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steven deobald @deobald.bsky.social · 5d

codes of conduct are essential. but self-appointed committees need to be rethought or the nixos situation will just keep happening.

steven deobald @deobald.bsky.social · 5d

it's very weird to me that so many free software projects have somehow allowed themselves to install a self-appointed judge dredd. of *course* that's going to be full of bias and inevitably weaponized.

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steven deobald @deobald.bsky.social · 5d

a lot of people make a *really* big deal out of code of conduct training, as if a weekend seminar (or, god forbid, a 4-hour workshop) were somehow tantamount to a law degree. it isn't. when shit gets serious, real lawyers and police get involved.

lawyers and police have real accountability.

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steven deobald @deobald.bsky.social · 5d

how on earth is cocc/mod behaviour less transparent than full-blown court proceedings in cases where the effects are devastating to someone's career or mental well-being?

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steven deobald @deobald.bsky.social · 5d

i've been thinking about code of conduct committees a lot recently, and i'm increasingly of the opinion that nick has the right idea here:

youtu.be/iMqpm2Ahmt0?...

The end of F Droid? Red Hat hacked, Leap 16 & more Linux Weekly News

YouTube video by The Linux Experiment

youtu.be

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steven deobald @deobald.bsky.social · 6d

#localfirst doesn't have to be about collaboration.

you can 100% have a #lofi app that stores data on your laptop, desktop, and phone without ever engaging a second human being.

multiplayer is cool — but you don't have to solve the hardest problems first.

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Ink & Switch @inkandswitch.com · 6d

It's that time again: ✨we’re hiring✨

We're looking for a @godotengine.org IDE Engineer to help us build the next generation of collaboration tools inside the engine itself! More detail here: inkandswitch.com/jobs/godot-ide-engineer

(Remote role 🌍🌎🌏)

Godot IDE Engineer

Help build native, visual version control for collaborative game development in Godot

inkandswitch.com

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steven deobald @deobald.bsky.social · 6d

the new shower setup at the cabin is obnoxiously loud but it's a small price to pay to actually shower once or twice a week. de-luxe.

or... it would be. if this drought wasn't keeping the well completely dry. :/

steven deobald @deobald.bsky.social · 14d

list 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep.

1. vipassana
2. digital sovereignty built on 3rd-wave open source
3. hacker villages

jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 14d

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep.

1. Public libraries in the US
2. Vermont's 251 Club (for its 252 towns, don't @ me)
3. Wikipedia

Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 14d

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep

1. The history of science fiction
2. Star Wars, specifically Andor
3. The Expanse

steven deobald @deobald.bsky.social · 14d

any time i pass a car parked in the bicycle lane, i'm careful to knock loudly on the body of the vehicle with my knuckles. i find your average motorist is very receptive to this. they appreciate being alerted to their error.

if concerned about your fingers, use a large metal object instead.

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steven deobald @deobald.bsky.social · 15d

i spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about this tweet:

glammr.us/@jessamyn/11...

like, every day. i want my job to be whatever it takes to accomplish this goal.

Jessamyn (@[email protected])

@[email protected] @[email protected] Yes, there is enough software, let's spend the rest of the time we have left making it accessible and better.

glammr.us

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steven deobald @deobald.bsky.social · 16d

even if (especially if?) you don't care that much about "ai", machine learning, or llms ... this newsletter is worth adding to your rss reader.

glad it's back. ❤️

Luis Villa @lu.is · 16d

Still early, and unfortunately the source material is skimpier so far than it was last time I was writing, but I’m Back.
www.openml.fyi/back-in-the-...

Back in the Saddle / 2025-09-24

Vocabulary, ethics, and disclosures, and some news and links from The Week That Was in AI + Open.

www.openml.fyi

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steven deobald @deobald.bsky.social · 16d

can't contaminate the hardwood

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steven deobald @deobald.bsky.social · 17d

35 years on, we have decided to reinvent corba but in typescript this time:

blog.cloudflare.com/capnweb-java...

somehow, i don't hate it? i kinda wish they'd gone with standard-ish rich types for json... a minor complaint if you don't touch internals:

> Arrays are treated as "escape sequences"

Cap'n Web: A new RPC system for browsers and web servers

Cap'n Web is a new open source, JavaScript-native RPC protocol for use in browsers and web servers. It provides the expressive power of Cap'n Proto, but with no schemas and no boilerplate.

blog.cloudflare.com

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steven deobald @deobald.bsky.social · 17d

the most 1990s thing ever said about the effort to rejuvenate the 1990s web ❤️

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