schuelermine

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Safety fan & bureaucratic wunderkind, and about the most superficial commentator on programming-langues since the idiotic B. Stroustrup, and nobody's figured out my twelve fatal flaws

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2026-03-27 01:39:42 UTC

Do you think that it’s possible for a person to have been born differently?
Consider the following: many people say things like “If only Adolf Hitler had gotten accepted to art school, the Holocaust wouldn’t’ve happened”. The idea of “Adolf Hitler, but he got accepted to art school” being a coherent concept is generally accepted.
Now consider instead something like “If only Adolf Hitler had been born to a rich family, then he surely would’ve gotten accepted to art school, and the Holocaust wouldn’t’ve happened”.
The question is: Is this hypothetical even coherent? Is the supposed “Adolf Hitler but born to a rich family” not simply somebody other than Adolf Hitler? Is this alternate scenario perhaps just imagining that Adolf Hitler didn’t get born at all?
The first type of statement I’ll call “ordinary identity modal statement” /OIMS), the second “pre-birth identity modal statement” (PBIMS).
The question is about such statements in general, not just ones about Adolf Hitler.
#philosophy

2026-03-23 18:37:19 UTC

I feel like (but can't prove) that far too few games try to end songs at specific times.
For instance, you could continue playing a song in a transitional area until you reach the designated end point instead of just fading out.
Or, you could try to predict when something will end and deliberately schedule a segment of music that is more likely to end at the right time.

2026-02-10 23:56:14 UTC

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somewhat related and also very funny is this sketch https://youtu.be/WiIqBB2QJB0

2026-02-02 15:39:32 UTC

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It is only because we don't have the right to server source code in general. Abolition of copyright would make all software free software. The only thing the AGPL adds is that server operators are forced to share their source code.
That would also be a very small loss compared to the huge amazing gains from copyright abolition. I am prepared to forfeit AGPL for copyright abolition.

2026-01-15 23:06:46 UTC

Any sufficiently complicated package manager and build system contains an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of #Nix.
Unfortunately, saying that gives the impression that Nix is somehow comparable in elegance to Lisp. I’m sure I would come to believe this if I used Lisp as much as I used Nix. But in the meantime I need to point out that Nix is itself ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, and slow.

2025-12-11 04:09:47 UTC

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I’m not overlooking it. I am simply talking about something else. Nothing that I have said excuses anything I didn’t say anything about. If you don’t want to talk about the topic I was talking about, that’s fine, but then please state so outright.

2025-12-11 04:04:39 UTC

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The charitable interpretation is that the post I showed is not any intentional lie or an attempt to present the situation in any particular way, but an expression of their feelings. It is entirely possible as an outsider observing the situation to come away with the wrong conclusion if you don’t see some of the events. It is strange to assume that someone presenting a wrong and harmful opinion is doing so intentionally.
I understand that these attacks personally affect you, and that it’s therefore difficult to view the situation from this perspective. I can’t expect you to do that. It’s also unfair to ask you to tone down your voice. Unfortunately, I don’t know of the proper way to resolve what I perceive as a sort of deadlock. But I ask that you at least consider this perspective.
To clarify what I think I’m observing: I think that an outsider observing this situation passively can come to the conclusion that no actual harassment against GrapheneOS has occurred and that GrapheneOS’ claims about security are exaggerated. From there it is not difficult to come to the subsequent conclusion that attempts to defend yourself are in fact attacks, which inverts the victim-perpetrator roles, and ends up confirming itself.
Therefore, I refuse to condemn the post I showed specifically. I do not believe it actively encourages harassment, but I can believe that it contributes to it. To me, active encouragement requires intent, which I don’t think should be assumed here.

2025-12-11 03:53:04 UTC

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OK.
Do you disagree with my statement when it comes to posts like the ones I quoted?
If not then I don’t disagree with you about these quotes being wrong and my argument not applying to them.

2025-12-11 03:44:21 UTC

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The truth of these claims about SailfishOS is not very relevant to the discussion I tried to have, which was whether these feelings are to be expected. The people making the attacks are different people from the people who I am defending. When I read the thread, I saw posts like this, which express opinions that are misguided, but entirely to be expected given your social media strategy, and unworthy of moral condemnation.
https://ftp.ieji.de/media_attachments/files/115/698/866/091/430/427/original/fde8ecdf7ab9c25c.png

2025-12-11 01:57:09 UTC

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I think that it’s important to recognise that simply stating facts that show something to be subpar directly is perceived as very aggressive and rude. While this is certainly something one could lament, it does mean that the reactions I see in this forum (though I admit I didn’t scroll through the entire thread, only about half of it) are to be expected and even reasonable in the right informational environment. I think if your approach is to bluntly state the facts, then it might be a good idea also to never attack these comments based on whether they misperceive you as aggressive. I didn’t see any outright harassment in that thread, but if there was any, that’s not what I’m talking about. The fact is simply that what you did was aggressive, to them. Simply stating facts in the way you do on social media is perceived as aggressive.

2025-11-25 23:09:16 UTC

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you’re in luck, the LED bar is already using self-illuminating pixels instead of liquid crystals in front of a backlight!

2025-10-14 07:50:43 UTC

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Just recently, Firefox removed Do Not Track in favour of Global Privacy Control, which seeks to communicate disagreement with data resale, but not collection. Is the law general enough to apply to mechanisms other than Do Not Track, and would a Global Privacy Control signal also prohibit data collection and not just resale?

2025-09-24 20:22:28 UTC

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Sadly I don’t know who DHH is :(

2025-09-24 19:20:03 UTC

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Is there a specific context to this post that I’m not aware of?

2025-09-11 14:11:13 UTC

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He did edit the post to correct the quote attribution before he deleted it.

2025-09-11 13:53:33 UTC

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It seems to me @npub1fdr…lvhs genuinely deleted their post.

2025-09-11 00:07:35 UTC

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oh cool the post got edited :)

2025-08-26 23:12:58 UTC

My #NixOS /nix/store/.links has exceeded the default per-directory inode limit of ext4.

2025-08-18 16:50:55 UTC

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isn't that what he said systemd is doing?

2025-08-01 18:40:11 UTC

#GIMP is apparently unable to deal with 9721 fonts being installed on the system
#linux #fonts

2025-07-27 19:59:19 UTC

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it’s not a shirt though

2025-07-11 02:25:01 UTC

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The notion of a good landlord tuber is a myth held afloat by unthinking acceptance of the exploitative relationships in ant society. In fact, the ants have more in common with each other than with any tuber, and any landlord is inherently exploitative against the ants. Let the tuber class tremble before a revolution. The ants have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win.

2025-07-04 15:47:42 UTC

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but why

2025-06-11 09:14:57 UTC

Bikes should have an antibell which signifies to the person behind you that you'd like them to overtake you

2025-06-11 01:11:18 UTC

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Do you believe changes that current changes might be preparing for would be necessary in the event of a breakup, or are these changes intended to soften the blow of a breakup to Google at the cost of third parties?

2025-05-29 17:23:28 UTC

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CVE-2024-50089 is listed as rejected/withdrawn, what was it about?

2025-05-25 14:56:40 UTC

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By what method does it block third party app stores? Does it also disable fallback codes?

2025-05-25 10:44:41 UTC

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What is the Advanced Protection Program and why is it required to properly secure a Google account?

2025-05-23 10:09:28 UTC

people are MISSING OUT on U+2044 FRACTION SLASH!
9400723⁄205473
👆 this does NOT use sub-/superscript letters!

2025-05-18 09:47:14 UTC

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what do you mean by non-offset?

2025-05-17 14:12:45 UTC

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Did you mean to write "9.9[…]%" or is this a typo of "99.9[…]%"?

2025-04-26 21:10:52 UTC

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I didn't know that.

2025-04-26 21:08:49 UTC

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That's not hostile. I think you need to understand that saying the truth bluntly is perceived as "drama" or outright hostility by others. Your communications are direct and to the point, yes, but that's not enough, unfortunately. This is how the world perceives you. It's okay to not want to adhere to these expectations but the reaction to it is not hostility. Recognizing that could deescalate this and other issues.

2025-02-22 09:57:42 UTC

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I feel like this type of commit message only works for projects where your commits are large themselves

2025-02-06 17:54:18 UTC

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What is the bracket around the period for?

2025-01-05 00:38:18 UTC

How come neither #Chrome nor #Firefox make <abbr> titles readable AT ALL on mobile???
#webdev #mobile #accessibility

2024-12-22 12:27:31 UTC

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I feel like if they didn't use bilinear smoothing but instead just did nearest neighbor every time, it'd look better, actually.

2024-12-22 05:33:43 UTC

Why exactly is: 4K content on 4K monitor > FHD content on FHD monitor > FHD content on 4K monitor?

2024-12-10 12:43:59 UTC

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Two questions: Are govts. shown as opposed to it necessarily opposed to it firmly and for the right reasons and does it make sense to stir up a fuss even in such countries?

2024-11-22 01:28:08 UTC

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What's with the UK?

2024-11-21 12:43:42 UTC

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ooh that's cool

2024-11-21 00:57:20 UTC

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Does this rig have a name? The sign rig?

2024-10-23 22:45:53 UTC

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I suppose GitHub clones like Forgejo might also be mentioned
idk what the other ones do

2024-10-23 22:26:04 UTC

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this is a thing GitHub does right

2024-10-23 21:41:36 UTC

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idk I think this poll might be biased based on the client it's viewed in
https://ftp.ieji.de/mastodata/media_attachments/files/113/358/905/719/458/679/original/fcdb53ffa617ed10.png

2024-10-17 15:46:19 UTC

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oh that's cool! sorry for mentioning for such a trivial thing…
although, do you happen to know if there is an alternative way to use Cisco AnyConnect VPNs other than the official app? I've found it is buggy and crashes if memory tagging is on…

2024-10-17 15:13:48 UTC

hmm, what happens if I deny a VPN app internet access on @npub1kwa…e0nj…