craigmaloney

@craigmaloney@octodon.social

Host of Open Metalcast. Author of The Mediocre Programmer Book. Contributor to Pepper&Carrot. Tootstream maintainer. #Linux Lover. #Programmer of #Python and more. Game designer. #Music lover. Tabletop #RPG fan. #RetroComputing fan. #Metal fan. Your #1 fan.

I've been on federated platforms back when they ran on vacuum tubes and baling wire.

(#nobot #main)

(Header / Avatar by David Revoy http://peppercarrot.com(CC-BY 4.0))

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craigmaloney, to internet

Checking In: 2023-06-20 https://decafbad.net/2023/06/20/checking-in-2023-06-20/

lmorchard, to random

Gruber says: "...the idea that administrators of Mastodon/Fediverse instances should pledge to preemptively block Facebook’s imminent Twitter-like ActivityPub service (purportedly named Threads) strikes me as petty and deliberately insular. ... to me this feels like convicting Facebook of a pre-crime."

To me, this take feels obtuse to the point of intention - or at least self-parody. Smells a bit like the whole "paradox of tolerance" folks like to shop around in debates.

Surely you can't possibly be unaware that Meta (née Facebook) already has a rich history of acting badly, that many folks switched to alternatives like Mastodon as a response to that, and many now express wariness & outright revulsion to that same bad actor wandering into a new party?

My dear sweet summer child, don't be a doofus.

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/06/19/not-that-kind-of-open

craigmaloney,

@lmorchard I'm not saying you shouldn't take a breath mint from Gruber.

I'm just saying that you wouldn't like the taste of shoe polish.

craigmaloney, to random

https://xkcd.com/2791/

craigmaloney,

@gws God, I'd forgotten about those. :)

craigmaloney, to random

I think I'm the only person that thinks The Lorax is kind of a terrible story.

Juju, to random
@Juju@magnificentbeardsfan.club avatar

The betrayal you feel when you start a book and a big component is sports....

craigmaloney,

@Juju Ugh. The absolute worst.

craigmaloney, to random

Seriously, folks, this is Kremlinology 101 here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kremlinology#Techniques

This is looking at who has a place-setting and who's tea cup is facing a different direction.

We don't know the particulars yet. Eating our own isn't going to help.

Chill, my friends.

craigmaloney, to random

I'm going to have to put a filter on Meta, aren't I?

craigmaloney, to random

Introduction and discussion about the Fediverse March 14th 2023 – MUG Meeting https://www.mug.org/2023/03/introduction-and-discussion-about-the-fediverse-march-14th-2023-mug-meeting/

craigmaloney, to internet

Checking In: 2023-06-19 https://decafbad.net/2023/06/19/checking-in-2023-06-19/

craigmaloney, to random

https://bitsmack.com/2023/06/prerequisites/

craigmaloney, to random

http://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/230619.html

craigmaloney, to random

It really does feel like Google has gone full-Anakin, haven't they? It's like everyone that put their trust in them is screaming in the words of Obi Wan: "You were the chosen one!"

thegibson, to random

Cambridge Analytica.

craigmaloney,

@thegibson "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra"

"Shaka when 'This Is Your Digital Life'".

lori, to linux

Hey folks recommend me your favorite games that can run in the terminal that aren't:

  1. the most basic boring arcade stuff like snake or missile command

  2. roguelikes/dungeon crawlers (love em but there's no lack of those)

  3. chess, backgammon, etc., more meaty board games sure but there's already a million easy to find ways to play chess in a terminal

This is for my machine with no gui so when I say terminal I mean terminal not just like "text based and looks like it'd be in a terminal maybe".

craigmaloney,

@lori I've been finding solace in Boggle, though the computer totally kicks my butt at it.

craigmaloney,

@lori Also Mille Borne is a real banger.

craigmaloney, to random

"Hur hur, weather people don't know how to predict the weather"

The weather models:

craigmaloney, to random

https://www.bunicomic.com/comic/buni-1678/

craigmaloney, to food

Top five restaurants I unabashedly miss https://decafbad.net/2023/06/18/top-five-restaurants-i-unabashedly-miss/

craigmaloney,

@WildCard I'm sure I've forgotten more than I've remembered, but those ones were the ones that have stood out.

And mad props to the holes-in-the-wall places.

craigmaloney, to internet

Checking in: 2023-06-18 https://decafbad.net/2023/06/18/checking-in-2023-06-18/

craigmaloney, to random

Some of the takes on the meta hashtag remind me why I don't follow hashtags.

craigmaloney, (edited )

(and before someone slides in here to ask "what is going on"? please just do a goddamned search on said hashtag. Seriously, I'm not the internet help desk.)

craigmaloney, to random

Love it when the issue that I am having with a piece of software is because I'm incapable of distinguishing an _ for a .

craigmaloney,

@lufthans Might as well have been.

rodhilton, (edited ) to random
@rodhilton@mastodon.social avatar

I want to expand more on the comedy of errors that led to the eviction of from their Boulder, Colorado office.

The story that leads up to this building even existing is bizarre and hilarious, so here goes...

A thread 🧵

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/judge-ruled-twitter-must-be-evicted-from-colorado-office-over-unpaid-rent/

craigmaloney,

@rodhilton Ozy-hashtag-ius.

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