bonifartius 𒂼𒄄 @bonifartius@social.cleverlibre.org

i think that the behaviour of #rms can be criticized, but the methods used today are fucking disgusting. single persons getting steamrolled by thousands with accusations, public dismantling of their person, and calls for instant action. it's a mob eagerly awaiting the next public hanging.

people cancelling #fsf because #rms is back on board: don't expect my sympathies if you are next.

half a century ago people have lost their job and public life because someone accused them of being communist, with show trials and everything. a bit farther back in time they were even killed. all in the name of the "good cause".

@livestradamus to belong to the cool kids? duh! :)

@bograt i have never found one (save some papers from bell labs) which is not just explaining the default macros but how to write one yourself from scratch.
a okish looking macro can be written in some hundred lines, the hardest part is figuring out how the page traps work :)

@bograt someone should write a "typesetting with troff for dummies" so it gets more use, it's really under appreciated. far less complex than (La)TeX. modern implementations (groff, heirloom, neatroff) are comparable in output quality imo.

@ryanleesipes

> It should use web technologies and not rely on XUL widgets - the new
front-end is intended to serve as a testing ground for finding solutions
that we will need also elsewhere in the UI as we converge towards using
HTML.

soo.. they are building yet another webmailer? 😬

@thor EU doing EU things 💁

@freemo i learned today that apparently the insurances here have a say in if and how long you receive sick pay from them (the maximum duration is ~70 weeks).

guess what happens next!

exactly, they fuck with people who are sick too long, mostly psychological things. "would be a shame if we'd have to pay less/nothing because you don't take psychomeds" etc.

i'm all pro general health insurance, but they shouldn't have any say in how much they are going to pay and for how long. that is upon doctors to decide. if there is doubt about fraud, they could still have another professional who's chosen by a 3rd party look at the case to verify it. currently it seems that "some guy in the office" just decides upon what happens.

tinfoil territory: every well-intentioned idea is then implemented in a way to be the maximum ripoff of the populace.

@freemo thankfully the people i want to interact with have other means to reach me

i have the bad habit of clicking on the trending stuff if i happen to visit there.. maybe i should just filter that part out with a ublock rule or something :)

> Seems the bird site algorithm is to pair trolls with targets and little more.

well, it creates more "engagement"

@roxie working in IT is a fucking grind, at least according to my experience. nearly everyone has burnout or some other shit sooner or later, even in pretty chill companies.

how does anyone stand reading the #birdsite for more than a few seconds? full of triggered people regardless which side of whatever battle is fought today. it seems that the masses on other social media are living in their confirmation-bias-algorithm-truth-bubbles, and everything not according to it shall be eradicated. fucking insane and pretty scary considering how many people are on those platforms.