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janxdevil

@janxdevil@sfba.social

"Hey now. We devils can do a lot of damage in a classroom armed with nothing but the clothing God gave us. Sometimes all it takes is a carefully chosen pronoun or a noteworthy historical date and next thing you know it's blood and guts everywhere."

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danielpunkass, to random
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There are two kinds of software developer: those who get upset and disheartened when customers report reproduceable crashes, and those who get excited and enlivened by the opportunity to improve their work.

janxdevil,
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@danielpunkass @ceejbot Is this where I stand up and self-identify as the third kind of software developer: the kind that worries and hopes like hell nobody got killed, maimed or had their lives destroyed?

rbreich, to random
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FYI: Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito — both of whom accepted luxury vacations from billionaires — could rule on an upcoming Supreme Court case that would ban a federal wealth tax.

If they don’t recuse themselves, why would we expect Americans to ever trust SCOTUS again?

janxdevil,
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@rbreich I’d like to know why they should be trusted even if they do refuse themselves. Seems to me like the reputation of the court is damaged to the point where the whole panel should resign and a new one appointed.

Adam_Cadmon1, to random
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    janxdevil,
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    @Adam_Cadmon1 A whole lot of people defend capitalism because they convinced themselves that Stalin is the only alternative.

    That is part of the mindfuck too.

    rbreich, (edited ) to random
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    Where else do you follow me on the web?

    janxdevil,
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    @rbreich Nowhere else.

    MichaelEMann, to random
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    "Spreading climate doom may make it harder to halt global warming" by Madeleine Cuff for @newscientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2387728-spreading-climate-doom-may-make-it-harder-to-halt-global-warming/

    janxdevil,
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    @MichaelEMann @newscientist Yep. At this point, I have to agree that utility of sounding the alarm is exhausted. I think it’s now time to start rallying anger at the fossil fuel industry and marching on them with pitchforks and guillotines.

    b0rk, (edited ) to random
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    has anyone seen a really good analysis of the problems with git's command line UI? Would love to read it. for example:

    • git checkout is dangerous and has too many different jobs (though git switch is trying to fix that!)
    • for a tool that's supposed to make changes easy to undo, you actually need to learn a LOT of ways to undo

    (not looking for git tutorials, explanations of git’s underlying model, or explanations of why you think git's UI is actually good, just an analysis of the problems)

    janxdevil,
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    @b0rk I once wrote a long essay (now lost) about the problems with the branching model in Git that was basically a defense of the choice in Mercurial to use the word “bookmark” where Git uses “branch” and to use “branch” for a concept that Git does not natively have: an attribute of every commit in a lineage that identifies its named heritage.

    Because it doesn’t record a name in the lineage of related commits users are easily confused when looking at the history of a commit and trying to understand what changes came from where.

    atrupar, to random
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    My new (free!) column for Post: The J6 indictment suggests we were closer to the brink than we knew https://post.news/@/atrupar/2TWentOuBH184PzqWFOse6tVipO?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=creator_organic&utm_campaign=atrupar&utm_content=august4

    janxdevil,
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    @atrupar I feel like I knew this all along, and I don’t think I had access to any particular information that nobody else had.

    GovTrack, to random
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    Seeing comments writing off the Deep South bc the commenters don’t like some of the politicians there. These folks should consider that when they do that, they’re making the same mistake that white nationalists do: assuming that the only people who exist and/or matter are white Republicans. There are lots and lots of people in the Deep South who, for a host of historical & intentional reasons, cannot fully participate politically. When you write off their states, you write them off too.

    janxdevil,
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    @GovTrack “When you write off their states, you write them off too.”

    Is that really true though?

    brianklaas, to random
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    Twitter / X sucks so much now.

    Anyway, I'm back on here, and here's my latest:

    "The Funhouse Mirror of Trumpistan"

    Enjoy! And sign-up for the newsletter if you feel like it (it's free).
    https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-funhouse-mirror-of-trumpistan

    janxdevil,
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    @brianklaas Happy to see you’ve come here. Missed you when I deleted my account at the Dead Bird Site. Hope you stay for good.

    JamesGleick, (edited ) to random
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    Poll: Do humans such as yourself have free will?

    For extra credit: If you say no, what made you answer?

    janxdevil,
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    @JamesGleick I think nearly all humans experience something that feels like consciousness working its will, but I can't see why we should use the word "free" to describe it. Note Well: I'm also not sure we can really say we have a clear understanding of what is consciousness or how it works its will.

    rbreich, to random
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    Never forget that nearly half of the Pentagon budget goes to private contractors.

    Investigations show these companies make egregious profits overcharging DoD.

    The Senate is now debating an $886 billion defense bill.

    Let’s call it what it is: corporate welfare on steroids.

    janxdevil,
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    @rbreich I hate to be that guy again, but “corporate welfare” is just a euphemism to obscure what is really happening: it’s a techno-feudal industrial policy.

    petergleick, to random
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    If Margo Robbie doesn't win an Oscar just for the fake look of adoration she gives Ken while he's playing the guitar on the beach, there is no justice.

    janxdevil,
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    @petergleick She deserves more recognition for the amazing work she did in BABYLON.

    evacide, to random
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    What they don’t tell you about the glamorous life of digital rights activism is that one day you will be excited to sit in standards meetings .

    janxdevil,
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    @evacide I loved IETF meetings when it was my job to attend them. I love my new job, which doesn’t give me adequate reasons for attending, but I miss them. Maybe I’ll come back once I retire from corporate America.

    lzg, to random
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    @lzg How about “the world is being killed and the people doing the killing have names and easily findable homes” instead?

    rbreich, to random
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    Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but how on Earth are we supposed to believe we “can’t afford” paid family leave, universal pre-K, or climate action as politicians discuss increasing our annual defense budget to $886 billion?

    janxdevil,
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    @rbreich For a cogent answer to this question and similar ones that reply on trying to decide whether an argument is made in good faith, please see the most recent piece by @JuliusGoat about The Dipshit Paradox.

    Or I could summarize for you: if we assume that people who make this argument are aware of , then we must conclude they are insincere about concerns for suffering, and if we assume they are sincere about concerns for suffering, then we must assume they are cultivating their own ignorance about .

    Either way, they are not making a good faith argument, and adopting their frame and repeating their rhetoric only furthers the harm they are intentionally doing.

    tzimmer_history, to random
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    Now would be a good time to discard the analysis and opinion of any member of the commentariat who has been on the “free speech crisis on campus” beat but somehow only ever focuses on the threat of leftwing “cancel culture” instead of the escalating assault from the Right.

    https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/25/texas-a-m-professor-opioids-dan-patrick/

    janxdevil,
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    @tzimmer_history Yes, and thankfully, those of us who discarded the analysis and opinion of any member of the commentariat who defended the use of state sanctioned torture as a counter-terrorism policy are now finding that we pretty much don’t have to add any new names to the list over this left wing “cancel culture” panic. Most them were already on that previous list.

    neurovagrant, to random
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    Just saw someone advocating progressive movements organize on the Fediverse.

    BE VERY VERY CAREFUL ABOUT SAYING STUFF LIKE THIS.

    -Most fediverse tie-ins are not architected to protect you. For instance, Mastodon Direct Messages are not encrypted and admins can access them.

    -Most instances are hosted by ordinary people who don't have the time, knowledge, or resources to fight subpoenas in either criminal or civil actions.

    Meet here. Support each other. Cheer each other on. Show solidarity, and elevate and amplify each other.

    Organize in much more restricted environments, like end-to-end encrypted messengers like Signal.

    janxdevil,
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    @neurovagrant I’m gonna say it: the best app for organizing would have been Keybase, except it exploded and became useless and now the best we have is Signal.

    mcc, to random
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    It is mind boggling to me how many websites make it difficult or impossible to express the idea you no longer wish to use an old credit card

    janxdevil,
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    @mcc “The plainest print cannot be read through a solid gold sovereign.” —Sam Cummings, American munitions dealer.

    timkmak, (edited ) to random
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    Are you finding Mastodon to be less vibrant/active?

    I’m worried that we are not getting as much engagement on our Ukraine war reporting as we used to.

    We’re trying to decide which social media platforms to continue posting on, given how much effort it takes to replicate across all of them.

    If you want to send a signal to us that we should keep posting here, will you sign up for our newsletter? http://Counteroffensive.substack.com

    I’m only asking Mastodon users today so we can gauge impact.

    janxdevil,
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    @timkmak I will not ever sign up for Threads. The reason is that I refuse to participate in the hostage scenario that social media platforms like Meta force on its subscribers. I’d rather forgo all opportunities to connect with my fellow hostages than participate in the system that holds them all hostage in the first place.

    KagroX, to random
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    So, the ultra-rich can organize a “business” entity — entirely owned by them — buy a yacht (and/or private jet), pretend to “lease” or “charter” it to themselves whenever they travel, and then even stiff their own company for the costs, then claim the losses as tax deductions, so the government (that they want “out of their lives”) pays them to run this scam.
    https://www.propublica.org/article/harlan-crow-slashed-tax-bill-clarence-thomas-superyacht

    janxdevil,
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    @KagroX Always remember: every accusation is a confession.

    TexasObserver, to news
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    In the cover story from our July/August 2023 issue, Politics Writer @justinmiller digs into the ever-growing red tape, corruption and serious issues at Greg Abbott's wall:
    https://www.texasobserver.org/abbotts-billion-dollar-barrier/

    janxdevil,
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    @TexasObserver @justinmiller One of the more excellent things about corruption in American public works projects, as opposed to many other countries, is that, after the fat-cats have gorged themselves on all the government pork, at least the result is a brutalist eyesore that actually damages the public interest rather than promoting it.

    anildash, to random
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    You know that actors & writers are nicer than I would be, because if I heard execs in my industry saying they wanted folks to lose their homes, I would ensure that every single one of their do-nothing nepo babies in cushy jobs all across the industry was in total and compete precarity in every aspect of their lives immediately.

    janxdevil,
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    @anildash I kinda wonder how any of those people have the temerity to feel safe eating restaurant food.

    BlackAzizAnansi, to random
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    So what type of colonizing did your family do?

    janxdevil,
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    @BlackAzizAnansi My colonial ancestors fled religious persecution, mostly settled in midwestern land stolen from Native Americans, and a few of them had businesses that depended on the slave economy. (I know this because one of my relatives recently confided in me the family secret about the part of the family nobody talks about because they were descended from people who operated a station on the Underground Railroad. They got written out of the family history for it.)

    janxdevil, to random
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    Welp, my DD-WRT router is no longer staying up for more than 100 days at a time, so I guess after eight years it’s time to look for a replacement that supports more recent firmware.

    taylorlorenz, to random
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    Twitter is paying high profile far right content creators, including Andrew Tate, thousands of dollars for posting to the app https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/13/twitter-creators-payments-right-wing/

    janxdevil,
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    @taylorlorenz It’s one thing to keep serving the Nazi when he comes into the bar and starts ordering rounds for his friends. It’s a whole other thing to hire the Nazi to play fascist anthems on the main stage and work the door as a bouncer.

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