volt4ire 🌹 @volt4ire@mastodon.social

I really hope this proposed change to Linux’s Code of Conduct doesn't get passed. Removing specifically prohibited examples of prejudice against marginalized groups (sexism, racism, etc) would make the CoC as feckless as "be awesome to each other" https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Kernel-Post-RC8-CoC

RIP macOS 😿 https://gizmodo.com/the-ipad-is-soon-finally-getting-a-full-version-of-ad-1829639712

It's like Jeff Koons but even worse http://fortune.com/2018/10/12/giant-inflatable-bitcoin-rat-wall-street-facing-feds-building/

Tired: giggling when people refer to Mastodon posts as "toots"
Wired: giggling when people call Mastodon "Masto"

That's not how lampshading works, Verizon https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20181009/11353140804/new-verizon-ad-hopes-to-make-you-forget-it-throttled-firefighters-no-reason.shtml

Raffi is woke https://news.avclub.com/alert-children-s-music-legend-raffi-is-out-here-fighti-1829464892

I actually want Bloomberg to run in the Democratic primary, if only so he acts as a spoiler for centrists by splitting their votes between him and Biden https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/10/michael-bloomberg-democrat-party-2020-presidential-run

Does anyone have a http://Lobste.rs invite?

Nominating a Christopher Columbus statue to the National Register of Historic Places is vile even by Cuomo standards https://www.wsj.com/articles/cuomo-moves-to-protect-citys-columbus-statue-as-he-marches-in-parade-1539035256

It's the poop that separates YouTube Poop from algorithmically-generated video https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/7/17940352/turing-test-one-word-minimal-human-ai-machine-poop

Bloomberg News pays reporters more if their stories move markets https://www.businessinsider.com/bloomberg-reporters-compensation-2013-12

smdh “pro-market” vs “statist” https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-brazil-election/

The heroes we need https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/10/the-internets-keepers-some-call-us-hoarders-i-like-to-say-were-archivists/

Steam's Linux market share increased 33% following the release of Proton (its Wine-based Windows compatibility layer) https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Steam-September-2018-Revised

smdh TechCrunch describing Jigsaw as Google’s “cyber unit" https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/03/googles-cyber-unit-jigsaw-introduces-intra-a-security-app-dedicated-to-busting-censorship/

I can't decide who to side with here – arms manufactures that overcharge NASA or @ElonMusk@twitter.com's upstart challenger that wants to fully privatize space exploration😔 https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/10/a-shadowy-op-ed-campaign-is-now-smearing-spacex-in-space-cities/

Fuck deletionists https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/03/donna-strickland-nobel-physics-prize-wikipedia-denied

do not want