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though to be fair, I also don't like how aggressively places are shutting down issues/MRs to discuss those things constructively and I was wondering if we should just open up a heavily moderated space where people can voice their opinions, because I also get people being frustrated for getting told "this isn't the right place" everywhere...

like I'm a bit concerned that locking everything does more harm than good.

Not only are hit pieces from fash people boosted that want to harass FOSS maintainers, it's also hit pieces by shitcoiners.

I rest my case.

this is the most unhinged enter key I’ve seen in a while
Having the core infrastructure for Linux distros be written with a coherent set of design goals instead of being 200 independent projects that can only interoperate via shell scripts parsing and piping output is good, actually

See normally when an algorithm requires The Entire Global Supply Of Ram, a software engineer would consider that not a good algorithm, and would try and make a better one instead of optimising the entire planet for paperclip manufacturing.

Unfortunately we accidentally gave a bad software engineer too much money

just learned that my colleagues rotate VS Code by 1 degree when you leave your laptop unattended
New blog post: A Decade of Slug
This talks about the evolution of the Slug font rendering algorithm, and it includes an exciting announcement: The patent has been dedicated to the public domain.
https://terathon.com/blog/decade-slug.html
Leute sagen sie haben schwarzen Humor, haben aber eigentlich nur weißen Humor
The PlayStation Can Produce Mind-Boggling Effects 

You know what the most likely next career step in tech is for a woman my age?

Leaving.

It just really sits with me. When my friends leave. Which a lot of them have this year. Learning scientists like me study pathways. All opportunity is preconditioned by access. Trajectory comparisons are not full comparisons unless they include leaving.

When we fixate on "getting in" and not fixing what's within, this happens. But every day, the future changes. I'm here for that.