Jo Shields @directhex@mastodon.social

RT @migueldeicaza@twitter.com
.NET and TypeScript: Call for Participation for next year's FOSDEM conference in Brussels, come join us!

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2018/10/23/call-for-participation-net-and-typescript-at-fosdem-conference/

RT @DavidFutrelle@twitter.com
I was going to say something about irony except that it's not really ironic when a Nazi turns out to be a complete shit in every arena of their life. https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1054813282769559552

RT @_sagesharp_@twitter.com
The Church of England still isn't for gay marriage, but they do allow transgender people to marry and become priests. Now they're coming out in favor of lowering barriers for transgender folks to get their gender recognized. https://twitter.com/CherylMorgan/status/1054812937406291969

RT @ashekirk@twitter.com
Oh my god 😱 https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1054797583481294848

And don't get me started on "no we won't support DllMap, just built 30 versions of your assembly each with a different DllImport line!", now entering its hundredth year of "nuh-uh!"

And the lack of adequate way to handle multiple versions of the same lib from the GAC, which xbuild handled fine via <package /> pkg-config hints. MSBuild makes that HUGELY awkward

Still sorta mad that the tangible user experience improvements Mono offered the .NET world 15 years ago have basically been abandoned in favour of inferior equivalents.

Like

`mcs -pkg:gtk-sharp-2.0 myapp.cs` has no direct equiv

RT @marchofthenorth@twitter.com
If you feel uncomfortable in the night, please understand it is just your skeleton’s inherent need for freedom.

Soon.

Boaty McBoatface remains one of the true milestones in British humour.

RT @TakedownMRAs@twitter.com
When you're definitely a "female".

#beautyproducts

RT @NatashaOladokun@twitter.com
Consent https://twitter.com/beachy_megan/status/1044657614351732738

RT @antumbral@twitter.com
Gamers are such absolute children that 'you can get this game for cheaper now' makes them upset https://twitter.com/Scapes/status/1054497596851417089

RT @helenhousandi@twitter.com
Imagine considering yourself smart in 2018 and still thinking that public nihilist edgelording is a good way to spend your time.

Okay, maybe X is true! But you'll always be "the Y guy"

It may seem mean, but if you're the primary spokesperson for X, it's hella risky to also talk about Y, if you don't want X to be diluted by Y.

Fr'example, say if X is "Free Software uber alles" and Y is "I am skeptical of the claim that voluntarily pedophilia harms children"

"I am better at English than Shakespeare" - someone who assumes expertise in one topic means expertise in all topics
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RT @ewindisch@twitter.com
Richard Stallman is a TERF
https://stallman.org/articles/genderless-pronouns.html
https://twitter.com/ewindisch/status/1054416108105711623

RT @_sagesharp_@twitter.com
A Code of Conduct without a list of protected classes or a way to contract the enforcement team is not a Code of Conduct.

RT @ken_keenan@twitter.com
"Unrelated political issues" is Seekrit Cishet Code™ for "anything that doesn't concern me personally but which might provide me with raw material for some amusing thought experiments/ virtuoso beard-stroking opportunities in my downtime" https://twitter.com/_sagesharp_/status/1054397012194414593

RT @bpopken@twitter.com
Love this nugget: Resume screening company scrapped algorithm after audit revealed it had determined the two highest indicators of success were if your name was "Jared" and if you played high school lacrosse https://qz.com/1427621/companies-are-on-the-hook-if-their-hiring-algorithms-are-biased/