Notices by ashwin (ashwin@union.place)

@jonathankoren @inthehands

There's no law against misuse of words.

Some fools not understanding a word doesn't mean that the word itself has no clearly defined meaning.

@inthehands

Hmm...please give an example of a developer jargon term that is very, very ambiguous.

@bmacDonald94

Fear leads to anger. ...you know the drill. 😜

I decree a holiday to honor me. On this special unholy day, everyone has to smoke a joint ( or few ) and rub the ash ( my nick name ) on their forehead.

I dub it "Ashwin's Day".

Hmm...maybe that's too narcissistic. Well, I was born on a Wednesday, I am told.

So I guess it should be called:
Ash Wednesday!

It is done!

#Cannabis #Today #Ash #AshWednesday

My family is a flock of sheep.
And I'm a black goat.

#family #today

@yogthos

Your blind spot might be a nostalgia for the USSR, a memory you've glorified and whitewashed because clearly, the US is corrupt and life here is venal and corrupt.

You glorify the past when the future dries up.

You seem to think that the USSR was better than the USA, and communist elitism is better than capitalism, and deserves a fair chance, which it didn't have. Damn these capitalists! Longing for a long gone childhood?

Trump Voted Sexiest Man!

#MAGA #GOP #Republican #Republicans #DNC #DNC2024 #Democrats #RNC #RNC2024 #USPol #UsPolitics #USA #Election2024 #2024Election #Election2024USA #Democracy #Government #Trump #TrumpLies #Trump2024

@bmacDonald94

Race is a garbage social construct.

In Science, animals are classified thus:

Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

Race is some junk based on phenotype.

Race is a crude label based on appearance. No wonder it is the organizing principle of prison gangs.

Me overhearing a casual interview at a cafe.

Interviewer: "Please tell me about yourself."

Candidate: "I like people!"

Interviewer: "Wonderful!"

Me [thinking]: "Damn! I'm already disqualified from this job, and I didn't even apply."

#WorkJoke #Joke #Jokes #CorporateJokes #Today

"Why I am ALSO not a Christian"
==========================

https://paper.wf/penumbrage/why-i-am-also-not-a-christian

"...Personally, I am all for God. However, in this essay, I am with Russell in voicing my opposition to Christianity..."

#religion #hawaii #jesus #christian #christianity #ConservativeChristian #Catholic #atheism #atheist #agnostic #hawaiian #HawaiianFreedom #government #christofascism #Christofascists #Law #Corruption #PublicCorruption #ReligiousStudies #religiousGroups #RomanCatholic #Christ #Christians

"Intellectual Property" is an oxymoron.

Patents hinder human progress, not help it.

Knowledge modules are like radioactive LEGOs. Horde them, and they're of limited value to you, and everyone else.

Combine them freely, and raise humanity to another level with an intellectual boom!

Get past capitalist greed!

#FSF #GPL #CreativeCommons #FreeSoftware #IdeasWorthSpreading #IntellectualProperty #intellectual_property #law #LawFedi #Anticapitalism #anticapitalist

"...in science there are no authorities.."

~ Carl Sagan.

Science is Anarchism.

~ me.

https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/01/03/baloney-detection-kit-carl-sagan/

#anarchy #anarchism #science

@rbreich

The entire capitalist system is based on conning working people into thinking that if they are obedient, hardworking employees, they'll become rich.

Let's fix this:

https://blog.glue.earth/2024/03/solidarity-turn-up-heat-on-your-boss.html

#union #unions #unionstrong #tradeunions #labor #justice

Microsoft Philanthropy

Microsoft donates Windows licenses to schools.

Windows has already been made, so donating licenses costs almost nothing.

Microsoft gets:

1. tax breaks for the full market price of the licenses.

2. good publicity for its generous donation.

3. mindshare, by locking in a whole generation of students into Windows.

4. to fend off FOSS by positioning itself as the de facto standard.
#freesoftware #linux #microsoft #business #businessstrategy #tech #education #philanthropy