@constructivejournalism Community repair is awesome. Loads of social and environment benefits simply from getting people together in a room and fixing things.
Shoutout also to https://openrepair.org, an alliance of community repair orgs around the world (including Repair Cafe Foundation).
@amylsacks Depression gave me lots of time to think about this, and then I concluded, "Oh, captialism, this isn't gonna work". Now that I am less depressed, it still holds for me. I don't think this game is substainable, and it isn't fun, so let's pick a new one.
Everyone is dunking on the Goldman Sachs curing-you-cuts-into-my-profits take, which is good.
Worth remembering, though: nearly all of us have been reared to believe some version of the same thing. Every day we make some move, judgment, or decision which says, "If this person or thing makes no money, it's has no inherent worth, in any way."
It takes conscious reminders, maybe even a damn mantra, to counteract this message which is all around us like air and sky.
"The European Parliament has proposed amended regulation that would not only require end-to-end encryption when available, but forbid backdoors that offer guaranteed access to law enforcement. EU residents need to know that the "confidentiality and safety" of their data is "guaranteed," according to the draft, and backdoors risk "weakening" that privacy."
@escN@jackyalcine I contrast that with #NewsBlur. I hardly use any features, but the main dev is a nice person, and is working with everyone to make reading RSS a great experience, rather than scratching their own itch.
Jacky's comment on filtering RSS made me think I should get more NewsBlur features a try, maybe spend the time training it.
I used TT-RSS for many years, but on the rare occasion I had to seek knowledge in the forums, I found it is a very unwelcome space, and the main dev openly hates users. I think that is fine, and I am glad e is so forthcoming. It helps us both.
So if you are willing to put up with that, #TTRSS is great! ^_^
@seanl@msh I saw your other replies, but I am stuck on this one. What are you asking? I don't feel our conversation was going in that direction, so I don't know how to answer. I wasn't punching down at people with degrees; I don't have one. And while I may not be smart enough, I think about software ethics **all the time**. I hope that answers some part of your question.
Hmmm, can't tell if they are a promo-spammer or what, but someone responded to an idle conversation about #Hardypress, the static genrator thing for #WordPress.
Someone mentioned Clover will grow up to be a technical writer! I enjoyed that for the 2 seconds it took me to process what it meant and started feeling... weird, about it.
@satchmoz Good rule! And unfortunately or not, we can probably round up a list of that, ne? Is there a list of such devices in the wiki of something related?