Vítor De Araújo @vbuaraujo@mastodon.social

@klaatu listing individual features misses the point; the idea is that if the software you use every day can't do "view source" on any command you run, it's defective. if you can't edit the source and see the effects of your change immediately: also really missing the point of software.

#emacs only happens to be the most widespread instance of this philosophy being applied, and the one with the richest history and active community.

She summoned and bound a demon, to demand an answer:
"What is magic?"
"You sum-"
"This is not magic."
"No," the demon admitted, "this is mechanics. Magic is transformation."
"Like lead to gold?"
"Any guided change. Knitting, smithing - all magic."
"I can do magic?"
"You know it."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

"O wait, I need some piece of software I don't have. Looks like I'll have to type one command and wait five seconds.'

Endless gratitude to the people who make it possible for me to do no work to get every piece of software I've ever wanted.

can you imagine what could have been? a world with standard units of measurement everywhere...

(source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_the_United_States#18th_century)

LB sounds like the setup to a really good Doctor Who episode where he has to rescue the ship of the guy carrying the standard kilogram back to post revolutionary US from the pirates

downfav is my little #Rust app that downloads #Mastodon favourites.

It's incredibly stupid, it's not idiomatic Rust (more like "idiotic Rust") but Heck, I'm incredibly proud of it. https://git.juliobiason.net/downfav.git/

I was tasked to recover an email account for a friend, access to which was lost when their prior computer ate itself. They are in possession of prior (though not current) passwords, of security questions, and of access to the recovery email account.

After entering the verification code from the recovery email account, we received this message:

[BEGIN TRANSCRIPT]
Thanks for confirming that you can access the contact email you provided.

Unfortunately Google couldn't verify that _____@gmail.com belongs to you. Learn more about how to recover your account.
[END TRANSCRIPT]

Google's recommendation on the linked page is to give up and make a new account. No means of appeal are provided.

Unfortunately this means the loss of many years of information, connections, personal letters, and photographs.

What makes this a PSA: We _have_ the recovery email address, it _verified_ and access was _denied_.

If you are using Google as an identity centralizer, _this could happen to you_. Google has broken the compact of what a recovery email address is, and should be trusted to hold _nothing_ of value.

intergalactic customs agent: *reading my interstellar passport* "Ah, humans. A horny, and warlike race."

Me: [wearing nothing but lingerie and ray-guns under my trench coat] *laughs nervously*

the Kilogram redefinition took place two days ago AND I MISSED IT

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilogram

hey what the fuck is the point of netflix if they //remove// stuff. they HAVE it, obviously, but they won't give it to me, even though i am paying for it

incredible bandwidth, unlimited storage, and we used it to invent a library with a fucking rotating catalogue. jesus christ

No alterations to software! OpenBSD hackathon rules are thougher every year.