One thing I've learned past few weeks: wow, there's a lot more undying Stallman supporters out there than I thought was possible. And they're angry. So very angry.
I used to defend him too, but I was wrong to do so. I think GNU can and should do better without him.
This is by all accounts an effective move, but I'd be worried -- as a tall, bearded, loud man -- that my intervention would be taken in the same spirit. I'm still looking for techniques that can leverage my privilege to disrupt street harassment when I see it. --- RT @fureigh@twitter.com (1/2) Just had occasion to practice my go-to tactic for interrupting street harassment: act *very excited* to see the target, and focus on that (and them)… https://twitter.com/fureigh/status/1181052212593733632
Just had occasion to practice my go-to tactic for interrupting street harassment: act *very excited* to see the target, and focus on that (and them) so loudly and wholeheartedly that the harasser gets sidelined.
(ex: “Omigod, HI! I haven’t seen you in forever! It’s been since that party, right? How ARE you?” while walking the target away from the harasser.) ....
It's sad, but completely expected, that at least the one signatory to this that I know is getting angry emails about it.
This is our field, folks; we have some work to do here. --- RT @offby1@twitter.com A powerful statement on the future of the #GNUProject from the maintainers of multiple projects under that umbrella.
1. First language: BASIC 2. Had difficulties: Scala 3. Most used: Python 4. Totally hate: Rails (not Ruby, Rails) 5. Most loved: Python 6. Beginners: Javascript, Python, or Swift. --- RT @raludwick@twitter.com 1. 1st language: Basic 2. Had difficulties: SQL 3. Most used (now): Ruby 4. Totally hate: none. I would say some languages & me don’t always get along which as much on me. 5. Most loved. HOW DO I PICK 6. Beginners: anything easy to… https://twitter.com/raludwick/status/1180536924060053504
I’ll be honest… I’m looking forward to every visitor that comes my way. It’s always wonderful when the geographically distributed social sphere collapses in on my home.
A challenge for my internet folks; I’ve looked and looked and looked, and I can’t find any smart/IoT dimmer switches that will look nice in my 103-year-old house. Are there any IoT dimmers (single-pole and three-pole) out there that look good in older houses? (Please RT!)
I just had a weird interaction on the bus, and I’m desperately curious why it played out the way it did. I don’t usually think I’m utterly innocent if there’s friction with someone else, but I really want to know why… 1/2
An incremental but critical update. Two more cables are in place and now there are managed wifi APs in two rooms. I’ve tucked away the cabling I don’t currently need. Next up is a patch panel to merge the wall wiring with the cabinet. #NetworkingProjectOfDOOM
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