AI-powered content generation tools give me the mega ick. Why should I read something you couldn’t be bothered to write? @maggie@indieweb.social is guiding us through the dark forest of generative AI #ffconf
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For 10 years the Go community came together at FOSDEM! To celebrate that we’ll do it all again this year!!
Do you have a talk proposal? Now is the time to submit! Our CfP is all open :gopher:
https://github.com/go-devroom/cfp/blob/main/README.md
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feeling very seen by @jonthanfielding@mastodon.social at #FFConf
i find it easy to see where ADHD holds me back, so it’s good to see where it helps too 💛
“Instead of talking about hard skills and soft skills, let’s actually call them what they are.
One set of skills is technical skills, skills for dealing with technology and technical problems
And one set of skills is human skills, things for dealing with humans.”
🎥 @kball https://youtube.com/shorts/mNHX-QlHAlg
When I repeatedly am asked “Why accessibility though? What’s the business case?”
I get cranky (but I’m working on that).
It’s the law. Why do I have to argue a business case for anyone to *checks notes* not break the law??
Yes there is a whole ‘nother aspect where it shouldn’t have had to become a law in the first place but FFS.
The same sort of pattern can show up with something like being trans or gay. Anything that society stigmatizes, despite it being a thing a person is born with or otherwise has no control over.
If people are punished for being themselves, they hide themselves. They break themselves to fit into the mold.
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If you have had an adult family member or friend that was recently diagnosed with a previously unknown developmental psychological disorder (ADHD, autism, etc), you might have noticed something that confused you. Right around the time they were diagnosed, maybe even a bit before, they "suddenly" began to exhibit symptoms when never had before. You might be like, "I've known this person for X years and they never behaved like this." You might even think they are "acting" or something.
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The truth is exactly the opposite. Anyone that's "different" in our culture learns very quickly to hide their differences. The world punishes anyone who's different — usually not explicitly, but by enforcing expectations that cannot be met. People start doing what's known as "masking" — they hold back their true selves and maintain an appearance of normalcy by any means. Usually masking is driven by guilt, shame, and anxiety, and it often leads to burnout or worse. It takes a toll on people.
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Your friend or family member hasn't started acting for "attention" or to get a medication or whatever. They've *stopped* acting. The person you *thought* you knew was only a façade constructed for protection . You only saw the armor they put on everyday, not them. Now that they've learned their differences aren't "their fault" or because "they are broken" or whatever, they can let their guard down. For maybe the first time in their life, they aren't forcing themselves to be who they aren't.
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Observation: if you're someone who angrily rants about how terrible a bunch of software is: chances are extremely high you've never actually built any notable software used by non-trivial amounts of people.
It's almost as if reading many many people shredding your work to pieces on the internet makes you mildly less inclined to do the same to others. Who could have guessed?
1. Read this:
“Just as GitHub was founded on Git, today we are re-founded on Copilot.”
https://github.blog/2023-11-08-universe-2023-copilot-transforms-github-into-the-ai-powered-developer-platform/
2. Go here:
https://codeberg.org/
#git #gitHub #codeberg #enshittification #BigTech #cooperative #dev
No Nut November has well known connections to fascist ideologies. Therefore it is your solemn duty to have as many orgasms as possible this month. Start masturbating and never stop to combat white supremacy and patriarchal ideals of purity
API designers and developers, you have to check out Redocly CLI. It’s replaced the old abandonware Speccy which handled linting and bundling, and completely obsoletes Swagger CLI which I’ve thankfully deprecated.
#API #OpenAPI #REST #APIDesign
https://apisyouwonthate.com/blog/redocly-cli/
@ScribblingOn@octodon.social
As I like to quote from Emma Goldman
“No one is lazy. They grow hopeless from the misery of their present existence, and give up."
I can't run if my legs are past the point of even being able to walk
#FuckCapitalism
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If you didn’t make it to Chicago for
@KubeCon_ join us in London free on 21 November for all things platform engineering https://eventbrite.co.uk/e/openuk-awards-2023-tickets-740074541877
#openuk #opensource #kubecon #kubernetes #platformengineering
Suggested Read: No, Okta, senior management, not an errant employee, caused you to get hacked https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/11/no-okta-senior-management-not-an-errant-employee-caused-you-to-get-hacked/ #devopsish
Everyone thinks, haha, these squirrels don't even remember where they hid 90% of the nuts they store for the winter they are so dumb, but nobody ever asks if the squirrels might be out there thinking, my ancestors planted this forest that provides for us all, and my children's children will know the same of me.
@moondog548@nerdculture.de Yeah, mind you, the only folks we prosecute are the ones who steal from the rich. Stealing from the poor is called “the business model.”
But that's a medium-term problem. The long-term issue with "rockstar" developers is that they tend to create a situation where the business says "Oh, we can just give that to Joe to do, because Alan will take too long and do a bad job."
So Joe does the work. And Alan never learns. "Rockstar" developers can lull organisations into thinking they don't need to invest in building capability at the *team* level.
A Pinky & Brain spin-off for grown ups that always starts with them sitting tired at coffee in the morning:
Pinky: "What are we going to do tonight?"
Brain: "Same thing we do every night. Try to go to bed early"
And then the whole episode is just about how stuff comes up and prevents them from going to bed early.
You don’t have “burnout,” you have stress-induced neurological decline due to long-term brain damage. Giving it a cutesy name may help you discuss it amongst allies, but it will not demand the recognition you need from medical professionals, your peers, or those oppressing you.
A true warrior always stands at the ready to give assistance, but knows that sometimes the best help is to give someone the time and space to help themselves. Knowing that you are willing to lend your strength is sometimes all it takes for those in need to regain theirs.
Fascinating both for what it says about dev & what it says about statistics:
A gamedev realized Linux users were just 5.8% of their sales, but represented 38% of bug reports.
Then they looked at those numbers closer, and realized. Linux users were not experiencing more bugs. Almost none of the Linux-user bugs were Linux-related. Linux users were simply *more likely to file bugs*.
Their conclusion: A linux port pays for itself bc it nerdsnipes ppl into giving u free QA
https://techhub.social/@ozone89/111337250473454154
Saw a job posting touting “no politics at work” as a benefit.
Mate, I work in #OpenSource. It's _all_ political.
So grab your "no politics at work" and go take a long walk off a short pier.
passwords when you don’t enforce changing them every 2 months: Viy$Ehi8sy3&2WQ passwords when you enforce changing them regularly: password01!? password02!? password03!? password04!? password05!?
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Exciting news! 🚀 The CFP for #SOOCon24 kicks off TOMORROW, and guess what? We've got an Open Source Software Track! If you're passionate about open-source software, we're eager to hear your ideas. Get ready to submit your proposals! 🌐 https://stateofopencon.com
Just got notice that RIPE NCC will not be funding the #SmallWeb. Not surprising, since we haven’t had a single successful funding application and I’m done wasting my time with this crap.
small-web.org will launch as a commercial service (host your own Small Web place for ~€10/mo) and hopefully that will make Small Technology Foundation sustainable. Since everything we do is free and open, others will also be able to host Small Web places.
Also, you can fund us directly: https://small-tech.org/fund-us
Jamie Tanna
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