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Big Mood
Hot water crust pastry defeated me for the moment. I've never worked with it before, and I ought to know it's all a learning experience, but I spent a chunk of the day making orange-vanilla curd and... well, stuff went weird this morning and I just don't have the emotional bandwidth to tackle another complicated learning challenge today.
@irisjaycomics Learn to make a really good bagel and the best damned cup of coffee, then get sick of making them yourself.
Big Mood
buni baking will continue tomorrow or some other time when I have the spoons to face confusion and ambiguity.
Right now is not that time.
trans, hypocrisy
@kiilas@a.weirder.earth This is an entirely legitimate reaction. You have a right to set emotional boundaries and set your comfort zones where you want them. You aren't obligated to be responsible for their emotional journey.
trans, hypocrisy
@kiilas@a.weirder.earth Your identity is your own. Your words to describe yourself are your choice. I recognize and affirm your right to be who and what you want to be in the world. Some people may struggle with that for reasons which aren't immediately apparent. We all come into the world with our own contexts and our own histories. I'm sorry someone said that to you, and I hope whomever it is comes to peace with what happened to them soon.
trans, hypocrisy
@kiilas@a.weirder.earth When I transitioned in Texas in 2000, the local gay community used "they" to other and out trans people that they didn't think passed. That left a pretty deep emotional scar, and it took me a long time to become comfortable with singular-they because it was used as a weapon against me. I suspect that person is struggling to reconcile the cognitive dissonance of being asked to use a word that some have been trained to think of as an insult.
@Soreth We have fish and pettin's, if you would like some. I don't know if it will help or not. You also have friends regardless of whether you would like to come get the fish and pettin's. You have safety and connections, and the means to access both. Deep breaths. We care about you.
Writing
@Soreth Yeah,I one reason I was reading it. Digital sentience and xenointelligence.
Writing
@Soreth I thought Searle was the one arguing against strong AI because of the Chinese Room argument.
Writing
@Soreth Oh, I know. I didn't say I agreed with him, just that I needed some of his bullshit to season a text. =n.n=
@Momentrabbit *looks at the album art*
... they're one of us. Or maybe we were one of them all along.
@Momentrabbit Makes complete sense so far. And yeah, keeping your spots fully darkened is important. I was worried it'd been too long since we'd changed your toner cartridge! =n.n=
Writing
TFW in order to write the thing you need to write, you have to reference a scientific paper, and in so doing possibly break your own head.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1692422/pdf/9854266.pdf
("How to Study Consciousness Scientficially," John Searle, Dept. of Philosophy.)
NSFW - Lewd Links - Latex Unperson and Gender Fuckery Porn
@Phorm Hon, would you like to see my before and after pics? Anybody who says shit like that is A) an asshole, and B) completely missing the slaggèd point.
@Momentrabbit ... now I can only wish it were me. =@.@= Link me?
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boosted
@literorrery @IrisKalmia @kelseyhusky SAME.
If software engineering had official regulated standards to adhere to, it might slow down development but at least we wouldn't have so many instances of "it compiles [and has unprotected access to private user data]? GREAT! Ship it!"
Compliance with SOX, PCI and EU privacy laws are as close as we've gotten to proper responsibility in that regard & it's nowhere near enough. Having the autonomous power to show-stop over security concerns'd be a GODSEND.
@IrisKalmia @kelseyhusky @mawr These days, no disrespect to any civil engineer intended, the potential for harm in the software field is higher. We control shit like air traffic control systems, heart-lung machines, drive-by-wire systems for cars, trading systems. Our capacity for harm is legion, our responsibility immense, and our time to figure out that we own our mistakes as well as our successes is very short.
@kelseyhusky @mawr @IrisKalmia Frankly, I wish software development _did_ have to confirm to the standards of engineering as a field.
@IrisKalmia @mawr @kelseyhusky I'm totally willing to accept that. I'm just steeped in "software engineering" as a metaphor -- it's even on my business cards at work -- and I know just how little resemblance that has with the truth.
It's a weird form of disempowerment and frustration for me. I hear people calling themselves this and I even do it because I know it implies a certain cachet that makes me more hireable, but I know most people don't design with these concerns in mind.
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