Apparently it contains a line that goes something like "don't try to make your #code indecipherable to make yourself irreplaceable. Stalin knew what to do with people who make themselves irreplaceable."

#programming #coding

**beto issues 吴松皓;** · May 05, 2021, 17:40

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**Amber** @abloo@fedi.absturztau.be · May 05, 2021, 17:40

May 05, 2021, 17:40

Amber @abloo@fedi.absturztau.be

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**beto issues 吴松皓;** · May 05, 2021, 16:20

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**bacterial slow wilt** @esvrld@octodon.social · May 05, 2021, 16:20

May 05, 2021, 16:20

bacterial slow wilt @esvrld@octodon.social

the company that made the software for my self-driving car went bankrupt and it's now incapable of moving because it has drm that requires access to the company's servers

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**beto issues 吴松皓;** · May 05, 2021, 16:19

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**bacterial slow wilt** @esvrld@octodon.social · May 05, 2021, 16:19

May 05, 2021, 16:19

bacterial slow wilt @esvrld@octodon.social

my self-driving car got hit with ransomware and it refuses to stop going until i pay up :/ i'm already halfway to nevada. i just wanted to go the drug store :/

**beto issues 吴松皓;** · May 05, 2021, 17:29

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**bacterial slow wilt** @esvrld@octodon.social · May 05, 2021, 17:29

May 05, 2021, 17:29

bacterial slow wilt @esvrld@octodon.social

my self-driving car's navigation algorithm keeps driving me places i've already been to, 'in case i missed it' and altering my route so it will go past more billboards

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**beto issues 吴松皓;** · May 04, 2021, 19:38

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**FrugalPoops** @FrugalPoops@social.linux.pizza · May 04, 2021, 19:38

May 04, 2021, 19:38

FrugalPoops @FrugalPoops@social.linux.pizza

So here’s one of the main reason why I’m still playing video games from 1990.

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**beto issues 吴松皓;** · May 01, 2021, 19:00

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**VOLTUR** @voltur@elekk.xyz · May 01, 2021, 19:00

May 01, 2021, 19:00

VOLTUR @voltur@elekk.xyz

When I talk about being a "software engineer," I do so intentionally, to put the patina of engineering ethics on discussing what I do. I do my absolute best to design and build ethical systems.

One of the things that bothers me in a visceral way is that most people aren't software engineers, they are, to create an artificial nuance, software developers. They build and design systems without codifying the ethics to express the core values of humankind in them.

You see this a lot with web developers and app developers, especially in the start-up space, and ESPECIALLY in the financial application space, trying to build MVPs that wow share holders by how lean they can make their monetized Skinner box.

It is my working opinion that this is a non-trivial component to how we ended up with an internet and computing ecosystems that largely serve the greater evils of capitalism.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

**beto issues 吴松皓;** · May 05, 2021, 04:17

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**Amolith** @amolith@nixnet.social · May 05, 2021, 04:17

May 05, 2021, 04:17

Amolith @amolith@nixnet.social

Email is just sending plain text files from one computer to another, it's not that complicated. I should be able to figure it out with all three of my brain cells.
— @manton

**beto issues 吴松皓;** · Apr 01, 2021, 11:22

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**Holly Koboldion** @goat@hellsite.site · Apr 01, 2021, 11:22

Apr 01, 2021, 11:22

Holly Koboldion @goat@hellsite.site

whats a kobolds favourite programming language?

no its not cobol...

its ruby!

**beto issues 吴松皓;** · Mar 30, 2021, 23:53

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**Toast** @tost@toast.cafe · Mar 30, 2021, 23:53

Mar 30, 2021, 23:53

Toast @tost@toast.cafe

PSA: your brain never "fully matures"
there is always more improvement to be had
the worst thing you can possibly do to yourself is assume "ok, I'm there, I'm DONE" and stop progressing
this is how you become a dumbass boomer

**beto issues 吴松皓;** · Mar 29, 2021, 17:48

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**elilla, decadent sellout** @elilla@transmom.love · Mar 29, 2021, 17:48

Mar 29, 2021, 17:48

elilla, decadent sellout @elilla@transmom.love

on a scale from rust to webdev, how annoying is it to program firefox extensions? if one wanted to, say, put back the cute illustrations on error pages?