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The rollback of major DEI programs in FAANG companies should be a reminder that your company is not your friend and you need a union to protect your rights.

//launch event happening in 2h 48m// TODAY IS THE DAY for BATCH BUNCH #0001. Will we see you there? 👀 🗺️ details: lu.ma/8e8qsgsn

"Legacy code" is often code that you want to replace because you don't understand it. The problem is, before you can replace it, you need to understand it, and, once you understand it, replacing it is rarely the cheapest option any more. #SoftwareEngineering

Attached: 1 image Thinking of Aaron Swartz today & I’m stuck on this photo - he & OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (both circled) each scraped 1000s of docs but one did it to make the knowledge free for all while the other did it to make $$$$ through probabilistic plagiarism. The US DOJ only came after one of them & the other is feted by tech bros and executives. Thank you Aaron for so much, for RSS, for Markdown, for Creative Commons and more. I’m sorry our society failed you.

I really need people to understand that LGBTQIA people, our servers, and the things we discuss does NOT automatically mean NSFW. Often the most blatant NSFW I've ever seen are from cishet folks. This isn't to say some LGBTQIA folks can't be NSFW (they can), but it's the labeling ALL of us as such that's hurtful, problematic, and plays right into the conservative right's playbook of labeling us as sexual deviants to be erased from society. Don't do that.

I’d like to send a special “fuck you buddy” to all the boomers that told me “oh you’ll get more conservative as you get older, once you get some money” I don’t know what world those people live in, but every day since probably 1989 everything I have seen in the world has only convinced me more and more that capitalism is a disease that is destroying lives and the planet.

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Attached: 1 image Save the date for OpenUK Digital Meetup to discuss "Self-hosting: open source tools for every day" on January 15 at lunchtime between 12 and 1PM online, hosted by @lornajane@bird.makeup and @www.jvt.me@www.jvt.me. Register for the meetup here: https://www.meetup.com/openuk/events/305457753/ Stay updated on all OpenUK events by subscribing to our newsletter http://eepurl.com/hj3kd5 #opensource #digitalmeetup #openuk #opensourcecommunity

Attached: 1 image Save the date for OpenUK Digital Meetup to discuss "Self-hosting: open source tools for every day" on January 15 at lunchtime between 12 and 1PM online, hosted by @lornajane and @JamieTanna. Register for the meetup here: https://www.meetup.com/openuk/events/305457753 #opensource #digitalmeetup #openuk #opensourcecommunity

UK Users: Lobsters needs your help with the Online Safety Act by @pushcx@ruby.social https://lobste.rs/s/ukosa1 #announce

If they're soft skills, why's it so hard for so many of y'all to learn them?

my name is `adduser` and my brother's `useradd` one of us is good and one of us is bad! which of us is which? there is no way to know we change names sometimes to keep you on your toes!

Know Their Names: Palestinian children killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2024/israel-war-on-gaza-10000-children-killed/

my current feelings

Attached: 1 image I'm very excited to share that 'Batch Bunch' is LIVE. "Nottingham's newest, in-person tech meetup. Come along to build your side-projects in a community of ambitious, like-minded folks." ⌨️🖱️🌐😌☕ This project started out with a random thought and, then, very quickly, a solid conviction. I'm excited, again, to be wearing many hats (designer; dev; vibes curator; social media yapper etc. 😜) with @www.jvt.me@www.jvt.me in making BB—with your support—a lasting success for Nottingham 💛 https://www.batchbunch.dev/blog/welcome-to-batch-bunch

batchbunch.dev is LIVE Meet Nottingham's newest, in-person tech meetup. Come along to build your side-projects in a community of ambitious, like-minded folks. ⌨️🖱️🌐😌☕ Ran by: @rizwanakhan.com and @www.jvt.me.web.brid.gy

Attached: 1 image State of Open Con 25 schedule is live. The content will be world class and set the agenda for open source in 2025. View the schedule and buy your tickets at: https://stateofopencon.com #soocon25 #opensource #opendhardware #opendata #opensourcesoftware #AI #opensourceai

A John Wick movie where he assassinates everyone shooting off fireworks in a residential area because they upset his dog.

wish my brain was written in rust so there was memory safety and better concurrency

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The company's "HR department" is for the company. Your HR department is called a Union.

If you look at every investment in “AI” as the ruling ownership class trying to find a way to make profit without having to pay actual people, all of their enthusiasm begins to make sense.

Attached: 1 image "The Trans agenda is an average life expectancy" Sticker spotted in Kingston, NY

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santa's workshop must have unimaginably vile working conditions guaranteed that all unions are smashed immediately

Dear speaker friends, You might know I'm the curator of https://cfp.watch. I already provide some info about conferences there, like do they pay for travel and have a Code of Conduct. I'm considering starting a new side project for speakers. I want to provide more information about conferences and conference organisers so you can decide if you wish to participate in the CfP and what you can expect at the conference. Please help me and tell me what information would be helpful for you.

Here's a no-cost, non-denominational, last-minute gift idea. Reach out to people who made a positive difference in your life but with whom you have not been in touch for a while. Tell them that they were a force for good in your life. Thank them. Be generous -- pass on this idea. Spread some joy.

OPA 1.0, out in time for Christmas ☺️ https://blog.openpolicyagent.org/announcing-opa-1-0-a-new-standard-for-policy-as-code-a6d8427ee828

Attached: 1 image SOOCon25 schedule is live and fantastic... 🥳 we hope you will join us at State of Open Con 25 in London on 4 and 5 February View the schedule here: 💫 https://stateofopencon.com/schedule-2025/ #stateofopencon #soocon25 #opensource #opendhardware #opendata

Working weekends? Don't do that that's stupid. Coming into the office when basically everyone else is on PTO? Don't do that that's stupid. Not taking time off for a year because you can't find the right time or because you feel guilty? Don't do that that's stupid. It's wild how much this shit is just in the oxygen supply and someone just needs to give people permission to opt out of it.

Whoever sent me this, I love it 🥰🥰🥰

pronouncing HTML as hitmonlee

"Not that I need another side project," she says to herself as she starts another side project.

So now I am being expected to tell these greedy AI fucks that they are NOT allowed to steal my stuff to build their own business? What the actual fuck is going on?!? I should not have to chase down each of these grifters and tell them it’s ok. Are all you people who enthusiastically use these tools okay with my work being taken without my permission? Fuck you if you do and stop following me.

There's a parliamentary petition for an independent review of the Cass report into gender medical services for young people. It's a highly problematic document commissioned by the previous government and shaped by anti-trans viewpoints. If you're a Brit, you can sign it, whether you live in the UK or not. Please do. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700217

Maybe we should stop calling them *Notifications* and instead refer to *Interruptions*. "Working on some stuff so I've turned off interruptions for a while." "Right on."

Attached: 1 image #queer #lgbtqia EDIT: This is not my own text, I found it online, but I do not know who created it. EDIT 2: This has gotten more retoots than I expected. For those of you who think this text is wrong, you do you. Let's agree to disagree. I am not going to discuss this with you.

Remember kids:

Attached: 1 image Important reminder, if you own a domain name and don't use it for sending email. There is nothing to stop scammers from sending email claiming to be coming from your domain. And the older it gets, the more valuable it is for spoofing. It could eventually damage your domain's reputation and maybe get it blacklisted, unless you take the steps to notify email servers that any email received claiming to come from your domain should be trashed. Just add these two TXT records to the DNS for your domain: TXT v=spf1 -all TXT v=DMARC1; p=reject; The first says there is not a single SMTP server on earth authorized to send email on behalf of your domain. The second says that any email that says otherwise should be trashed. If you do use your domain for sending email, be sure to add 3 records: SPF record to indicate which SMTP server(s) are allowed to send your email. DKIM records to add a digital signature to emails, allowing the receiving server to verify the sender and ensure message integrity. DMARC record that tells the receiving email server how to handle email that fails either check. You cannot stop scammers from sending email claiming to be from your domain, any more than you can prevent people from using your home address as a return address on a mailed letter. But, you can protect both your domain and intended scam victims by adding appropriate DNS records. UPDATE: The spf and the dmarc records need to be appropriately named. The spf record should be named "@", and the dmarc record name should be "_dmarc". Here's what I have for one domain. One difference that I have is that I'm requesting that email providers email me a weekly aggregated report when they encounter a spoof. gmail and Microsoft send them, but most providers won't, but since most email goes to Gmail, it's enlightening when they come. #cybersecurity #email #DomainSpoofing #EmailSecurity #phishing

Every time you use #ChatGPT, half a litre of #water goes to waste #GenerativeAI already uses as much energy as a small country and is predicted to rival that of Japan within a year. Such searches use 10 times the energy of a normal web search. “We’re wasting a lot of water with these systems, and very few people realise that it’s a major problem. That’s why I think personally the No.1 priority for the sector should be #sustainability. Not the #AI race.” https://www.smh.com.au/technology/every-time-you-use-chatgpt-half-a-cup-of-water-goes-to-waste-20241128-p5kubq.html

i've been increasing shareholder value like you wouldn't believe

I am deeply alarmed for the trans and gender expansive community in the UK. What the fuck: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/united-kingdom-bans-puberty-blockers-indefinitely-its-a-death-sentence/ (Yes also alarmed about what's happening in the US, esp in Florida right now, and what the next four years may bring.) #UKPol #USPol #Trans #LGBTQ

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If you have to stream it, you don’t own it. If you have to log in to it, you don’t own it. If you have to “activate” or “register” it, you don’t own it. If you have to connect it to somebody else’s computer EVER, for ANY REASON, then YOU. DON’T. OWN. IT. Any and all of these methods will be used against you for somebody else’s profit. If you yell about personal property rights but you don’t sign on to these statements, you are not serious about property rights. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/12/startup-will-brick-800-emotional-support-robot-for-kids-without-refunds/