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it's weird that it happened twice

Everyone who dabbles in programming eventually learns :q. Not everyone learns :wq.

Back when the Internet was still just a tiny little baby I met a girl online that was extremely cool and legit attractive (no catfish I swear). She lived in Houston, still does actually, I still stalk her sometimes -- and I seriously came pretty close to moving down there to be with her for real, but it just kinda faded away before I got around to taking action.

I know it's dumb but I honestly believe in alternate universes that split off when certain decisions are made, and I believe there's a universe where I moved down there and had a whole bunch of little Texan children with her. They would have dark hair like her and big eyes like her and pointy noses like me, and they would play in the playground across the street while she and I sat on the front porch and drank domestic beer with some underground record on the turntable, cranked up loud so we could hear it through the open windows.

However, this is the first I've heard that it's humid in Houston. I thought it was like Arizona but with more Cadillacs and cowboy hats. That alternate universe in which I married [name redacted] just went from being mystic and idyllic to being horrific. And I know you didn't mean to do that. I know sometimes we hurt people by accident. But you destroyed something beautiful today, and I thought you should know.

When you say "most of the US" do you mean the Midwest? Because that's mostly true. Prairie is kinda garbage imo. (I'm sure it's all very ecologically necessary, I'm just talking about whether it's nice to be in.)

But outside of the Midwest, the US has a shit ton of forests, some hardcore deserts, a couple of mountain ranges here and there... Even Florida swampland is pretty cool if you're not considered edible to gators. There's definitely some featureless bullshit but usually we put a top secret military base in those bits that have aliens and zombie virus labs etc, so there's even stuff to do there

I've never actually been to Texas, but I've always wondered what it looks like in those big empty spots on the map. I assume it's just big parking lots.

I'm not sure it was ever accurate for people who weren't already conservative.

It makes a lot more sense that, as you get older, you stop growing and learning, so as society progresses, your formerly progressive views become commonplace and eventually anachronistic.

(That's 100% what happened to my mother, who was a hippie, literally flowers in her hair, and now "just doesn't really get the whole trans thing")

And, if a person was progressive, but had some secret conservative or regressive values, those values come into sharper relief when their other views become commonplace -- and, as you get older, you're less interested in hiding your flaws and/or shameful values, so they come out more.

(That's what happened with my dad, he was in folk music groups in the 70s and then became a doctor and didn't like the idea of poor people getting some of his money (even though it was those same programs that kept his mother afloat after his father didn't come back from Korea).)

It's not a coincidence, it's systemic sexism. If you use sexism as your guiding principle when if comes to generated nouns, in almost every language that has them, you'll be right most of the time.

That's true, you can't really miss what's happening with a dark mode switch -- it's not like it's a "charge me $50 extra for insurance on my shredded wheat" button.

The theme selector tho -- while rare -- IDK, that doesn't have have text -- it probably should, for the same if a11y, but you can indicate the theme with an image; the one I made for a project recently uses the image itself on the button.

The case that undermines your point is icon toggles, since they don't need a label, but a checkbox does. For example, dark mode icon buttons: They usually show sun or moon icons, which hits OP's point: if your in dark mode, and the button shows a moon, that would make sense -- except the button doesn't put you into dark mode, at that point it puts you into light mode, so, shouldn't it show the sun?

I've been loving Source Hut, but they're not ready to handle GitHub-level usage

Great post but I just wasn't able to let this go:

publicated

Published

Microsoft is going to continue to increase their monetization of GitHub. It's going to get worse, not better.

I'm not sure I understand the problem. Is the problem that they're not using matrix? Or do you prefer that it was still all on IRC? I don't hate IRC but it's definitely way less user friendly.

I used to take my kids out to McDonald's for a quick bite - it was easy, food-allergy safe, and cheap -- but now it's the same price as the local burger place so fuck mcd

In high school (~1995) I used to work in light construction/carpentry, and I was ravenous on a normal day, so work days I would eat huge amounts - on payday I would go to McDonald's and order a Big Mac meal and a happy meal -- both for me. (It probably would've been more cost effective to buy two adult meals, but the first time I did it the cute girl at the register said something about how I seemed like a nice dad ... I should've just asked her out, rather than keeping up a bizarre charade for no reason -- I was tan and fit from working outside all the time, I should've had more confidence, but I was also undiagnosed autistic too, so, well, that kind of explains that.)

Anyway, the Big Mac meal was $2.99 united states dollerydoos, and I was making $7/hr. The price doubled in the 10 years between us... but wages stayed about the same.

You're not wrong but I don't love the implication that people who use wheelchairs aren't healthy

Adding to your point: the freedom to petition the government for the redress of grievances is not just in the Bill of Rights, it's also in the Magna Carta.

I love you all very much but just please be aware that "the floor" is literally where the files are supposed to go, according to the spec. I don't like it, you don't like it, nobody likes it. But that's why it's happening.

Relevant section quoted for the lazy:

User specific configuration files for applications are stored in the user's home directory in a file that starts with the '.' character (a "dot file"). If an application needs to create more than one dot file then they should be placed in a subdirectory with a name starting with a '.' character, (a "dot directory"). In this case the configuration files should not start with the '.' character.

It's a code editor with no Linux version. It can go on the shelf next to Arc, the browser "for tech people."

Disagree. The hostility expresses frustration and indicates recognition of a long term pattern, and emphasizes the gravity of Torvalds's observation.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not pro-abuse -- while the hostility does contribute to the content, that doesn't mean it will have the desired effect. Some people get a fire lit under them when they experience that kind of feedback; others get defensive or heated or hurt, and those people are NOT motivated effectively -- and it can cause lasting harm.

The key of it is: group B will not learn and grow from this approach; they'll learn and grow from a more cool headed approach. Group A, however, will grow from either approach. Therefore, the cool headed approach is preferable.

He probably knew. There are more stories of bad outcomes for that kind of shit than good ones. The fact that he did it anyway is why his actions are so admirable and heroic.

You're not wrong but I feel you might be being overly specific. It's not just the US that protects their wealthy -- this would happen anywhere -- some places maybe a little less harshly, but plenty would be more harsh, too. The Panama Papers journalist was killed "extrajudicially"

If you try to get any supervisory position in the federal government, they do a thorough background check, including checking on your debts. It's important to know whether someone at any level of management is susceptible to pressure or bribery. This goes for a LOT of non-management federal positions, too.

But the president? No, we'll just trust him. What's a political candidate going to do, get up on a stage and lie?? Don't be ridiculous.