The GentleHacker

Dylan Lacey. Ruby for Love, TypeScript for Money. I think Dev is part of the Humanities.

Toots are up to 95% Opinion and Opinion Byproduct. May contain traces.

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2025-02-07 02:21:23 UTC

FederalVerse, is there a way that I, a mere GentleHacker who does not administer my instance, can follow a specific server?
I ask because @npub1scp…6zy8 and @npub1m0e…mqsy administer a lovely server based on the city where I live and I would like to see more posts from the folks there, and I'm not currently sure how to make that happen.
#askfedi #askfediverse #help

2025-01-30 02:19:56 UTC

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It's such a lazy metric. Especially when some folks work _very hard_ to be untrustworthy online while also showing their tricksy, duplicitious visage to all and sundry.

2025-01-24 01:08:25 UTC

Friends, Romans, and Netizens, do you have a preferred documentation tool?
Specifically, I'm curious what you use to build pleasant documentation sites, like the more polished Open Source projects often have.
#docs #documentation #oss

2024-12-04 00:35:23 UTC

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Incredible. He's so obsessed with not letting entities with the "wrong" genitals access the "wrong" bathroom that he's decided it applies to all feature/access pairs and thus that progressive enhancement is woke.
An astonishing feat of mental gymnastics and gross privilege.

2024-10-04 00:47:36 UTC

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It does feel like a fairly Rube Goldbergian approach, but I'm not sure you should ascribe any particular morality to that scenario in particular.
Additionally, it would be best to keep the consumers informed; Perhaps a label?
> Ethically produced, locally sourced placeholder text.

2024-09-11 01:15:13 UTC

I was taken aback by the sudden (to me) realization that the #PresidentialDebate is occurring presently.
As an Australian, this raises an important question. In order to navigate the turbid waters of Americans on The Internet at this time, __must__ I burn my router, or will it suffice to surround it with a ring of salt and rowan leaves, collected under moonlight?

2024-09-10 02:16:38 UTC

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Oh noooooo. Independent service or one with a lot of moving interactions?

2024-09-09 01:06:13 UTC

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afaik you reboot and it fixes it by partially randomising window placement.