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Something I realized the other day is that the concept of being "fluent" in a language applies to programming languages in the same way it does for natural language.

A native C-speaker who has to speak Rust when they aren't fluent in Rust will (subconsciously) think in C and translate to Rust.

they've never been good faith. it's always been a cynical weaponization of free speech to gain power in order to enact their dictatorial ends

the goal is freedom for them at the expense of their nonwhite, nonwealthy, nonconservative enemies.

Nazis Burned Trans Books To Usher In Fascism: Now Trump Does The Same Transgender people have often been a canary in the coalmines of Democracy.

1. Nearly a century ago, Nazis burned trans books to usher in fascism.

Now, Trump is doing the same, digitally burning all records of transgender people and striking the community from records.

This must be seen for what it is: a move towards atrocity.

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UBI saves a ton of public money, but its lack of cruelty sends certain people into a rage, so it’s hard to put into practice.

I kid you not, @itch.io has been taken down by Funko of "Funko Pop" because they use some trash "AI Powered" Brand Protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain

looks like ranked choice voting isn't passing here. though tbh i don't get why ranked choice is what keeps getting on ballots. it's unintuitive and ultimately just sparkling FPTP. meanwhile i can explain approval voting in one line: vote for as many candidates as you want, most votes wins

if a coworker petitions to ban you from the bathroom then you get to pee in their office instead

the best websites are like, <name-of-specific-computer>.{physics|math|ee|cs}.<some-university>.edu/~<initials-of-guy>/stuff/html-page-with-no-css.htm

the problem w education in america is that non educators are controlling educators

the problem w healthcare in america is that judges are controlling doctors

all these incremental "your expertise no longer matters" decisions are fucking killing us

When the children start dying, remember the names of the writers who held the pens.

7-Zip RCE Vulnerability Let Attackers Execute Remote Code A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in the popular file archiving tool 7-Zip, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely.

Update your 7zip if you haven't in a while. Remote code execution vulnerability was announced. Fixed in 24.07 and above which was released this past summer.

gbhackers.com/7-zip-vulner...

If you needed even MORE of a reason to switch to Bluesky, China is "troubled" by the fact that they've invested so much time on Twitter buying ads, bots, and influencers... only to see the people they're seeking to manipulate (us) flee the site.
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...

Accounts need to show "Blocked by Jane, Robert, and 13 others you follow" in their bio

Tons of credit for being basically the only organization to say “No, absolutely not.” to these monsters

wuh

I really think that the NY Times has escaped accusations of click bait because it's cloaked in respectability and it should get hammered for it more.

It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible The task of reporting is not a simple one. Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention, knowing that o...

It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible

Hello world (again)! Let's hope this sticks as a feed for my professional stuff. Personal stuff will be back soon elsewhere - spoons pending. <3

Screenshot of PayPal's Terms of Service update, outlining their "personalized shopping" feature where they allow themselves the right to give info about you to other companies

PayPal is updating their ToS to let themselves give your data to merchants starting in November and they're certainly banking on people not knowing to opt out, SO to opt out before they start:

go to Settings > Data & Privacy > Manage shared info > Personalized shopping, and toggle that shit off

An image of Google Translate saying "No details found for homosexual gay sex. Highlight other text to look up details, or open in Search."

The offer to "look up details" was a lie.

Google Translate image saying "homosexual gay sex" on both sides. The left side says "English - Detected". The right shows it being translated to English.

I see, I see. Today I learned.

wait what

translate what

4 panel meme format 1st panel: an image of Skibidi Toilet which shows a source film maker 3d model of a distorted man's face emerging from a somewhat dirty toilet in a humorous manner 2nd panel: soy crying wojak above all caps text that reads "NOOO HOW CAN KIDS LIKE THIS NOOO THIS GENERATION IS RUINED IT'S SO DUMB HOW CAN YOU FIND THIS FUNNY" 3rd panel: also skibidi toilet 4th panel: gigachad (me) above text that reads "haha that's quite humorous. glad the kids are having fun"

since so many twitter refugees have joined in the last few days it’s going to be hard to find all the homies, i want this place to thrive and grow so we can eventually leave twitter so please use this post as a hub to leave a reply to help find the homies and friends or make new ones

Hello fellow transes and pans and other queers 🤗 here's hoping bsky becomes incredibly queer and generally pleasant

late, but heeeeeeell yeah, now do it again