Andreas. @antifuchs@awoo.space

Person: *calls helpline* HALP ISSUES NEED HALP

Helpline: we're sorry, you need the HALPLINE

Person: *calls HALPLINE* HALP ISSUES NEED HALP

HALPLINE: O HECK, WHAT TROUBLIN FREN?

Person: HECKIN' HECKED ALL UP IN HERE

HALPLINE: O NO! WE'RE SENDING HALP FREN, NO WORRIES. I'LL BORK WITCHU UNTIL THEY GET THERE

I do think we have an opportunity to re-establish *how* we talk about things here, though.
My style of speaking about news and politics on twitter grew very unconsciously. I was/am one voice in a torrent. 5-6 years ago I was still in the glow of a political awakening. The rawness of me and others going through that played to twitter's advantage - fiery proclamations and long arguments are the "engagement" that is an ad platform's lifeblood.

Did folks ask for cat pics

are there instances that specifically, in their rules, name "ableism" as a thing they disallow? disabled voices being involved in moderation are also a bonus.

to be clear, we do NOT mean any instance that uses a catch-all and includes ableism in that catch-all. forex "we don't allow racism, transphobia, etc" is not helpful in this request.

If you have a few minutes, it would be awesome if you would fill out the "2018 State of Rust Language Survey", whether or not you actually use/used rust this year:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeLPbkkdR0OsjqQ6mFrfeDQbrILvps-YbwO0Y_H4rzuta4yoQ/viewform

(boosts appreciated)

#rust

cryptid currencies

"The Tyranny of Structurelessness" by Jo Freeman should be required reading before setting up an instance of some decentralized platform for others
https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm

Understanding The Imperial March - 12tone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA36-mQEYwk

PSA for people who #code:

Looking stuff up does NOT make you bad at coding.

"Not having to look up stuff" is NOT the benchmark for a good coder, especially as coders have to look up stuff ALL THE TIME!

And I don't mean highly advanced stuff, but stuff like "How does division work again?" or "What's that function called?" or my personal favorite "How to I nest for loops in list comprehensions?".

It's ok if you have to look up stuff!

#coding #adventofcode

Rust 1.22.1 is out and it significantly improves backtraces on macOS https://twitter.com/rustlang/status/933517324405084160

Here's a comparison of 1.21.0 and 1.22.1 printing a backtrace from the same panic on macOS: https://mastodon.social/media/2GQgNgdHLOwQVbzIkig https://mastodon.social/media/3eK5sYx6OhlDbZm5adY

As more and more mythical races are revealed, some are starting to wonder if any genuine humans actually exist.
#writingprompts #writing