Notices by Jonathan Yu (jawnsy@mastodon.social)

@aaronbieber @wall_e @pluralistic Who needs version control when we have zip files?

@linux_mclinuxface @sszuecs Do you see docs problems as distinct from OSS sustainability as a whole?

I think docs are often kinda rough because many projects are driven by volunteers, and writing good docs takes time and skill.

What are your thoughts?

@linux_mclinuxface I'd be lying if I said that I didn't give preference to projects with more stars, there's a social proof element to it, but I agree that it's a dumb metric. It's also just super prominent and there's not that much to go off of when selecting a project. Otherwise, I look at the readme and docs.

Biggest factor for me is how I come to know the project. Often someone mentions it and if they've used it then it seems more legit to me.

I should probably pay more attention tbh

@skinnylatte I'm often skeptical of farmer's markets because of how bougie they are, and also this: https://youtu.be/YYwB63YslbA

@jtk @ricci Does that mean port 0 is a valid port? Or is port 0 the absence of a port? What happens if you use that for the destination port?

@dalias I wonder if you could plug it into wired Ethernet if you had a USB C adapter

@dalias My SSID is an emoji, and the Switch can connect to it but not display it (it's just an empty box, lol)

@skinnylatte Wow! What did you make??

@inthehands @dalias @sroccaserra @dymaxion @kevinriggle @jenniferplusplus I'm not sure if the problem is excess money or an inefficient market (lots of dumb ideas get lots of funding while lots of good ideas don't.) Or maybe the problem is that we have lots of money but we're insufficiently creative with respect to how we allocate it?

Probably, an issue is that people with control of capital chase returns for their own sake, instead of being a byproduct of doing something useful

@skinnylatte Maybe I should take a look at it! Do you have an affiliate code lol

@inthehands There was a similar insight in Kathryn Schulz's TED talk, "On being wrong"

https://youtu.be/QleRgTBMX88

@Natanox @dalias @sindarina @dansup Perhaps even a dangerous opportunity?

"Our findings show that when speed cameras are doing the ticketing, the proportion of tickets issued to Black and white drivers aligns closely with their respective share of roadway users."

"For instance, on roads where half of drivers are Black, Black drivers receive approximately 54% of automated camera citations. However, they make up about 70% of police stops."

https://theconversation.com/police-stop-more-black-drivers-while-speed-cameras-issue-unbiased-tickets-new-study-from-chicago-238170 via @TheConversationUS

This writing is superb:

"Corporate Attribution Error is what happens when a business [...] illogically and systematically attributes a large observed outcome in the world to the intentional and planned initiative of a business."

"Causal thinking is difficult for people who literally spend their entire careers trying to do science about it. So I write this not to castigate, but to contemplate. We live inside of attributions and our errors, always."

https://www.drcathicks.com/post/corporate-attribution-error by @grimalkina

"By turning off your lights all day every day for a month, you conserved about 1 percent of the energy needed for AI to generate a picture of a duck wearing sunglasses. Isn’t he cute? Aside from the fact that he has the feet of a human man, of course."

"By dropping $7K on better, energy-efficient insulation for your home, Google AI was able to tell someone how to prepare chicken incorrectly, and they got, like, super sick—thanks to you!"

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-department-of-energy-wants-you-to-know-your-conservation-efforts-are-making-a-difference

@mcc A wise man, @bcantrill, once told us all not to anthropomorphize the lawnmower, though. I think he was right. Oracle is Oracle, they are very transparent about their model and their approach, and I find that kind of honesty refreshing

"Alone in my kitchen, I am a continent-spanning colossus. I am a cyborg. I have technological systems at my literal fingertips. These are infrastructure utilities: energy, fuel, electricity, water, sewage, telecommunications, the supply chains behind that. These are the systems that make my life, as I know it, possible. And on that typical night, they're basically invisible, at least invisible to me."

https://youtu.be/c_YLAhZpfMI by @debcha h/t @RuthMalan

@maaretp What's the goal of the security testing? It can be useful to get a baseline that you can then work to improve

@ryanc @matthew_d_green @filippo Joking aside, thank you to y'all and everyone else working tirelessly to remove some of the footguns from this stuff. Things have gotten much better in security - there's always more to be done, but I think it's also nice to recognize that the industry has come a long way. HTTPS everywhere, short-lived keys, memory-safe languages. All thanks to people like you!

@matthew_d_green And @filippo is trying to ruin the fun in Go by preventing use of these small keys 😤

https://github.com/golang/go/issues/68762