Notices by alastair87 (alastair@social.alastair87.me)

@HistoPol@mastodon.social @kwheaton@sfba.social @randy@social.coop I think saying Michelle Obama is "the only person who can do it" because she's the only one currently leading in polls four months out is flawed reasoning and leaning massively into a desirable framing for the Republicans.

@georgetakei@universeodon.com I was going to say, but presumably it's for a different film and they shunned Barbie entirely?

Nope. They singled him out of all the principal contributors to Barbie.

@mattly@hachyderm.io I find a computer running Linux or another desktop OS easier to use than an iPad but the difference is I know that's because I have an extraordinary degree of familiarity and muscle memory and I grew up using CLIs and desktop interfaces that expose the underlying system, not because it's actually 'easier' (which is subjective anyway, at least for the interfaces of roughly equivalent systems).

I wonder how many people in FOSS have a strong enough aversion to mainstream equipment with more intuitive interfaces that they never learnt why they are accessible.

@mattly@hachyderm.io @tess@mastodon.social I think maybe also the "sauce and toppings" are in some sense less interesting technically, and without the same commercial incentive for some projects they then aren't motivated.

@HistoPol@mastodon.social @2ndStar@astronomy.social @tchambers@indieweb.social @lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com The block was in effect for about 24h and I haven't seen Threads since unblocking. It strikes me this is part of an EEE strategy too, tpermanently cut off potentially hostile instances, and hope users feel compelled to move to the ones that do federate with Threads. Though it also wouldn't surprise me if they don't remove the counter-block after some period, especially this early on.

@HistoPol@mastodon.social @lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com @tchambers@indieweb.social Might be too late because I'd already added threads.net to my block list . . .

@lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com You could create a separate promotion account on Threads.

@tchambers@indieweb.social @fediversenews@venera.social Embrace, extend, extinguish. Meta aren't doing this out of the goodness of their hearts, they're trying to establish some degree of control.

@aral@mastodon.ar.al I think they're more likely to eventually deploy some of us to mine Mars than fuck off there. Even in appalling scenarios it's unlikely Mars will ever be more habitable than here. I know Musk is delusional but I find it hard to believe that at least sometimes he doesn't know full well (the average person could grasp the basics of why in my view), and it's just part of the grand manipulation.

@aral@mastodon.ar.al I'm surprised even the oil firms don't see it as a screw up to be quite so obvious with their corruption.

@goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org @sarahdal@crispsandwi.ch I kind of hope they leave it there. If there is a spin-off of some kind that might be good, but I don't feel they could have ended those characters' stories a lot better.

@goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org @sarahdal@crispsandwi.ch Have you seen the new TNG ending that is Picard season 3? It rights the wrongs of Star Trek Nemesis pretty well. It was good that it didn't end there.

@goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org @sarahdal@crispsandwi.ch Ah, that makes sense. I thought you meant in terms of political correctness which is what I couldn't understand.

@sarahdal@crispsandwi.ch @goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org In what way? I mainly remember just a well executed action adventure that I can't think of anything problematic in.

@mattly@hachyderm.io Thank you for taking the time to share this. It is appreciated.

@mattly@hachyderm.io Or are you just meaning that you need project management tools for many more things than neurotypicals do?

@mattly@hachyderm.io Projects in the context of ADHD.

@mattly@hachyderm.io Do you have any particular strategies that have helped?

@goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org @katiefenn@front-end.social I have no idea if it's justified or not but I feel instinctively more confident in the system they had for ejecting the Saturn V command module, then it would parachute back down. I don't think that was ever deployed in an emergency though. In fact the Saturn V is among a minority of rockets that never exploded during launch or testing.

@goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org I think they have to spend hours and hours in simulators practising disaster scenarios they can't practice live and to try and desensitise them. Astronauts do the same (and it's much more likely to actually happen for them). I would guess the best chance they had of surviving was to suppress their emotions, even in that situation.