Notices by Ben Ramsey (ramsey@phpc.social)

The subtext of King Charles’s speech is that the US had singlehandedly destabilized the global order. He has not mentioned the US by name, but it’s there. These are pretty strong words from a powerful head of state.

@chris I mean, I can’t do any server-side data processing with a static site, for one.

@chris I didn’t say anything was bad with using them, but they don’t solve the problems I want to solve.

@grmpyprogrammer I don't want to use a static site generator.

@mrcopilot I should have been clearer. I want a stand that can hold it above me (hands free) when I’m in the bed.

Does anyone have one of those iPad stands/mounts for watching from your bed or hands-free from a chair? If so, do you like it, and what model/style did you get?

@chris I didn’t like it, the little time I spent trying it out. It’s too much like VS Code, and I don’t like the VS Code experience.

“AGI: a strategy of raising funding based on the promise of being able to replace any worker with a Python script.”— @anildash

https://www.anildash.com//2025/05/01/what-would-good-ai-look-like/

@inthehands A lot of them have bought into the idea that we need to reduce taxes on the wealthy because they will use that money to create jobs.

@VeroniqueB99 @benroyce Guess whose company isn’t processing poultry right now.

Some people hate PHP because it was their first language, they wrote a ton of bad code in it, learned better practices along the way as they switched to other languages, and then look back on their old code and blame the language.

#PHP

Did we (the US) or did we not bomb Yemen? I can’t find any news about it because everyone is so focused on the Signal group chat fiasco.

So…is that what the administration wants us focused on?

#USPol

@chris They don’t want to slow it. “Move fast and break things.”

@chris I’ll be there!

The problem is that so many people buy-in to the “eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy” argument because we’re taught that bureaucracy and bureaucrats are wasteful and evil.

@chris @dustinrue @alda I’ve been having issues with my work machine similar to this. Personal machines are fine. I think it’s all the corporate spyware that’s installed causing problems.

Amy Gleason is the head of DOGE, like Linda Yaccarino is the CEO of X/Twitter.

“Explaining why he protested, Kluwe pointed out he is white, male and heterosexual. ‘Privilege and power,’ he said.

“‘It’s important (those) who have privilege and power like I do to be out there on the front lines helping support those who are being oppressed,’ he continued. ‘Because we cannot expect the people being oppressed to do all the work. It’s on all of our shoulders to do that work. And I hope other people are brave enough and willing enough to do this.’”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2025/02/20/chris-kluwe-arrest-maga-protest-city-council-meeting/79337534007/

Belated Dragon Con photos.
My wife is surrounded by Fraggles! These are all the performers and actual puppets from the new “Back to the Rock” series; Karen Prell is one of the original performers.

Back row (left-to-right): Gobo with puppeteer John Tartaglia, Wembley with Jordan Lockhart (face hidden), Boober with Frank Meschkuleit, and Traveling Matt with Kevin Clash.

Front row (left-to-right): Red with Karen Prell, Liz, and Mokey with Donna Kimball.

#DragonCon #FraggleRock #Muppets #Puppetry

@JessTheUnstill @catsalad This is part of a deliberate effort to lower market rates for software engineers. By flooding the market with laid-off workers, and by labeling many of them as “under performers,” they can drive down salaries across the industry. This is their way of resetting and gaining the leverage in hiring.