Glyph

@glyph
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You probably heard about me because I am the founder of the Twisted python networking engine open source project. But I’m also the author and maintainer of several other smaller projects, a writer and public speaker about software and the things software affects (i.e.: everything), and a productivity nerd due to my ADHD. I also post a lot about politics; I’d personally prefer to be apolitical but unfortunately the global rising tide of revanchist fascism is kind of dangerous to ignore.

postshttps://blog.glyph.im/
disclosureshttps://blog.glyph.im/pages/disclosures.html
codehttps://github.com/glyph
patronshttps://www.patreon.com/creatorglyph
pretty sure this is what publishing this blog post is going to feel like, in just about every way
we live in hell but at least PyPI works in hell
every time I see this dialog box it feels like I am being asked to confirm that my referendum on Apple's product line is still accurate, and every time I say "yup"
After system updates I routinely get error dialogs like this and they trigger a massive wave of Weltschmerz. Who is this actionable for? What does it mean? Why does it happen? I understand the design goal of couching highly technical concepts like checkin failures and stalled event loops in "normal" language, but this is layperson-izing to the point of gibberish. I am begging you to just let your users learn things.
Huh. That's a new one for me. I think the machine rebooted overnight but this notification didn't show up for an hour or two after login…
I'VE COME TO TALK WITH YOU AGAIN
HELLO DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND
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