Wilhelm Fitzpatrick @rafial@hackers.town

Birdsite keeps showing me an ad for a writing workbook for young children, and I feel the testimonial "I love this because children are forced to stay inside the grooves" is just about the most dystopian thing I've seen in quite a while.

Signing in to Github just to downvote the de-tootification of Mastodon :P

It's Suntory Time!

Fork the FSF

Was listening to a podcast on delegation strategies, and I have a new favorite phrase for the week which is "delegate to the floor"

(i.e. just stop doing your least important tasks, and see if anybody cares)

Next stop on our #SIFF2021 journey was _Tove_, a marvelously well made & acted biopic of Moomin creator Tove Jansson - sure to strike a bell with anyone who's struggled to figure out who you are vs what others expect of you - https://www.siff.net/festival/tove #SIFF

Already worth it just for the included short _Mom Fight_

Pretending it's midnight at the Egyptian, and we're about witness some crazed BS in company with a theater full of like-minded freaks: _Get the Hell Out_ at #SIFF2021 https://www.siff.net/festival/get-the-hell-out #SIFF

On our way to where the air is sweet with _Street Gang_, a doco about the early days of Sesame Street. Can you tell me how to get to #SIFF2021 ? https://www.siff.net/festival/street-gang-how-we-got-to-sesame-street #SIFF

Chopping into #SIFF2021 with _Deadly Cuts_. Irish working-class hairdressers vs gangsters and corrupt politicians. It's increasing my appreciation of Gaelic gangster rap! #SIFF
https://www.siff.net/festival/deadly-cuts

Kicking off #SIFF2021 with _The Dry_ as part of the opening night celebration. #SIFF this year is fully virtual. If I can't be at the Egyptian, my couch will have to be the second best place! https://www.siff.net/festival/the-dry

TIL in passing that SQLite has full text search built in, and well I feel like "lite" doesn't mean anything anymore

Get in on the ground floor!

https://thedailywtf.com/articles/announcing-the-launch-of-tfts

In a moment of supreme Googliness, Google Play Console is bitching about the fact that my app "contains an Ad SDK" _WHICH THEIR OWN LIBRARIES HAVE SMUGGLED INTO MY DEPENDENCY CHAIN_

As a member of Gen-X, I'd just like to publicly apologize for using up all the irony so that there was none left for younger generations.

A WaPo headline flashed up on my watch, and I glance read it as "_Matisyahu_ has no clear path to remain prime minister" and I thought "Well yeah, he's a King Without a Crown" and this is probably only funny to me...

This morning, wrote down 3 things on my "must do today list". It is now 3pm and none are crossed off, but I have added 4 more things.

DRM is not healthy for Apple and other living things: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/03/jury-orders-apple-to-pay-308-million-in-royalties-for-drm-patents/