Metal Mutton 🤖🐏 @SteelWool@computerfairi.es

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remember folks: tech is politics. you cannot keep one out of the other. they are inseparable.

the technical problems you choose to solve, and the way you choose to solve them, are an expression of politics.

building open source software indicates that you think information should be free, which is a political stance. building closed source software indicates that you think information should be controlled, which is a political stance.

building software that discriminates against people of color is a racist action and reflects upon you as such, regardless of your intent in building that software (hint: that's how racism works everywhere else, too)

building software which can be used to remove control from the masses and give it to corporations and rich people, indicates that you think that corporations and rich people should amass power, and regular folks should not have freedom.

it does not matter if a company for whom you work paid you to do that thing, or if your intentions were good, or if you were only trying to see if a particular technical challenge could be solved. technical problems are political problems. business needs and decisions are political ones.

if there is a mismatch between the politics you express via your actions, and those you express via your words, the actions are the ones people will care about, not the words. you cannot fix bad actions by saying good words.

do good actions.

Curious about the demographic of fedi: What continent are you on?

(Ordered alphabetically in case you're wondering)

Please boost if appropriate, I want to reach as many users as possible.

#fedi #fediverse

Don't forget, Kenney Jam is happening this weekend! 📣 The 7th annual event where you're challenged to create a game using only Kenney game assets.

Join here: https://jam.kenney.nl/

#gamedev #gamejam

boing

HOW TO SURVIVE THE HEATWAVE:
1. Stay hydrated.
2. Have an ice cream cone.
3. Dismantle the fossil fuel industry which is literally burning the planet for the short term profit of a vanishingly small capitalist class.
4. Wear loose clothing.

A man discovers through a DNA test he is actually the son of a famous #DOOM mapper known as Dr. Sleep who had sadly already passed away by the time he found out. What follows is his discovery of Doom and the vibrant mapping scene that has continued to this day so he builds his first Doom map to better understand the father he never knew:

https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/137638-octate-my-first-map-dedicated-to-my-father-john-w-anderson-aka-dr-sleep/

artists using AI to make art is going to cause you a lot of troubles. Browsing Fiverr, it's common to see such ads. It's not possible that someone makes such good-looking BG asking only 24 eur each! indeed, in the description the seller claims "I use the latest ai technologies in combination with photoshop and illustrator to create the highest quality art for your projects."
Which means if you use this to make your Steam game you're going to face trouble and delays...! #indiedev #gamedev

Waiting for sheep to cross the road

Health check for broad reach on bsky vs masto (and I guess I'll check Threads too but expect it to get buried)

If I ask nicely for folks to boost this post, how far does it go?

Love is alive in bodega aurrera

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Can we talk about how badly Apple messed up with code signing and notarization on macOS? These are the instructions to install most indie games and open source software now.

People are being taught to ignore Apple’s warnings, making them useless. Many devs can’t justify $100/year just to avoid this. Some software doesn’t get released for Mac because this is such a hassle. It’s nobody’s fault but Apple’s, and their platform is worse for it.

Looking forward to playing Viewfinder, out today on PlayStation and Steam. “A mind-bending first person adventure game in which you can bring pictures to life by placing them into the world.”

https://www.sos.games/viewfinder