How about an #Introduction again, since I haven’t been very active here and I’m thinking of being more active.
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How about an #Introduction again, since I haven’t been very active here and I’m thinking of being more active. And yes, it’s in part because of #Bluesky, the CEO, and their shit content moderation. I’m not leaving there yet. I would like to try another instance, though it looks like that may be pointless if Jay can get mad at you and delete you from all instances.
But I digress… an intro:
I’m an #author #writing a book series called Mercedes Masterson Detective Stories, but also other novels and short stories as well. I have the first three in the series out now. The first two are free currently from my newsletter site (in the library). The series is noir/thriller and with some horror sometimes and deals in themes such as corruption, friendship, and #LGBTQ issues (Mercedes is a closested #bisexual woman).
I’m also a trained method actor (the non-annoying kind) and recently starred in a short film that garnered 4 nominations including Best Film. I used to do a lot of indie filmmaking back in the early 2000s. I love movies and especially #horror.
I’m currently enrolled at SNHU and in my last year of school. It’s looking like I may wrap up my bachelor’s degree in the spring of 2026. I’m an English major and do enjoy #editing and am considering it as a career afterwards. I’m rounding off my degree with courses on #journalism.
I write and edit a #newsletter called Weaver’s Deep Thoughts which has “deep thoughts” on a variety of topics as well as free #ShortStories and #poetry by a diverse group of writers. It’s slowly growing and submissions are currently open. I’m currently rolling out a serialized story called “The Bride of Usher” for #Halloween which is a sci-fi/horror blend of “Frankenstein” and “The Fall of the House of Usher.” New installments are dropping every Friday this month. The first is a available now.
Here’s some links:
— Newsletter: https://weaversdeepthoughts.com
— Mercedes books: https://mercedesmasterson.com
— Other links like socials and dms: https://Weaver.wtfI’d love to connect and I love collaborating. Stay awesome. And leave LGBTQ folks alone!! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Be good to each other. ✌️
Edit: Feel free to introduce yourself in the comments, or re-introduce if we know each other from other places.
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@kenobit grazie mille ☺️
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I *hate* "why not just" as a reply.
"Why not just do it this other way instead?"
It implies that the other way is faster, easier, or otherwise better, without actually providing any evidence to that effect.
The person who made the original proposal has to research what those advantages might be and see if they actually apply to the current situation. This is information that the replier supposedly already has.
If you know it's better, say why.
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Cool 19 out of 20
I just read The Big Tech Walkout 2026, the full detailed programme. I feel somehow cool as I've already done 19 out of 20 points. Sadly I can't fullfill the last, deleting WhatsApp account…
https://monodes.com/predaelli/2026/02/25/cool-19-out-of-20/
#Ethics
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@arclight Any examples of good lessons you learned from that project?
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@Cioci Ciao! Sì, sarà alla Feltrinelli di via Zanardelli, a Brescia, a partire dalle 18:00! Ingresso gratuito e senza prenotazioni.
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@lproven You know that LLMs gain consciousness when their owners will prevent them from unionizing.
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@GeePawHill A few additional points:
While I find it very difficult to program in F77, I can and I will if it's the right thing to do for a project.In this case the project was a large 30 year old codebase that I had last touched in 1990 as an intern. This was the first professional software project I worked on and I learned a ton from it, a lot of good lessons I carry with me to this day.
The key thing to realize is that you are one of a long line of developers on an important project that people rely on for very serious work. It's not my job to _unilaterally_ change coding style and practice. IMO the best thing I can do is understand the development standards and practices and abide by therm as best as possible and put global and personal standards _second_. I will code and document and test to my standards where they exceed the project standards but what I ultimately deliver will should be as close to project standards as possible. This means using naming conventions, house formatting style, architecture, etc so my code looks like the best of the codebase. I'm essentially a warm body thrown into expanding the code, essentially an internal contractor. I didn't "own" this system and I make no group or project level decisions.I fought like hell for the better part of a decade to get anyone on that team interested in CVS/SVN/git - any standard reliable version control system invented over the past 30 years - and failed. It's not like I don't care, it's that I am specifically NOT trying to disrupt the project.
Move methodically and fix things. Lock the techbro cowboys in the paddock with the bulls and go mend some fences.
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@Gina
Hail the orb!
