Mastodawn

Your religion should not give you the right to treat the rest of us badly. In countries where religion dictates the law, people get no escape. That results in civil war. Don't take my word for it: history has proven quite the disaster to religious oppression. So if you look at that and go, but this time I'll make sure to oppress everyone even better, you're the one who needs to introspect and wonder: what god is it, you serve?

Ænðr E. Feldstraw 1d ago

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Marijke Luttekes 1d ago

One of the problems that would be solved is website usability, as that requires some knowledge of the human mind.

I recently wrote about that in this article:

https://marijkeluttekes.dev/blog/articles/2026/03/16/why-frontends-fail-when-you-approach-them-like-a-backend/

(Link posted with @grimalkina's permission.)

Why frontends fail when you approach them like a backend / Marijke Luttekes

Frontend and backend development are not the same, but we keep conflating them. An explanation of what makes them different.

Ænðr E. Feldstraw 1d ago

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Marijke Luttekes 1d ago

@grimalkina Imagine if we had more psychology in software engineering… that would solve so many issues.

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Adrian Chadd <verified.png>1d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@grimalkina/116341703108645603

Thats a sign that the software engineers need more psychology, not less

(signed a software engineer with a psychology degree)

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𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"1d ago

TRANS PERSON: please don't press the button that makes children kill themselves

CIS PERSON: but it's such a pretty button

TRANS PERSON: yes but it kills children

CIS PERSON: it looks so fun to press tho

TRANS PERSON: uh huh it kills children

CIS PERSON: you don't understand this button reminds me of my own childhood

TRANS PERSON: i feel like I need to remind you - dead children

CIS PERSON: *sweat pouring down their face* but i can separate the button from the person who made the button!

TRANS PERSON: good for you, the button still makes children kill themselves

CIS PERSON: *straining from the effort of not pushing the button* but i want my children to enjoy the button

TRANS PERSON: the button that kills children

CIS PERSON: you just don't want anyone to enjoy things

TRANS PERSON: again...dead children

CIS PERSON: *pushes the button*

This post is about JK Rowling.

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Laura "Tegan" Gjovaag ⛈ 🐸1d ago

@mekkaokereke
When school lunch programs throw out the "who deserves to get free lunches?" and just provide for every child, the entire program is cheaper due to the lack of an enforcement layer, all children get fed, and children learn more and pay attention better.

Being overly concerned that someone might get something they don't "deserve" usually ends up screwing over the ones who need help most.

We're supposed to "promote the general welfare" of the public - not gate-keep who gets help.

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Erin Reed 1d ago

1. A day after Gov. Little signed Idaho's extreme bathroom ban with 5 years in prison, demonstrators were arrested in Idaho for staging a sit-in. This comes at the same time that a transgender woman deliberately violated Kansas ban. Resistance is spreading. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Demonstrators Arrested After Sit-In In Idaho Protesting Extreme Felony Trans Bathroom Ban

9 Idaho demonstrators were arrested after refusing to leave the Governor's office.

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Ænðr E. Feldstraw 1d ago

Dutch news agency NOS reports the new #Rabobank online #banking app can't be used by #blind people anymore:
https://nos.nl/artikel/2608941-android-app-van-rabobank-werkt-niet-meer-voor-slechtzienden-bank-bezig-met-oplossing

This is why it's imperative to test your products for
#accessibility and #usability . Come on now people, we didn't start this trend yesterday. What are you, new?

Android-app van Rabobank werkt niet meer voor slechtzienden, bank bezig met oplossing

Sinds een update van de app voor Android-telefoons lukt betalen niet meer.

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The Verge 2d ago

Transfer Point is a modern adventure game made with 40-year-old software
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/905339/transfer-point-mac-adventure-game-world-builder?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Transfer Point is a modern adventure game made with 40-year-old software

Developer Mike Piontek has released the point-and-click adventure game Transfer Point, which was built using classic Mac software called World Builder.

The Verge

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zeyus 2d ago

Chromecast said "Not connected to the internet", rendering it unusuable.

I drop all external DNS (and DNS-over-TLS) requests on my network.

Google (along with Chinese IoT spyware, Samsung, and others) now try to use their hardcoded DNS servers.

My network now fools them all, they think they get a response from their DNS, but it's really my PiHole that answers! NAT + Masquerading FTW!

See the diagram for a simplified overview

AMA

#ama #chromecast #chromecastultra #dns #nat #masquerading #dnsmasq #pihole #networking #adblock #fuckads #samsung #spyware #malware #dns

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