Yoda is a caricature of ESL (English as a Second Language) speakers. Does that caricature add to Yoda's mystique, or is it just another prejudice inserted into the Star Wars universe? #romanticracism
Interesting Twitter thread on the impact of silicon semiconductor / chip shortages on small hardware producers: https://twitter.com/_MG_/status/1388321639524229120
#AirPollution spikes may impair #older #men’s #thinking, study finds | Air #pollution | The Guardian
Big pharma doesn’t want us to expand #Medicare. We have to fight them | #BernieSanders | The Guardian
@fribbledom You also don't necessarily need to buy new. The local uni has a surplus sale warehouse that sells good quality used office furniture. I also got a used Herman Miller at another sale for $200; it just needed cleaning and new castor wheels.
Happy May Day everyone!
If you want to catch the wonderful panel put on last night by Forest City Anarchists (@FCA), and featuring Sima Lee (Marooncast), Klee Benally (Indigenous Action Network), and a friend from It's Going Down, the recording of the stream can be found here:
SolarWinds hacking campaign puts Microsoft in the hot seat
https://ca-finance-yahoo-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/ca.finance.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/solarwinds-hacking-campaign-puts-microsoft-114218764.html #privacy #security #bigtech #purism
A handful of billionaires control most of the UK’s national newspapers.
New Internationalist is owned by over 3,600 readers from all around the world. You can join the world’s largest media #coop & help New Internationalist through current economic troubles.
The Ball and Supply Chain – Purism
https://puri.sm/posts/the-ball-and-supply-chain/
They Looked like Protesters to Me https://rall.com/comic/they-looked-like-protesters-to-me
@fribbledom Hoarder? :-)
UK moves ahead of EU in closing loophole on airline and ship pollution - https://www.transportenvironment.org/news/uk-moves-ahead-eu-closing-loophole-airline-and-ship-pollution that's good; come on, EU catch up
@kyle This is true even in languages that are considered at a higher level of abstraction. i.e., closer to human language or clearer in describing the problem solution. Leon Starr does a very good job of explaining why good documentation is important in his book, Executable UML: How to Build Class Models. He also stresses how important it is to preserve even the little pictures that you might draw to help yourself understand the problem. Documenting assumptions is very important.
"A.R.S.E. - Australian Research & Space Exploration"
https://spaceaustralia.com.au/
I'll should probably order the CLINT hoodie:
https://spaceaustralia.com.au/collections/frontpage/products/c-l-i-n-t-hoodie
🤣
Excited to announce that The Intercept now has a Tor onion service version of its website, giving users a more anonymous option for reading the site
https://theintercept.com/2021/04/28/tor-browser-onion/
https://27m3p2uv7igmj6kvd4ql3cct5h3sdwrsajovkkndeufumzyfhlfev4qd.onion/2021/04/28/tor-browser-onion/
"30 Years Of Linux - An Interview With Linus Torvalds: Linux and Git"
https://www.tag1consulting.com/blog/interview-linus-torvalds-linux-and-git
Top Contender for Justice Department Antitrust Post Took Partisan Approach to Google Cases https://theintercept.com/2021/04/28/google-antitrust-justice-department-jonathan-sallet/
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa