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@Gargron see i agree that "unless foo" is more readable but when i said that everyone in the room glared at me and it derailed the entire class w nerdboys dogpiling on the girl to tell her why she's wrong and should use if !foo isntead

@Gargron my ruby prof told me not to use them :P i think they're cute

callout: gargron uses `unless` statements in his code

me: I want to add an extra link to the front page
Ruby on rails: hmmm well, I think yr gonna have to rake the db, no, not that one
me: what? it's simple html. i can just... add it..
ruby on rails: hmmm... no... i don't think you can do that

@masklayer OK but I was literally reading from the ruby on rails documentation and i was stills truggling

@vahnj we should change the Title attribute from "mastodon" to awoo.space so i can distinguish my awoo versus m.s tabs haha

Ruby on Rails class: the model is your database, views are your front-facing HTML, and controllers interface between the model and the view
Actual ruby on rails: ummmm.... are you sure?

Ruby on rails class: here is what these words mean and represent and what you do with them
Ruby on rails: hahahaha wait what? what?

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oops, i forgot how much i hate ruby on rails. i'm trying to add a line of text to a page and GOSH is that complicated

@vahnj oh wait I've figured it out... it's a bit klugey but within my branch i'm adding multiple commits >_> it's working

@vahnj i'm trying to create a PR which turns the list of instances into a table and adds a link to this list to the front page when you're logged out.

I used the little pencil button that appears when you're viewing a file online

@vahnj guhhhh

i noticed a typo after i created the commit am i really gonna have to make another commit to edit the commit that hasn't even been pushed???

@vahnj uhhhh
is there a way with the github GUI online? ^^;;

frick how do you edit a commit on github you haven't pushed yet

@masklayer @Support@mastodon.social this is an open issue on github currently, for the record, if that's useful to anyone: github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/

I wanna make a joke like
"Good morning StatusNet!!" but i feel like the only ppl who would get it are ppl who would be offended by it

@kel do it!! red accents on glasses are always SO STYLISH

@literalham you've heard of duck tits
now get ready for...

@pixelguff yeah it's like
no i'm not just deciding to not shut up about this. ppl w/ food intolerances bring it up so much cuz ppl are constantly offering us food we can't eat.

@marrus_sh is it a reference to that character from .//Hack: Sign who's name is BT cuz she always takes the lettuce out of her BLTs and they spend like ten episodes building up to that revelation

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