[-] rob64@startrek.website 29 points 3 months ago

It worked out just fine for her. Gave him a chance to dig his own grave, which is what he did and what she wanted.

[-] rob64@startrek.website 18 points 4 months ago

The best kind of correct.

[-] rob64@startrek.website 24 points 10 months ago

I mean, what sane woman would be a Republican?

[-] rob64@startrek.website 11 points 1 year ago

Doch nicht allen! Es gibt Dutzende von uns. Dutzende!

[-] rob64@startrek.website 13 points 1 year ago

I think autocorrect got your "compromised".

[-] rob64@startrek.website 11 points 1 year ago

A similar phenomenon is knowing you're going to need to go back and update some older section of code and when you finally get around to it, it turns out you wrote it that way to begin with. It's like... I didn't think I knew about this approach before...

[-] rob64@startrek.website 12 points 1 year ago

Like the infosquitos: "this guy sure loves porno!"

[-] rob64@startrek.website 16 points 1 year ago

I think it was an issue where the CSAM was being copied to servers via normal federation with the instance(s) being spammed.

[-] rob64@startrek.website 11 points 1 year ago

Or just adb (for deleting bloatware).

[-] rob64@startrek.website 37 points 1 year ago

Ain't that the truth. People act like charging for software is evil no matter what. There's a huge difference between a lone dev trying to earn a living and a huge corporation trying to wring every last ounce of profit out of their users. And there's probably degrees of nuance between those.

Especially if they seem like a reasonable person, wanting reasonable amounts for good work.

And that's the important context in this discussion. You've got a dev who's active in the community and who builds an app not only with great features and UI but with stability too. And he has a not insignificant user base that is familiar not just with his work but essentially with this exact app... It's reasonable for him to assume we'll see the value and be willing to pay. And he is correct.

I'm personally averse to subscription models, but again context matters. Reasonable rate and you know what you're getting. And I say this as a huge fan of both FOSS and socialism. I could have easily just let my DNS continue to filter out the ads, but I appreciate quality and believe it should be appropriately compensated.

[-] rob64@startrek.website 28 points 1 year ago

I was raised Catholic, but I've been an atheist for—oh fuck I'm old—more than half my life. But... Monastic life seems pretty dope. Why can't there be a secular order that's just devoted to knowledge/contemplation for its own sake (or the betterment of humanity). I know it kind of sounds like I'm describing a university, but I mean with the personal discipline, strong communal bond, and simple lifestyle.

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