maco

I'm a programmer who writes Elixir and Erlang. Former Ubuntu developer. I enjoy languages, Argentine tango (especially queer tango!), historic costuming, and photography. Washington Spirit & USWNT fan ⚽.

Soy una programadora que escribe Elixir y Erlang. Era desarrolladora de Ubuntu. Disfruto los idiomas, bailar tango queer, el vestuario antiguo y la fotografía. Hincha de Washington Spirit y la selección femenina de EEUU ⚽

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2026-06-20 05:48:00 UTC

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cuando empecé a prestarle atención al fútbol, les dije a mis amigos que lo que sabía era:
1. No toques la pelota con la mano a menos que seas arquer@
2. Pon la pelota en el arco
3. Los hombres fingen ser heridos

2026-02-16 20:11:14 UTC

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why is the AGPL specifically bad in combo with a CLA in worse ways than any other license?

2026-02-16 18:22:22 UTC

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once we get off the hobby it’s probably what other hobbies do you have, restaurant recommendations, families…
But upcoming events are always a discussion topic that brings it back to the hobby. “Did you hear Germán Filipeli and Rocío Leguizamón are visiting next month? Are you signing up for their class?” “Are you headed to Kingdom Arts & Sciences Festival? I’m entering the pentathlon this year.”

2026-02-16 18:17:52 UTC

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I’m in the DC area too, but I mostly meet people through hobbies, so we talk about the hobby.
If it’s the SCA, tell me about your persona and your crafts. Infodumps about weaving or glassmaking would be normal.
If it’s tango, how long have you been dancing, did you learn here or in another city, who are your favorite teachers, do you dance both roles or just one, been to any good festivals lately, do you do any other dances?

2026-02-15 21:51:02 UTC

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you can be friends with someone for quite a while without discussing work. It didn’t come up until about 6 months ago that that’s where she works.

2026-02-15 18:14:09 UTC

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https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/70096211-stop-forcing-ai-into-fucking-everything-original

2026-02-15 17:54:23 UTC

You know that “stop forcing AI into fucking everything” graphic that went around on here?
I bought the t-shirt. I get a lot of compliments on it.
The only negative response was from a friend who works for McKinsey. She read out the “everyone hates it” and said, “do they really, though?” as we stood near the check-in table for an event, and three people in line turned around and said, “YES!”

2026-01-02 23:46:34 UTC

Hey anyone around #DC and #queer? Wanna #dance?
The Queer Tango Collective is starting the beginner series over with the day 1 intro on Jan 10.
I help teach!
Also, it’s free, because queer community building is the goal.
#tango4all
https://pix.lgbt/p/dcqueertango/908769911216175275

2025-12-09 02:49:01 UTC

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this one is for lactose intolerants

2025-11-05 13:46:36 UTC

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looks like you can also just write in whatever editor you like and compile it from the command line. The “pay us instead of just using the open source tool” is for their online editor with live preview. If you don’t care about preview, then local works.

2025-09-08 13:23:15 UTC

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there were two other mods in the screenshots agreeing with this one. The whole lot of them need re-training on the policies or flat removal, and policy retraining needs to be done intermittently.

2025-09-07 21:09:54 UTC

EDIT: FIXED
I’m saying this as someone who was once on TWO of Ubuntu’s governance councils, deciding who had contributed enough to the community to be an official member & have an [at]ubuntu[dot]com email address and who was trusted to upload packages to the archive and provide oversight for those not so-trusted.
If the #Ubuntu Community Council lets this stand then absolutely fuck the project I devoted 5 years of my life to.
From: @npub15xg…lgry
https://blahaj.zone/notes/aca8zuhiducu005g
#transphobia #queerphobia

2025-08-19 14:15:18 UTC

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what I remember from skiing in CO is dumpsters with the handles being recessed where a bear’s paw couldn’t reach. Do they only kinda-work?

2025-08-02 16:24:51 UTC

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no.
Executive function problems?

2025-07-03 19:45:42 UTC

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relevant post from @npub1fdr…lvhs on the economics of hanging your company on “AI”
https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/30/accounting-gaffs/#artificial-income

2025-06-03 16:43:32 UTC

Google, what is wrong with you? I want a shell. I type in shell. The help doc says click here to open Cloud Shell. Ok.
This is an IDE. It is not a shell. WTF.

2025-02-26 16:18:12 UTC

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oh @npub1ftq…pr0x won’t see this comment from you, because this isn’t an account they set up and control. It’s just a relay from X that someone set up so we’d be able to see headlines.
As a former Axios employee, I’ve sent messages to old colleagues pointing out that their click-through numbers for X will be falsified by people clicking through on here.

2025-01-07 03:31:56 UTC

An interesting experience I had about a month ago while interviewing for a job:
I was asked to write some code using a particular API with certain constraints, on a video call, screen sharing with a couple of devs.
Sure, no problem.
Load up the API docs for that API.
Boobs.
The API docs had a row of ads every 800 pixels or so, and being a person of the female persuasion, I get ads for bras.
"Wow, I've never seen the docs without an ad blocker before," one said.

2025-01-03 00:45:10 UTC

Hey friends,
I'm restarting my job search; I had an offer, but it fell through.
Remote US preferred, but hybrid Washington, DC works too. I have 17-ish YOE as a software engineer, and have worked on both frontend and backend, but I lean toward the backend.
#Elixir #Phoenix, #Python #Django, and #React are what I know best.
Hoping to #GetFediHired

2024-12-21 00:04:58 UTC

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part of the reason I use a mokka pot is that a real espresso machine is too much money.

2024-12-12 02:54:45 UTC

I know openings for junior-to-mid-level devs are rare. Here’s one with only 2 YOE requested.
From: @npub1mza…kvkg
https://mas.to/@markwyner/113636140765552336

2024-12-03 03:24:31 UTC

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I'm just not used to mutating objects XD

2024-12-03 03:08:17 UTC

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no, I haven't. Today for Advent of Code I learned about collections.deque but then spent a while fighting bugs caused by assuming I could do
thing.appendleft(foo).appendleft(bar)

2024-12-03 02:12:11 UTC

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and if you’re coming from functional programming, you have to learn about impure functions that return None instead of the thing you thought they were going to return.

2024-11-02 19:03:35 UTC

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the sole proprietor is literally the worker owning their own means of production.

2024-10-31 14:03:19 UTC

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wait I need an explanation on the hose thing. We do have, like, “pantyhose” and about 500 years ago people wore “hose” on their legs in English.

2024-10-31 13:20:42 UTC

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does he only wear one pant too?

2024-10-31 04:41:20 UTC

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and for those of us working the polls, time to plan out our packed breakfast/lunch/dinner/snacks/caffeine.

2024-10-29 15:11:42 UTC

Hi! I’m a software engineer with more than 15 years experience looking for my next role.
For the last 3 years, I’ve worked in a primarily #Erlang environment, but I really love #Elixir (and have professional experience with it), and I have a lot of #Python experience.
If you’re at #AllThingsOpen and hiring, DM me, and we can meet up.
#fedihired #MyElixirStatus #AllThingsOpen2024 #FunctionalProgramming

2024-09-25 16:47:06 UTC

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that also describes what I see when reading "The Open Veins of Latin America"