George Dorn @gdorn@social.coop
Anarcho-syndicalist leftist vegan atheist biker capoeirista quiet software dev; privileged white cis male; he/him.
I’m sick to death of people being precious about #GMO produce. Functionally there is no difference between a grape bred to have little or no seed and a grape that has been modified in a lab for the same thing. Y’all are just scared of science.
You wanna talk about #Monsanto charging for “licenses” for their crops, ok. Talk about agribusiness killing the planet, ok. Talk about corporations copyrighting genetic code, ok. These are all valid concerns.
But the science is sound.
linux_networking dot jay pee gee
Seriously, wtf does "tc mirred to Houston" mean? A search for it yields only source code from the linux kernel. Would it have killed them to write something in English?
DHS is busting a protest in my town. Because protest is a threat to the security of the homeland.
I remember when liberals all got on board with President Bush to start all this stuff and socialists told the libs that they would inevitably turn these weapons of war against our own people and libs said no you’re just a dirty hippie and why do you hate America?
No more liberals. Socialism or bust.
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If guaranteed minimum income and universal healthcare were a thing, I think so many of my programmer colleagues would immediately take low-income sabbaticals to write high-quality good-ui users-first free and open source software that it would inspire tedious "how was it possible?!?" medium dot com thinkpieces for years and years
@djsundog a library that doesn't ebb and flow at least a little is like a stagnant pond.
#Discord re-set this flag automatically during the last update. If you don't want it scanning your computer and uploading that info to their servers, check your privacy settings.
This is awful.
I miss web rings. Yeah, they were clunky and a pretty weird way to discover content, but they were formed by humans, not bots. Humans who had to talk to each other to coordinate adding more nodes or to recover from broken links.
In #GDPRv2, I want a mandate that requires companies to implement a single-click mechanism for stopping all unnecessary tracking* and deleting all existing unnecessary data already collected.
Can you imagine how hard it would be for Google (&c) to implement this? Not only unhiding the several hundred buried privacy options, but they'd also need to spend enormous effort analyzing their own products for everywhere they've been hoarding data for decades.
* this is already defined in #GDPR v1.
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@AndStatus how do I filter all posts containing links to a specific domain? Is substring matching not a thing, or have I just not found the right wildcard character?
I'm starting a hashtag called #DailyMeds which is for:
❇️ Posting a brief summary whenever you've just meditated (all traditions welcome, and even when it was frustrating - those experiences are important too)
❇️ Encouraging others and getting encouragement to keep up with meditation!
This is based on advice from a behavioral therapist when I was trying to start a regular practice. It was helpful, and I think the social dimension might make it work even better. If this sounds good, join in!
I'm searching for an open-source #ebook reader app for #Android, to replace the Kindle app. I don't really care what formats it supports, so long as #Calibre can convert to them.
But I do want full screen, night mode, font size/color control, etc. Booky McBookface is off to a good start, but not there yet.
There doesn't appear to be much else on #FDroid?
An Australian saying "sweet potato."
I have an urge to fork #brutaldon and build a full Mastodon server behind the frontend...
No matter which social network you're on, following a diverse group of people helps you taking a peek at the other side of your personal filter bubble.
You don't have to agree with everything and everyone, but please, at least try to listen to people and their opinions.
It will help you appreciate your own life, and may just make you a little wiser.
I ended up installing #PassMan on #NextCloud. It works fairly well. The Firefox addon is a bit wonky, but being a bit wonky means it is less wonky than #LastPass. It generally works for my needs, though occasionally I find I have to refresh a page once or twice for it to find login forms.
A userscript or browser extension that implements end-to-end DM encryption on Mastodon.