PolarKraken

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[–] PolarKraken@sh.itjust.works 27 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

.world is known (largely due to the Luigi Mangione stuff) to have moderation that's a bit more heavy handed and more similar to the sort of "corporate Internet".

No real hate for them and they've indicated in the past that some of their actions are just to comply with their local laws. But if you're looking for an older internet experience you'll wanna move to a different instance.

[–] PolarKraken@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 hours ago

What are you talking about lol. Jeff Bezos is doing the only thing Jeff Bezos does, stuff that's good for Jeff Bezos. This is giant leverage that tells the Trump administration "we have big tools at our disposal if you don't make us happy with whatever economic policies we do end up with". He displayed that leverage, it turned into a news story, and behind closed doors, a shift occurred, likely minor, in the ever-evolving power dynamic between the two pricks.

Don't get it twisted. These dudes and the rest like them will never help us except in the most casually incidental way.

[–] PolarKraken@sh.itjust.works 6 points 18 hours ago

Thanks, Ken. DOLT

Hey, similar feelings from me in a lotta ways, especially regarding the "churn" we see where continuing tech evolution makes our expected output rise in almost precise equilibrium with the rise in quality of life tooling and general sophistication we get to "enjoy" (and I mean, sincerely, some stuff like IaC has made irritating tasks joyfully painless in comparison to the ~~bad~~ ~~good~~ ??? old days ).

BUT! Something maybe we can all get a little excited about - in some important ways (Linux ecosystem, federation trends, self-hosting capabilities and enthusiasm, urgent global need to diversify cloud reliances) - FOSS is in a strikingly beautiful place today. It's never been more important, and it's never had a stronger, more diverse, and arguably more passionate array of people working hard to make great shit for us all.

Cheers and take heart!

To take that even further, NFT art produced by one of the largest corporations on earth is just so hilariously cynical, it's like life writing poetry.

[–] PolarKraken@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Let's go, friend - I make and eat a buncha ramen, and likewise for yonder spuds. Someday soon, I'll combine them, and I hope you do, too.

May we be in our bowls - together.

Ramen.

[–] PolarKraken@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Oh wow, this is going to be really lovely when you're done! Blends two kinds of nostalgia for me, the game of course and just the way cross-stitch looks (probs due to a sprinkle of early memories). Really really perfect combination of aesthetics for my tastes.

Thinking about it, does seem like a painful project probably lol. Seems like a lot of colors in some real random spots to get the details right. Just remember the outcome 😅

Edit: I don't have any connection to cross-stitch whatsoever (though I do hang dope art in my home in general), but I am subbing to this community in hopes I see how it turns out lol, cheers!

[–] PolarKraken@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

grimaces, shudders in frustration on your behalf, bumps up monthly Wikmedia donation by $1

Yeah gotta be honest, looks like that ship has sailed. Especially with high-powered engineers (at least on paper) hitting the market more and more and competing with the less prestigiously credentialed (like me, lmao). Going to be hard to find solidarity, I'm not optimistic whatsoever. But unions ftw!!

[–] PolarKraken@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Hell yeah! And another dope thing about the whole shebang, turns out the derivative < - > integral operation is wildly useful for describing...everything.

The simplest example, that I love the most, is just the very pedestrian (pun intended) relationship between a car's position, velocity, and acceleration. It's just enough "levels" (of diff < - > int) to have some instructional "meat", and it's a totally ubiquitous experience.

And then, when peered at more closely, that kind of relationship starts to crop up everywhere, suggests so much more!

Calculus is best maf

[–] PolarKraken@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

The elephant in the room is the huge violence required to bring any "simple fix" to fruition. The fascists are doing some of the violence for their own simple fixes, now, openly. They of course intend the further violence, too.

Some of us see the elephant. Most of us (almost all of us, myself included!) are just tryna get from one day to the next. That's bad, elephant gets bigger...

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