Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one
#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
Joined May 2019
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International Day Against DRM is scheduled for December 4th: https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/streaming_services_beware_international_day_against_drm_idad_coming_dec_4
Seems I ran my tournament very early!
One good you could celebrate is by checking out https://adrian.geek.nz/movies !
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"There's been some recent discussion about whether the X server is abandonware. As the person arguably most responsible for its care and feeding over the last 15 years or so, I feel like I have something to say about that."
https://ajaxnwnk.blogspot.com/2020/10/on-abandoning-x-server.html
I've always hated the saying, 'Perfection is the enemy of good.', because software managers/developers often use it to excuse building up technical debt; all experienced software developers know that technical debt never gets paid down to zero.
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A new Windows malware. Linux and MacOS not affected: https://www.cert.govt.nz/individuals/alerts/malware-being-spread-via-email-attachments/
Glenn Greenwald resigns from the Intercept over 'editorial freedom' https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/oct/29/journalist-glenn-greenwald-resigns-the-intercept
Punk saw the future from the 80s.
"At Data Control
They know everything about you"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Te6eZmFTtM
Your lack of foresight doesn't mean I need to work unpaid overtime. #notfungible
Bad SWE: "But this change will break everything!"
Good SWE: "Well you shouldn't have implemented such a bad design in the first place!"
Bad SWM: "We don't have time for this change!"
Bad SW FTW!
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People belatedly realise that Microsoft’s plan for #Git (and for #Linux ) isn't for the betterment of those projects but for #Microsoft #monopoly http://techrights.org/2020/10/27/torvalds-assimilated/
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Not sure if people heard about the vote in Chile to completely rewrite the Pinochet-era constitution. It is very exciting. This is a good listen about the campaign that lead up to the historic vote https://soundcloud.com/miradaspodcast/9-camila-vergara
"Chile, which was the laboratory for neoliberalism, needs to be the laboratory for democracy... In order for the people to have real power/the system to be accountable...people need to be organized--not just vote the preference....move from expression to decision."
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AT&T and Verizon secured a massive regulatory benefit from the FCC with the elimination of the last bit of competition rules in broadband. In exchange for this massive gift, the public receives nothing.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/last-smash-and-grab-federal-communications-commission
Trump’s Calls for Voter Intimidation Are Already Being Heeded. Here’s How to Respond. https://inthesetimes.com/article/trump-voter-intimidation-election-voting-violence
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Remember kids:
"[Microsoft] GitHub has the right to suspend or terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. GitHub reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time."
https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/site-policy/github-terms-of-service
Also, can we make a point of always calling it Microsoft #GitHub from now on please? Thanks.
Why work more than 15 hours a week? https://basicincometoday.com/why-work-more-than-15-hours-a-week/
The Trump administration is burying dozens of studies detailing the promise of renewable energy https://grist.org/energy/trump-energy-department-renewable-studies/
Does mail-in voting lead to fraud – and does it help Democrats? The facts https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/20/mail-in-voting-us-election-the-facts
How Decades of Corporate-Friendly Farm Policies Wrecked Rural America https://inthesetimes.com/article/industrial-dairy-farming-wisconsin-rural-decline-trump
DHS Is Using Immigration Crackdown to Suppress the Latino Vote, Critics Say https://inthesetimes.com/article/dhs-ice-election-immigration-crackdown-voter-suppression-deportation
The Steal of the Century https://thenib.com/the-steal-of-the-century/
Payoff for children’s programs so dramatic it may not make sense to think of them as ‘spending’ at all https://basicincometoday.com/payoff-for-childrens-programs-so-dramatic-it-may-not-make-sense-to-think-of-them-as-spending-at-all/
#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
Joined May 2019
