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dave

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Full-stack dev in a non-tech company. White-passing brown dude.

I play a chaotic good tank in real life.

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RE: https://hachyderm.io/@akareilly/116053490610397772

Piggybacking on this, specifically for the dudes:

Is anybody in the thread talking to you? Does anybody in the thread follow you? Are you an expert on the thread topic?

If the answer to all three is "no", are you sure anybody wants to hear what you have to say on the topic?

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Kind of the core lesson here, not everything online is for you, and that's ok. You're allowed to just read a thing and move on.

@ErickaSimone@mastodon.social avatar ErickaSimone , to random

So a woman currently conducting a long-needed social project: Calling churches around the US, and asking if they would be able to help feed a baby by donating formula. Not money, not food. Just one can of formula, simply to see if these “churches” follow the basic fundamentals of their religious doctrine.

So it’s going exactly the way you’d expect: Most churches are a no, and are Christian based. Majority saying “yes” are Catholic or African-American based congregations.

deadpans into camera

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@ErickaSimone I have complicated feelings about that whole "experiment". Like...my church runs a mission that so far has gotten a hundred people off the streets into permanent housing. It has a food pantry that feeds hundreds of families. But, if you call the main office number asking if the church can give a random caller a can of formula, the answer is probably going to be instructions on how to get into the pipeline for help from the mission.

Is TikTok lady going to call that a yes?

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@ErickaSimone@mastodon.social avatar ErickaSimone , to random

I guess it needs to be said out loud, so as usual, I’m going to say the thing.

It is NOT hard to run/maintain a well moderated* social media site, whatever the format might be. I’ve ran discords, sites, and major message boards with no issue.

Anyone saying “moderation is hard” is being emotionally lazy, and in all honesty, you just don’t want to do the uncomfortable work of telling friends to stop being racist. You’re also refusing accountability for what happens in spaces you create and own.

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@hko @ErickaSimone "shutting off new membership", a highly underrated moderation tool.

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@hko @ErickaSimone there's no such thing as moderating the fediverse as a whole.

That's like complaining that nobody has created global laws for the Earth.

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@ErickaSimone @hko how is that limited thinking?

@ellie@hachyderm.io avatar ellie , to random

just got hella mansplained to at a motorcycle store

pissed me off more than usual for some reason

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@ellie did dudebro not see what you rode in on?!?

@ellie@hachyderm.io avatar ellie , to random

I made up with KTM 🥰

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@ellie woah when did KTM make a Speed Triple?!?

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@ellie that thing is gorgeous! And definitely in the style of a Triumph S3. Engine, wheels, suspension, and not much else.

Does it like to show its belly as much as the Triumph? That was hands-down the silliest bike I ever owned. It could lift its front wheel in slow traffic.

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@ellie track day when?

@iFixit@mastodon.social avatar iFixit , to random

The is in the @lumafield CT scanner 👀

A CT scanner labeled “Scanly Tucci” shows a live scan of an iPhone Air on its display, revealing the phone’s internal components in X-ray detail. A red light on the machine indicates the scan is active.
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@iFixit @lumafield best hardware name or bestest hardware name?

@xgranade@wandering.shop avatar xgranade , to random

If I'm going to critique quantum computing hype, let me also give a few tools to help deflate hype, too.

First and foremost, everything we know about QC tells us that you will always, as a matter of inherent necessity, need to use a classical computer to control, prepare, and measure a quantum computer. A "quantum program" is thus a special kind of conventional program that has the ability to send instructions to a quantum device, and that gets measurements back.

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@mcc @xgranade thanks, the phrase "quantum AI" just popped in my head and you just know that's going on somebody's marketing materials.

@lcamtuf@infosec.exchange avatar lcamtuf , to random

I think that Wikipedia is one of the best things that happened on the internet, but it isn't above criticism. Even if it's coming from your political enemies.

There are three issues at play. First, the Wikimedia Foundation. Their finances and activities are really hard to defend. They have too much money and they're spending it on sketchy stuff. The best argument for donating is that the excesses are OK if it keeps the server bills paid. But man...

The second issue is the Wikipedia editing culture. The editing standards work in >99% of all cases, but on some hot-button issues, the encyclopedia does have an editorial stance and weighs the sources to get the desired outcome. It's OK, but they need to own it. An editorial stance is not a crime.

The third issue is lone crackpots. In some niches, you have an editor with novel theories about UFOs, a beef with a minor celebrity, or a passion for Marxist apologetics. It sucks. The community could be doing better, but a big part of the problem is just that there aren't enough people watching and pushing back.

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@lcamtuf the first two points are directly contradicted by vocal long-time Wikipedia editors and contributors like @molly0xfff .

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar GottaLaff , to random

@SnowshadowII Do you like your instance? I'm thinking of switching.

I spend hours blocking on this one.

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@GottaLaff @SnowshadowII if you're looking for a very well-moderated instance, I'd suggest also looking at hachyderm.io. I imagine @mekkaokereke and @molly0xfff also deal with massive amounts of bots and other nonsense and can speak (publicly or privately) about their experiences with the mods on Hachyderm.

@hannu_ikonen@zeroes.ca avatar hannu_ikonen , to random

Yeah.

A scolding.

I can't imagine why someone is fighting social violence with violence.

Two headlines: UHC CEO Says they'll continue Brian Thompson's legacy. aka nothing will change. Congress *gasp* scolded the CEO!
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@hannu_ikonen sustaining what? WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SUSTAIN ANDREW?!?

@anubiarts@mastodon.social avatar anubiarts , to random

brewing

A Pixel Art featuring Misty, preparing some potions inside a cauldron. They're mixing the things inside it, with the path that the spoon took being marked on it. The contents inside the cauldron are so bright that light is popping out from it, illuminating Misty to some extent. Misty is brewing things from on top of some stairs, since the cauldron is so big they wouldn't have been able to reach it otherwise. There's also a cardboard of a black cat. At the bottom, there's a caption that reads "Did you prepare your potions yet?"... Well, you did? Palette used is Cartoon-Candy.
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@anubiarts I love this so much! I play Elite: Dangerous and there's an in-game ad that shows in the space stations reminding you to buy limpets (basically a space equivalent of potions). This reminds me so much of that.

❤️ ❤️ ❤️

@dave@alvarado.social avatar dave , to random

tl;dr: don't take your ADHD meds with juice, or at the same time as your vitamins.

I know I have some ADHD and various other neurospicy folks that follow me. This was news to me, if it's news to you too I hope it helps in some way.

https://plush.city/@PsyChuan/112989142607754694