Shanya @Almafeta@mastodon.social

#introduction now that I've moved back!

Name: Shanya
Pronouns: She/her, sie/hir
Area: #KCMO #USA
Attributes: S4 P3 E5 C3 I7 A4 L2
Traits: #trans
Careers: #csr #infosec #qa
Politics: #liberal #utopianism
Arts: #furry #conlangs
Genres: #postapoc #magicalgirl #mecha #cyberpunk #superhero
Games: #d20 #fusion #gurps #twitch #achievementhunting #hopefullygamedevsomeday
Verses: #fallout #mlp #korps

If Facebook is a tenement, Mastodon is the hip trendy housing co-op where about one in four are neonazis, and you're never sure which one of the four it is.

https://gizmodo.com/mark-zuckerberg-is-a-slumlord-1837375095

An interesting article, measuring real income (salary after taxes - cost of living) for programmers in various cities.

According to their methodology, how much you got paid was the SECOND biggest factor in your real income. The largest correlation to income? Rent.

https://www.codementor.io/blog/best-cities-software-engineer-earnings-271vpf599k

...are there any P2P software managers? Where X is to Steam/Origin what PopcornTime is to Netflix.

I should get myself one of these for work.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Segway-miniPRO-Smart-Self-Balancing-Personal-Transporter-with-Mobile-App-Control-12-mile-range-and-260-Watt-Hours/425783659

#erb

I vote Steve Irwin won.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-QjRTz-TII

Hey, want to see the Wal-Mart I used to work at?

You're about to. They just apprehended two would-be shooters there.

Hellfire...

I can get a list of domains I block, but I can't add domains without viewing one of their toots

The flaw in this design should be obvious

Question. Where is 'instance block' in preferences? I can't find it.

Now that we have all sorts of incidents of countries censoring social media for political purposes, and the US and the UK about to join them, I'd like to see how resilient Mastodon has been in the face of this.

But I lack the knowledge of the languages needed to really probe this...

Today in #TheJobsAreNeverComingBack news: Freight corporation UPS has been using driverless trucks since May.

https://gizmodo.com/ups-has-been-delivering-cargo-in-self-driving-trucks-fo-1837272680

Oh hey! This soda I picked up from the local soda store isn't a CHINESE soda - it's a TAIWANESE soda!

Call it a Solidarity Sarsparilla, then...

#remotework

DuckDuckGo just opened up a LOT of dev jobs, if you're looking.

https://duckduckgo.com/hiring/#open

lurkers who up

So. 22 days left of My Little Pony.

I'm behind by 239 episodes.

I have... JUST enough time to get caught up. If I start today.