Trying very hard to avoid computers, and failing miserably.
A 30-something British-born coconut Indian living in Zürich, Switzerland. I speak English, and enough Hochdeutsch to order a pizza.
Occasional, inadvertent arsehole. If observed, please call me out.
Fascists, racists, Zionists, TERFs, homophobes, and other bigots can fuck right off.
PM me for my Signal or Threema handle.
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| pronouns | he/him; they/them |
| location | Zürich, Switzerland |
| blog | https://functional.computer/ |
we would be very different people today if the free software movement had not made it very clear, from the beginning, that penniless children are not only welcome in it, but core to the ethos
it was a huge part of our life growing up
it makes us absolutely furious that anyone wants to pull the ladder up after them. how dare
Which one of you fuckers is trying to break into my DeviantArt account?
(I was not aware I had a DeviantArt account. Username [redacted] checks out though, it’s definitely mine.)
All day today, I’ve been thinking about the things I actually care about. And it’s in this order:
35 hours! It’s been a while since I did this much.
Honestly, probably a mistake. I was feeling rough last night and slept very badly. Perhaps a bite would have helped.
I’m feeling better now I’ve had some coffee and breakfast, though.
I have peaked. I will never top this.
2/3rds of the way through a fast day (not including the sleeping part).
I can do this.
Question: Do you know what issue is most important to you? I emphasize the word "most" -- like, if you got a wish to fix one single problem, would you know your answer immediately, or would you have to think about it?
(Doesn't matter if it's big, like climate change, or small, like too many cigarette butts on the ground or whatever.)
If you are clear on your most important issue, feel free to add it as a reply.
Boosts encouraged for more answers.
If you’re implementing a timezone selector after handling all continents, oceans, and pseudo-macro regions… don’t forget Büsingen am Hochrhein 😄 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCsingen_am_Hochrhein
A tiny German town of fewer than 1,500 people, completely surrounded by Switzerland.
Fun historical timezone trivia:
Büsingen is associated with Europe/Zurich instead of Europe/Berlin.
Why? In 1980, West Germany introduced DST, but Switzerland initially did not. For a few months:
Germany was UTC+2
Switzerland stayed UTC+1
and Büsingen followed Swiss time to avoid daily chaos with the surrounding area.
That historical difference is still reflected in the tz database today.
#coding 👨💻 #timezone 🌐 #freebsd #unix #time 🕜 #sysadmin 🖥️ #germany 🇩🇪 #Berlin #Switzerland 🇨🇭 #Zurich
Irenes (many)
Chris Trottier
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