I think my philosophy when making software is that it should work for people with zero money or no bank account / credit card.
I know it's not a popular mindset to be in since money and profit is everything in the tech world.
I think it comes from growing up as a kid with no disposable income or access to anything but my shitty computer.
I'd rather support people with almost nothing than people with latest and greatest tech gizmos and spare cash for subscription services. 😅
a while ago i saw a tumblr post comparing some kind of arcane piracy process to the steps for navigating the underworld of greek mythology … does anyone have that handy? its important
FOUND IT: https://clarabeau.tumblr.com/post/748307077456363520
Some relaxing music for some chill evening code. (cw: loud screeching)
This is the level of noise I need to do anything at all today apparently. F. Noize & LekkerFaces - Tripping On Acid by F. Noize & LekkerFaces on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/mq5iaoBLa915OAuTgC
Neat one handed keyboard design
Nature-Inspired Computers Are Shockingly Good At Math https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/01/10/0628251/nature-inspired-computers-are-shockingly-good-at-math?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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Check out our "good first issue" project board and see if something sparks your interest.
RE: https://mstdn.ca/@Paulatics/115861469408403689
Canadians in general need to get off US-based corporate social media. And search agents. And cloud storage. And VPNs.
Find a Mastodon instance (for example) based in Canada or elsewhere that reflects their interests; use a EU-based (much tougher security and privacy laws) search agent; consider cloud storage like Sync - based in Canada; and look at where their VPNs are based. Again, the EU (even free level at Proton) a safer bet for that.
There is a solution to the memory shortage. Developers could start writing efficient and optimized code. This may require some re-training.
First off, stop using multi-gig libraries is a start. Modern software is bloated slop, with the exception of some really nice open source programs.
The entire LibreOffice download is 348 MEGABYTES. Microsoft Office is 5.3 GIGABYTES. For WHAT?
Start considering moving your communities out of Discord now. Don’t wait for the enshittiffication to arrive, the clock is ticking. No one will listen to me, but let’s talk again later. https://www.reuters.com/business/chat-platform-discord-confidentially-file-us-ipo-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-01-06/
Occult Enby that's making local-first software with peer to peer protocols, mesh networks, and the web.
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