Wondering what the world would look like if we implemented "Universal Basic Website". Entitle everyone to their own domain, a few GB of space, the ability to run simple apps / blogs / etc. What does the world look like if people aren't beholden to Flickr / Facebook / Google Photos to share their family albums? #UBI

@ErikJonker@mastodon.social @Edent@mastodon.social Here’s an article about our pilot project in Ghent seven years ago (!!!) now. Unfortunately, a conservative local government took power and cancelled our funding. https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/gent-wil-burgers-eigen-stukje-internet-geven~b92ec1b4/

@ErikJonker@mastodon.social @Edent@mastodon.social My goal with the Small Web (Kitten, Domain, and Place) is to launch as a paid service so we can pay the mortgage and then, hopefully as people use it and maybe even as other orgs host Domain instances, to go to the EU, etc., and say “it works – now support this with our taxes.” We’ll see how it goes. The fact that we have had €zero EU funding to date doesn’t exactly fill me with hope.

I got a new computer from work and my cat has blessed it with her face juice, so I think I can send the old one back now

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APPLICATION TO BE ON YOUR PODCAST Personal statement: hello there, i am james Skills: i turn my trauma into humor british accent References: my girlfriend thinks i am funny and cute

Running a script and regretting not adding multiprocessing to it.

What if Canva acquired me? I’ll pay them €100

I finally got round to implementing dark mode for this site (the cobbler’s children have no shoes and all that…) Here’s all the CSS I had to add: @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { /* Invert all elements on the body while attempting to not alter the hue substantially. */ body { filter: invert(100%) hue-rotate(180deg); } /* Workarounds and optical adjustments. */ /* Firefox workaround: Set the background colour for the html element separately because, unlike other browsers, Firefox doesn’t apply the filter to the root element’s background.

Attached: 1 image Please don't do this. We're in March, so I guess this content is not from 2024. But I have no way to know if it's from 2023, 2022, or even older… 🤷‍♂️ https://hq.getmatter.com/updates

the first rule of passive aggressive club is i don't wanna talk about it

Ever been staying at a hotel and gotten annoyed that you always have to open a browser to log in for wireless access? Yup, me too. A recent instance was particularly frustrating and I had to pull out my favourite Swiss Army chainsaw in order to make my life a bit easier.

You are allowed to have and do nice things for yourself.

The hard part about evaluating successful people who’ve been at a company for several years is it’s hard to determine if they’re good at getting things done or good at getting things done AT THAT COMPANY. Too many friends have shared stories of hiring ex-FAANG people who try to replay their previous company playbook without the same resources, culture or strategic advantages. This is important to filter for in interviews and interrogate yourself as well for similar tendencies.

all the testimonials on my site are from women (except one) and honestly I just feel lucky to have worked with so many badasses there's still so much progress to be made but sometimes I have to remember I haven't always been the only one in the room

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@nwp@mastodon.nzoss.nz Not only do I use it, I've also improved it! https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/08/an-update-to-the-atkinson-hyperlegible-font/

ACAB: All CEOs Are Bastards. #acab #corporatocracy

there's the amusing line of thought regarding the “source-available” proprietary licenses, which maintains they're targeted against the abuse of the free software by the large saas companies. and of course it's bullshit. large saas companies are big enough to take over maintenance of the latest non-encumbered version, throw funds and people at it, and even provide the result to the public (cf. elastic search and opensearch). or, if they feel like it, they may just buy out the whole company with its product instead of paying licence fees – if they really need it and there's no other way to get the required expertise. the people who actually get shafted by the license changes and embrace of the proprietary model are the other open source projects that depend on the now-closed software, and small-to-mid-sized companies.

The Elastic folks out here being reply guys downplaying the Redis license changes is so very on brand. 🤦🥴

Not only could we not rid ourselves of PDFs but now we're inventing ways to talk to them

I said it before, and I'll say it again: Marco Inaros is every dude who ever learned to ape the language of feminism and race and gender studies specifically as a means to hit on women and manipulate real, legitimate grievances into a play to increase their own power. He's a gaslighting abuser. Plain as.

A text typeface designed for accessibility and legibility for all readers.

This font - Inclusive Sans - looks lovely. https://www.oliviaking.com/inclusive-sans Might try it on my eReader. I only wish it had a bold variant. #Font