Dolly Parton was a talented actor and entertainer and a wonderful musician. I enjoyed her songs so much.

Today, though, I’m thinking most about what a tremendous human being she was. She built herself a global platform and used it to advocate for those who needed recognition and support. Her philanthropy was importance but her courage and compassion in speaking up were a gift to us all.

A worthy role model.

All free software maintainers will be randomly assigned a local user. You must go to their house and watch them install your rust crate, python wheel, flatpak and you must watch them use it all the way through.

If they like it you will be given a cup of tea.

Library maintainers will be assigned a nearby junior developer and script writers will be assigned a fresh faced junior admin.

I don't make the rules, this is just the law now.

#foss #oss #code #design #ux

did you know that Fibonacci numbers (where each number is the sum of the previous two) can convert miles to kilometres?

1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, ...

pick any number in the sequence as your miles, and the next number in the sequence approximates the number of kilometres

this works because the ratio of consecutive Fibonacci numbers converges to 1.6180334 (the golden ratio φ), while the number of kilometres in a mile is 1.609344

to see how close this is, consider the approximation compared to the actual kilometres

miles km actual km

1 2 1.61
2 3 3.22
3 5 4.83
5 8 8.05
8 13 12.87
13 21 20.92
21 34 33.79
34 55 54.71
55 89 88.50
89 144 143.20

#math

RE: https://mas.to/@Barbramon1/117158472104599868

Paging @catsalad !!!!

@nileane Yeah I think I’ll just cave and spend the $69 USD on a Nomad 😭 — I had a 13 Pro Nomad for a few years and it was great.

This just in: a downy woodpecker pecking the sunflower seeds right outside of the kitchen window!

I had to drop everything to take a photo & videos!!

#birdcallout #woodpecker

RE: https://tv.stefanhayden.com/show/2071

It deserves the reputation. Best I've ever seen.

#tv #anime

TIL: 'transfer.it'.

some kinda ... paypal like thing run by mega.nz to do.. like bitcoin paypal ops?

i guess its being used to spew spam all over the place? and the emails are 100% legit - some attacker is abusing transfer.it's infra to send btc related 'oh no some billed you! click here to fall into this super fuckin obvious bullshit trap'

never heard of the shit before, but just fyi, in case you know anbyody that uses it

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood: Watched s1e64

Aside from Motoko's assets, the show's most relatable aspect is how it portrays a future at half start, very reminiscent of how things look down here in the Global South.

Japan doesn't seem that far away from a regular Latam vassal state with better toys.

#cyberpunk #geopol #anime #latam

become ungovernable

Can't help but feeling vindicated: https://youtu.be/5fXAELrljqs?t=567

@vadhakara @happyborg it's a crypto bro lol

@davidgerard STATE FARM'S BASILISK

In the West, people seem to only understand death as tragedy but in Nigeria where my parents are from, when people die of old age, after living a full and prosperous life, we celebrate them. Dolly’s death feels fully resolved to me. She got her flowers while she was still alive. She knew what she meant to the entire world. If you never listened to the Dolly Parton’s America podcast, you should. RIP to an icon. Her songwriting, her humor, her non-judgmental presence. What an angel. 🦋

@jalefkowit oh we're upset here too

Nessa época, meu tuíte saiu na Revista Fórum 😉

https://revistaforum.com.br/brasil/cunhanacadeia-esta-entre-os-assuntos-mais-comentados-nas-redes-socias/

free-to-play as in beer-to-play and free-to-play as in speech-to-play

HELP!

https://meet.jitsi/aarrgh

#officehours #emergency

I uh, don't like country music. I am sorry the nice lady died. That's pretty much all I have to add here.