*at a corporate presentation* so in order to leverage parallelism to run our app we have to sh. we gotta sha- excuse me. there's a process called shPFFFhaha- I'm sorry. We sh-
me trying to think about religion is an interesting experience because I experience the same thing as real religion doers where my brain attempts to comprehend ideas that are much too big for it but whereas a normal person would experience something like awe, my tiny little brain just goes "hm. neat!" and continues trying to process it rationally, like a little shrimp traversing a whalefall
my partner, just now: was the gremp there?
(referencing this classic of birdsite post https://twitter.com/murrman5/status/1179046435737800705)
Dear open source users,
If the author of your favorite open source app has announced they stopped developing and supporting the app (because they're frustrated and possibly burned out), please don't suggest they do more free work so that you can continue using the app.
Instead, consider thanking them for their past work and let them know that you enjoyed their app.
Regards,
another open source developer
I have to give credit to dung-eater because he lives in a fantasy world which is honestly a living hell for pretty much everyone, including the beings who are supposed to benefit from its arrangement, and thought real hard and said "y'know, I bet if I put effort into it and do my best, I could make all of this much worse."
Americans: I'd hate to live in a dreary commie land where all housing is identical and I'm not allowed to use it as I see fit
Also Americans: well I'd like to paint my house a nice bold blue, but then it might not resell for as much. Beige it is! Wait hang on, the HOA is emailing me about my food garden they say is unsightly. I'll have to dig it up.
it's ash! profile pic by https://www.instagram.com/ionelceban/