alex-esc's old account @alexesc@librem.one

What Do We Do When Bad People Make Good Art?

"While singular pieces or art, like books of symphonies or paintings are made by one person who may or may not have been terrible, most of the mass media we engage with is made by a lot of people."

https://www.themarysue.com/when-bad-people-make-good-art/

Quality of the design of a Web page can be roughly estimated as (number of words of main body content) / (number of network requests)

#Photography from inside the #Edmonton art museum.
The last great architectural design by Randall Stout before his passing.

Mattel’s #Gender Neutral Dolls Are a Huge Step in Creating More #Inclusive Toys for Everyone

"Set to launch today, Mattel has carefully put together a doll that has no obvious gender: “The lips are not too full, the eyelashes not too long and fluttery, the jaw not too wide. There are no Barbie-like breasts or broad, Ken-like shoulders.”"

https://www.themarysue.com/mattels-gender-neutral-dolls-are-here/

Switching.social disappearing was wild and it's extra wild now that the loosely affiliated international sites are also gone??

The person running the masto account got into some odd conversations once in awhile but overall it was pretty innocuous from what I could tell. Hoping they're alright? Disappearance of international accounts makes MW think they had some kind of harassment issue but who knows!!

right to the point

A sunset in Edmonton, taken before the Stantec tower was built. #Film #Photography #Edmonton

"The disconnect between people’s stated desire for online privacy and their incautious online behavior has become known as the 'privacy paradox.'... it’s hard to draw conclusions about people’s values ...because their choices are shaped by all kinds of factors...

But when the question was flipped — asking how much money companies would have to pay an individual to receive full access to their personal data — the average answer was a hefty $80 per month."

https://onezero.medium.com/how-much-is-your-privacy-really-worth-421796dd9220

A ferry in Vancouver. #Photography

Please let this take off 😃 #BernieOnMastodon

Give a person a program and frustrate them for a day.

Teach a person to program and frustrate them for a lifetime.

I dont think I have ever enjoyed an NBC news article before
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/how-do-you-text-unpacking-battle-between-raindrop-waterfall-texters-ncna1057411

Any large system that attempts to maintain backwards compatibility will eventually become a victim of backwards compatibility.

"What is the capital of Mexico? Mexico City" sounds like a trick question.