I keep seeing AI enthusiasts say stuff like “it deleted my production database and set fire to my servers but this is truly the future of software engineering” and given the other place where this phenomenon has popped up, I would like to henceforth refer to it as Tesla Ownership Syndrome
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be the manic pixie dream girl you want to see in the world, but be prepared for people to treat you with the same level of interiority and personhood as that trope enjoys in fiction
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If my @pyconau talk gets accepted maybe I should try to one-up both Tom and Chelsea and get a skirt suit in bright pink or sunflower yellow or something
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Apr 07, 2026
Time for the National War Memorial to update this bit I guess
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Apr 06, 2026
The Boox Palma 2 Pro looks appealing (and is only one major Android version behind, unlike most of its competitors) but doesn’t support voice calls despite having a SIM slot and a speaker and mic in the right places for it?
(Maybe it’s a certification thing?)
(Maybe it’s a certification thing?)
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Apr 06, 2026
I really like the idea of an E Ink smartphone, and if someone ever releases one that has an Android version that’s not already 2+ years out of date on the day the handset is released I might buy one
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Apr 01, 2026
@migratepc huh?
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Mar 29, 2026
Something I think about a lot is when I posted something on here critical of genAI, and soon after got a text from a very talented friend who I look up to saying that they had been thinking the same thing, but didn’t want to say anything publicly for fear of negatively affecting their career by criticising genAI.
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Mar 27, 2026
@duk3luk3 Not that I’m aware of. Future Super also holds both, and Future and Aus Ethical are two of the actually-half-good “ethical” funds as I understand it.
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Mar 26, 2026
I wish more “ethical” super funds would either divest from Woolworths Group and Wesfarmers, or use their holdings to do something about the fact that those two companies have been major drivers of the cost of living crisis in Australia.
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Feb 28, 2023
@theuni The appropriate way to design your system is going to depend on the system; there's not really a one-size-fits-all solution for that sort of question. The two general principles that apply here, though, are:
• Names shouldn't be used to link a record to a person, nor anything that could be derived from a name (like a username or email address); use a numeric ID, UUID, or something like that.
• If past names, "legal name", or similar is kept, it should be treated as private information.
• Names shouldn't be used to link a record to a person, nor anything that could be derived from a name (like a username or email address); use a numeric ID, UUID, or something like that.
• If past names, "legal name", or similar is kept, it should be treated as private information.
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Feb 28, 2023
@revoluciana ah yes, that ol' chestnut, the "gender field created by somebody who is vaguely aware that trans people exist but not much more than that"
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Feb 26, 2023
@RallyVincent Agreed. The migration features are good, but it should also be possible to change your username while staying on the same instance and keep your post history.
No idea if that would be doable without changes to the ActivityPub spec, but I’m sure it’s not totally insurmountable.
No idea if that would be doable without changes to the ActivityPub spec, but I’m sure it’s not totally insurmountable.
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Feb 26, 2023
@Haste you’re a champ and the FAANG missed out 💛
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Feb 25, 2023
If you want to help trans people, and you work in tech: think about how your product handles names and genders. Can users change them? Is it a self-service? Do traces of the old name remain?
Then, fix it. Push back against resistance. Advocate for us.
It won't fix bigotry, or healthcare access, or w/e. But updating our details is a process full of hurdles that we have to go through at a really vulnerable point in our lives, and you can make a small improvement for a large number of us.
Then, fix it. Push back against resistance. Advocate for us.
It won't fix bigotry, or healthcare access, or w/e. But updating our details is a process full of hurdles that we have to go through at a really vulnerable point in our lives, and you can make a small improvement for a large number of us.
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