Olives @olives@qoto.org
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
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Takano has gone from being an evil colonel to being an all-powerful god to being a scientist. Lol. #anime
https://apnews.com/article/legacy-admissions-affirmative-action-colleges-4a4e1191274e91e695e0631ff5156875 What do you think of legacy admissions?
https://reason.com/2023/07/03/katie-sorensen-jail-sentence-kidnapping-momfluencer/ It turns out that making Q-like reports of false kidnappings is actually illegal.
I don't know what is going on but it feels the server is under heavy load?
Double notification bug?
https://reclaimthenet.org/terry-pratchett-audiobooks-are-hit-with-trigger-warnings What do you think of this?
https://reason.com/2023/07/03/brickbat-inmate-injury/
"Warren, Michigan, police officer Matthew James Rodriguez has been charged with assault/assault and battery and public officer-willful neglect of duty, both misdemeanors. Rodriguez punched a man being booked into the jail, slammed the man's head against the floor, and shoved him into a cell. The assault was captured on video. Rodriguez was placed on leave and the department has begun the process to fire him."
"Dwyer said a 19-year-old Detroit man was being booked on suspected felony carjacking and weapons charges when the incident occurred."
Experts Exchange had a funny URL.
It was easy to read expertsexchange as "expert sex change" until they added a hyphen to better demarcate the word boundaries.
For an idea of what happens to a site which restricts access like Twitter, you only need to look at Experts Exchange (closed) which lost to StackOv...
For an idea of what happens to a site which restricts access like Twitter, you only need to look at Experts Exchange (closed) which lost to StackOverflow (open).
@davoloid @pluralistic Imo, taking money from investors can be a deal with the devil and one they eventually want a return on.
@ct_bergstrom The E.U. appears to be embracing the fediverse, however, even if it isn't the fediverse, it's important to have avenues open which don't involve a large company.
@devnull Wait... NodeBB instances are joining the fediverse...? Wow, what have I been missing for the past few years.
That is very interesting.
Olives
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Whatever your opinion on the #meta #p92 stuff is, I want to make one thing clear —
If you're involved in contracts and/or managing accounts *even a little*, you'll probably already know that NDAs are signed early and signed often.
Potential collab.? NDA.
Vendor relationship? NDA.
Ask what their engineers had for lunch? You bet your ass that's an NDA.
So the fact that some #MastoAdmin signed NDAs with Meta is just a rather minor data point with little significance.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/02/orkney-could-leave-uk-for-norway-as-it-explores-alternative-governance Orkney islands looking to leave United Kingdom and to join Norway.
@lucifargundam If you want to, sure.
https://www.theregister.com/2010/05/14/facebook_trust_dumb/ "Facebook founder called trusting users dumb f*cks"
https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/1/23781271/instagram-threads-twitter-leak-android-google-play Oh no.
Do you think OceanGate is going to go bankrupt?
How many years do you think it will take Bluesky to ship? Ten? Fifteen?
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
