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2024-12-13

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hackers.town: 2024-12-13 Fri 07:11

@jmac @genehack A stage whisper if anything but yeah

hackers.town: 2024-12-13 Fri 07:13

@jmac @genehack I even have one of the breakdown threads bookmarked for my own reminder

https://hachyderm.io/@sara/112117125241735836

hackers.town: 2024-12-13 Fri 09:04

@bitprophet not for long, anyways.

I’m very strict about Barry and Jack being indoor kitties. Lost too many cats as a kid, to wildlife or the sort of neighbors who would eventually do federal time.

hackers.town: 2024-12-13 Fri 09:05

@vmbrasseur @jmac a challenge with the Benevolent Dictator management workflow is how often the first word is incorrect and the second word frankly has a couple more syllables than needed.

hackers.town: 2024-12-13 Fri 09:13

@cinebox It’s “do you have a problem with socks” but for operating systems.

hackers.town: 2024-12-13 Fri 09:14

@rgegriff @cinebox “Linux: built to run my employer’s microservices”

hackers.town: 2024-12-13 Fri 10:47

@thegibson put me in front of a computer and I will find a way get what I need done.

Device and operating system is an implementation detail.

hackers.town: 2024-12-13 Fri 10:56

I gave up on Linux distro evangelism a long time ago, once I recognized the Tolstoy Effect: every distro was terrible in its own way.

I got way less enthusiastic about Linux and open source in general when I realized its primary function is to exploit volunteer labor for cloud services and smartphones. (maybe not its purpose, but a system is what it does)

Do I still prefer Linux to other operating systems, and FOSS to other software licensing approaches? Sure, I guess. Do I care as much as I did in say 1998? God no.

hackers.town: 2024-12-13 Fri 13:52

@masukomi I think I’m filed under “demi” maybe, and my first clue there was my partners defined the mono / poly status of the relationship. I was fine, long as I was with them and knew the rules.

So I’ve never been one to question somebody’s current relationship status vs their broader inclinations.

hackers.town: 2024-12-13 Fri 14:06

@masukomi was thinking “demisexual” but no that’s not either. Eh whatever. I’m happy where I’m at. Which is basically the pattern I was trying to describe.

hackers.town: 2024-12-13 Fri 22:08

I feel like there’s something to do with the neurodivergence when someone asks me if I’m hungry and half the time my answer is “I don’t know.”