dwagenk @dwagenk@fosstodon.org

I've been digging more into #rust this weekend, and I'm having these constant moments of unadulterated joy: "You mean it just WORKS?! Like that?!"

Combing a strong type system with a low-ish compiled language with great tooling, I can easily see this replacing Python for making loads of little command line utils for me.

TL:DR

Set goals that are active, time constraint and reachable and best start with "I want to"

Don't set goals that are passive, start with "I must", are unreachable or don't have any time constraint.

Question. How do you encrypt passwords in a GDPR/DSGVO compliant way, but give it in clear text to the cops when they want it? Asking for a German friend.

https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Kampf-gegen-Hass-Bundesregierung-stimmt-fuer-Pflicht-zur-Passwortherausgabe-4663947.html

And how do you give the IP addresses and user names to the cops (they don't need a court order!) while being GDPR conform?

Warum wir in Deutschland nur noch niederländische Verkehrsingenieure einstellen sollten, damit uns nicht andauernd die Radfahrer platt gemacht werden:
https://blog.koehntopp.info/2020/02/19/how-to-build-a-cycling-environment.html

Es gibt ein rassistisches Bekennerschreiben und ich muss noch immer irgendwo am Ende des Nachrichtentext nach dieser Info suchen. Kein Wort darüber in Titel oder am Anfang des Textes. Ich bin echt wütend, können wir verdammt noch mal das ganze beim Namen nennen?! Deutschland hat ein massives Problem mit Rechtsterrorismus!

Nie wieder!

Ich habe Angst. Nicht weil ein einzelner Rechtsextremist Menschen brutal ermordet hat. Sondern weil es mir Sorgen macht, wie diese Gesellschaft auf solche Anschläge reagiert. Rechter Terror ist als solcher klar zu benennen. Und mit Faschisten redet man nicht. Punkt. #Hanau

Are you a #rust developer?
are you working on a #FLOSS project in Rust?

Even if not, please ​ my informal mini survey far and wide!

Are you…

Das Kind (2.5y) darf in vim Buchstaben tippen. Die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass es versehentlich rauskommt, sind ja eher gering.

Hey remember when those people got fired from kickstarter for union organizing?

Two months later, they reach a "neutrality agreement" - no more pressure against unionizing if the unionizers stop going to the press.

And then?

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/kickstarter-workers-vote-form-first-union-tech-industry-n1138006

Kickstarter's employees unionize.

Fuck yeah.

*boots random pc in the flat*
holy shit, why do i have a server with 32gb ram and 16tb raid5 storage just standing around o.o

Friendly reminder that cops don't protect you or public order, they protect one thing only which is the state - and that unreflected at any cost. And in return the state will protect their actions as good as possible. Separations of powers is only theory.

Cops are never your friends, no matter what they tell you. You can only happen to be privileged enough not to be one of their targets.

This is a systematic issue and the only solution is to abolish police altogether.

@nhr @alexbuzzbee nobody asked me but I think if the point of leaving old code is to see what it's supposed to be doing then it seems tests would answer that question.

I would delete the old code and just leave a comment with the commit where the code was most evocative if that really helps someone.

Write code to be clear and correct first. If you need to optimize, you can do that later. When you do, maybe keep the original code around in comments, so you can see what's supposed to be happening.

Congratulations! You've reached the end of the Internet. You may now shut off your computer.

IKEA shark tank has the most inhumane conditions. #awful #ikea #sharks

😂

Recently on Twitter, some tech people openly shared how much they make.

It's good, but only rich workers are sharing. It doesn't help to feel good nor reflect anything about life quality, happiness, perspectives…

Let's try to make it more useful.

🏫 self-taught
🏷 front-end web developer

🌎 Brussels (Belgium)
⏳ 4 years
⏱️ 30 h./week
🎉 unhappy (noise, solo dev, uninteresting projects)

🤝 freelance
💸 25k € (44k inc. taxes)
🍨 no perks

📉 0 € savings/month
🔭 no perspective

👀 open to next gig