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@onan since everyone has evil in them it's bound to be one. maybe should've included 0 as choice :P

CW: politics 

@Biggles

mastodon gives servers freedom, some choose to be echo chambers, some dont.

@cstross

@freemo you can't reason with some people, it just drains your energy and isn't worth it. don't get wound up by it! :blobsmilehappy:

it's interesting that the people who flamed me for my opinions were almost universally on the "progressive" instances with huge blocklists. people on more open instances usually just mute or block and go on with their life.

@galena I would agree with you there. Heavily moderated places lead to further fears and anxiety that something you say could lead to you being rejected after you've already been isolated into this group. Even old sins are easy pickings.
"here, instances compete ON moderation. if they suck at it, they sink."

I don't know about you, but SPC has little moderation and we've been going on for over 5 years now. We haven't sunk. Not everyone wants to be heavily moderated. That is more of a feature in support for centralising platforms.
The Paradox of Popper.

Everyone who references "The Paradox of Tolerance" almost certainly has not read the book, because it was written specifically to destroy the worldview which they're espousing.

@christopheherbet@mastodon.online wasn't he the guy who said that it's "my problem" to get any food as someone who didn't get the ultra-capitalist "vaccine"? big brain vibes here.

@spinneria @m0urs handkäs ist doch was feines und sicherlich gesünder als die sogenannte impfung :P

@marathon0 in my opinion, all the points boil down to "be kind in the first place and wise in the second" :)

So it seems joinmastodon removed QOTO from their directory without cause, without contacting us, and without any discussion or due diligence.

Since this is the only way to actually find QOTO for new users if it isnt reversed soon it could mean the end for our wonderful community.

If you care about this place remaining fair, respectful, and inclusive environment I highly suggest everyone reach out to them annd voice your objecttion and your disapointment and having no procedure to keep this fair and inclusive.

If you want to see QOTO stick around you can email your objecttion here:

hello@joinmastodon.org

Feel free to CC me here: jeffrey.freeman@qoto.org

Please be respectful, we want to show them we are the good guys and not give them any reason to object.

@Gargron @trinsec @khird

Uncomfortable fact about potential Fedi popularity 

If Fedi grows enormously, then the Fedi equivalent of SEO will inevitably emerge.

@djsumdog @array @Pixificial
i think TCL does this very nice (if one ignores the arcane "arrays") and the standard library is consistent. to pass by name/reference you pass the variables name and in the called function use tcl.tk/man/tcl8.7/TclCmd/upvar . so it's always pretty clear when things are read-only (a $value) or can be modified.

i’m in a code review with elon musk. ive got the CSS for http://neopets.com on 3 monitors. my browser’s in dark mode so it looks cool. “this part?” he asks, pointing to code for the Giant Omelette. “caches tweets in the mainframe cyberhex,” i say. he nods. “as i suspected”

MNateShyamalan

Earlier this year someone donated about 600 VHS tapes of live recordings of bands from the 1970s to the 1990s, that were in the archives of a small Houston-based record store chain. They put them up for auction, and a group bought me the whole batch.

Well, half of them are digitized:

archive.org/details/diamondhea

It's okay to look at modern society and to feel depressed about it. Even to feel overwhelmed at times. We live in some hard decadent times without a way to articulate it properly. We're told that life is better and to be distracted with the consumption of products. Give yourself the space and time to grieve for your sense of loss here. Take it easy.

Think of it as a chance to learn about what matters to you. Afterwards, you can refocus on those things and work towards making what matters to you a reality in your life. It's all a process. One that we continue to cycle through when we lose our way.
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