Derick Florian (he/him) @derickflorian@social.cleverlibre.org
Just broke into software development. Currently struggling to grasp C!
Joined Oct 2022
@whalecoiner @lizupton I agree the handling is really bad, but I also feel like hiring someone who is no longer causing harm by being a law enforcement officer is a chance to rehabilitate him into a member of society. So I don’t think either side looks good. This is just my viewpoint though. I realize mine isn’t the prevailing view on this issue.
Derick Florian (he/him)
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First to make a few things clear:
I am autistic myself.
And I have a fairly good understanding of what those kids might go through.
What if they actually _like_ analyzing data and all that? Computers be damned, they're just tools, doesn't mean humans can't have a shot at it too.
Sometimes I am hyperfocused myself, then I make ridiculous lists of lists and whatnot. Waste of time? Oh, _absolutely_, you bet! But was it satisfying to me? Oh _yeah_!
They'll have plenty of time to learn how to socialize, but does that mean you need to put them in a fascist regime that only forces them to socialize and never have _fun_?
After one evening of socializing, I'll be _happy_ to have 3 weeks of no human contact. I don't hate humans, it is just that social contact is _utterly exhausting_.
Maybe try to understand _that_.
Derick Florian (he/him)
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Guys,
Y'all should probably make a statement about yesterday's kerfuffle.
It's not just the ACAB crowd that are ticked, a lot of people who otherwise like you are pretty mad about how the whole thing was handled.
If you don't believe me, my poll results surprised even me:
Raspberry Pi, hiring of ex-surveillance policeman
For those interested in my take on the Raspberry Pi take…
It seems like ACAB means we should completely remove people who are/were police from society including their means to make a living or further push them away and have them work for companies that are outwardly evil.
And if this person is criminal because of his actions supporting a police state than shouldn’t he be given a chance to re-enter society. I think therefore that Raspberry Pi should also hire a convicted felon to show they are committed to rehabilitating others.
I would much rather have this guy making lightsabers than become an advisor to Palantir or something else. I don’t have any love for active law enforcement officers but keep in mind its the system that is evil and not the individual people.
Note this is just my opinion and you can feel differently, but I will still be buying and using Raspberry Pis.
#RaspberryPi #SurveillanceState #Police and reference to #ACAB
Really proud of myself so far. Got a raspberry pi server set up on my local network and I am in the process of setting it up as secure as my instruction following skills will allow. Then I will try to install minecraft java tonight and maybe see if my 8gb ram model could handle a minecraft bedrock edition on top of it!
It was overkill maybe but I got a “max endurance” microsd designed for security cameras so it can hopefully be more reliable over time.
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Re Kyrsten Sinema: Good riddance. Now I only wish she wasn't on the team. In any case, she'll never be family. There's a difference.
@HaelusNovak@mastodon.lol your last poem was really good! I didn’t know about this hashtag but I will definitely start following.
You seethe and complain really elegantly haha
UsPol, Sinema
Lol Sinema leaving the Dems is the least surprising thing ever. I deregistered as a Democrat anyway, but I still feel glad she is removing the thin veneer of her being a Democrat.
Have fun “independently” advancing the GOPs agenda 🙄
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/12/09/politics/kyrsten-sinema-leaves-democratic-party/index.html
@dev_Paul @ColeOnRails @filthypines When I did 100 days of code I didn’t do 100 days straight of programming, but I did finish eventually. It was helpful for me because I got in the habit of sitting down and being able to code for a couple hours.
The other huge benefit is that it gave me a way of communicating “hey, I want to do this and I’m putting in work.” I posted a couple of times on LinkedIn with what I was working on and eventually someone from the marketing department in my company introduced me to a software engineering manager. From there I have been working on side projects in software eng for a year and now am interviewing for a job! 🤞
That last part is irrelevant but I do know one other person who did 100 days and after applying elsewhere found an opportunity where he worked to switch to software development.
Studying definitely paid off on my calc final. Instead of rushing to the buzzer I had 30 minutes at the end to check my answers. Glad I got it out of the way so I can relax and be covidy tomorrow.
@lucifargundam you definitely convinced me that I would rather have COVID 😂
@lucifargundam my wife would kill me if I got pregnant lol! We have enough children(but love the ones we have)
@PHolder deleted my original post because I was thinking of the original raspberry pi announcement on the ex surveillance expert being employed by the foundation. That’s good trolling!
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/meet-raspberry-pis-maker-in-residence-toby-roberts/
Derick Florian (he/him)
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Derick Florian (he/him)
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Another term of allowing students to ask me questions anonymously during class. >800 Q in 66 Chem101 lectures, and always a different flavour to the ones I get via traditional hand-raising (the ones below aren't at all representative, just some fun examples)
@trinsec yeah, very true. I’m very lucky so far to not have a clear long covid case, but time will tell now. I have all the vaccines except for the recent booster. I was refused because I lost my original vaccine card so I am working on getting it replaced(fun US healthcare).
@trinsec thanks, i don’t want to jinx it but this is slightly less bad or more familiar the second time!
I appreciate it!
Round two of covid. Starting with thanksgiving we have battled the flu and then covid. Looking forward to checking off most of the wintertime illnesses after I am done with this!
Just broke into software development. Currently struggling to grasp C!
Joined Oct 2022
