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@gedeonm@mastodon.social "I care, but not enough to say anything" is quite the statement to make.
Funnily enough I turned down a good paying job years ago at a marketing company that developed things for tobacco companies.
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mastodon 4.8.0-alpha.3+glitchChristian, Dad, Husband, Software Engineer based in Richmond Hill, Georgia, USA.
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@dramypsyd@ohai.social
COVID conscious lesbian bar in western Massachusetts
Even the sound of it makes nazis freaking lose it
If you worry about your health you probably should choose it
COVID conscious lesbian bar in western Massachusetts
Before my recent trip to Austin for work, I set up #pihole and WireGuard for a #VPN on a #Raspberrypi 3 I had sitting around. So I was able to connect to my #Jellyfin server and stream some shows from my hotel. (I unplugged the HDMI cable on their STB and pulled it into my laptop). Also, was able to use a VPN with pi-hole on my phone while I was out and about.
Friends, it's one of the simplest and most impactful things I've done with my #homelab so far. Also gave me access to my music.
Highly recommend it. The rP3 handled it all with no issues at all
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@dramypsyd@ohai.social Oh wait, you're a psychologist? Way to ensure a steady stream of clients there, doc 😂
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@veronica@explains.social I switched to it for Debian after their AI decision.
But also using KDE and am watching their current kerfuffle and getting concerned
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@blogdiva@mastodon.social I agree with what you're saying here.
I would push back a bit on "devs are the last people" to be involved in ethics discussions.
I 100% get what you're saying, and I think I get why. But, as a long time professional coder, knowing and understanding ethics is EXTREMELY important for us.
Of course it's also extremely lacking. Which means... well maybe I don't really want to push back that much lol
One problem is, "Does it make money" is the only question a lot of folks consider.
Anyway... I thought I was going to disagree a bit but now I don't think I am. And it makes me a bit sad, honestly, that I can't disagree.
Maybe I'm a weird mix. I'm older than most of my coworkers (just turned 50) and I've been writing code since the 80s. I'm also an ordained minister, and that may make me more concerned about ethics than some.
But also, I think the lack of political education, and honestly basic empathy, is a plague in my industry
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@futurebird@sauropods.win It really aggravates me when this happens with software I use for work.
Jira LOVES to move things around. But it's not a toy, it's a tool I have to use for my job. It's like if someone came into someone's workshop and just moved all the tools around.
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@blogdiva@mastodon.social not just that. 1 Samuel 21, David is on the run from Saul and he and his men are hungry. The priest gave them consecrated bread because that was all he had.
No matter what you think, if all you have is “gay food” 🙄 you use it to feed the hungry.
Still no 100% clear option for me to avoid #AI with #Debian's decision.
I had read that @gentoo@fosstodon.org had an anit-AI stance. But I just read the entire thing: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Council/AI_policy
It's the first OS statement I've read that specifically mentions the ethical issues. That makes me happy.
No idea what will happen with the linux kernel in #Gentoo, but for the moment it seems like a legit option.
Time will tell
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@blogdiva@mastodon.social over long viewed that passage as saying the forms of religion shouldn’t get in the way of true religion. And I think they applies here.
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@austinkocher@mastodon.social kinda makes you wonder if it falls under immigration or customs? Or just private army?
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@nihilistnomya@aus.social I really don’t understand people.
I see a number of similar hateful comments on local items here (I’m in South Georgia, USA) and it baffles me. Also the number here that look to be from people not in my area. Like, who searches out places to just post crap like that?
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@blogdiva@mastodon.social @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io this takes me back to discussions about history in college. How all history is biased for exactly this reason: you curate what you include and don’t include. It’s about curation of information.
Even with the best of intentions - meaning, trying to be truthful, not push “an agenda” - you still won’t ever tell the whole story
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@nihilistnomya@aus.social that people feel comfortable saying such things publicly is shameful
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Results aren’t as bad as in thought. Still not great but I didn’t better than I feared
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#cluesbysam
Silly errors from not paying attention
https://cluesbysam.com/
Mental health update - positive
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This is the type of code I enjoy writing, BTW. I wanted to download my audiobooks, so I was able to script it. Now I plan to set it up on my Audiobookshelf instance to automatically update with my purchases.
World changing? Nope. Useful? Yep.
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@nihilistnomya@aus.social just looked again. Basically no negative comment looks to have an actual profile picture.
Loudmouthed cowards, all of them.
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@realtegan@wandering.shop @cmconseils@mastodon.social Way to go, mom!
I had a drink full on dropped in my lap years ago. It was an accident, things happen. It sucked, but we also weren't traveling like y'all were, so much easier for me to deal with
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@thomasjwebb@mastodon.social @blogdiva@mastodon.social I agree with you. Diversity is needed.
You are 100% correct about blind spots.