Noam Preil @pixelherodev@fosstodon.org

Quick reminder that awk is cool and useful and easy to learn and you won't regret spending 20 minutes adding it to your toolbox

https://ferd.ca/awk-in-20-minutes.html

#FuckTheRIAA

Another article by this fellow which is always worth a re-read: https://tonsky.me/blog/disenchantment/

https://www.socialcooling.com/

sr.ht project hub now has tags, thanks to ha6's latest patch

Microsoft is about to shut off its ebook DRM servers: "The books will stop working" https://boingboing.net/2019/06/28/jun-17-2004.html

With the US mulling the decision to ban #tiktok, we should also consider banning #instagram and #facebook because they essentially do the same thing: piss all over your privacy while allowing you to be "connected" to people that atrophy helped you get rid of long ago.

Oh, wait, American companies that spy on people are okay and acceptable. It is different when the Chinese do it.

The code I’m still ashamed of

https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/the-code-im-still-ashamed-of-e4c021dff55e/

Required reading

Day 73 of the #100DaysToOffload Series:

Courts in this case have made a frankly stupid decision. My response.

https://mikestone.me/mycroft-and-the-first-amendment

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We should make a "instantly destroy the world" button, and give it to the most miserable human being alive.

This might incentivize us to stop making miserable fucking people, eh?

I wouldn't be such a pessimist if the world wasn't such shit

If the fileformat your app saves in isn't an open standard that is documented you should be ashamed of yourself

"$X benefits me, but it hurts other people"

THEN DON'T
FUCKING
DO
$X

@piggo @karen apple patented slide to unlock but I found a precedent.

You shouldn't be able to just add "on a computer" to create a new patent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HipTO_7mUOw