Captain Red Beard @zethra@fosstodon.org

The EARN IT Act is aiming at destroying encryption. We must take action now: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/earn-it-barr-encryption

My local florists have gone around to our public parks and decorated them with fresh flowers that they had prepared for now-cancelled events

The reckless, infinite scope of web browsers

https://drewdevault.com/2020/03/18/Reckless-limitless-scope.html

That migration was a nightmare. Finally resolved all issues after 5 hours.. for a 30 minute maintenance window.

This is a good headline

Far-Right Extremists Chased Through London by Women Dressed as Badgers https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bnp-edl-hate-fascist-badgers-473597

0% of polling locations reporting

https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1224206741602062336

It would be nice if we could rotate out the old guard of free software oligarchs and replace them with a system based on broader consensus among equal peers

the web sucks

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2527153/opinion-the-unspoken-truth-about-managing-geeks.html

A stated design goal of builds.sr.ht is to never make you push weird commits just for the sake of the CI. That means using `git push -o skip-ci` instead of putting `[skip ci]` in your commit message, or letting you paste build manifests into the website to test them instead of pushing a bunch of test commits to see if your CI config works.

(Repeating comment from a thread with a locked participant)

git push -o skip-ci

^ now supported on git.sr.ht

You can specify any other push options and they'll be forwarded to any webhooks you have configured, where you can use them for arbitrary behaviors

What's cooking on Sourcehut? February 2020

https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-02-15-whats-cooking-february-2020/

An "advent calendar" with new speedpaintings is in progress. :) ❄️ ☃️ #art #mastoart #krita

I hear the "you shouldn't have to learn how your engine works just to drive a car" argument often used to counter my insistence on learning git's internals to understand its externals.

My response: git is a tool for professionals. Racecar drivers should definitely understand how engines work. Amateur users of version control systems are using the undo and redo buttons in a Google Document. Git is a professional tool and if you're a professional then you have a professional obligation to learn your tools properly.

New code golf genre: speed coding

Who can implement a given program in the least amount of time under bizzare constraints

For my next trick, I'll be writing a C compiler in Powershell

Will you refuse to install an application because of the programming language it was written with?

- Yes
- Conditionally (Yes, but only if there is no binary available and I have to install the language's build tools)
- No
- Other conditions: please specify

Boosts appreciated, because I find the "boosts appreciated" trick working for other people and I figured I'd try once

@fakefred i'd also consider performance as a condition there - i have nothing against running any language but when your framework is resource hungry as hell (this is 100% an electron and somewhat a php and java subtoot) it makes me want to not