Notices by Lesley Lai (lesley@mastodon.gamedev.place)

I’d appreciate it if tech writers use fewer words like "easy," "simple," and "straightforward." These terms provide no real information and can only make readers feel stupid when something doesn’t seem as easy as claimed

@eniko I used to behave like this until I read this article. https://blog.aurynn.com/2015/12/16-contempt-culture.

I much prefer being here compared to Bluesky, but there's nothing wrong with people making different choices. It turns out insinuating that others aren't making good judgments isn't an effective way to attract people

@inthehands @mekkaokereke I never thought it from the DEI perspective, but "weed out" intro courses always felt like excuses for horrible teaching for me

@0xabad1dea And often figgy pudding is a 3 levels deep transitive dependency and I have absolutely no idea what it does