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- Trans Rights
- Are Human Rights
- aphorism
- When Bhagavan was asked, "How should we treat others?", He responded, "There are no others."
- Poverty
- Is a disease of the rich
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Doctor day again. Getting stabbed, bled, and zapped in the pursuit of a variety of diagnoses, all downstream issues of a single #COVID bout in Jan 2022.
BTW you can avoid my 46 months of hell just by:
- masking up
- staying vaccinated
- washing your hands
- ventilate enclosed spaces regularly
- and reminding others to do this
Such a small price to pay
On that note #Aranet CO2 sensors are reduced for a further week https://aranet.com/en/home/products/aranet4-home/ I highly recommend them
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Some days you think I'll just fix a bug.
And then you're knee-deep in yaml-powered tool written in python, suddenly falling through a hidden trapdoor into a shell script that uses sed and grep to parse the yaml configs, and you land on a bed of ancient monkey skulls.
At least you hope they're monkey skulls, because the inference could be its other devs who never made it back, and this sed/grep monstrosity is looking for something that was assumed to be on a single line, but doesn't have to be, because ... yaml is not an ini file.
The monkey skulls suddenly collapse into dust, and while you sneeze, you disturb a previously hidden nest of snakes (the python, you remember), which rises up to bite you on the arse. At least, its pretty close to your arse.
The only thing you can think of is to run screaming down random corridors looking for an exit, only to find that the config files that should be in /usr/local/etc are in fact in /etc/ and they point you to an escape route, even if its poorly documented, but its across a shoddy rope bridge over /var/lib/ and there are raging crocodiles below you. Skimming these files that don't respect hier(7) at all, you realise there's no choice - it's the bridge, and the crocs, and you'll need to move, fast.
Grabbing a fraying cord on the rope bridge, you struggle across as fast as you can. Of course, it pulls loose, and you swing wildly down towards the crocodiles. There's no way out now, but suddenly you realise -- /run/ isn't safe, but there's /var/run/ where this stuff should be, and at the last second, you swing over the crocs, into a hidden cave of the ancients.
There is a scroll, and it tells you how to get out. There are only two words:
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I imagine a 20 tonne side loading coal wagon but filled with delicious gravy. And then I imagine 80 more of them. They come past my door where I have a wall of mashed potato and a giant crane with a gravy bucket on it to pour over my mashed spuds. I also have a ball pool but it’s full of peas instead and my entire front yard is laden with delicious slices of roast NZ lamb.
That’s my idea of a gravy train and nobody gonna stop me.
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Happy Presidents Day.
Two weeks ago, the CIA shut down the World Factbook - a public
domain reference on every country, used by 6 million people
monthly since 1997.
We built a replacement:
https://openfactbook.org
261 countries · Instant search · Country comparisons
Public data should stay public.
#OpenData #CivicTech #OpenSource #PresidentsDay
#PublicDomain #DataRescue
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Mapped: The World’s Countries by Political System
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-worlds-countries-political-system/
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The #company I'm currently working in used to be a serene and balanced #workplace, even if not very active in #opensource software. Unfortunately was recently acquired by a bigger company and things took a creepy turn (i.e. they are replacing #Linux computers with #Windows ones, they forbid the use of open source software like #Thunderbird because "it's insecure", and replaced our #OwnCloud with #OneDrive, etc.).
I feel it's time to change, but this time I would like to work for on open source projects and have a positive impact on the world.
I already submitted my CV to Nabu Casa, Wikimedia foundation and Nextcloud. I considered Mozilla, W3C, FSFE and EFF, but there is no match with my competences or they are not searching.
Are there other organizations active on open source software that I can send my application to? Any ideas?
#fedihire
I feel it's time to change, but this time I would like to work for on open source projects and have a positive impact on the world.
I already submitted my CV to Nabu Casa, Wikimedia foundation and Nextcloud. I considered Mozilla, W3C, FSFE and EFF, but there is no match with my competences or they are not searching.
Are there other organizations active on open source software that I can send my application to? Any ideas?
#fedihire
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Goniatite fossils. Long extinct relatives of todays Octopus and Squid. Remnants of the seabed that covered this area over 300 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland.
Cormacscoast.com walking tours
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Plasma 6.6 is now live!
In Plasma 6.6, Spectacle can read texts from screenshots; we trial-run our very own on-screen keyboard for touchscreens; and we have a new first-time wizard that let's users configure their passwords, timezones, keyboard and networks, on preinstalled systems; among many, many more marvelous things.
Partner is in Minnesota this week for work. Had a run-in with ice... the lower-case kind. Slipped and fractured her tibia. Apparently its not particularly serious, a couple of weeks on crutches and she'll be fine. But still, dangerous country!
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Hi #fedihire I’m a Creative Production Assistant/#Designer seeking #remote work. I bring 15+ yrs in CAD drafting, interior design support, 3D modeling, graphics, illustration, and surface pattern design. I thrive in hybrid roles that mix technical precision with creative problem‑solving. Portfolio & Resume are ready for you. Located in Canada. Please Boost 🙏 #remotework #remotejobs #lookingforwork #Art #graphicdesign #interiordesign #projectmanagement #fedijobs #canadajobs
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The campaign against Francesca Albanese presages a terrifying world where:
* western nations prey upon the weak
* law is whatever powerful nations say it is
* those who stand up for the rule of law are relentlessly persecuted
* genocide is another tool in the arsenal to crush the vulnerable
"This is a fight we must win. If we lose... let voices like Francesca’s be silenced, we will usher in an age of blood & terror."
Source: Chris Hedges 17 Feb substack
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One of the most common objections I hear to climate action is: “But what about China?”
The person making this argument usually goes on to claim that China is doing nothing, while everyone else is making sacrifices. But that’s not what the data show.
Here’s the reality:
* As the U.S. doubles down on fossil fuels and blocks new wind and solar projects, its emissions are ticking up.
* In contrast, China’s emissions appear to have peaked — and may now be starting to decline.
* Last year, China installed a full half of all the world's new wind and solar energy.
* Over the past two years, China installed more new solar power each year than the U.S. has installed in total across its entire history.
* China's clean exports alone are cutting CO2 outside its borders by 1% year on year.
Of course no country can fix climate change on its own. But just as it's a global problem, progress in one place helps everyone.
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Brain: Did we get anything done this long weekend?
Me: No.
Brain: Okay, then at least we relaxed.
Me. Somehow also no.
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Reluctantly crouched at the command line
Desperately typing to keep it online
A green light flashes, the systems come up
Churning and burning for the latest markup
Deftly inserting some Python or C
While guzzling down a coffee or three
Reckless and wild, he pours through the code
His prowess is potent, an effortless flow
As he speeds through the lines, the servers go down
As 404 errors are suddenly found
The department is empty except for one man
Still loading and coding as fast as he can
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up
His coffee gone cold long ago in his cup
But he's typing and striving, debugging the terms
And thinking of someone for whom he still burns
He's going the distance
He's coding in C
He's all alone (all alone)
All alone in his time of need
Because he's typing and writing and viewing the source
Programming and scanning and switching the ports
He's going the distance.
No trophy, no flowers, no flashbulbs, no wine
He's haunted by variables he cannot define
Undeclared functions of doubt and remorse
Compile him, defile him with processing force
In his mind, he's still twelve, just hacking his grade
And he's hoping in time that those memories will fade
'Cause he's racing and pacing and switching the ports
He's typing and writing and viewing the source
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up
And his coffee's gone cold long ago in his cup
But he's typing and striving, debugging the terms
And thinking of someone for whom he still burns
He's going the distance
He's coding in C
He's all alone (all alone)
All alone in his time of need
Cause he's racing and pacing the processing ports
He's typing and writing and viewing the source
Cause he's racing and pacing and switching the ports
He's loading and coding and viewing the source
He's going the distance
He's coding in C
He's going the distance...
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We report in the dusty, dusty evening. The way this day is waning is through a succession of layers of night. All of them are thin enough that there never is an exact moment when we can declare the conclusion of the day. Once we make it back home, the dust finally settles.
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Haben gerade ein Foto geschenkt bekommen. Es wurde im 20. Wiener Gemeindebezirk aufgenommen, aber wo genau?!
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Croatia refuses to transport Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia.
“A barrel bought from Russia may seem cheaper to some countries, but it helps finance the war and attacks on the Ukrainian people. It’s time to stop this speculation on war."
Ante Susnjar,
Croatian Economic Minister.
https://prm.ua/en/croatia-refused-to-transport-russian-oil-to-hungary-and-slovakia/
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Francesca Albanese 'witch hunt': EU countries falsely accuse UN special rapporteur
The egos of men would rather ensure the destruction of the world, a genocide, uselessness of UN, pedophile & fascist takeover, than apologize for being wrong or being fooled.
#gaza #un #FrancescaAlbanese #France #Israel #Germany #EU #CzechRepublic #humanRights #justice #Truth
- Trans Rights
- Are Human Rights
- aphorism
- When Bhagavan was asked, "How should we treat others?", He responded, "There are no others."
- Poverty
- Is a disease of the rich
Warning: may occasionally contain content. Consume in moderation. Finest dumpster fire curation on the fedi.
Joined Jun 2018
