Notices by Dr. Quadragon ❌ (drq@mastodon.ml), page 4

@liaizon That another person is me.

@evan @Gargron @chrismessina @eudaimon @youronlyone

@liaizon There's more backstory to it.

@eudaimon

@liaizon A lot of people think that the pentacle was chosen because of its occult or satanic connotations. And while it would be in Fediverse's rebellious spirit, this was not the case.

My idea was to illustrate the structure of the network. There must be multiple nodes (multiple servers). There must be nothing in the middle (no center). The connections can cross each other, but must never follow the same path twice. No connection must be on top of each other.

It can't be done with two nodes, because it's just a line and in the middle of the line, there's line. It can be done with triangle, but it's boring. It can not be done with four nodes, because their connection cross in the middle.

So, five nodes it is. Thus, a pentacle.

Also, a pentacle is a classic symbol for a star. And I always wanted to associate the Fediverse with the stars and space in public consciousness.

What's plural of "a fedi node"? "a constellation".

@eudaimon

@liaizon Funny enough, it was a multiple invention.

We, I and @eudaimon, independently, without knowing about each other at all, made the same logo. Mine had different chirality though, and had couple of other details like UN-esque laurel wreath (because we're federation :).

After we showed each other our results, we agreed that his version is simpler and more concise, and it will kinda be attributed to both of us.

@evan @Gargron @chrismessina

@liaizon There it is.

https://files.equivalent.me/s/7fGNPa97Ymtk93p

@eudaimon @evan @Gargron @chrismessina

Че-то меня продуло где-то по весне.

Сопливлю, чихаю, слегка температурю.

Fuck HDMI Forum. Connection standards should not be proprietary.

USB is not proprietary
8P8C/RJ45 whatever you call it is not proprietary

Nobody is paying any royalty for those. As long as copper is good and connection is solid, nobody gets into trouble.

Why the fuck should HDMI be so anal about this?

@LifesAHaskell It's not the library, it's the calendar that sucks.

Who's been a bad gateway?

@Houl Nothing is happening!

@ChristopherBRobin Come to Russia. Large liquor bottles galore.

Good ones are not cheap, still cheaper than airport stuff though.

@tk @marine @lanodan @a1ba

@ChristopherBRobin Not in my country.

@tk @marine @lanodan @a1ba

@ChristopherBRobin Clearly your standard of "nothing" is a generous one.

@tk @lanodan @a1ba

@a1ba Moscow fucking sucks. Its transit infrastructure fucking sucks, despite all the effort. Roads suck due to lack of effort. Countryside sucks as well, because there's nothing there.

@tk @lanodan

@lanodan Transportation is hard. Like energy, it's never as clear-cut, as some would like you to believe. Nothing is black and white, context matters.

@tk @a1ba

@a1ba @tk Still, depends on how big your country is. Ours is 1/-fucking-6 of the whole dry land.

@lanodan

@hj Какой хороший косплей.

@vriska @ZySoua

@dansup I have a problem with guilt-by-association and felony misdemeanor policy of their new leadership.

@ZySoua Honestly, with all due respect to Tux, Xenia kicked ass, and was a way better mascot.

I got slapped with a complaint from someone from vt.social, and I quote:

> Spam tagging people in an activism message.

To which I have to ask: Are you f*king kidding? You *must* be f*king kidding.

We still don't have groups for such kinds of things, so we need to megaphone this the best we can. It's in our own best interest as gamers and customers.

We need to sue this practice out of existence, or it's game over for the industry. The IT industry, not just software or game industry.

They already have inroads to "Hardware as a service". We need to stop this NOW.

#StopGaaS