Life is Tetris @tetrislife@qoto.org

People who bang on about what an economic basketcase #Venezuela is thanks to Chavizmo, might need to be reminded that as of 2009;

"Argentina and Brazil paid off their entire IMF debt; soon, with the help of Venezuela’s petrodollars, so had the rest of Latin America. (Between 2003 and 2007, Latin America’s total debt to the IMF declined by 98.4 percent. They basically owe nothing.)"

#DavidGraeber

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-neoliberalism

#IMF #ThirdWordDebt #HugoChavez

"...the U.S. Treasury [and] the IMF, fixed on a policy that under no circumstances were such debts to be written off. This was, I should note, a major departure from previous economic orthodoxy, which took it for granted that those who lend money are assuming a certain risk. It showcases, in fact, a crucial element of neoliberalism: that, while the poor are to be held accountable for poor economic decisions (real or imagined), the rich must never be."

David Graeber

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-neoliberalism

You know what I'd really like? Notifications categorised by "temperature".

Say I get a reply from a ranter whose misinformed post I do eventually want to correct. I want to rate their post (or the whole thread) as "hot", so all their posts in that thread (or all posts in the thread) are moved to a separate list of "hot" notifications. That way I can continue to browse and respond to "warm" or "cold" replies, without having more ranting shoved in my face if I'm not in the mood.

#FediverseIdeas

There are two types of software:

1) software that is not configurable and thus it never quite works right, and

2) software that is configurable and thus it never quite works right.

This chatbot could’ve been a form

Why are there laundry appliances in some kitchens, when it's way more practical to put them in the bathroom? I find it gross, to the point I wouldn't willingly live in a place with a combined kitchen/ bathroom.

#FreudianTypoOfTheWeek

Platfirms (n.): Companies that run social media servers.

10 Build something on a proprietary platform

20 Get pushed out by the platform's money grabbing stunt

30 Learn about awesome free and open platforms that could full the void

40 Ignore all that and find new proprietary platform

50 goto 10

How about we move beyond the metaphors of both economic "growth" and "degrowth" and talk about economic "health"? Healthy being a state where an economy is fulfilling its core purpose; helping us get the resources we need both to survive - including a livable planet - and to thrive.

Wellbeing indicators are one way to measure that. Are there others?

#economics #EconomicGrowth #deGrowth #GreenGrowth

Looking for a (php) job.

Full remote or bicycle accessible (<16 km by ride).

If you need a senior backend developer (+20y of php / 43yo 😅).
Hire me only if you need high quality, precise, human readable code.

I am en engineer before being a developer, loving simple (≠ easy), reliable, sustainable architectures.

If you don't need me, but know someone else who can be interested, feel free to foward.

🇫🇷 French accent when speaking english, but open to the world.

The most unrealistic thing about intergalactic space whales with biological warp drives was that they hadn't all already been hunted to extinction.

The thing the Unity Incident has highlighted for me is confirmation of the kind of brainrot @neauoire talks about: people are learning the tool, not the craft. I see people all over talking about how they can't just switch because they *know* Unity (ongoing/in-dev projects aside, of course).
"Game design" is a skill. Unity is not a skill, it's a tool. The ability to carry a skill to another tool is something that modern software companies are actively trying to stop you doing. Do not let them.

Bounties damage open source projects.

https://ziglang.org/news/bounties-damage-open-source-projects/

This person Blocked me right after posting this:

https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/111050105241412872

Not just Muted, Blocked. Because I disagreed with them and gave a reference with disconfirming evidence. No attempt to back up their claims in any way, or persuade me.

Tells you everything you need to know about the quality of their "thinking" on the subject.

Stallman isn't the only person subject to this kind of Stalinist dogpiling either, eg;

https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Details_on_the_Cancellation_of_Michel_Bauwens

@weirdwriter @trisquel @jcsteh @devinprater @fsf

Companies that give you a lifetime guarantee are incentivized to kill you.