Notices by kechpaja (kechpaja@social.kechpaja.com)

@MastodonEngineering Any chance of getting https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/31134 merged in 4.5? It's a trivial change and almost certainly harmless.

@llewelly @futurebird Why do we still have to kill creatures just to know that they exist?

@georgetakei No, but I got my head stuck in a revolving door as a kid once and I've been wary of them ever since.

@atomicpoet That worked up until this year. The problem is that now, more and more, Google returns junk. (And so do other search enginges — it's not just a problem with Google.)

More and more, I find myself wanting to ask my questions of an actual human, because I can't trust the internet at all.

@georgetakei Biblically accurate dessert.

@liztai What kind of sandwich? A grilled cheese would definitely include butter, but a pb&j or ham and cheese (made at home) would not. A generic deli sandwich would depend on the deli.

@thomasfuchs Who is saying that exactly?

@satch Everyone seems excited about @buttondown and maybe @write_as, although I haven't personally used either one and can't vouch.

@youronlyone @languagelovers @linguistics At least in my English variety, that would be naturally expressed as “I am the third-oldest sibling” (or “I am the second-youngest” — if you’re closer to the bottom, it’s more natural to count from the bottom).

You can also say “second-oldest/second-youngest girl/boy”.

@inthehands Also, don't contribute to building dehumanization (social) infrastructure that can then be turned on other groups.

@georgetakei I didn’t have “the GOP convinces me to try and actually like Skittles” on my 2023 bingo card, but here we are.

@georgetakei Link please? This is the one place I've seen this mentioned.

@evan It depends on which game, and with whom.

@evan Between those options, it’s a tossup between citizen and consumer. But by actual answer is something like “entrepreneur”, although broader (since you don’t necessarily have to be doing it for profit).

Activism has its place I guess, but I’m starting to suspect that we’re past the point where it will make much difference. Everybody who would be convinced by a scientific or activist-y argument already knows.

@evan

I don’t know — did you consider joining the Mitsubishi Hive after you passed your Adulthood Competency Exam?

@evan

Qualified agree. Everyone should be able to program in the same way that everyone should be able to write: most people won't do it professionally or bother getting good at it, but they should still be able to script basic tasks.