@drewdevault i had that, they managed to get me on the mailing list for their mad af magazine. It was an hilarious read

@drewdevault
Amateurs! Should've registered a new email account, subscribed it to the Hubbard-rhubarb, confirmed it, then set up a rule to forward everything to you.
Easy to block — also not sure making a new email account is as easy these days — now that everything requires a phone number.
Genuinely surprised they require a confirmation though, was fairly certain if you're careless enough to give them an address, they keep sending you printed materials even when you're long dead 😅

@drewdevault hacker: anyone with a net worth under $100,000

@drewdevault Bu, bu, but he's "hacking" VCs wallets 🤭

@bert_hubert i think your description is misleading, this is chat control, photo upload scanning, server side, not scan software installed on your phone. Otherwise, link please.

@bert_hubert not that things are generally so much better as-is, but goddamnit that's terrifying. Surely there wouldn't be any false positives or any other hijinks associated with this "BUT THINK OF THE CHILDREN" campaign.

The company attempting to sell this bullshit to the Dutch government should be dissolved.

@bert_hubert
I am sick about this.

@drewdevault I'm not autistic, but I've been diagnosed with mental illnesses that would certainly classify me as neurodivergent, and with that in mind...

Having mental illnesses, neurodivergence, whatever, does not give you free license to do whatever you want. I completely agree with the peers you cited.

@drewdevault I deeply appreciate you writing this and your continued writings on your blogs about the way various FOSS groups continue to excuse and encourage bad behavior and worse takes.

As someone "suspected of ASD" and a caretaker to someone diagnosed with ASD (among other things), I'm really, really tired of this hackneyed line of argument that ND somehow grants a license to a pattern of harm.

I've had to conclude this sad defense is from immature worshippers, bad faith actors, or both.

@LaserMistress bruh

@LaserMistress diversity in companies means hiring cheap labor from india

@LaserMistress "We pride ourselves on diversity.... the diversity of our investment portfolios!"

@drewdevault LOL youre spot on 😆

Okay, I think the article is almost ready

@drewdevault from my point of view, I do believe that some of that person's nerurodivergence can come into play with that, however, a bigger chunk is most likely associated with upbringing... the whole nature vs nurture thing. I believe that there's interplay and sometimes people need to take the time to unlearn what was erroneously taught to them either through trauma or a harmful authority figure who most likely wasn't neurodivergent.

@drewdevault Got to search, didn't know the concept, interesting: https://medium.com/@tecnicorabi/understanding-postels-law-the-secret-sauce-for-robust-software-design-f94006261077

@aadmaa I can't access this page from Europe but I'll boost you for visibility

@drewdevault Is there a better number? That one is an Innocence Project patch-through; and Gov Parson's listed number has a full mailbox. I think this may be the best bet? https://governor.mo.gov/contact-us/mo-governor

@drewdevault He’s dead now. The death penalty should be banned.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/24/us/marcellus-williams-scheduled-execution-date/index.html

Innocence Project Statement on the Execution of Marcellus Williams

https://innocenceproject.org/innocence-project-statement-on-the-execution-of-marcellus-williams/

This would be a good opportunity to consider a monthly donation to the Innocence Project.

@drewdevault Would project governance and burnout be off-topic for a talk? I may have an idea but I'm a bit hesitant to share it.

@drewdevault

We would, at minimum, contribute a talk about some things regarding FOSS and public schools.

@drewdevault I'd be very happy to see this happen. I hear a lot of "open source needs to adapt to serve our broken economic model", and I honestly think that we need to start accepting that fixing the economic model is the right approach. Open source struggles because our current society condemns collaboration and cooperating. Instead, it rewards competitiveness and greed.

This is based on moltengamepad:

https://gitlab.com/AllMeatball/moltengamepad

The project is not particularly well maintained anymore and getting it working is a project in and of itself but once it's up and running and you have it configured properly it works well

I first tried this with an aftermarket wiimote and got nowhere, I suggest finding an OEM wiimote if you want to replicate my setup

@drewdevault looks nice, but i wonder weather you can precisely point the mouse with it?

@drewdevault I once did the same with a WiiMote. My software would also show a darker overlay over the screen with a clear circular area around the cursor,. Like a spotlight, but only when moving. When holding still, the overlay would disappear. There was a threshold to prevent the “spotlight” from annoyingly appearing on every little move. It helped keep track of where the cursor went.

Also in case it wasn't clear the primary motivator is landlords who are losing their investment in office real estate, combined with C-level FOMO on those investments, and pressure from commercial landlords on local government -- not any kind of mythical IRL synergy or whatever

@drewdevault I wrote something about this yesterday elsewhere: Short version, my wife is now on week 5 of 6 weeks post-surgery and can't put any weight on her right leg, and her left leg is just barely weight-bearing. (Torn meniscus, both knees, one repaired + one yet to be operated on.)

Obviously - she couldn't RTO right now. And neither could I, since she can't walk or drive. Happily this is temporary + we both work from home, but RTO is actively harmful + stupid for so many people.

@catsalad lol i used to play gigs with one of these.

@catsalad Some poor Gen Zer on here is going to wonder why he can't find the headphone jack on the landline box he found at the hipster thrift store.

@catsalad I don't think you're going to be blue boxing this setup.

@drewdevault linenoise (BSD 2-clause): https://github.com/antirez/linenoise

@drewdevault What about bestline?

https://github.com/jart/bestline

@drewdevault I started one for glib based applications but got busy with other stuff. If you find something that integrates well into the glib main loop which I assume isn't your target, I'd love to hear about it :)