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That thing where you don't have the tribal knowledge needed for a change, but you didn't know you needed the tribal knowledge when you made the change.

For those forced to use AWS for services, and have to sign in to a "root account" for your organisation - which now *requires* 2FA... it's very very tricky, because only one person (generally speaking) will have the 2nd factor... which creates a massive liability for organisations (e.g. mine) where the person with the second factor is unavailable when you urgently need to access the root account. One would have thought AWS would have a smarter system. One would be mistaken.

Hey guys, Thunderbird is STILL hiring developers. You can help modernize an application used by ~20,000,000 people and growing!

The open source community can make something better than Outlook, but only if folks come and build it.

thunderbird.net/careers

It's too bad there isn't a higher being managing this planet that could apply good principles of animal husbandry to human beings.

I'm in the middle of a "standup" meeting. Can you tell how useful they are at this company?

"But their findings also show eating some unprocessed red meat, such as beef, pork or veal, could be protective, as people who consumed 50g a day were 19% less likely to develop dementia."

Study really seems to show that a balanced diet (and healthy lifestyle) is a good way to protect against dementia.

:boost_ok: :ablobcatwave: Please boost this post if you would like the EFF to join the fediverse. :ablobcatbongo:

In a survey the EFF sent me, I suggested they create an account on the fediverse, so they can reach more supporters and support innovative free software that promotes interoperability among platforms, something they've advocated for in the past, too.

If you can boost this post, maybe I'll be able to show them that there are quite a few users who would like them here!

The EFF is the infamous nonprofit organisation that fights for privacy, government transparency, and digital freedom. Their fight is very important, and the EFF is very special to me. https://www.eff.org/about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation

You can see some of their work here https://www.eff.org/work

In the meantime, you can follow @eff, which is an unofficial mirror of their Twitter.

If it is public money, it should be public code as well! I support @fsfe's call for more #publiccode: publiccode.eu/

The first day I've been able to sit outside and slowly get pissed. It brings a peace I've not experienced for too long in these COVID times.

...we'll still boost the cries of revolution. I think that at the core we all know that we know nothing, or at least know that we can prove nothing. Was Steve Mellor right, or was Robert C. Martin right? ( I know it was Steve, but I can't prove it in a manner that doesn't cost a huge amount of money.) That is the price we pay for not making software metrics universal. That is why I harp on software metrics. The function point data is relevant.

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I should probably wax poetic on software engineering in the Librem chat room I made, but none of the other members ever post a counterpoint. I have the same effect here, but do occasionally get a boost. Maybe if eveRyone is so agreeable, I should write a book, but OOA Book is pending and I haven't quite raised the courage to piss off my customers. What price courage? Many of us are unwilling to sacrifice meaningful employment in the name of software engineering rightousness, but...

Joe Abercrombe gets it wrong in his chapter, "The Life of a Drinker", because he describes an alcoholic. Only 10% of heavy drinkers are alcoholics. Alcoholism is an addiction, whereas heavy drinking is a choice. How good or bad a choice all depends upon behaviors associated with the drinker. Some would say always bad due to health risks, but not everybody wants to live to their best potential age.

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