This is only unthinkable if you are rich white tech liberal, everyone else sees rich white men helping each other #uspol #larryellison

https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/12/21135722/larry-ellison-donald-trump-fundraiser

in #deathmarch mode at work @ 10pm #latenightcapitalism 😭

I recently found the following in a bit of #python sample code:

python random_data = random.sample(string.hexdigits, 8)

Wait, hexdigits? I'd use string.ascii_letters and string.ascii_lowercase before, but this was the first time I'd seen hexdigits, which is exactly what you'd think:

The string '0123456789abcdefABCDEF'.

That's useful.

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(Courtesy of Craig Maloney on toot.cafe)

What's a good, tiny, javascript toolkit for adding minimal #progressiveenhancement?

Young Lords #socialaction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_LordsNone#Social_action

Black Panther Party #survival_programs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_PartyNone#Survival_programs

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Dammit

@soapdog @soapdog@toot.cafe yeah the about page is broken because I haven't written it yet ;P want to write a markdown-to-page handler for the site #blogging #diy

It seems that there is no good thing that our white capitalist society cannot turn to evil - take for example the [independent contractor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misclassification_of_employees_as_independent_contractors #work #capitalism

https://twitter.com/thotscholar/status/1227266798413897728?s=20

The hard part of blogging is not writing, it is sharing your post:

https://andregarzia.com/2020/02/the-hard-part-of-blogging-is-not-writing-it-is-sharing-your-post.html #blogging #socialmedia

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Evidence of the first Webmention GoldFrog has sent for a post on this site.

Horst just recently implemented Webmentions on his site, so I'm happy to be able to give him a link!

On sharing and owning your content https://zerokspot.com/weblog/2020/02/11/sharing-and-owning-content #indieweb #blogging

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Now that I'm blogging more often, I often find myself uploading screenshots. MacOS' capabilities are fine, except that I don't really like uploading files with names like "Screen Shot 2020-02-10 at 10.38.34 PM".

Yesterday I asked:

Are there any #macos screenshot utilities that will simply let me name the file before saving it? (My needs are simple, the OS’ own utility is quite sufficient except for the name thing)

My old Six Apart mate Simon Wistow mentioned Monosnap a free utility that does exactly that - lets me name the file before saving it.

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(Conveniently, it also make recording gif screen captures stupid easy)

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Unacceptable. Americans, please give this a read, Helen is speaking truth about us.

Ro had this article sitting in his "saved" list, and I've been reading it all afternoon on and off. It's by Helene Schouten, and was written in October 2015, and it's a real eye-opener. I won't quote it yet, because that would mean reducing it to "important" or "notable" parts and I haven't spent nearly enough time with it to tell which parts to safely extract without breaking it.

2020 #goals - use my space here to surface more #diverse voices.

Jacky Alciné is an active member of the #indieweb and #activitypub communities, and a web developer working out of Oakland.

Imma make this clear: I'm not building software for developers.

I'm working to building tools for people.

You shouldn't have to know to maintain and secure a server to have your own independent identity online. You shouldn't need to know what libsodium or similar library to be secure online.

That's my objective.

https://playvicious.social/@jalcine/101366378320531511

I really like a good #codeascraft comparison. From DeployHQ, via Zeldman:

Woodworkers and web developers have this in common:

Visit a professional woodshop and ask a master carpenter what her favourite tool is. You may find it’s not a tool in the traditional sense, but a “jig” she built. In woodworking, jigs are patterns or templates built to make repeatable tasks more efficient and outcomes more consistent. Building a one-off bookcase may not warrant building a jig. But, if you’re building three or four of the same bookcase, it’s likely worth building a jig first, then using that jig to build the bookcases.

Our jig consists of a small command line application which integrates publicly accessible API’s from these service providers

Taking the time to make the tools to help do the work is the best thing to do, and knowing when to take that time is an important part of an engineer's maturing process (see #yakshaving, Code As Craft)

I'm sure it didn't happen to everyone, but can you see when my use of Twitter took off?

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I've imported my old tweets as Notes on the site here, which is why I can show those stats. To be fair, my blog had not been very active for a while, but it's interesting to see over 20 years where my posting activity went:

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