swashberry @swashberry@social.linux.pizza
Aspiring #gamedev, #ElderScrolls fanboy, and general geek. #HumanRights advocate with a particular fondness for #FreeSpeech and bodily autonomy. #intactivist
Joined Jul 2019
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"Without freedom of choice there is no creativity."
- Captain Kirk, The Return of the Archons #StarTrek
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"You ask for freedom. It's time you learned that freedom isn't a gift; it has to be earned."
- Captain Kirk, The Return of the Archons #StarTrek
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Note to self: there's a #publicdomain #roguelike tile set: http://rltiles.sourceforge.net/
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The term "intellectual property" is a buzz word and part publishers' propaganda. this term "intellectual property" tries to put together three completely different(unrelated) laws: Copyright[monopoly], patent[monopoly] and trademark which are meant for three different purposes.
These laws exist for the betterment of general public and not for the copyright[monopoly] holder. [https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html]
Forcing you to pay for every time you read/watch is every publishers' dream.
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Do you think that digital security is even possible? With all our info in all these databases, and conversations about election security, do leaks happen because people are not securing it properly, or because it's not possible in the first place? I'm curious what my fediverse tech friends think.
Survey: Security would be adequate if we...
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In the tabs vs. spaces war I’m definitely on the space team. That said, if you’re going to use tabs, don’t mix spaces and tabs on the same line ffs. :facepalm:
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The woman who's been harassing random #freesoftware developers to use her "Code of Conduct" and writing software specifically designed to mock and exclude people is running for the Board the Open Source Initiative.
https://twitter.com/CoralineAda/status/1229456857317683201
Shit like this is why I keep telling you guys, you can't rely on organizations to dictate to you what #opensource is no matter how good their intentions are.
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Do you make music? Commission your next album cover with me! Do you know a musician whose music would go well with my art? Let them know! #art #illustration #mastoart
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Boring but necessary https://blogs.linux.pizza/boring-but-necessary
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The Right To Read is more fundamental than an artificial, govt sanctioned "right" that creates monopolies.
"The copyright monopoly is not a property right. It is a limitation of property rights. Copyright is a government-sanctioned private monopoly that limits what people may do with things they have legitimately bought."
https://torrentfreak.com/the-copyright-monopoly-is-a-limitation-of-property-rights-110320/
This sentiment also stuck out to me:
"The pay gap is not about men versus women, it’s about dads versus moms," [Farrell] explained. "When you compare never-married women who have never had children to never-married men who have never had children, the never-married women earn 17 percent more than the never-married men do. When men know they’re not going to have children, they put effort into things that are more fulfilling, and in general, the more fulfilling an occupation is, the less it pays"
"Our school systems are leaving boys vulnerable in the sense of having very few male teachers in elementary school and kindergarten. Boys often go from mother-only homes to female-dominated child care centers and elementary schools. Then we wonder why boys are vulnerable to gangs and to drug dealers to provide them a sense of belonging and reputation and respect."
Larry Tessler, the programmer responsible for the cut/copy/paste feature and advocate of user-friendly modeless design, has passed. Rest in peace.
https://gizmodo.com/larry-tessler-modeless-computing-advocate-has-passed-1841787408
Can we all just take a moment to remember the best tee shirt design in history?
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Matthew Garrett: What usage restrictions can we place in a free software license? https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/54709.html #license #json #freesw #licensing #licence
"Good online communities die primarily by refusing to defend themselves."
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tscc3e5eujrsEeFN4/well-kept-gardens-die-by-pacifism
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"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it. The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understand the minds of other men and women; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which weighs their interests alongside its own without bias" Justice Learned Hand
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Thomas Paine: When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect. https://protestationblog.wordpress.com/quotes7/#quotenr4366
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Chrome deploys deep-linking tech in latest browser build despite privacy concerns - It's not a bug, it's a feature, explains the Chocolate Factory Google has implemented a browser ca... more: https://go.theregister.co.uk/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/20/chrome_deploys_deeplinking/
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It would appear that the Japanese have a name for my habit of (digital) book hoarding: Tsundoku
Aspiring #gamedev, #ElderScrolls fanboy, and general geek. #HumanRights advocate with a particular fondness for #FreeSpeech and bodily autonomy. #intactivist
Joined Jul 2019
