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Agreed.

Great post. Thanks for sharing this.

Gitea has worked great for me.

This story is about a business (Github) deciding to change language in their product that could carry racist connotations. It’s not about criminalizing racist language.

This, I agree with. However, I still see a value in relinquishing problematic language early and often.

Seriously. All the straw men in all the comments.

What if we already went down a slippery slope by permitting racist language to permeate culture and making things right requires an equally slippery slope? Could this be the reality we live in now?

I would contend, however, that those who are trying to combat racism and it’s markings in our culture are in more of an uphill climb.

It’s always nonsense if you don’t give a fuck.

This is a good point. Language has original meaning and cultural meaning.

Slippery slopes on slippery slopes.

This is useful. I tend to look for a universal rule I can abide by but reality requires alternative solutions. My hope is to find solutions that benefit collective society while not creating new inequities in the process. I believe conflicting realities need to be held in tension rather than allowing them to cancel each other out.

These are very true and so difficult to adhere to when I’m emotionally connected to an issue. Thank you!

Thanks! This is so easily forgotten.

I love stories about people who got into tech along an uncommon path.

+1

Does anyone know if they wear masks more in Japan? That might make a difference.

Agreed. And the person who coined the term “inbox zero” rolls over in his grave.

This is such a moving target but right now my eldest son is having a great time making explainer videos and posting to YouTube. He’s learning to shoot better footage, edit video, and about his subject matter. My younger kids are playing with LEGO nonstop right now and have been looking for ways to repurpose LEGO kits they’ve put together over the years using hack instructions they find on the web and Snap Circuits.

At those ages, you are still laying so much foundation and cultivating curiosity. Keep it fun, keep it widely integrated: science is history is art is math is science.

Completely agree. There are superfans for everything (Apple, Android, gaming platforms, NASCAR, sports teams). Toxicity like this has to be encouraged to thrive. Elon loves it too much.

I really know this same Monday feeling. I’m ready for anything on Monday morning but often out of gas by Tuesday afternoon. I’m just now learning to be sensitive to this rhythm.

It doesn’t always work with my schedule or the demands of the job, but most weeks I am able to build in some buffers following long, focused work periods.

Example: Monday, I’ll start early, work long (often into the next morning), break only for meals or the bathroom, and accomplish much across multiple projects. Then, on Tuesday morning, I’ll sip my coffee slowly, exercise, read leisurely, and eventually take care of administrative tasks like processing email or writing up project updates. When Wednesday comes around, I’m ready to work long and deep again.

I work best when I can take advantage of my most energized days and give myself space to recover following those days.

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I struggle to take Musk seriously. He has too much to gain from getting people working again.

His production operations are notoriously behind schedule and only accelerate by throwing more (literal) bodies at the problem.

Somehow, the Blockchain has to play into this.

We need some more competition. Maybe a real-life Pied Piper.

Correct me if I’m wrong, I think North Carolina’s outbreaks began a bit later than Sweden’s?

I agree. Where I live, social groups and families have continued to meet in person without regard to spreading the illness. My state is seeing new case counts flatten but my specific county is still gaining new cases at a higher rate than the rest of the region. It’s hard to not feel a little frustrated with these folks.

Can we really compare conscientious Swedes with bold Brits or brash Americans? I live in a state in the USA where our Governor has instated a full lockdown. Yet, our citizens are out and about intentionally going against guidelines.