The beading of the water on the leaves is impressive. Thanks for that photo!

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Agreed that it’s an entirely acceptable position to try and avoid being stuck in the crossfire of cyber warfare. Let’s be clear though, cyber warfare is already going on and Russia+China are pulling no punches routinely wiping American and European servers in various ways. Anyone on the front line of cybersecurity sees them knocking ceaselessly.

Whether it is being offered to the end users as free (as in freedom) software or as paid closed source has the usual implications. Ease of use, accessibility measures and support impacts inclusivity. Supported languages (natural and programming) will influence further who uses them or not. What constitutes the user base will determine what’s it’s used for and in turn will apply pressure to the editor to take a certain direction.

Political impact is not always obvious and not every single grain of software will be infused with a powerful one. The point is that our choice is either to ignore it or to acknowledge it. We can’t opt out of the world; blind neutrality is as political as any other position.

I would like to offer as a counterpoint that everything is political. Tech is no exception. Tech is a tool, a tool comes with a specific affordance and an affordance suggests to the wielder a certain worldview. To wilfully ignore the social and political impact of one’s work does not protect it from the world’s turmoil.

I contest the use of derogatory “small dick energy” memes on the grounds of body inclusivity. Small dicks are valid, positive and worthy of appreciation.

Most depressing thing on the box is the alcohol percentage.

The wikipedia page you linked to actually states that the term is being pushed by industry (Google, Meta, OpenAI) and that its use is criticized by some researchers.

Such dogs are very useful for zootherapy with acutely isolated coders as they can be slid under a locked office door as a means of initiating an intervention.

Underrated veggie imho. They’re amazing grilled. They give some kick to mashed potatoes. On the other hand, the sap from their plant causes serious blisters when exposed to sunlight and they’ve gone wild, turning into a problematic invasive specie in many regions. Evil carrot is about right.

And I accidentally misread this as Alegria

What’s this, a cat for ants?!

Oh Columbo

I’ve been playing Etrian Odyssey 3 HD and I’m enjoying it. It’s a lovely blobber with an interesting take on mapping. You can choose between full, minimal or no automapping. I’m playing with minimal automapping and I’m rediscovering the joys of mapping a dungeon crawl, a thing which I thought I was officially done with. At “normal” the difficulty is just right for me. I’m particularly enjoying the total absence of brutally obtuse puzzles, a staple of western RPGs for some reason. Only downside is the fan service some of the art suffers from, a staple of JRPGs for some reason.

Feel the same. My switch is collecting dust and I just don’t feel like touching the backlog there. The fleeting nature of a console is depressing.

That duck looks spectacular!

No. I came here for a nice place and I’m uninterested in instances that Beehaw defederated from and in banned users.

I subscribed to basically every Beehaw community plus some communities from federated instances, and I browse by “'Subscribed”.

More activity would always be cool, but I don’t miss doomscrolling through reposts and trolls on other platforms either so.

L’occasion fait le larron!

• C++ is fine
• Python is fine
• C# is fine
• PHP is fine
• JavaScript is fine
• C is fine
• Java is fine

I could go on

Also chaotic neutral: prioritizes issues by curiosity.