Budsofstone @budsofstone@computerfairi.es

I fell long and hard into the hacking world as a teenager, partially through the punk scene and partially through reading posts and grabbing shared text files through BBSes. I was 14.

I was hungry. I was curious. I wanted to learn, do, and mingle.

I saw Hackers in the theater when I was 16. I rented Sneakers on VHS. I was getting heavily drawn into cyberpunk. I was already using Linux and learning about both its internals, as well as the internals of Solaris (the only UNIX we had a copy of), and Windows NT.

I then discovered the Cult of the Dead Cow, 2600, Phrack, and the Church of the SubGenius. Pure bliss.

I don't know what happened, but I read The Cathedral and the Bazaar, found the Free Software Foundation, and suddenly in my 20s... I was fucking BORING. All the mindset and style suddenly got thrown in the trunk.

I hated it. I hated myself for doing this to myself. This wasn't the kind of hacker I wanted to be... turn into a grumpy, boring, insufferable asshole? No, I couldn't do that.

In my 30s, I cast that aside. I began to embrace my old self again. I started to feel whole again.

Now, in my 40s, I look back and I think about this... Eric Raymond was gatekeeping. Him and his ilk are not the masters. They're the assholes. Who the fuck are they to tell us what kinds of hackers we should be? They claim "don't conform", not knowing the irony in their words and actions.

Which is why I say, I will be the kind of hacker that pisses ESR off to no end. I will do it my way.

Hack the Planet. Piss off the gatekeepers.
#HackThePlanet

Muy duro esto.

@gerrymcgovern the rise of AI 😡

seeing people break their “no politics” rule because “Ukraine” - so it really is true that the only thing that some white people will be affected by is the well being of other white people

Aliceffekt - Oylaen Cannalix

passports should have no gender and also they should not even exist

Second Division: Masks

At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic (#CovidIsNotOver btw), N95 stockpiles were in low supply and the general public was instructed to go with the next best thing. Folks opted for single-use "baggy blues" or set to making their own washable cloth masks, but those were always intended as temporary measures.

In this division, we'll look at the early pandemic options as well as the newer disposable options in KF94/KN95. You'll decide which of these masks will go onto the next round.

Cause of death: irony.

Saw this and laughed.
#tesla #dumpMusk

@gettie @baskin @lstamellos εδώ τα έχω συγκεντρωμένα μιας και κάνω μια έρευνα

reminder that pale moon by manchild moonchild productions is absolutely not the firefox fork to be jumping ship to today https://connectified.com/@masukomi/112605023935216697

Geh mir aus der Sonne!
#AktAufZeitung

I need to clarify that I can’t tell you that I am not selling your data because legally I am selling your data because I am doing things that are not not selling your data which some people consider to be selling your data despite promising that I will never sell your data and I am not sure why you find this unclear and I still need that license to your content and I am very transparent and trustworthy.

Interesting how “journalists shouldn’t be activists” is weaponised by those who desire wishy-washy bothsidesing licking of autocratic boots.

A journalist ought to tell the truth. Doesn’t get much more activist than that.

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@nicholasr @alice Tesla has never been better for the earth. Musk was always a third generation nazi, folks like you just decided to look the other way and buy into his futurism cult. Get rid of your Tesla or stop getting upset about how folks interpret your ownership of it.