MrPaul

@paulkierstead
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Developer by trade. Enjoy photography, woodworking, electronics, well making just about anything and being a single (1/2 time) dad. And politics. Well, following it, anyway. Also, I have a cat.
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Notes to the folks who are scared that Trump's trial(s) will lead to violence by the white supremacists:

The white supremacists want you to be scared, and the white supremacists have already been violent on Trump's behalf.

Fuck the white supremacists. Fuck being scared.

#uspol

(this is not a sub toot aimed an anyone in particular)

Hey creative people. When you write a post about your work on social media, no need to put in a disclaimer like "shameless self promotion" or to lead with an apology.

1) You made a thing. That's amazing!
2) You're allowed to tell other people about the thing you made.
3) You're even allowed to say it's for sale.

You're not forcing your message on anyone - especially not here, where there's no algorithm - and you're not manipulating anyone, or lying to anyone, or spamming anyone.

You made a thing, it's available for sale. No need for apologies or guilt about letting us know.

#WritingLife #Drawing #Art #Music

Influential hacktivist group Cult of the Dead Cow will headline Def Con next week, releasing a framework and distributed network for apps that fully encrypt files, messages and even social networking. GIFT LINK: wapo.st/3Yl9nNK
@Eamon1916 Damn, not that Rob. Stuff seen at Lowes would so awesome. OTOH, this is pretty funny :)
I’ll also offer up that I really liked AppleTv’s Foundation. It’s been over 30 years since I read the books, so I can’t give a read on that, but I really like it the TV series.
@mcc You may have observed that google prefers to not hear from its users.

seeing some new faces here! welcome. here are the ground rules:
- there are none. there is no ā€œusing it wrongā€.
- use content warnings however you want (or not at all)
- ignore tone policing. it can get a bit much, so…
- …if someone gives you the ick, block ā€˜em.

our time is short and valuable — there’s no point in spending some of it letting some dude hound you in replies for not calling Twitter ā€œthe bird siteā€. that guy sucks.

enjoy your stay besties ā˜ŗļøāœŒļøāœØ

*I know that many others were baffled or repelled, but personally, I've always appreciated the plain-speaking clarity of this

My personal crusade against the "minimized keyboard accessory" control for iPadOS continues.

Today's example: I wanted to create a new folder in the Notes app, but I couldn't because that thing was covering the button. 😔

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Of all the criticisms out there about Mastodon, some deserved, some not, the most valid of them is the lack of search. It’s such a crappy decision and worse experience, with daily impact, I sometimes feel foolish defending the entire platform. That I have to still search the hellsite for news, after nearly a year here is inexcusable. And please don’t waste my time telling me about #hashtags. I’m aware. They were designed to be used within searches, not replace them.