RE: https://nondeterministic.computer/@mjg59/116424732252818630
*stares in like hundreds of different computing subcultures*
Look, coders, we are not writers. There's no way to turn "increment this variable" into life changing prose. The creativity exists outside the code. It always has done and it always will do. Let it go.
RE: https://nondeterministic.computer/@mjg59/116424732252818630
*stares in like hundreds of different computing subcultures*
Look, coders, we are not writers. There's no way to turn "increment this variable" into life changing prose. The creativity exists outside the code. It always has done and it always will do. Let it go.
Update. " #ThomsonReuters Shareholders Demand Investigation into #ICE Contracts."
https://www.404media.co/thomson-reuters-shareholders-demand-investigation-into-ice-contracts/
Thank you, shareholders. Please also demand the reinstatement of whistleblower Billie Long, and no reprisals for the other employees who expressed the same concerns that you are expressing now.
ey're really getting the fuck in there too
Corporate management is chronically •terrible• at measuring (or even noticing, maybe that’s the same thing) costs like this: irritated customers, burnt out employees, a diffuse but deep and persistent emotional shift, ultimately a creeping disengagement with an entire company and maybe its underlying business premise.
The MBA mania for cost-cutting as a panacea intersects poorly with this inability to •recognize• cost. “Cost-cutting” becomes “replacing costs you can see with larger costs you can’t.” https://mastodon.green/@CiaraNi/116432233093667120
trois gonz dont personne ne veut s’allient pour que personne ne veuille encore plus d’eux
@nileane
d'un autre côté s'ils se mettent en pack tous seuls on ira plus vite, c'est sympa de leur part
We do often learn about history of technology as being about guns, steel, hardware and hard objects. I have always felt like understanding technology is as much about soft objects: fabrics, home goods, cooking ingredients. Data decisions and software :)
@grimalkina I've done a couple of threads on this.
https://social.v.st/@quixoticgeek/111581329773704872
And
Let's talk about technology.
For many of us, talk of #technology and people immediately jump to computers & electronics. That's technology. Everything else is. Well not.
As a society and culture, it's like we've forgotten that all other technological advancements that came before.
At it's core. Technology is about energy amplification. Taking an input of energy from the human, and magnifying it to get more energy out than went in.
That's all technology is.
Let's talk about this item.
1/n
We have an utterly fucked up idea of what counts as technology. Something that projects many of our biases including gender, and race.
To many these days it's only technology if it's electronic, and used by western men. But to take such a narrow definition is to ignore the amazing technology that surrounds us, and upon which our society is built. As such. It's time for a thread. I'm gonna talk about two different items you use every day, and the technology that goes into them.
1/n
Walmart is implementing digital price tags across all their stores by the end of the year.
We’re entering an era when the price you pay is not correlated to the cost of a product to stores, but “optimized” for the maximum amount you can personally afford.
Surveillance capitalism is what will actually create the “permanent underclass” some people are so worried about, and you’ll be affected more than you think.
@slightlyoff As no-one else seemed to have bothered, I opened https://github.com/FujitsuResearch/FieldWorkArena/issues/1
AYFKM?
You had one job!
I'm pretty sure that there are lots of hard things about making a newspaper, but honestly, making sure the clue numbers and the square numbers are all lined up nice and tidy can't possibly be one of them.
Grumble grumble.
I'll stow my frustration -- it's a small thing! -- but come on, man. There can't be that many of us still paying your delivery guys for the paper. Keep us happy.
5/5
And now, having finished the crossword on-line:
Shame they messed it up because it's actually a pretty fun, and very well-constructed, puzzle.
6/5
Rack Cage Generator Gets Your Gear Mounted
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/19/rack-cage-generator-gets-your-gear-mounted/
Comer carne de burro en vivo para trolear los kukas, Argentina es realismo mágico.
@stefan Note that libraries aren't free everywhere. In NL they're only free for under 27. I (much over 27) pay 5 euros a month for unlimited access. Still cheap, though.
@irina Definitely worth it!
…I’ll give it one more day to see a difference. Not because I expect to see a difference, but because I don’t have the time or brain space today to move my email away to somewhere I have in mind that promises to be better :/
…Well, for various reasons I didn’t get round to moving my email again.
And now there are tentative signs that Tuta is *finally* beginning to catch and filter some spam. It’s been a month of being utterly useless at it.
Let’s see for a little while longer
This poor starving kitty waited 90 minutes for the automatic kibble feeder to hit “jackpot” at 9am local time. She gets gooshy food at 6am, btw.
Reminder that it is illegal to not pay attention to a puppy
Promoted by the puppy
Ich möchte mich gerne irren, aber ich glaube, es gibt auf dem riesigen Sportareal St. Jakob in #Basel keinen einzigen öffentlich zugänglichen AED/Defibrillator. Ein Leichtathletikstadion, ein Eishockeystadion, unzählige Fußballfelder, auf denen Jugendturniere stattfinden...
Klar, vermutlich gibt es interne, d.h. weggeschlossene.
[Hab das heute einfach mal recherchiert beim Zuschauen]
The UK's love affair with Big Tech is toxic.
A small number of companies have captured the market for the UK’s critical infrastructure from the NHS to defence.
From this position, they’ve influenced policies that entrench the UK’s dependency.
It's time to course correct with Digital Sovereignty.
Read more ⬇️
https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/15/uk_big_tech_dependence/
#DigitalSovereignty #bigtech #tech #opensource #ukpolitics #ukpol
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