Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

If you are a citizen of any EU Member State, I implore you to consider signing the Tax-the-Rich citizen's initiative:
https://www.tax-the-rich.eu/

The idea is to tax the super rich and then use the money for climate justice.

This is an official EU citizen's initiative, meaning that if it reaches certain thresholds, it *will have to be* considered by the EU institutions. This is a really powerful tool, if actually used.

So we should use it.

#TaxTheRich #EU

Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS cartridges use NAND flash for storage , not mask ROMs. Like all Flash memory, they "leak" charge over time and eventually lose data.

The Switch and 3DS card reader tells game cards to "refresh" themselves periodically. https://gbatemp.net/threads/nintendo-switch-3ds-cartridge-lifespan.591607/

But, some users are reporting cartridges already dying, especially ones they haven't used for years. I wonder which of mine already don't work.

Just a reminder that you don't own any data you can't back up. Buying physical cartridges and game cards isn't enough if they're using technology that inevitably deteriorates over time.

9 months after his release from the concentration camps, Viktor Frankl delivered a set of staggering lectures about the meaning of life, which remained unknown to the English-speaking world for 70 years https://t.co/3ZkFb3gs0f

UNICEF says malnutrition and disease threatening more than 1.1m children in Gaza https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T361U183JvE

A medical provider is threatening to drop me as a patient unless I use their app.

Anyone know any lawyers that take cases like this pro bono?

#January6th My father survived the Depression, WWII, the McCarthy era, the murders of JFK, RFK. MLK, Evers, and X, and much, much more, but he said the insurrection on January 6 was the worst because it was Americans attacking democracy, truth, the rule of law, and honor.

It's importing to monitor your child's internet access because you could wake up some weekend morning and find them reading about Pascal's Triangle.

Long, long shot here but I don't happen to know anyone (or anyone who knows anyone) that's familiar with Arts Council England grant applications, do I? It would be unbelievably helpful towards a very cool music project if so.

You know what would be nice?

An "open firmware" project, where people produce and share FOSS firmware for common household devices, replacing the manufacturer's firmware with a decrapified version.

A smart TV? Reflash it with FOSS firmware, which removes tracking, calls to the manufacturer's servers, and any Internet-connected services that you don't want?

A printer? It's now yours. No ink subscription, or need for an app to print remotely.

And so on.

A man can dream, eh.

Good God, Stop Asking Me To Review Your Gizmo NOW!!!

I’m tired of those requests asking me to immediately review something.

It has happened again a few minutes ago. A popup showed up asking if I liked a WordPress extension. I’m tired of this shit. My entire life feels like I’m partnered with a needy person who keeps needing reassurance that I like them.

You may think that your little request is no big deal. Newsflash: it is a big deal! You’re asking me right now to drop everything and give you an honest assessment of whether I like your stuff. What? You did not realize that I was going to give an honest assessment? You’re dealing with someone who is autistic. If you ask me for an evaluation, I don’t see myself cutting corners or giving a half-baked impression.

Not only this, but add to this the fact that your request is not the only request I get. Your gizmo is not the only thing I use, you know. When every app writer, every grocery store, every dispensary, every dumbass in existence asks me to validate them, the noise is deafening.

In order to properly answer all the demands you assholes put on me, I’d have to take up a job as a reviewer. I can review your gizmo, but it takes time for me to form an opinion about whether it works the way I want. Again, I don’t deal in half-baked opinions. Again, your request is not the only one I get. What makes you think you’re more deserving of my time than the million other assholes who clamor for a review?

I’ll be frank here, these immediate demands feel scammy to me. I imagine that the reason we are bombarded with these so fast is that we haven’t had the time yet to discover problems. Since we haven’t discovered problems yet, then we will give a stellar review. No way! I’m not going to do this.

The risk you run when you ask me too persistently or too early for a review is that I’m going to review your product poorly, and I’m going to leave a comment like “asks for a review too soon.” Yes, asking too soon is a flaw in your product. Actually, your product shouldn’t even ask. We’re going to write a review when and if we are ready.

The cherry on this shit sundae is when the gizmo won’t take “no” for an answer. Some of them don’t give you the option to even say “no.” You can only say “later.” Others take “no” as “later.” So you think you’ve dismissed the request forever, but it comes back.

I encourage everyone who is annoyed at these requests to put in a shitty review. Don’t give them five stars because you haven’t found the Achilles’ heel yet, give them one start for the bloody review request.

Maybe then they’ll learn not to fuck with their clients.

#ActuallyAutistic #assholes #AutisticWriters #demands #noise #reviews #Scam #YourAutisticLife

https://www.yourautisticlife.com/2024/01/06/good-god-stop-asking-me-to-review-your-gizmo-now/

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Code Club Electronics 18 https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/code-club-electronics-18

Code Club 6/1/2024 Write up https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/code-club-6-1-2024-write-up