dev discussions happen») in their reply to me:

https://floss.social/@GIMP/109184856632951058

I'm not familiar with Discourse, but what @GIMP said at the start of this thread was: «@gnome is discontinuing its mailing list infrastructure soon, which means that we are as well.» I understood that as discontinuing the use of mailing lists for development discussions/tech support. Again, check out their reply to me. They clearly state that they don't see the point of keeping a mailing list, a decision I respect, but also disagree with. That's all.

@RyunoKi Using a mailing list is better, because it allows for a more thoughtful, longform discussion of issues. Granted, not everybody thinks before they write, and email etiquette seems to be a lost art in 2022, but at least the tool is designed to encourage that, unlike IRC (or any other chat-like protocol), which has its uses of course, but it's more focused on informal, immediate interaction.

I never mentioned the particular software stack used, so I don't really get why you replied with that.

@GIMP @gnome

Today (well, technically yesterday, local time) I discovered the Tropedia and I have to say it made my day.

@vaartis Why are you doing this? Not annoyed, just curious.

@hideki And if they did, they'd probably wouldn't like it and think it's boring.

@sampo When asked about my age, I usually give the year I was born because I just don't remember how old I am. Or not quickly enough anyway.

@sarvo Tampoco lo pretendo.

I enjoyed Serial Experiments Lain when I watched it, but, seriously, some of you act like a fucking sect about it.

@GIMP @gnome Bad move, in my opinion.

@mangeurdenuage I had never felt the need to tell another person how much of a piece of shit and a _fucking idiot_ they are than right now to this dumbass anon. I'd be embarrassed if I was related to him.

Awesome grandpa, though.

@norbu Let him know. You'd get a check for that. Or probably a new copy for free.

An ex-NSA employee was charged with espionage (he tried to sell secrets to the Russians) because he was in “financial need“ _due to student debt_:

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/10/nsa-employee-charged-with-espionage.html

Student debt has become a security problem in the US. But I'm pretty sure nobody will move a finger to solve it.