blackstampede @ blackstampede @sh.itjust.works

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I'm anti abortion once the fetus is viable. Prior to that point, a woman is refusing to let someone else use her body to survive, and while there are personal moral questions there, I think she should have the right to make that call. After that point, she's attempting to kill someone else to avoid the suffering that a birth would entail.

I still support her right to rid herself of an unwelcome guest, I just don't support abortion as the method.

I'm aware that late term abortions are so vanishingly rare that this is a pointless hair-splitting exercise, but I like to have a consistent moral system as much as I can, whether it's currently relevant or not, and I thought someone might appreciate my .02.

I switch between Jerboa and Boost depending on which one is throwing errors today.

Ah, didn't see that one. My bad.

Get on FetLife and find a local lgbtq-friendly bdsm group. In my experience, the venn diagram of lesbian/bisexuals into bdsm and the occult community in any given area is just a circle. Bring baked goods to the munches and ask about local covens. Once you've established yourself as not a creep, it shouldn't be that hard to put the word out about the grimoires.

I've done about half of this, but I'm not into witchcraft.

Sweet, we need more non-English programming languages. I'm surprised that existing programming languages haven't been translated yet.

Build a flywheel with a bunch of places to stand positioned around the wheel, teleport to the higher platforms as the wheel turns.

Family is very religious and conservative, I'm very atheist and liberal. Got kicked out three times or so, one fight that almost got me charged with domestic assault after they harassed my wife and kid.

It's made me more careful of people in general, because I've realized that it's not just them- most people have things they believe wrapped up in their sense of self, and criticizing or questioning those things will be interpreted as an attack. I've gotten very good at identifying those beliefs and easing the conversation over them lightly without digging into my own opinions on the subject, then moving on to other topics. It's uncomfortable, but luckily I have a partner who has almost no beliefs like that, and who will bluntly and cheerfully argue about basically anything lol

Unless 500 years in the future travel has been so easy for so long that all cultures have merged into one. Then you'll be the only foreigner.

I'm just very tired

Went to a doctor for a twisted ankle, who told me that my feet had exaggerated arches. When asked what that meant (as in- medically, what problems could that cause) he laughed and replied that it meant I had "ugly fucking feet".

All Things Distributed

Rust, hands down.

I agree. I'm adding on to the parent comment to provide an example of a real situation in which people who could generally make ends meet while doing very little work are instead producing the bulk of our new technologies, discoveries, and (as you mention) optimizations.

It's worth pointing out that the vast majority of innovation comes from students, researchers, and people working in tech, who, alongside their generally higher education, also aren't working 9-5, on-site jobs.

I didn't say that it was my primary skill, I mentioned it as a factor. If you have some bias against a worker learning how to communicate clearly and present themselves well to stand out in an interview and get a higher paying job, then you're an idiot.

Honestly, I don't think it's just money. It's a baseline of support that means you never have to worry about your kids eating or having new clothes, coupled with a vast social network. That network is made up of friends, coworkers, people who went to the same school as you, your parents friends and coworkers, your extended family, and just random-ass acquaintances who go to the same fucking gelato place as you.

I'm a good software developer- I interview well, have broad experience, and pick things up quickly. I've repeatedly leveraged my contacts from school, their contacts, and even people I've dated in the same industry - to get jobs and opportunities that my family couldn't provide because they're desperately poor. It's absurd how many opportunities I've gotten that way. I've seen equally talented developers grind along in shit jobs because when they look for work they do it by applying to hundreds of openings on indeed or wherever instead of hitting up all of their current and past acquaintances and asking if anyone is looking.

Now draw the same comparison, but between someone who has a network of contacts that are wealthy, and me. That's why these people can do what they do. They might be smart, they might work hard, but at the end of the day, they've got access we don't.

(Edit to add conclusion)

What obsession?

Seems like there's a need for someone to create tools that strip the latest windows release down to a minimal install, convert all of the smart features back into db menus, standardize the locations of options, and give you opt-in features instead of opt-out.

I've come to the conclusion that lots of things can be described as a "choice". Working in a sweatshop is a choice. Who you fuck is a choice. Being poor is a choice. But choices are, to one degree or another, informed by your environment. Sometimes just a little, sometimes to the point where the word "choice" implies more freedom of action than a person actually has.

Being an asshole, for example, would be much closer to the un-coerced end of that spectrum than being homeless.