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I’m in England (I did not post this in advance because it’s literally for a single business meeting and then I’m going right back, there’s zero downtime) and here is my impression thus far:

• first sign in airport: “it is a criminal offense to be rude to the police”

• first sign in subway: “report everything the least bit odd to the police”

• sign on the side of the road: “Have you paid?” literally exactly what it said, no context. Powerfully ominous

• police sirens: every five goddam minutes. I don’t think I’ve ever heard sirens in Amsterdam even once??

it's out of touch thursdays!

Inhaling the Unity asbestos so I can become a better game dev

What browser do you use? Curious what the stats look like on fedi. Boosts for visibility appreciated.

Not to alarm you about modern software but "emulate a complete 486/120 system and play an MP3 in it" turns out to be one of the more CPU and memory efficient ways to listen to music on my laptop.

Also this feels like a good opportunity to remind folks that the foundation has a history of not considering trans folks affected by its actions and now has no trans representation at any level internally

The way the foundation acts feels like the corporate equivalent of the effective altruism bs that tech bros spout. They care more about looking important so they can bring in more donations than about actually doing what's best for the project or community. Which pisses me off even more because I spent so much political capital on convincing folks that wasn't the case.

The Rust Foundation listed a job with responsibilities that have a lot of overlap with my old job, except it's now explicitly a marketing position instead of someone holding them accountable.

Turns out it wasn't a budget issue or the position no longer being needed, it was them wanting blind loyalty instead of accountability. And they think we're stupid enough not to notice. The foundation doesn't respect you.

date idea

weak: banning "self-promotion" and then spending 10 paragraphs to exactly define what this means and what exceptions exist

powerful: banning "linkedin behaviour" and never elaborating on what this means

I ran @p_malin's program and got this.
Source: https://bbcmic.ro/?t=9dbur #bbcbasic

I ran @coprolite9000's program and got this.
Source: https://bbcmic.ro/?t=9ctpk #bbcbasic