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It's depressing how much of the linux accessibility documentation has already rotted away. Feels like I find more dead links than live...

It's depressing how much of the linux accessibility documentation has already rotted away. Feels like I find more dead links than live ones as I browse these ancient specs. Many sources only exist as fossilized Wayback snapshots that died during the Bush admin

Suffering builds character which in turn allows one to create great things. Thus, we should think of suffering as a form of capital and use...

Suffering builds character which in turn allows one to create great things.

Thus, we should think of suffering as a form of capital and use it as the basis for investments in a new, speculative Misery Equity Market.

Content warning:dei ramblingwhenever dei or affirm. action comes up in convo, even my lefty friends can't help but assume that the...

Content warning:dei rambling

whenever dei or affirm. action comes up in convo, even my lefty friends can't help but assume that the marginalized person is incompetent until proven otherwise and it's infuriating.

You seriously believe all these white tech bros earned their way in to the field? Fuck you

This is the third "invite" to join some shady foss gamification website with the carrot being some goober...

This is the third "invite" to join some shady foss gamification website with the carrot being some goober ""exposure"" scheme

I am disheartened to announce that the spam bots have finally found my repo and email. I'm a fool for not seeing it coming sooner.

I am disheartened to announce that the spam bots have finally found my repo and email. I'm a fool for not seeing it coming sooner.

all these white boomers are telling on themselves when they pretend they couldn't understand the show

all these white boomers are telling on themselves when they pretend they couldn't understand the show

@flathub This was a nice surprise. I was confused for hours on why my Github had so much activity out of nowhere

@flathub This was a nice surprise. I was confused for hours on why my Github had so much activity out of nowhere

When he looked into the camera when he said "Say drake..." it cut deep

When he looked into the camera when he said "Say drake..." it cut deep

there is nothing that warms my heart more than to see kendrick flourishing and abel getting what he deserves

there is nothing that warms my heart more than to see kendrick flourishing and abel getting what he deserves

I give it a week before it becomes racist

I give it a week before it becomes racist

Nightmare app pitchA social media desktop app that lets you post and message your friends but it's actually just scraping your real...

Nightmare app pitch

A social media desktop app that lets you post and message your friends but it's actually just scraping your real timeline to train an llm of your friends and replying as them. After that, it has no online component, it's a dead internet echo chamber that's just building off prior interactions.

My gf has a joke: "when will add water rust port ship???" But I'm honestly tempted now to reduce the mental whiplash between...

My gf has a joke: "when will add water rust port ship???" But I'm honestly tempted now to reduce the mental whiplash between rust and python.

It's really slowing me down and delaying 1.3 which I hoped would already be finished

I have been constantly switching between GObject in C, Python, and Rust for the past week as I bounce between all my different projects and...

I have been constantly switching between GObject in C, Python, and Rust for the past week as I bounce between all my different projects and my brain has been cooked.

I'm seeing Builder compile errors in my sleep. I need a break

The book itself is very good and approachable. But it seems like a lot of Rust enjoyers have developed a superiority complex about it and...

The book itself is very good and approachable. But it seems like a lot of Rust enjoyers have developed a superiority complex about it and that scares people like me away.

If you tell people that they're bad coders who need to relearn everything for your language, the value proposition sounds awful and they won't bother, no matter the benefits.

The most frustrating thing about Rust is that Rustaceans will posture that Rust is very easy and you can do everything that C/C++ can do and...

The most frustrating thing about Rust is that Rustaceans will posture that Rust is very easy and you can do everything that C/C++ can do and there's no reason not to use Rust.

And then you get into it and see an expert post "This isn't like any of those languages, Rust is a huge time sink. If you want to write Idiomatic Rust™️, you can never

= Use OOP patterns
= Use functional patterns
= Use linked lists
= Use lifetimes too much
= Use traits too much
= Get a job with it haha 🫠🫠 jk...?..."

I think the American willingness to protect misinfo as free speech has been a disaster. Speech is not free and it has consequences. It...

I think the American willingness to protect misinfo as free speech has been a disaster. Speech is not free and it has consequences. It should be our duty as citizens to shut this shit down.

If you disagree, picture the new Head of HHS as you tell the women in your life that the marketplace of ideas is working as intended.