Shambling Shapes

Quality engineer. Eventually someone would get around to the work I do. But there would be a lot of avoidable slowdowns and stoppages as parts and processes breakdown without the function that intentionally searches out and fixes problems.

Eventually problems would get painful enough, a person would get assigned to fix them.

And then another problem and eventually another person assigned to fix.

And then hey, wouldn’t it more efficient if we assign a person to go after all these problems? And what if they could even be proactive enough to fix problems before they got out the door? And what if we called that person’s function Quality?

I barely used it to begin with. I closed my account entirely once Musk bought it. Sad chuckle when I see someone just now discover what a racist dirtbag he is.

I found sailing to be terrifically boring. It’s expensive. It’s slow compared to powered. The mechanics aren’t that interesting once you have the basics down.

Maybe someday I’ll try a type of sailboat intended more for speed/racing. Big boats are just a step above sitting on the beach getting sunburned and drunk.

Disaster. It’s not just personal communication that uses the internet, it’s banking, research, security, all sorts of infrastructure things that you don’t necessarily interact with directly.

No. I should not have to ask grown adults not to call me these names. These are co-workers, acquaintances, strangers, not people who should be assuming any level of familiarity with me. The default should be basic respect.

“Just this. Just that.” Stop telling the people getting shit on to make excuses and accomodations for the behavior of people with power.

Anyone who refers to me by an infantilizing or dehumanizing term. Call me “girl” or “honey” or “female” when all my male peers are “men” or “gentlemen” and they can eff right off.

“I’m pretty certain he has already publicly apologized though.”

Feel free to share evidence of the public apology, you seem to be remembering something no one else saw. All I’m seeing is him making excuses, no apology.

Road trips before GPS and maps apps. Navigating off just paper maps and poor signage was not fun.

“the person touching me apologized”

Important part missing from this puzzle; any acknowledgment or apology from the leader of an organization sexually harassing women he has power over.

A rabid, cyborg emu with titanium claws is coming for you in 24 hours. You have only what is in your house to protect yourself. How do you prepare?

You now have 23 hours and 59 minutes…

Easy to see anecdotally, hard to define quantitatively. Reddit is never going to publicize that sort of thing as a metric: “ratio of bot activity to subscribed member activity” would be great but we’ll never see those numbers.

Their user numbers are available with a web search. Reddit useage dipped towards end of June but has mostly leveled out.

Quite a few mods left, which has had a larger impact than an equal number of general users leaving would. The niche topic sub I was involved in went from four mods to one half-hearted mod. The quality of posts has dropped. Almost every comment thread contains complaints. Reports are piled up.

Most surprising to me when I peeked at the sub this weekend was the amount of borderline-incel desperation and negativity. The sub is for a hobby that while slightly male majority, we had plenty of women contributing with minimal problems. Not anymore. If I were a woman looking at that sub for the first time, I would probably block it. It is so depressing and angry now, I barely recognize it.

It’s the one listed in the article that I see in daily life. It also has a reputation of being progressive, with their advocacy for LGBT+ rights and support of Bernie Sanders.

Lemmy bingo card: this will be my first user block!

Soooo, the company owning Ben & Jerry’s ice cream is continuing to operate in Russia because “exiting is not straightforward”. Bruh. You’re going to lose money in exchange for not supporting a murderous regime. It is straightforward.

COVID was just the cherry on top for dropping my aunt. My cousin, who was previously her favorite and who’s wedding she fully supported, was suddenly a “gay pervert”. I am still baffled by how quickly and thoroughly she became a bigoted nutjob.

There are many types of intelligence. I wouldn’t want to be the most intelligent across all categories. Something would be seriously broken if that were the case.

What form does the voting take? Does every member get an equal vote?

Gab and Truth Social were always the most mentioned examples until Elon/Twitter/Mastadon. I’m still cautious of communities becoming overrun by Nazis.