Something that might be a good idea for the future; collect email addresses from all your friends and add them to your address book and then make sure that's backed up regularly.
Also let your friends know if you change your email address.
I haven't done this in a long time but it's something I am going to start doing again.
What Now? by Sophie from Mars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEmFXnJwFw0
ANTI-CAPITALIST AFFIRMATIONS
- i deserve to spend time doing things that make me feel good and whole.
- i am capable of listening to my body and responding to what it needs.
- it's okay if i no longer have ambitions for a career.
- i am worth so much more than what i produce for the consumption of others.
- it's okay to redefine what a successful life looks like for me.
- i am allowed to enjoy things simply because they bring me joy.
- ending time doing something I love is enough
Proof That Traffic Engineering is a PSEUDOSCIENCE by Rob Robinson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct8_d_EeSvQ
Software has standardized on dependency isolation. This means that every programming language / tech tool now is designed to download multiple gigabytes of standalone utilities each with their own copies of the libraries, and they install all of them into my home directory, and I'm sitting here weeping as my boot drive keeps dipping below 10GB free and throwing up error dialogs, while meanwhile the D: drive has like 500GB free
The Onion really nails the morality we assign to "those who lost their homes" and "homeless people":
LAPD Arrests Everyone Who Lost Home In Fire
https://theonion.com/lapd-arrests-everyone-who-lost-home-in-fire/
@thephd Finally got my copy, just picked it up a couple of days ago! Shipping from US to DK took a while, so i've been reading the ebook until now. I'm almost through part I, it's a such a great book! It's certainly not a *better* C compiler I'm making but it's mine and i thoroughly enjoy writing it! Thanks for the tip!
What Now? by Sophie from Mars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEmFXnJwFw0
Linux on a 70's Typewriter | IBM Selectric II → Teletype Conversion by Alnwlsn
Ursula K. Le Guin: “If it is the future you seek, then I tell you that you must come to it with empty hands. . . You cannot buy the Revolution. You cannot make the Revolution. You can only be the Revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.”
Trans woman, bisexual, someone's fiancée, forever a programmer, poly, and former total mess