dan soucy @danso@fosstodon.org
#math #music #ethics #politics #economics #freeculture
opinions expressed are my own.
i have a blog! https://danso.ca/blog/
Joined Oct 2020
<fbernier> ugh I'm thinking about file descriptors again
<fbernier> please fadvise
dan soucy
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when I see marketing bullshit like this, I click NO out of pure spite. everyone is trying to get your data these days by offering a few bucks off... it's not worth it imo. Gather the data saying I'm a grumpy person who says no to everything you offer me
dan soucy
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My blog post on what makes #fosstodon the best mastodon instance.
https://lottalinuxlinks.com/fosstodon/
Replies to this toot will be in the comment section of my blog.
apparently somebody got stuck in vi while trying to make a git commit:
* [new branch] wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwqqqqqqqqqqqqq -> origin/wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwqqqqqqqqqqqqq
dan soucy
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google, foss
This move on Google's part is just highlighting a situation that has existed for years already: you might use Chromium as a way of avoiding proprietary software, but if you use Chromium with features like synchronization, that objective has not been met. Getting its full functionality requires accepting layers of proprietary code on top of it.
canada politics
The Carbon Tax is controversial because fighting climate change has become a polarized topic. Outright denying climate change is almost political suicide for most politicians, so they do the next best thing and criticize any policy made to do anything about it.
The Carbon Tax is controversial because it is more socially acceptable for people to say a solution won’t work than just admit they don’t care about the problem enough to do anything about it.
https://vipfinance.ca/what-is-the-carbon-tax-and-how-does-it-work/
dan soucy
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I made an image for someone using the GNU Image Manipulation Program and now I have to tell them the name of the program I used, and I seriously don't want to. Even if the creators of this program want to be stubborn about their awful name because they insist on being "politically incorrect" or some shit, doesn't the fact that people are ashamed to recommend the program matter to them? (I know about Glimpse but I haven't tested it on Windows so I can't really recommend it either)
letter to representatives
well-written expression of disapproval regarding covid response:
dan soucy
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The Linux userbase is very divided between Ubuntu, it's Debian friends, and it's Arch enemies.
dan soucy
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Etiquette
Before jumping into someone else's mentions:
✅ Am I being contrarian?
✅ Do I already have a relationship with this person, or am I being inappropriately familiar?
✅ Am I "ironically" doing exactly what this person just said not to do?
✅ Am I derailing another legitimate discussion in order to get on my own favourite hobby-horse or to one-up this person in my knowledge of social issues?
✅ Am I saying "Are you surprised?" when they're disappointed?
✅ Am I providing unsolicited advice?
incredible short film: The Cat Piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj4RBmU-PIo
dan soucy
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@badtuple i have not decided whether i'm seriously going to start doing it! it's cute and playful, but i would definitely be stunned if i saw this in actual code for the first time.
walk through a python list backward with bitwise negation:
>>> L = ["first", "second", "third", "second-last", "last"]
>>> L[0]
'first'
>>> L[~0]
'last'
>>> L[~1]
'second-last'
>>> L[~2]
'third'
dan soucy
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#math #music #ethics #politics #economics #freeculture
opinions expressed are my own.
i have a blog! https://danso.ca/blog/
Joined Oct 2020
