swiley @swiley@qoto.org
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Email mastodon+swiley@swiley.net (this makes all of my computers beep and turn on an indicator light and is always the fastest way to reach me.) I was on octodon a while ago but abandoned my account. I've never been a member of gab or parlor.
If you’d like to learn to program I would consider the SICP [1] more or less the peak of American CS pedagogy (at least as far as beginners go) along with “The Practice of Programming” once you get through that.
I play ukulele, I’m ok at reading music and decent at improv. I learned from Walter Piston’s “Harmony” and some of Adam Neely’s videos.
My main phone is a pine phone so if I don’t pick up when you call the battery is probably dead, the modem is probably dead, or I’m currently swearing at calls/pulseaudio/alsa. I’d strongly recommend sending an email instead.
Dispite what my web page says I’ve stopped uploading my scratch projects to GitHub once I started to understand the basics of collaboration with git. I was using the flamegraph as gamification/motivation but it doesn’t work as well with feature branch/squash merge workflows so I just keep most things on my VPS until I’m happy with publishing updates.
[1] https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/full-text/book/book.html
Joined Jan 2021
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You know, a joke never stole my bike.
A joke never robbed me at knifepoint.
A joke never broke into my friend and her grandmother's place for no reason.
A joke never walked up behind my brother and held him down while another joke beat the shit out of him for no reason.
A joke never beat my baby sitter, the sweetest little 12 year old girl you'd ever meet, half to death in a gang initiation.
A joke never beat my friend half to death and left dark bruises all over her body.
Maybe people need to remember that jokes aren't particularly harmful compared to actual stuff that happens every single day.
Just sayin'.
A joke never robbed me at knifepoint.
A joke never broke into my friend and her grandmother's place for no reason.
A joke never walked up behind my brother and held him down while another joke beat the shit out of him for no reason.
A joke never beat my baby sitter, the sweetest little 12 year old girl you'd ever meet, half to death in a gang initiation.
A joke never beat my friend half to death and left dark bruises all over her body.
Maybe people need to remember that jokes aren't particularly harmful compared to actual stuff that happens every single day.
Just sayin'.
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New versions of Windows might change the UI or underlying components, but they don't change the only thing important to know about Windows: it's nonfree software. Choose software that actually respects its users instead. https://u.fsf.org/3eu
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BREAKING BOMBSHELL: Former Detroit Police Chief and Gubernatorial Candidate James Craig Calls For Forensic Audit of 2020 Election https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/10/breaking-bombshell-former-detroit-police-chief-james-craig-calls-forensic-audit-2020-election/?
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Dr. David Martin condemns vax-pushing corporate CEOs: They are committing "terrorism" against their own employees
Health Ranger Report https://www.brighteon.com/3d2299e3-b420-446f-a8d1-7f3e10b80df0
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Scores of U.S. troops still aren’t vaccinated for COVID-19; are we going to have a viable military left by the end of winter? https://www.newstarget.com/2021-10-13-many-us-troops-still-arent-vaccinated.html
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Walgreens just attacked two children with a biological weapon when all they wanted was a flu shot https://www.newstarget.com/2021-10-13-walgreens-attacked-children-biological-weapon-flu-shot.html
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Election Workers Fired In Swing State - Accused Of "Shredding Voter Applications," Investigation Demanded In Georgia https://pjnewsletter.com/election-workers-fired-swing-state/?
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Our immigrant communities deserve privacy and security. EFF and ACLU sued the Marin County Sheriff (CA) for sharing drivers’ license plates and location data with out-of-state and federal agencies, including ICE and CBP, in violation of two state laws. https://www.eff.org/press/releases/california-activists-sue-marin-county-sheriff-illegally-sharing-drivers-license-plate
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From Sidney Powell:
Mollie Hemingway: What happened during the 2020 election must be investigated and discussed | Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2020-election-investigated-discussed-mollie-hemingway?
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They Are Now ARRESTING Trump Supporters Just For Being In Washington DC! – 2020 Conservative https://2020conservative.com/they-are-now-arresting-trump-supporters-just-for-being-in-washington-dc/
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reddit is bad for my well being, something about the format makes it more compelling to continue flaming dipshits on there than even facebook, and that's really bad.
(it's probably because the dipshits on facebook are dumber, and long-format flaming is more difficult. regardless, though, flaming dipshits isn't a good use of my time even if I am highly practiced)
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Ken Blackwell: Republicans should station poll workers at every precinct in 2022 https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/ken-blackwell-republicans-should-have-poll-workers-every-precinct-2022?
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The server's anti-virus wasn't up to date... https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/10/passengers-couldnt-fly-after-nhs-vaccine-passport-went-offline/
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Social Security benefits to increase by 5.9% in 2022 https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/finance/social-security-benefits-increase-59-2022?
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MooN
Vaccine pioneer (Dr Robert W Malone) says 'rules don’t apply’ to unaccountable, 'corrupt' Fauci, FDA
https://rumble.com/embed/vl3595/?pub=poe41
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From Sidney Powell:
DeSantis Celebrates Banning Zuckerberg's Election Meddling As A Win For Safe, Secure Voting https://thefederalist.com/2021/10/12/desantis-celebrates-banning-zuckerbergs-election-meddling-as-a-win-for-safe-secure-voting/?
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Q: Why are electronics engineers bad at cooking?
A: They use SPICE all the time.
Q: Why are infosec developers bad at cooking?
A: They use salt all the time.
Q: Why are post-quantum cryptographers bad at cooking?
A: They use an unbalanced amount of oil and vinegar.
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I'm fully vaxxed (until they change the definition of that -- it's coming)
It was a decision I made understanding that the vaccines are essentially experimental and could have acute and chronic side effects. I made the decision based on balancing the risks against the responsibility I have to maintain. It was my decision to make.
The fact that I made the decision a certain way doesn't mean I want to force my decision onto anyone else. I don't think I'm special, that my judgement is supreme. I just did what I thought was best and it was a gamble.
Regardless of the above, vaccine passports are simply evil. Asking people for their papers to participate in society is an icon for the worst regimes in history, an icon of repression, an icon of evil.
These people think they're the good guys. So did the Nazis. They're wrong, just like the Nazis. For people who seem to care so much about what history thinks of them, they are awfully ignorant of how history has judged people like them previously.
It was a decision I made understanding that the vaccines are essentially experimental and could have acute and chronic side effects. I made the decision based on balancing the risks against the responsibility I have to maintain. It was my decision to make.
The fact that I made the decision a certain way doesn't mean I want to force my decision onto anyone else. I don't think I'm special, that my judgement is supreme. I just did what I thought was best and it was a gamble.
Regardless of the above, vaccine passports are simply evil. Asking people for their papers to participate in society is an icon for the worst regimes in history, an icon of repression, an icon of evil.
These people think they're the good guys. So did the Nazis. They're wrong, just like the Nazis. For people who seem to care so much about what history thinks of them, they are awfully ignorant of how history has judged people like them previously.
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Do you realize that our country is turning into Nazi fucking Germany and the so-called human rights tribunal is busy charging people for misgendering others?
Clearly we as a society have our priorities on straight.
Clearly we as a society have our priorities on straight.
- mastodon+swiley@swiley.net
swiley.net
Email mastodon+swiley@swiley.net (this makes all of my computers beep and turn on an indicator light and is always the fastest way to reach me.) I was on octodon a while ago but abandoned my account. I've never been a member of gab or parlor.
If you’d like to learn to program I would consider the SICP [1] more or less the peak of American CS pedagogy (at least as far as beginners go) along with “The Practice of Programming” once you get through that.
I play ukulele, I’m ok at reading music and decent at improv. I learned from Walter Piston’s “Harmony” and some of Adam Neely’s videos.
My main phone is a pine phone so if I don’t pick up when you call the battery is probably dead, the modem is probably dead, or I’m currently swearing at calls/pulseaudio/alsa. I’d strongly recommend sending an email instead.
Dispite what my web page says I’ve stopped uploading my scratch projects to GitHub once I started to understand the basics of collaboration with git. I was using the flamegraph as gamification/motivation but it doesn’t work as well with feature branch/squash merge workflows so I just keep most things on my VPS until I’m happy with publishing updates.
[1] https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/full-text/book/book.html
Joined Jan 2021
