Dave V. ND3JR @ND3JR@octodon.social

Hey Mastodon, here is a quote that I needed and maybe you did too:

"WRITE IT BADLY. Write it badly, write it badly, write it badly, write it badly. Stop what you’re doing, open a Word document, put a pencil on some paper, just get the idea out of your head. Let it be good later. Write it down now. Otherwise it will die in there."

— Brandon Sanderson on overcoming writer’s block to create a first draft as a professional author

#writersofmastodon #writing

https://octodon.social/media/IyaXBRSrPKbb1ybms2U

Are you using Googles reCAPTCHA on your website? Now is the time to stop. https://theintercept.com/2018/03/06/google-is-quietly-providing-ai-technology-for-drone-strike-targeting-project/

Is there a great FLOSS alternative for this type of thing? Please let me know!

What if we simply banned all #advertising as a public health hazard?

https://www.theminimalists.com/ads/

Boost if you want a better world.

#Introductions

Hi ! We are Terms of Service;Didn't Read (tosdr.org). "I have read and agreed to the Terms of Services" is the Internet's biggest lie. We aim to fix it.

We crowdsource ToS analysis's so everyone can participate in making the Internet more transparent!

We have a new submission tool, currently under development: Phoenix : https://edit.tosdr.org

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https://mastodon.indie.host/media/uR611vcXo87D7jYz0Vw

When I see somebody advertising their instance with stuff like...

> we barely moderate stuff and rules are pretty simple and straightforward: don't do anything illegal. Also we don't block anyone, and won't block anyone, ever, we federate with everyone

The first thing that comes to mind is "Nazis welcome here".

Consider unfollowing that person that always leaves you feeling worse about things.

An underrated aspect of depression is that, if you have good days and bad days, your bad days just eat into your good days. Like you just generate this labor deficit for yourself and end up spending your "good" productive time doing dishes and cleaning up after yourself. For people who have their depression in a manageable place, that's something you deal with. But for people just getting out of a deep depression it highlights how many different layers of support you really need to get there.

Apparently the alt-reich have been recruiting depressed people. Just like Daesh.

https://theoutline.com/post/3537/alt-right-recruiters-have-infiltrated-the-online-depression-community

free people vs. free enterprise
#latestagecapitalism

I was going through my paper mail this morning, and I found a letter from the school district where I used to do time as a kid. Apparently the high school English department head found out that I've written a couple of novels, and wants to make my first one required summer reading.

I'm horrified by this. I don't want a captive audience, and I don't want people to grow up despising my work because it was shoved down their throats at school. Save that shit for when I'm dead and buried, please.

#MentalIllness #MassShootings #MentalIllnessAndMassShootings #RacismSexism
https://ithelpstodream.tumblr.com/post/171102163784
https://octodon.social/media/nm3Wdg3vEi0plXNab6A

Wasabi with her nose mooshed into her tail, boost if you agree

#dailycatpic #cats #catsofmastodon #mastocats

Can we get one of the more liberal states to invalidate hetero marriages along virtually identical lines whenever someone does this kind of bullshit: https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/same-sex-marriage-would-be-a-parody-marriage-under-new/article_d0e6a94c-1585-11e8-a4cd-6b7e8698a8a4.html

Found on Facebook.

I think this is very apt. The whole point here is to try and change things going forward and for those who still want to learn.

https://octodon.social/media/b447yWjszhE1TRqtkdM

Recently got my hands on "UNIX nroff/troff: A User's Guide" (1986) by Kevin P. Roddy. Captured some of the love for ed(1) to share.

https://bsd.network/media/KBsmmVgId18cWtd_K8w

https://bsd.network/media/LGaB_G4z_N096yNMzTs

https://bsd.network/media/wiZjPis0NlePfP68d9I

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