Notices by Andy Balaam (andybalaam@mastodon.social), page 11

I am back, now with a more familiar-looking syntax! Try tooting a program at me, and read https://github.com/andybalaam/graft for the syntax.

' F() d+=R()+10 S()' by @andybalaam

New here? Remember that Twitter is optimized to make you into passive consumers, by en(r/g)aging you with content that you don't choose yourself.

Here, that doesn't happen. But it also means you're responsible to find people to follow.

It will take some work.

If you're willing to put that in, you'll find a wide variety of friendly people that will be happy to have meaningful conversions and laugh and cry together with you.

Start by searching and looking at who other people follow.

Wow, the #Funkwhale interface looks way better than the last time I checked it out! 😮

In case you haven't heard about it, Funkwhale is basically a federated alternative to the likes of Grooveshark / Spotify

Really great stuff @eliotberriot @funkwhale

Look, nothing happens in a vacuum. The moires of society are always at play no matter what culture we're speaking about.

And almost across the board, white men have the advantage in every area. Period. That is simply economic fact.

The fact the income inequality favors white men, it gives them the ability to spend more of their time where they _want_ not where they _need_.

If you're hot takes about privilege ignore this fact, you're full of shit.

@andybalaam Yes, sort of. Except I doubt it feels that way for people on 2 , 3 or 5 dollars a day (=not extremely poor according to the definition on the website, threshold there is 1.90). Agreeing would make me sound like Marie Antoinette wondering why the poor don’t eat cake. One look at my daily income...

@andybalaam wait, top-right one is a blatant lie, how do I trust the other ones?

@andybalaam

Optimistic points of view are definitely useful and bring a breath of fresh air.

However, it should not hide the realistic views. Here is a french publication from the "Observatoire des Inégalités" : https://www.inegalites.fr/

In a nutshell : maybe extrem poverty rate is decreasing, but :
- global population is increasing
- what about "casual" poverty ?

etc.

And really, I try hard, but I can't say things are getting better... I only agree on this : "Don't give up" !

Pretty sure that there's a rule somewhere that says that if you put Wasps in your videogame, you have to make them as annoying as possible.

Hi folks! My employer, the Freedom of the Press Foundation, looking for an Associate Site Reliability Engineer, which is a fancy-ish way to say "keep websites running and automate all the things" :)

- Open to junior/entry-level
- Open to remote work in American time zones
- Mentoring included
- You get paid to help protect freedoms that are under imminent threat.

Great role if you're looking to start a career in infrastructure work with mission focus. Questions? DM! :)

https://freedom.press/jobs/job-opening-associate-site-reliability-engineer/