Derwin McGeary ✅ @derwinmcgeary@octodon.social

I see a lot of French on the local timeline, no idea if that's France or Québec or elsewhere, but if you can vote in France... for the love of everything good, vote for Macron. Don't make our mistake, don't let the perfect be the enemy of the acceptable, don't let Le Pen win. Trump and his fascists are fucking us over. Don't let them do the same to you.

Merci.

https://i.imgur.com/sZjNc0U.gif
when you really trust your code.

Liamosaurs patented decision tree for whether you need to buy a $BIG_MONEY magical 0day protection service from $BIG_VENDOR...

Q: Can you put your hand on your heart and say "no technology stack my company uses contains publically known vulnerabilities"?

If the answer is "no", you should just work harder on patching your shit instead

If the answer is "yes", you should work on better understanding the software you use, because you're a liar

I think trolls have managed to set a very low standard for internet conduct. Between overt rudeness and genuine politeness, there's a large middle ground that isn't obviously unacceptable but also isn't how friendly people behave.

We've set up this dichotomy of "did/should/can I say anything offensive" that has distracted us from a much wider range of more subtle considerations about being a decent human, like "does my unprovoked negativity make me kind of a drag to have around"

"People in this culture really love food" is the worst food writing clichés. All cultures love food. Just once I'd like to see an article that starts with "People in this culture despise eating. They consider it a filthy act, done under a cloud of shame. Flavor, texture, and sustenance: all are abominations across the land. The national dish is a hard bread made of sawdust, moss, and penance."

("British food is bad" does not count as an instance of this. That's its own cliché.)

resistance is utile

Stop scrolling!!!

Ok, now that I have your attention

You are beautiful and are cared for. It may not seem like it to you, but you are not in this alone. Reach out if you need an ear to listen and you will be sure to find one. This is a safe place.

I hope this put a little smile on your face. Please keep smiling as it may be the only happiness someone may see today.

church in the US just sounds like a tax-exempt political party

Here's a tester for the new punycode phishing attack: https://www.xn--80ak6aa92e.com/

If your browser takes you to an SSL-secured site that it shows you as https://www.apple.com/

then your browser has problems.

More info: http://thehackernews.com/2017/04/unicode-Punycode-phishing-attack.html

Article has instructions on fixing in Firefox. I tested in Chrome Canary (Chrome v 60) and it's fixed there too.

to combat "hey guys" a friend of mine made a site that will give you a gender neutral alternative every time you refresh

http://katydecorah.com/hey-guys/

Checking in on /r/emacs on Reddit and I see this!

#emacs #mastodon #emacsmastodon
https://octodon.social/media/HGlJPAf3Gdq3fWyQA9c

So, many years ago, I decided that I wasn't going to write about sexual assault. It doesn't exist in my world, so no one thinks about it, considers it, or even acknowledges it because it doesn't exist.

Some of this came from the rape-friendly Game of Thrones and the scenes as shock, but also because the PTSD that comes from it dominated the lives of some folks close to me.

The beginning of my books have an explicit statement about this.