2026-10-26T18:07:28Z https://nostr.now Alan Langford 🇨🇦🧤🧊摏 https://nostr.now/npub1jct7txuaac7hplgj3wy4pr6ad2hjmm2xqxx5gy0h60me5umt3dzs5d0vx7 https://a.mindlycdn.com/accounts/avatars/109/288/721/393/429/157/original/bf75aa868bf759c2.jpg https://a.mindlycdn.com/accounts/avatars/109/288/721/393/429/157/original/bf75aa868bf759c2.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs227x83t634mg2ea9436dh3s95qrlttadej47d3wwtw06290ck7fgzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952vcmmuv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx95w2k2zw3dfgl27jph8pnwrzeacaaq6a7k5j2qfp02sf8my8h3ss9qh5z'>nevent1q…qh5z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have looked at two AI tools, one is a simple line completion model that guesses at what I&#39;m about to type. It&#39;s a simple model that runs locally and is right about 80% of the time. Overall I think it offers a benefit.<br/><br/>The other is a big model that tries to figure out the next few lines, and even after letting it at a code base for some time, the guesses are wildly inaccurate, and mess with keystrokes, so I wind up having that inaccurate code injected, which means I then need to remove it before typing what I was already planning to type. This has lowered my productivity. I have used this model to generate test cases; about 80% of the cases made sense, the rest needed minor tweaks, so there&#39;s a potential use case there.<br/><br/>I will try getting an advanced model to build a small application, but at this point I expect I&#39;ll spend as much time fixing the generated code as it would have taken to write it in the first place.<br/><br/>One place where it might be useful is generating code in a language I am familiar with but haven&#39;t mastered. At that point the logic would still be auditable, and I could use that review to raise my level of expertise. 2026-10-25T13:51:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsznwtzz4z9zx4s35fk608vkl04lgthfa50yjm43e7p8vfgvr2xc5czyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw9528veczj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfah6nnqqc9phfjur7794f9nrtmejyzpmp2u4kve57ut42njg0e0cmz22ku'>nevent1q…22ku</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Never try to buttonhole your pigeon! 2026-09-16T18:33:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9q8qvvmul2s62uj349m3v782g0f5htq2xkwpz7sypg8tlr8ymm3qzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952dreqhx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfnyvmrgx320eyc06fg22ravueljfhupycw5c00kwvcy09qqjr4wqcjckcv'>nevent1q…ckcv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Bring a hegemony trimmer. 2026-09-11T18:43:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp2nnm2hphtgglyhld9uzeymf5f0524jlkvl63zsv9l235v9zxpeczyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952sd973c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd0ut4uafrugcc72zzuuvwg7kumfnm50kltl8shw6gt30qzswdghgd3devq'>nevent1q…devq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It was &#34;accessible style&#34; that did it. consider resubmitting after asking Gen-AI to transform the text to &#34;opaque elitist academic obfuscation-speak&#34; and you&#39;ll get tenure in no time. 2026-09-07T19:26:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrcacu0vfvjhr5n82yt8h04h3j3dcepkragfgrym9dt25cxde06fszyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952gq6a7c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx3uv3ml8te8vx3j7vjs2r8x2p59a4899qpe698zlq7yngg042qrqfak3cu'>nevent1q…k3cu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I forget the song title but:<br/><br/>I don&#39;t wanna pickle,<br/>I just wanna ride my motor-sickle.<br/>and I don&#39;t wanna die,<br/>I just wanna ride my motorci... cle.<br/><br/>Classic. 2026-08-29T04:26:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9ygycyqqjyd3rm9mtnqach3agrjvw0lq65d0fcgaxq3zlc7mxceszyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw9525uxfc7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrmnec8rwyxsgwgk5m53sqqgprm6fgqc57uammpd3cah4tlu09j7cqkl622'>nevent1q…l622</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The absolute classic here is &#34;Alice&#39;s Restaurant&#34;<br/><br/>I was prematurely political, so although I was still too young to be involved, I was following stuff pretty closely. We had a few draft dodgers living nearby, and a few university profs who decided to GTFO of Berkley.<br/><br/>I actually find it really odd that there aren&#39;t waves of protest songs for these current times, or is it that I&#39;m just out of touch with them? The music business was so much more monolithic back then. 2026-08-29T04:10:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyr9vzxfwgf9emv33dachdpnf5e0ykhlhrmezz8m8u9gckw8z4nggzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952n5y4hd It is becoming increasingly clear to me that one thing Canada *desperately* needs is domestic payment processing capability that&#39;s independent of the US, which means no Mastercard, no VISA, no AmEx, no PayPal.<br/><br/>If the US decides to limit those platforms, our ability to do business with the rest of the world is severely curtailed.<br/><br/>Not only should the sale of Moneris be blocked, the infrastructure it depends on needs to be replaced... unless the plan is to use the revenue from the sale to build a solution that works with the rest of the world. 2026-08-28T16:07:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf2gszcpuhyp3rvj8njnfw2lyudspaqusnsz6xsjxqcyh287rtyfqzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952puhxwm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp08v7vkjs3hkstglp8xrdrzwu3snu6l4xgmr72akra8avj2cu7fg9t4nqg'>nevent1q…4nqg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Coming soon, the new graphic app, &#34;DoctoroDraw!&#34;<br/><br/>[Probably a fork of Inkscape] 2026-07-24T15:55:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqwqls6gfug02na860dxzprle2lhkslydccq7mlm2clcmwryjxq0gzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952eazukl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxr5mgv5k65jmtahxsllr9z5ygs3t670c8lzcjssxqexy59eh6hest6r6qv'>nevent1q…r6qv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It would not surprise me if our pond is covering something of archaeological interest. Across the main road there is a river, but it is a much wider river than it would have been 300 years ago, because the British built it into part of a canal system. The pond is formed by a causeway for the road, which tells me this would have been a wide, flat spot that would have been well-suited to an overnight camp, at the least.<br/><br/>Having moved my fair share of stones (the soil here is what I fondly refer to as &#34;glacier shit,&#34; lots of well-rounded stones and a lot of sand), I am astounded by the size of the rocks that they moved, the largest bordering on a cubic metre in volume. Some farmland here is littered with &#34;eccentrics,&#34; boulders too large to move in one piece.<br/><br/>There are two forms of consumption wall, and probably a name for each. Ours are just a linear heap. In drystone, a consumption wall is wide, well built on either side, with the middle containing smaller stones and the ones that just didn&#39;t fit elsewhere, still carefully placed to strengthen the overall structure. 2026-07-23T13:02:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfyajtfyydg67e7uaj2v953fzlv89xawyk80h2dk2trq3tk44mzcszyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952p8z7q6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxqkhpxdtax744e3lrzkgqs9kvnpxgc54ph2tvtwrgxwcs5kw66jg597d35'>nevent1q…7d35</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nope, no fence. There is a fence between us and our neighbours to the West, but it&#39;s at least a century old and easily traversed. The underbrush is more of a barrier to transit than the fence is. To the East there&#39;s a pond that&#39;s slowly turning to marsh, There are traces of a fence in places, but for the most part that property line is marked by a consumption wall of stones, piled there when settlers first cleared the land. 2026-07-23T12:38:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz23nvxqthhe8nm3srl7c2p9ehzwfh9kxshaymhq826wrwumzdthqzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952fl85l0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdy27z5t3gm8save4ga97mzwc0unqpe7a2kasnxtrn52uyt9l8jacshu79d'>nevent1q…u79d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Our back yard opens to 200 or so acres of forest and marshland, and beyond that maybe 400 more across a road that you need an ATV to navigate. Every once in a while a disoriented hiker will come wandering out of the trail, and we help them find their bearings. Once, a group of 15-20 horses showed up. The guide made a wrong turn somewhere and wound up coming out along our driveway. They used the road to get back to their stables.<br/><br/>I was working in the garage at the time, so it was &#34;that sounds like a horse!&#34; &#34;It is a horse!&#34; &#34;It&#39;s many horses!!&#34; 2026-07-23T12:28:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszqfdjusuh4v0umsdnv2xl82ev69jsjkvswf2qq42qlpcdts8l96gzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952jw58c9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9ljca49kc3efgmtwemkl8jgg3uej6as3kk2tfq086q8xyzs0zj5cpgnf2z'>nevent1q…nf2z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have seen a fair bit of educational/business writing form a century ago. It is, comparatively speaking to what we would see pre-genAI, ludicrously flowery and tedious. In many cases I think it was written with the sole objective of maximizing word count.<br/><br/>I doubt that this trend will cause us to see repetitive, boring text as better than quality writing. For a while we&#39;ll have person A give a concise prompt to a GenAI, then send it to someone who will use a LLM to reduce the message to something resembling the concise prompt, but in the not too distant future it will become prohibitively expensive to do so, and we&#39;ll return to a better place.<br/><br/>I&#39;m sure there will still be a pile of AI dreck out there, but eventually we&#39;ll adapt, much in the way that click-bait article titles have largely lost their effectiveness. 2026-07-15T02:44:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2wun5xlf2uvf542ed4zjpfk4rrfvk7lupgr2yk2qwx8u36n5t8zqzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw9525fpydx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8s7mpgplmx827wg93yd9puvnc86u8ejfss89mhl46x5dw2vz6uysgnhr8d'>nevent1q…hr8d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You might, on the basis that assumptions are frequently erroneous.<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1dwelk5yztp87l2h0kzx5z7923d8725unf065u7j6n6vmwzxxvmzqwrfxlw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Philip Brewer</span> (<span class="italic">npub1dwe…fxlw</span>)</a></span> 2026-07-05T17:00:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx6ztcu9pe74lyxuyply842c65ueu9u0fz468cdfgzkjr0y59sdsczyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952u6zydp <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hr7087sk4yxl25nmx9c42p0zgk5kyfyvar5xeklezs23hjuenr7qr3jxyc" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Baldur Bjarnason</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hr7…jxyc</span>)</a></span> I snorted at your &#34;replies are showing signs of...&#34; and am coining the term &#34;reply rot&#34; to describe this condition. 2026-06-19T18:04:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswl7apxmrczjxcld62kxnccaphmr590cjusuxw3s6tdnq8r3eg6hszyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952t7rlzn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszkde9sck3vudae8hs97kvrdauku3lwl89n7aylscfp45ngzy0uqcktsyja'>nevent1q…syja</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just retired my Yeti for a similar reason. Even in the right mode and orientation it was picking up far too much fan noise. 2026-06-03T14:10:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrfrugjf3va9ezd2ct4vz5f7lchcrkqhs94kxeqsmzs73crtsmxxczyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952nqanxe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx920pacuntcn4plf52xr7usa83s4jqt5vkpr7tm6zshlke5u6yecuzwzge'>nevent1q…wzge</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah, but there&#39;s that little rush you get when you shift into light speed mode and catch up.<br/><br/>For me the problem is that my light speed batteries just don&#39;t hold as much charge as they used to. I tend to save them for the things that really matter. 2026-05-31T13:08:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspf4gk8yxghf6hnavhddygtr3gz4l9k5f0zsj6l0ezshr2rmms9dgzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952000p74 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw505fgpea3x667v9yu8x585fwjds7yded4dvu859ga7edtlfwd2g8ms8g5'>nevent1q…s8g5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The message should be:<br/>420 Server is High. Chill, dude. 2026-04-29T18:39:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvwppm2zcchphg2w4awrm5lcqxgacdgjdl4fgumu8w7jcs8557xcczyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw9525qv6ef In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxrkela329s9ph2cc9fqqdenjuzd43hgnehpx3dv4fhn4m2aumsuqj2ed6c'>nevent1q…ed6c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So because of one asshole you&#39;re going to shit on the hashtag for everyone who follows it? <br/><br/>Very helpful. 2026-04-16T13:29:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx9wezq8gk9kzpml02ljksp4tax56ftqn5p3l5kpfwd55yuza5c4qzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952jpkcdg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy4aujw6509rqa50lu6dqt82tsd8k4lx6yml6ajc6ssy2vpjypg5c945hjg'>nevent1q…5hjg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Trump&#39;s going to be mad later on when someone finally manages to explain to him what the speech was about. 2026-04-15T17:55:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyp266kyf7emjvpnkeezj7eph43sy7t75yyjqdtzyuz4up7qp9kmqzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw95270aumf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfrqh4v9a4wqc6ep46f3a04w382vfpz9cj40zv56xpxquu06pgdhsaxwc4r'>nevent1q…wc4r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh there&#39;s no deal. The announcement El Stupido made even had conditions. Conditions that won&#39;t be met. The &#34;ceasefire&#34; will be a lull for a day or two, and then El Stupido will keep looking for a real off-ramp. The only thing that&#39;s actually happening is that there&#39;s a fragile communications channel of some sort. All the IRGC has to do is hold power for another couple of weeks and the economic effects of what Stupido/Net-a-yahoo have done will bury them both. 2026-04-08T06:01:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdelqg9c5nrmzccjcjquaf8qpqq3lj8gkf3jtevg4kzrd5e36pclqzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952r6jvzs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqv82yd9lrdrcd9pvr7pnu8puvyq7wjptqlnp98mmxlyetsvca64s2z8282'>nevent1q…8282</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t have one, but I think I&#39;d be &#34;okay, let&#39;s start with the fact that everything you take as axiomatic contradicts the actual evidence. Give me something you believe, and I&#39;ll prove to you that it&#39;s false.&#34; 2026-04-06T12:44:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0uqcggw9j8z2y9wwxyjx0r8w3r5azcz2xuh04ldgdsvqxldytv8szyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952kdvwmc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswmguu5r6njac3ljw8ud8qy5kt05prwr8cezsljaw7hv24m0ws32grphaq2'>nevent1q…haq2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>From here, it looks like a good cover while they annex a bunch of Lebanon. 2026-03-26T21:23:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs95gdpxy7tftjw7037ge6zk369x6mtn3s6w2f3ral4l42vrvl23mqzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw9520rxuus Easily the most insightful article I&#39;ve read this year on AI. There&#39;s a lot more to this essay than the title lets on.<br/><br/><a href="https://abiawomosu.substack.com/p/they-built-stepford-ai-and-called">https://abiawomosu.substack.com/p/they-built-stepford-ai-and-called</a> 2026-03-10T16:29:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8zc875aajq075w7d22lguertnqwvfufgz2tjn85ue6ysaqv68yqgzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw95204xrxr I guess some United States of Lower North America citizens are looking forward to this evening&#39;s State of the Donald Trump address as seen and delivered by Donald Trump, but I can&#39;t fathom why. 2026-02-24T23:53:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9wqsreewzve570kxgszh35zkhxa09gxf4whqxy82zesyg4k3c0wgzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952w6f0ln In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8alj029he2zd8kdz4t6sdz5jpdu35sm9kz92ev8xr22vzxtf3klgaj4fnh'>nevent1q…4fnh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am amused, as the average lifespan of a cup of coffee here is about two minutes. 2026-02-21T13:22:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2r0m0ryfmthxjr9rhw6ryzlsnt89qckdn46terjglz3v0vwwg63czyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw9527646mu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9kn3m878rny6k2qfpcygsgzjc4umwsjfg909fcvas3ccw2mtsn2s2fdmx9'>nevent1q…dmx9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Actually, an exploratory dive to see the Titanic wreck is a lot less expensive and less harmful to the environment. We can start a GoFundMe. 2026-02-16T14:41:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsduleml6su5e3thh0eu8je8a4vvayztn0kt274mew3pzw03cen5pczyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952kzsa2t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsynxs22vh3e034cxzf5r4rqrdrhr92euy72tnatqvg7lxa4jd9kksj02uh0'>nevent1q…2uh0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I also think that generative AI has made people think that creativity is now just a form of industrial production.<br/><br/>There&#39;s no need to think about it, just crank out &#34;one unit of Superbowl advert.&#34;<br/><br/>The quality of the work is not as important as maintaining the rate of production.<br/><br/>I for one am eagerly awaiting the inevitable &#34;correction&#34; in this line of thinking. 2026-02-13T13:47:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstukl6v4zzyz7qtaurgw3n54hv7y4vagw0wepnzxmntlue5jkpezqzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952w7hkak In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2dhvavscvqd3g0dlnle8unlerxyx233e3ms6nz0s8vu98dxht30quh9sqw'>nevent1q…9sqw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hey, I&#39;m halfway between the two! Feel to drop in for a coffee/beer (alcohol free) on your way past.<br/><br/>A parachute might be required. ;) 2026-01-27T18:16:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszj893dd43rxxlmue9nsw5rlhxr72sxwwjmck39ne3g7plvx02xqqzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952n0hh0q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswlqqjc6hr2ap6ns43qn36qmsrpv6qkutlh0fw8u6ez5fcqjqhqdq2qf42a'>nevent1q…f42a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I had to chuckle. Today is wake up a little early, clear 15cm of snow from the driveway (at least the part that would allow an emergency vehicle to reach the house, the rest can wait), feed and medicate cats, dogs, self, get ready to record a podcast, after that&#39;s done do a little post-production on it, upload, update all the things to say it&#39;s there, then figure out the rest of the day. 2026-01-26T13:40:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx9859spm402qcenummlhkm6xuplnxn24nrf3356qaujgc673qhzszyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw9523cdfw4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr64qkr7wu5tyac7kfmyzphl2mj83lz9cknunt8jfys9weyvmr2wg4jnttr'>nevent1q…nttr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>what I mean by losing (to use one of the oft cited examples from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span>) is that if we don&#39;t do the same thing, then some company in the EU is the one that provides software to unlock John Deere tractors. In this scenario, &#34;losing&#34; has two main facets; first, that revenue goes to Europe, not to Canada. Second, it would still be a crime to install that software on a JD tractor, so we couldn&#39;t take advantage of the innovation.<br/><br/>Cooperation is always a good thing, but politicians in the EU have absolutely no reason to give us an economic advantage without getting something in return. 2026-01-18T16:16:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxqhwf3y6gw3yejc8pw5jk8ytqxhy0nrlwzqksaj8x3mesl5tmdwgzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw9522kqcv8 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> This article on an EU response to TFP&#39;s latest tariff threat (<a href="https://www.euractiv.com/news/eu-trade-bazooka-back-on-the-table-as-greenland-tariff-threat-blows-up-us-deal/">https://www.euractiv.com/news/eu-trade-bazooka-back-on-the-table-as-greenland-tariff-threat-blows-up-us-deal/</a>) has an interesting provision (subhead &#34;the bazooka&#34;): &#34;The instrument provides for sweeping countermeasures, including investment restrictions, withdrawal of intellectual property protections, suspension of company licences and bans on access to EU public procurement.&#34;<br/><br/>Without diving deeper, I&#39;m assuming &#34;withdrawal of intellectual property protections&#34; at the least covers DMCA provisions and at most simply rejects patent law... so yeah, maybe Canada will start to think about this if Europe does, otherwise we lose to both the US and the EU! 2026-01-18T15:05:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqmsr6nedamcwrjqxc3kq2ntchcgcqaweulh3h47fgq9gtandnswqzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952hv32d2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr0tnmq3v2avfmqenwm0mzeset32j47shyggdnry6s96uewem3ansz4s8df'>nevent1q…s8df</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yep. Sadly dystopia has become much harder in the past couple of years!<br/><br/>We should rename the Kessler Syndrome to &#34;Elon Musk&#39;s Space Condom&#34; <br/>[@Natasha_Jay](<a href="https://tech.lgbt/@Natasha_Jay">https://tech.lgbt/@Natasha_Jay</a> ) 2026-01-17T16:06:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvls0c7jaw7wf0k65ucl8qkt5htmcdhudt5yn0f4prczpg9l5srlczyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw9524hyzy5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrnhwnj6qkn8slfmn0ghdjczvyktp67juejl6quvu8q26fpums7ug0rffar'>nevent1q…ffar</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><a href="https://mindly.social/@alan/115282123150912027">https://mindly.social/@alan/115282123150912027</a><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1d7yn87g2tef0w0q853vrpx4fs6upr6k55rrlsqqxhe4glj0fye3sqqam6l" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1d7y…am6l</a></span><br/> </div> SF authors working on their story blurbs in 2025:<br/><br/>In a dystopian future...<br/><br/>STRIKE THAT.<br/><br/>In a future that's marginally more dystopian than the present day...<br/><br/>#Writing #WritingCommunity #a10d3 </blockquote> 2026-01-17T15:54:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv224eacqqs0f8cmymh0exqrmkwgxmq9hyx8mqc8tlsdfgzvqj7dszyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952z5hvma In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp08mywrheqyhr3nhzdd5svvmp5a3s5u6pn0xcjntpvrc9yuhxp3q2yqcmy'>nevent1q…qcmy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Highly specific but I and many other Canadians are in the &#34;anyone except UPS&#34; camp for shipments coming from abroad. They&#39;ll tack on a $50+ customs clearance fee for anything, even when no duties apply. I set up with a broker who will do it for $9, but most don&#39;t bring stuff in often enough to do that. Others just write &#34;if you ship via UPS, cancel this order.&#34; 2026-01-17T15:03:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0zv0c3gfv6l08hvce4clh6ht9rczydut77y950024mmsxzd0fyaszyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952efety6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg8ancq9ke6p79jl8zmmqze46rzu5srpsud6xktfxkn6mw34sn0rq6quqra'>nevent1q…uqra</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Gretzky is an honorary American anyway. Fucker is more of a Trump ally than anything else. As far as I&#39;m concerned, his booze is reflective of his character. 2026-01-12T16:18:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrxd9gfddx9hj2q3gvnwfpenwraydc5pnr8nh76v3t3x3q66k22rczyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952gqt6hy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszmhsjp2nw7pztff9c0c6cpcjd08l3rg7p327sk2v4ggdp9pnxd4gzrujsh'>nevent1q…ujsh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The number of times I&#39;ve asked for something like a key that needs to go into a DNS record and received a screenshot in a word document in response is ludicrous. This is the sort of stuff that&#39;s error prone when manually transcribed (especially in the case where I receive a 6MB *photograph* of the web page.)<br/><br/>If only there was a way to select, copy and paste text information directly into an email... 2025-12-17T13:51:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0srql49m825y2qyls9jq8fgu4u23jdx4xqhasgk7kd0tzmkzrzfszyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952sck6pq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp0n6uhn76v3xnz7ylx8amquwznmvjwazye3yp74skl6jw5rt83tqzt0f5n'>nevent1q…0f5n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But what about a bicyclopean structure?? ;) 2025-12-06T17:38:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqyjzrhhd8ejx0dyf6vwsqk8nxmd8qqkj47f96jzwzytm3g8h4lhgzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw9527au2l4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstujzmfwpprqjh6ddtyvhm7vtapam8zcvvrvl5ey8jkekwvzrwnegtfk3we'>nevent1q…k3we</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You were. Meanwhile the rich were told to make their excessive consumption as inconspicuous as possible. Not all of them took that advice. 2025-11-17T15:54:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf394x2sauvwxl48ykvefsrnphyelyq7n02p6my42mjm4p55p7f8gzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952k07ns7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszesnwqmy52nzcq2kf2ut8l27jtw6vmx0s80dvum6d3deusjl08rq2yuwh7'>nevent1q…uwh7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s an interesting asymmetry, though. 2025-11-07T19:45:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsycll9qyk5aecl23sgmtve5pp865f924zwjvt8z8nn69ys8tkchkgzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952s422tt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0r2lwcgwy0ysn59lu64mmz8qxtdyzjy8aldudlmwtj3kjlq97f3cmkatdd'>nevent1q…atdd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>However, you can use unwise. 2025-11-07T12:45:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy5jgpy7jph6k972d2jyc8lqhu5ku5qt27x9n6lvgqm3w85cahptczyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952lmfgzd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0d0kpfz503nfugnaax5t2zmxwtqreadhznprxa6fsf5du733pc7cwzggk7'>nevent1q…ggk7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The day Slack announced that they were going to be acquired by Salesforce is the day I started moving my team to Mattermost. When Mattermost started to enshittify their free plan, I set up our own server on a VPS. My rule is that anything tainted by Larry Ellison gets dumped ASAP. This has served me well. 2025-10-14T12:35:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqu9lvk70adzt34gz72nur367pek0wfsd0zvv85cgf9kygrn55jeqzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952t4fwhg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs93ags0wd9muwtleq3dwdr59fzzjzu78lthrs428zcxtcnl0cpqvqnztl3p'>nevent1q…tl3p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Satellite manufacturing as a cottage industry. ;) 2025-10-11T21:31:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs84w5g5srael22mhgyqtjjsz6cccr0l3wz2emdcpeha840taju8rqzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952c2gusn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswsdkf60c8d3khsdq0ypyqydvtt4fmllur7tjdlfwn9yapdj2sfhqa8efma'>nevent1q…efma</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The solution to a lot of this might be open hardware. A garage door opener isn&#39;t that fucking complex. It should be possible to build a prototype with a micro-controller and a couple of relays. Unless Chamberlain wants to make an argument that looking at the leads of a motor are proprietary, which would be absurd (and probably unsuccessful). Once that&#39;s done, we have the tools to create an open hardware controller on a custom PCB at a reasonable cost. Then one rips out the proprietary controller, drops in a replacement, and carries on. I seem to recall a group that was working on this with the infamous John Deere farm equipment. No right to repair? Well then, how about a right to replace?<br/><br/>Edit: fixed weird duplication of the text! 2025-10-10T12:27:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy7apjv6h2kcml78zhsjdt6x0twsdvy57r0jwzejhayvz72fswhcqzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952l88ffk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsty8wupkhnk6mjhwf3mncmxcypuarefw3296p4ke44cgzgpu7s6fgs9ylec'>nevent1q…ylec</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hell yes it is. I spent most of my carer in software development. In my experience, the field chews people up and spits them out on a regular basis, but it does so more quickly and more brutally with women. The women I hired were some of the best, as capable as their male peers and easier to manage. None of them stayed on the development side for long. Some stayed in tech, but not in a development role, and I blame sexist unconscious bias for a lot of that. I&#39;ve had to go into meetings and repeat what a female developer said word-for-word in order for it to be heard. Now that. That really pisses me off. That&#39;s the &#34;more destructive&#34; bit. 2025-10-09T15:11:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8l0xud629tme7jgturqagp7pluhf3slt0rkyycazdqnw8f03lxcqzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952n92cg4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw5faru8vxvawhqesctevycx5qqu32h8lpnl3acwcl6ml0a47gp2q8qltjj'>nevent1q…ltjj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Personally, I love watching them expend energy on something like that. It&#39;s truly tedious, but much like keeping a scammer on the line just to waste their time, it keeps them from spending the effort on something more destructive. 2025-10-09T13:36:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsve97aka235cjdxlmh595w5v7jhs7y34ql38uz70mnga0th2wg4uszyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952ht4aut Spam call: &#34;Hello, this is a phone call from CRTC. Your phone number is scheduled to be suspended within two hours...&#34;<br/><br/>Me: Hysterical laughter. You had me at &#34;phone call from CRTC!&#34; The odds that the Secretary-General of the United Nations would be calling are far higher. 2025-10-09T13:24:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz9d5thc98ky8fs6kwum3ck36txrnrzv9jm7x676y9cdywk7vthqgzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952r5yqrj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9h4v2f235qvymgn0qsajncwrmrklcgns20tyfxxr4g23842356dqg6us62'>nevent1q…us62</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One can hope, but I suspect privbros are gonna privbro. 2025-10-09T13:14:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0qemd2px72huuxuqecq5kzjwuzv526k26f33jaey2krexptv204gzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952pkqu7l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswehfwdr6fx5kzyt5a0sn23k66cw39wk0yle25getecg8vq7zsdzc5jntd4'>nevent1q…ntd4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh dude. Never post that. Now you&#39;re on the &#34;not cool&#34; list and they won&#39;t sell you a ticket. Even if you get one surreptitiously, they&#39;ll have circulated your picture and as you walk by they&#39;ll point and whisper to each other. 2025-10-08T17:39:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsftpwnfna3k6p0c46p7vrzwq52rzcldg9gvgzaraz6zhhtr8970zqzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw9524vukaj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd4nwvdfmrka83nxw5qapw5rzj7kkz6uufnceqznzm5rtuqpk7vzg0chml0'>nevent1q…hml0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am reminded that I recently caught one of these &#34;reaction to first listen&#34; videos from a fellow who caught The Animals &#34;House of the Rising Sun&#34; and who was repeatedly blown away by all aspects of the song and it&#39;s production. The really good ones float to the top. 2025-10-04T13:26:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxlzfnly99u5hh8sr6gkpsn25cdwq3at22p3lcqqrtu650e85jvcczyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952mxtw5q SF authors working on their story blurbs in 2025:<br/><br/>In a dystopian future...<br/><br/>STRIKE THAT.<br/><br/>In a future that&#39;s marginally more dystopian than the present day...<br/><br/>#Writing #WritingCommunity #a10d3 2025-09-28T13:19:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsylncmpyd8vv5mn4v3jqufr3hdmay8gsw3hjdvr8h9erzf3uyz4uszyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952yykg6n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspt8gnpnewv433tz536545yha8vaes0ypclxxkpflyhx0qdn7qrjs7yr7gh'>nevent1q…r7gh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Alt text: confused homeless man seems happy to be discovered by rescuers on ATV. ;)<br/><br/>[It&#39;s Friday. My brain goes a little silly on Fridays] 2025-09-19T19:31:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp9t85zuxd83dr7wk55dxemrc0ma3d5ldnxqxv8czvxw6wqwmzgjszyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw9520zaalw Wow. From a newsletter written by people who help authors (mostly non-fiction) market their books: &#34;We spent over $50,000 on Instagram Influencers last year and it resulted in (I&#39;m not kidding) less than 50 books sold.&#34;<br/><br/>#Writing #WritingCommunity 2025-09-18T01:08:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyxcsncljpl8zlrahhy2t2hjgth7pyjw976qjsrarvjnnyfxukneczyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952juhze2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspqzwy0f7q0rje43r75s2ll42fgn432k0eav08h3cqcj5rate0xcqnguxyy'>nevent1q…uxyy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A few things. 1) If they can&#39;t get their shit together and make a contribution beyond managing the assets I&#39;ve created then they don&#39;t deserve the assets.<br/>2) I have seen too many &#34;third generation rich&#34; lives ruined to inflict that on my heirs.<br/>3) If I manage to create compelling stories or characters that inspire others, those are the people I want to give an opportunity to.<br/><br/>Things like my blogs are CC-SA, but I do hope to have enough success to be able to keep doing this, so it&#39;s full © until after I&#39;m gone. 2025-09-07T16:01:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz3hhcj6rtkpc4v6kg34nju2zanrev60zefny2keyjv0v9nm7n4eczyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw9528lyjgt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2p5estuvrvyayxvulname0s7838cuhpe9t672uaht5wkcv4u89qsxyrzvp'>nevent1q…rzvp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m not opposed to copyright by any means, but the current term limits are absurd. In the remote chance that I become a wildly successful author, I&#39;ll do everything I can to ensure that my work falls into the public domain just 20 years after my death. 2025-09-07T15:47:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswdnmst2uwyvphlhwavtlfsyzg6mvmx9xjxyuats5wqrr5j77qsvgzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952qk4xfc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz4xz2qqjujyygy8f6d2yxf7sdqjxql3k79mztqs0e4gaf3g6juzsjul38k'>nevent1q…l38k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh and as for the copyright system, it might originally have been to protect creators, but now it&#39;s more of a scheme for corporations and the descendants of creators to protect their revenue streams. IMO current copyright terms feel like they limit creators more than protect them. 2025-09-07T15:12:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz4xz2qqjujyygy8f6d2yxf7sdqjxql3k79mztqs0e4gaf3g6juzszyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952q5gt57 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9w0n96ar5smw8c0804vh476hvz5k5y29aqxq9ff00e82403twk9clfpqp8'>nevent1q…pqp8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, &#34;sampling&#34; the entire work is hardly fair use. As for suing the publisher, this assumes the publisher is still in business. I wager that there&#39;s a pretty strong correlation between failed publishers and publishers who failed to register copyright. Sure there&#39;s a personal responsibility to check, but now there&#39;s a cohort with no recourse whatsoever. 2025-09-07T15:01:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs946dr4hcvnj76ydxmcvh76800ju3gl79376s2tk9xf6k2ew4najczyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952ayswsq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq8exquatkuraxqxjfsg9ny08nxcd7393hvf04cmw3hpc4h5xg2asuzhyqz'>nevent1q…hyqz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The authors I feel for the most are the ones where their publisher failed to register the copyright. 2025-09-07T14:10:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxzvcc2clpe6caccwc6qwkklup2gsgtvj9wyaftvnew7za5pj4udczyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952e9t58p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvz3ukhh0u8npvn74amnfhjp7aqxxwrp7r8fat6a907qmz2c4750gwvtkxa'>nevent1q…tkxa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My standard response to things like this: It&#39;s almost like half the population has below average intelligence. 😉 2025-09-04T13:28:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdqxh5d7ddj30hmu03sxpufdctcnhjc2yz24ke7d9c6wlhkklg3zqzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952djzejf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswvkqjpl9yt39pdu0wltgdr2n90y328vlty5dj5q3gfnyknrvr75g5z9rvg'>nevent1q…9rvg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I just made it up, but it&#39;s probably the synthesis of many warnings I&#39;ve received ;)<br/><br/>Now, that physics, math, philosophy, religion one I will take credit for! 2025-08-29T17:22:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstueqvattx7k6y8j4gw5za4m9v8fc99mgzr42hjzsq75d35stlekszyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952a2vgt5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs03sfwkvt7s4tllqg6955fnlv72sek4v6axxpyradzh6awdn7f5ugls0vq8'>nevent1q…0vq8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;We try to restrict the scope of activities to things that are survivable.&#34; 2025-08-29T17:04:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0qz4exv6at5slzv34kl2hmvj6ghtfg6x648ltjp53ev673h25hlqzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952d6zny0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8up5sqvv8q5pauqktcp22f92u4684qt20kf9f07qdvn35vk4y4zszkg09m'>nevent1q…g09m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>LOL right now that&#39;s exactly what I&#39;m trying to *not* do. I have sections with an excessive reliance on dialogue and action rather than ambience and scene. Maybe I&#39;ll keep some of that archived in case someone wants a movie version, but it makes for thin prose. 2025-08-13T03:47:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsglcjy5enpdwwjmw75mt63um0ztvgnscxcjt8sq9gnttq0sq7egzgzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw9529avyht In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrh78aaanswv533drec6v7jm6yt3xfl0zfc7judw45gwng402r6wgs6yseg'>nevent1q…yseg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I will read more random samples in the book. The absence of dense prose isn&#39;t a show-stopper, but I admire those who can pull it off. Usually their shorter paragraphs are of similar calibre.<br/><br/>I dare say right now when I look at my own longer paragraphs there&#39;s a good chance that I&#39;m rambling. I am not that good yet. Not by a significant margin. One day though, in my dreams... 2025-08-13T03:11:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsta29mzayamz8xe59p6ptza9634vnde9enalwlzwe3rscgkanmjzczyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952qfcf72 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstk9dff655vxsfac4hpsdmlpfwkgzafsevegut9xpf45025ya5urc08mlf6'>nevent1q…mlf6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I tend to read the first page, then look for a dense passage somewhere in the middle. If the author can carry a paragraph that runs to two pages (how I wish I could!) then I&#39;m interested. If it plods, or if there are none, then I need a bigger sample and will read some more random pages. 2025-08-13T03:00:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9cmwjqelsswy56kk03yl8y5jpt35w3mlr7ug672l0he054rjp90czyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952qsn8zt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrt58fpmdrc2n0xhddxctzcm85all6s3q8gpw726ryc4y66lsfa8qnd77l5'>nevent1q…77l5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Roger wasn&#39;t sure when it made the transition from a hypothesis to a belief, or when it went from a belief to faith. Whenever it was, he regretted it as deeply as any thought he&#39;d ever had. 2025-08-13T02:37:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqs6sqwum8um2qstr643sxqu49skerf5jn298jh6th6vyd6qxuvuszyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952fnp6ty In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvt5ft0kvcrspyzd3923dkfs5dq4suz0z63qzm99h047xjqy23yeqw83nl0'>nevent1q…3nl0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh that is so untrue.The 5PE is foundational to corporate white papers! Don&#39;t ask me how I know. 2025-08-11T16:44:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszwcd7qtdj7y9zytep2uuu40eyxcejsmpgtunpw7jjkzyfrw5q5agzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952scq5n5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstegkrmauu2kfjvhadjzakk4dtzrszrldvyvgzx6fqd8474cfxwsgqs0zjr'>nevent1q…0zjr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yep, the erroneous Citizens United decision set the framework for the collapse of the American Empire and greased the rails to boot.<br/><br/>Congress could have passed laws to address the problem, but that would have ended their political careers, so nothing happened.<br/><br/>I just wish we weren&#39;t so damn close. there&#39;s going to be collateral damage. 2025-08-07T16:27:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv9gd3c2gejrwh5du8h44ej65j4vnyef3u8gx559uxk4tvklq6u8gzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw95275g5fu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdzdawmhrrugg7w62nq467kmf7fnw740tmkyf7jvsqdhcwvrqgxws5ds2p8'>nevent1q…s2p8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>All I was referring to in that post is that neither of the parties reflect the will of voters. I was not commenting on the madness of the Trump Regime, although I certainly have and will continue to.<br/><br/>I&#39;m commenting on the flaws in the system that have set up the conditions for this to happen. The disproportionate influence of lobbyists and corporate donations mean that policymakers answer to them, not their constituents.<br/><br/>And yeah, the state of education, political and otherwise is a big factor, but I would assert that the erosion in education also comes from undue corporate influence. All corporations want is a compliant workforce of consumers, and that&#39;s what they got.<br/><br/>All of these things have set the foundation for the rise of a fascist state, and now we&#39;re seeing it play out in real time. 2025-08-07T16:12:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs99j0zmpg5trqnukp6ermf37jsckdyzfxc4tjnlksj7lgrttp7vuczyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw9529dtw5x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9wxnqp8t2csx2cprfqjd9jmxhsu24w33397j5allx5yjdw9d7p3gsmtv28'>nevent1q…tv28</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s good, because that&#39;s not what I said. 2025-08-07T15:56:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9sqm9pzx89hr4wznefge36mfxndv8nrmx7cyc6y8g0hkwwfmm66szyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952wsypfs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9j7j9uqs3kwczva3cnzj5e2lfhs3l5qyzwdsk3j5kwk7dhd6p7qgywdfs4'>nevent1q…dfs4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Boy, if only voters got to set policy instead of corporations. What a difference that would make!<br/><br/>But when your choices are Corporate Controlled GOP vs. Corporate Controlled Dems, *shrug* 2025-08-07T15:39:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy43y7vhrmdzn6rg9u9cnmy09nwyqtpdqt5a6w6ajrvfd0hmzkvdczyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw9528nc5wq <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub12s2dp32xf6hpgn7yurkkszswhx0tk9cvxsh0j86jckvqrprh8jrsav9gr0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Nathan Lowell (he/him) 📎</span> (<span class="italic">npub12s2…9gr0</span>)</a></span> I am not sure if this is under your control or not but it appears that farkascity.org has gone offline. I only notice this because I link to <a href="https://farkascity.org/nlowell/table-of-contents">https://farkascity.org/nlowell/table-of-contents</a> and my link checker reports it to be dead. 2025-07-31T02:24:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9es4t2v9zfe9m0xww39rax6lhvhncrfsp5v42yu4zqkrekj7djvczyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952zykl3y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv2e2gd70uvnm4kzypcn9ry62jma95a7v9dd75jvpmsemxxh6rsfq02wzt3'>nevent1q…wzt3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But it&#39;s going to be a different kind of meltdown. This isn&#39;t some group who invented a way to bury extreme risk in something that looked like a stable investment as it was in 2007, it&#39;s more like the dot com boom, where the people responsible are VC funds and reckless billionaires who think this is the path to sentient AI (it isn&#39;t). But that&#39;s mostly their own money. Responsibility then lies with analysts and institutional investors who bought into this crap. Like any bubble, when people see the first investors getting huge &#34;returns&#34; (it&#39;s not a return until they cash out but I digress), then they want to hop in so they don&#39;t miss a good thing, and that&#39;s where &#34;retail&#34; investors get hosed.<br/><br/>I have friends who got quite rich in the dot com boom by getting the hell out as soon as their options let them, before the bubble burst. If we were going to hold anyone responsible when the AI bubble bursts, would it be people like that? People wise enough to see it coming and to get out?<br/><br/>It&#39;s just hard to hold collective stupidity responsible. Also, short NVIDIA. 2025-07-24T12:58:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9q5vyr6a3qhh3nxs2tgu5we44xpure0kte8e62zrla3jpwnq6uzgzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952xyguzw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqmcrwgse54emhfhl8elehjg0mctyjcq4t8atz5h8x7qpmz43l8xgwl284j'>nevent1q…284j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You are correct. oops. 2025-07-16T20:35:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsquud3swr78pplqy2zme93gq2qfqhm5k2sjx2rfh3ajyfk84dsv0szyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw9523jhht8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsruurkymjc4guatxp9eqkp6kf9hrfumv47j2kzc85le2446ynj0kc9vekhd'>nevent1q…ekhd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You are an executive at Microsoft. It is 1999. Your design team shows you a recycle bin tilting to the right. You could care less, it looks like a recycle bin.<br/><br/>You are an executive at Microsoft. It is 2007. Your design team tells you that a recycle bin tilting left tested better in focus groups. You could care less but agree so your designers don&#39;t take offers at Apple.<br/><br/>You are an executive at Microsoft. It is 2020. Your design team tells you that a straight-facing recycle bin will fit better with the design standards drafted by the same team. You could care less but agree so your designers don&#39;t take offers at Facebook. 2025-07-16T20:02:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxwumjsc42sfltwxrztwm072sld45ug960z3n5fa4hvet36lzt0eqzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952j5ln0u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst8mf3q58jj68yjnlwh25nq2th04x4w9nzy44g6rjqszcdpqjq5gq73c3aa'>nevent1q…c3aa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And wee little sites like mine get hit with a huge spike (typically 600-1000) of preview requests over a very short period of time, taking them offline unless they have some really specific caching set up (and even then there&#39;s quite a load spike).<br/><br/>So far this is the single drawback I&#39;ve found for a federated network. All those monolithic networks request the link once and then distribute it through their own cache, thus load on my site is negligible. 2025-07-10T21:06:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs00c6ftadamgfhuu2veqg6yrhyw299qkm34kpkc5n5u0ctz47rd7czyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952f5dnc2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsptwh9w9ehsvkcla02cmemkstc9w62hagsxxe4f98ftnnnl0lu9xqk92rzz'>nevent1q…2rzz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We could also name them after prominent climate change deniers &#34;Hurricane Charles Koch is flirting with becoming a Category 5 storm as it heads for the Texas coastline&#34; sounds REAL GOOD to me. 2025-06-26T17:34:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2uylla6fay365lt27surc9xsz63cp5qr2cfh79pzae0n9tr8hdkszyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952jk4ssg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy8n9p2hgm9zr3vck3audtdy633rmr2uswaacs0mhdkm02txl9lngh5fdrw'>nevent1q…fdrw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Does anyone think that our collective near-complete apathy toward whether or not young people grow up on a habitable planet or not might contribute to their sense of isolation? 2025-05-20T15:42:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyhlrsnvq6wxch8lttqkv87gtr4248xn5a2z6syd2wmjjgvspjxtczyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw95285fh66 I just heard someone call Trump &#34;President Flip-flop&#34; and I think that&#39;s a label that should stick.<br/><br/>#uspol #uspolitics 2025-05-18T16:23:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9m02dn75chwamjmxlqwe5mwe53586mlq2052wdhhru3jhx99fa4czyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952cza6xl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2v3ps699xf55cgcmgm2gncjrffds8kwgcfxw99f9sea2assv4casplhleq'>nevent1q…hleq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Since Canada&#39;s regional trading bloc has been, or at least is in the process of being shattered, it puts us in an interesting position, to say the least. Our new PM has a formidable job on his plate.<br/><br/>A decade or two ago, I wrote a now long-lost note on how I thought open source tools and flexible manufacturing could impact global trade. I think only the Chinese were paying attention, and now we efficiently source highly customized small-run production from companies like PCBWay. If the US (or the UK, or Canada) wants to catch up, it&#39;s by adding that kind of capability domestically, not by building auto plants. 2025-05-06T05:28:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp4nmnh8lxgl2yjn7pckrxgewjct6fgzxf4cqlgwjjf3qy4zhxsggzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952cejvpz On that feeling of dread I get when I see a new author all happy about winning a contest: <a href="https://alanlangford.com/2025/05/06/parasitic-author-contests/">https://alanlangford.com/2025/05/06/parasitic-author-contests/</a><br/><br/>#Writing #WritingCommunity 2025-05-06T05:09:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp7wu74z2egjthm4wt8avs67rdtg4h7t4cr3twmsmvxjkzww2l3cszyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952rl8mmn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0tzqs3lwhxh7xlm9mvu420n98qfkvv8y2x45dcqxqch327mqucgsassgdl'>nevent1q…sgdl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What is certain for most of the rest of the world is that circumnavigating the US and US-owned businesses can offer a greater level of certainty in the medium term, and likely the long term. He&#39;s &#34;restructuring trade&#34; alright, but not in a way that advances the US or it&#39;s interests. 2025-05-06T05:06:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs03cev4tj74nf0fwv63r88ph5qucfla0m9cevegrgu3hd8sld0wxszyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952vgumvn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst90z9rmyp9j560796xt9nr7vqkhjnef97m3fff24pkj3k7nmckpsa6xzln'>nevent1q…xzln</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah. I took a lot of (and returned a little) grief for saying I wasn&#39;t going to have kids because it was environmentally irresponsible some 40 years ago. I still stand by that.<br/><br/>Also now that I think about it, that T-shirt should read &#34;Save the planet, compost a billionaire.&#34; In hindsight that would be far more effective. 2025-04-16T22:38:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy697kx3duc6f9hlqguckk3tyhycs8tanez65mwzr03yw9umvmctczyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw9525sqnf2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2dk83623pxkw6a0uf4u37fs7m5ku7dqj7rd2en3tsr2sh8c79lls5h7q65'>nevent1q…7q65</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Reminds me of a T-shirt I wanted &#34;Save the planet: compost a politician.&#34; 2025-04-16T22:32:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgxemg8wp4jqene8wncy08l3v9yazm5cer7j2a073sdnvhg33xldczyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952qjhmr8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr38g08tu785dk3tcatzl39pv3spvx65p4ughwawh8h2ulkq0gkygn9nx5a'>nevent1q…nx5a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>At the least, you are forced to deal with Discord&#39;s god-awful UX ;)<br/><br/>But seriously, they probably just try to get you into some crypto pump and dump or similar scam. 2025-03-30T03:18:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgrme29ut4gt9s0vpz3xjd7fdrtjavuvhu8t0thmzusjxmn3dawzszyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw9523vzv73 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0lla37wv5x53f3we8qa7hrds8r6uppf0q7eau6jy6dn44kmrymvqqrsmv3'>nevent1q…smv3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The medium is the message.<br/><br/>I have seen other posts from you that confirm your active resistance, but a post that carries no context is a post without context, and that is the context that I&#39;m responding to. 2025-03-24T23:33:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspy7ndy9wwnqa0nllth7mdkp5pjltrccfksvj0ng7wuxk0vwxdxtqzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952m29d4u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxcyd0eplnls69d8f0kscxf8qlgnzg073svr3pfkuz8hwz2akv6hcurxv88'>nevent1q…xv88</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I like most Americans. But please understand this: like it or not right now, your government represents all of you. Unless a post like this is accompanied by an accounting of the action(s) you&#39;re taking to resist/overthrow your government recently, it doesn&#39;t change much.<br/><br/>You bear the burden of fixing this, and just words are not sufficient. We need action. 2025-03-24T23:22:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz979zt02va73q5n72744tmalpu85zvgqu3zlfz05fhc742w754yczyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw9524kcsjd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgjvhauvx6g5yd5m2hkvyzkzhqnwamwl2jmlqwctndw0wxncpg0gsmz958v'>nevent1q…958v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh Elon, Elon, Elon. You don&#39;t understand. They&#39;re not attacking Tesla. They&#39;re attacking YOU. Tesla is just a proxy. Divest and it will be just fine on its own. 2025-03-19T14:15:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf0gfgl4fvfmzl7ucz625x6jfcy3k3hwgzvram7p2ywuw2zgmmuhczyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952x7v6f6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxfclt7plwuy90k7d2ccte4zsu0vtynwynejglmnss53epw5f6wpgpg58lg'>nevent1q…58lg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Right. Time for an immediate 50% export tax on petroleum. Then he can declare a state of &#34;emergency&#34; everywhere. 2025-03-11T15:37:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfp5apgpzvrpw53h8rp278nwd7jxu6m8wj2pj62eddyq3ju5htmmszyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952z8fk6q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxmgle7zagk2k5h68jhaexz8dy7anh8pw8pandyx84p86g07y32uq6kc8cw'>nevent1q…c8cw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I actually think (and hope) that this isn&#39;t correct. It seems to me that the path to authoritarian rule is one of increments, following the boil-the-frog parable. By attacking on so many fronts at the same time, I&#39;m hoping we&#39;ll see a lot less of &#34;that&#39;s bad, but it doesn&#39;t affect me so carry on&#34; and instead a unified opposition, unified enough to stop him before he really consolidates power. 2025-03-06T18:19:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf3azvrkddwgl52dkkhqfe2zep83nnulwg30eqh0wzyf927dsr4lgzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952y534v7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstpty6nkd30ydynprm9x7juuywvqc4l7muk46xyht84s0cs7xsm7qz2xmzf'>nevent1q…xmzf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We start with export duties on energy, so there&#39;s the ability to inflict a little pain as a warning shot, and then step it up until they come to their senses. After all the real goal is to exert political pressure without hurting individual Americans any more than we have to. 2025-03-04T03:35:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs850c28l55mgurh0mdtpjqytj67ltxhnr83tjvvhxyv2p3srqh62szyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952p0kmv6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs94j7m5s904dwcds5dntkgtec62ah0ggaj7dufne0v5785e9aunyclu9rsz'>nevent1q…9rsz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What, we didn&#39;t figure this out when Harper destroyed a century of climate data? What are we, slow?? FFS. 2025-02-16T13:14:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspwe8fhe4k3g3adjjlr2zxsjpm4svgd65wvffuul75lujy7406llgzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952nh4gcv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvnfzxaqmvfkglklffnypp98vy0ms55ky2at6thzs59tzk4eppc6sthmp4y'>nevent1q…mp4y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As is often the case, this is the result of an error in communication. The sign was supposed to read &#34;No food, or I scream inside. Please!&#34; 2025-02-07T12:57:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv5pjqjc9pxju2ktkgekc38guuaqextvy6cgj4ygt039s8xs5450czyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952ay2ugf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqa27kal2vvjlddm94t7nvnq4pyr9ujsx4pfnvjg27yld8nncghps3vxqjf'>nevent1q…xqjf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am now in [expletive] week [expletive] three of trying to clean my [expletive] desk, not to mention the rest of my [expletive] office! [expletive] [expletive] [expletive] [expletive] [expletive]. 2025-02-06T13:29:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8kzgayjf2j6cd7uvvjjqtjvqts9x228g64yjuw27z2chcsusnnlgzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw9520w9ukx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdcyp9eegxmqmkmejynghl4zsqr7ddmf9xqzwglzqj6p05nymd8xgz222fy'>nevent1q…22fy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There are a lot of authors who post author stuff under the writing community hashtag, and if you haven&#39;t found <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> yet (and the bookstodon hashtag), it&#39;s got some great content. 2025-02-05T21:14:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxypx7u2sfxssde0hlgqm960wlhj9gte2aa0zqvx6zvuf59f3aztgzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952e4ggza Has a hashtag developed for Canadian Writers yet? Both #CanadianBooks and #CanadianWriters seem to have zero posts and my surveillance of Dark Side Social Media indicates that for some totally unknown reason, there&#39;s been a sudden upsurge of interest in Canadian books.<br/><br/>It seems to me that if we can get organized, this would be a great way to attract those people to the fediverse.<br/><br/>#WritingCommunity #writing #ReadingCommunity #reading 2025-02-05T21:09:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9s2trkd3vxequg988n566ccz092n5nckymcffleq0d02uult46cqzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952376jyk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsge8ensegjhhjlnm5tv5an25w22trv60m43ty793p48ae7a3vtexcz4udyk'>nevent1q…udyk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I believe you&#39;re just asking Pages to export in Word format, which is much like me asking LibreOffice to store a document in Word format (Word has never touched by system, nor will it ever).<br/><br/>And yes, if the recipient of your document hasn&#39;t disabled the feature, it&#39;s open season on your document. 2025-01-28T16:16:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfmh9vcv34lq3zg04svj4uz9cq8y7te7ehr4r3qg0fvzxytaxedcszyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952fswyn7 As a sighted person, a 23-character long all-lowercase hashtag made from several words is hard enough to parse. For a visually impaired person or a screen-reader, it&#39;s friggin impossible. Use CamelCaseInYourHashtags! for the cost of a few shift keys, you&#39;ll make it SO much easier for everyone.<br/><br/>#Accessibility 2025-01-17T15:33:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrdalmrv8pczggmn2vx3g25kmf4xsmqxpg3rtc3ks9sxpld7sv4gqzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952fufr07 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8f2rqryxxqqdu3zevsprpxayhrm98v9ugdtxk20y9wtkwjkvv4qqrt4c0n'>nevent1q…4c0n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh how I wish I had that option. 2025-01-16T16:20:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs84ul3vtarqzpuyzjqahhzj37dmpq53ynnf5h75q9squvjcl8clvszyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952j2h2jv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0w7nhkvv7uz3k9hlyjuszlgnf0ysmk2qr4luhezgxvdvqs4nrrcqtdu5f3'>nevent1q…u5f3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think they&#39;re full of rage, and that when they discover that the person they appointed to fix things got there on a sea of lies and misinformation, that&#39;s going to boil over. Moreover, the impact of climate change and the non-response to more and more disaster will put fuel on the fire. 2025-01-16T15:53:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8c77k8xvukg4jx0tr7rqe7xmm6y2q4rwpj57wjn65tumrlg3nlzszyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw9525m80em In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv9qlnsmtw25ll2sqeuxfp5u2qsuaf403mg3jrkrddhj2luprwvac2cqwvj'>nevent1q…qwvj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Exactly. But as people start to see that there is little hope, that in an oligarchy the club actively tries to keep new members out, this will change. Probably not peacefully either. 2025-01-16T14:54:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst96r839snu2dym6y0ask4njlh8y4eeqnujer79maa5c7ejlfhg7gzyztp0evmnhhr6u8az29cj5y0t4427t0dgcqc63q37lfl0xnndw952tu0jsm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstwgy9d0vj4hrtztxszpkch0dzp6r7p87tnd3w6qmgevgf7e462csw5u84f'>nevent1q…u84f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In the US, and especially in tech, everyone figures that they have a decent shot at joining the rich. The illusion is sustained by proximity; I have four friends who have each cleared the $100M mark, and one over $1B.<br/><br/>Adopting a more egalitarian view means giving up on that illusion. There&#39;s a lot of resistance to doing that. Everyone wants to win the billionaire lottery. Even a collective action like joining a union means giving up.<br/><br/>These are the attitudes that need to be changed, and it&#39;s not going to be easy. 2025-01-16T14:44:25Z