Vincent Cloutier @vincent@librem.one

Your periodic reminder that the most likely outcome for any software project is that you’re building the wrong thing that no one wants. Organize yourselves accordingly.

Knock-knock.

A race condition.

Who is there?

we're seeing unprecedented shenanigans levels

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https://matklad.github.io/2023/02/12/a-love-letter-to-deno.html

The Wallace-Bolyai-Gerwein theorem says that for any 2-dimensional polygon, you can make a finite number of cuts to turn it into any other polygon that you like (of the same area). Here's a visual demonstration:

lmao, "we found out your epic posts were overloading the mainframe sir"

Some engineer did a fantastic job of saving probably their entire team's jobs by pulling that whopper of a lie out of their ass

Discovered bird.makeup which creates bot accounts for those I followed on Twitter that haven't switched to Mastodon. It's amazing. My overall enjoyment of Mastodon (and Twitter) has now increased. I can get airplane, train and whale photos in peace. Highly recommended! #bird #birdmakeup #twitter cc: @vincent

ChatGPT writes 15% longer and more critical performance feedback for women employees. It aso relies on stereotypes to choose pronouns. Examples: kindergarten teacher, nurse and reception = "she". Mechanic and construction workers = "he".
https://www.fastcompany.com/90844066/chatgpt-write-performance-reviews-sexist-and-racist

When a car is repaired after a crash, the GDP goes up.

When a fruit or vegetable is grown only to be thrown out by a supermarket as food waste, the GDP goes up.

When you replace a phone that still works because of planned obsolescence, the GDP goes up.

When you throw out a perfectly good coat because it's no longer fashionable, and buy a new one in this season's style, the GDP goes up.

When a bridge has to be replaced because it wasn't built right, the GDP goes up.

When a piece of packaging is manufactured only to be thrown away straight away, the GDP goes up.

When a site needs to be decontaminated because chemicals weren't stored correctly, the GDP goes up.

In each case, society has no more usable wealth than it would have had if the car didn't crash, the vegetable wasn't grown, the phone wasn't replaced, the old coat was still being worn, there was less packaging, or the chemicals were stored correctly. Yet the GDP goes up.

Meanwhile, most of the wealth that is generated ends up in the top one percent's pockets.

The truth is that GDP isn't a useful measurement. It's just a convenient one.

#economics #politics #gdp #auspol #ukpol

This is the kind of librarian I work to be every day. From the Unshelved comic strip.

"I love the sound policy makes when I break it."

#librarians #books #reading #literacy

Ah yes, this clearly sounds like someone who is mentally stable right? Elon continues to be a 🤡

“Elon Musk fires a top Twitter engineer over his declining reach”

https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/9/23593099/elon-musk-twitter-fires-engineer-declining-reach-ftc-concerns

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i applied for a botsin.space account for infinite bees

an important part of being an admin of an instance that you may not immediately realise is that your users may rely on your instance being up during an emergency.

That's a heavy responsibility.