FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

Just to be clear, because a bunch of assholes have hijacked public perception and lifted up some of the worst people on Earth as exemplars of what the “tech world” is supposed to be:

I’ve been in the software world for decades, surrounded by thoughftul, creative, and humane people with whom I’ve formed many wonderful friendships and done meaningful work. That’s possible. It’s normal, even.

You don’t have to become a sociopath to make it in the tech world. Or a malignant narcissist. Or a Nazi.

Your instincts to be a decent person are good instincts. Don’t let anyone talk you into being an antisocial monster. You don’t have to be.

#GoodWords

“What radicalized you? Nothing. Not wanting people to starve and suffer is not radical, it’s normal. Stop saying it’s radical to be base level empathetic, and start asking what made people into sadists. Call out sick behavior, because I’m tired of people thinking kindness shouldn’t be the default.”

—credit Tara Belle Enoch

@mcc Sufficiently advanced JavaScript stacks are indistinguishable from DLL hell

Fucking heck, I think out of the four last javascript applications I have used I have literally had to install four different package managers. I thought we were past this.

Stained glass progress pride flag from glassmaker Rachel @raythewren.bsky.social‬. Too good not to share.

https://bsky.app/profile/raythewren.bsky.social/post/3liruh4us7c2f

Tesla had to close their Seattle location due to protests this weekend, more planned next weekend, per Electrek.

https://electrek.co/2025/02/24/tesla-protests-gain-momentu-while-the-hate-is-spreading-tesla-owners/

#tesla #protests #swasticar #nazi

reposting this because the last time I posted it was like 4 accounts ago

I didn't realize how fucking useful the word 'fucking' is for eliminating AI

Turns out, it's really fucking useful!

Every now and then I go poke at old Google services that the big G has forgotten about... I think maybe I just found The Good Search again?

Check out alerts.google.com, and just marvel at this relic of an earlier time where typing a string into a textbox on a search engine gave you search results for that string!

Incredible.

Here’s a poem called ‘Pet Peeve’.

Interesting reframing. Cost of aid to #ukraine in cups of coffee per month.

(by @topleadEU)