FYI

1. branch protection is a thing
2. commit signing is a thing

Out of shape

JUST LIKE EMAIL YOU NITWIT!

We have very different perceptions of how people approach emails.

Guess how tech illiterates(?) approach email? They sign up on Gmail - perhaps with some handholding - and that’s it. That’s all they know or care about.

And before you say they don’t deserve to be on the internet: they are all using Facebook, Youtube, Whatsapp, etc. Unless platforms like Lemmy actually treat new users better, there’s not much incentive for people to switch.

We don’t want to send everyone to the same instance otherwise it’ll end up becoming dominant (see Lemmy World)

Based on what I’ve learnt in network science, I’ve got bad news for you: real-world networks tend to follow power-law distributions.

Lemmy, being a social network, is unlikely to be an exception. Some instances are going to become hubs and the rest would be peripheral.

unique interest or theme will determine the type and feel of content in your local feed

Then selection of interests and themes should be included in the onboarding process, instead of the mumbo-jumbo about choosing instances.

I’m not sure what you are getting at.

Then saying that you have looked through and reviewed the code would be lying. And that is unprofessional.

My go-to reaction these days:

Among their favorites is “Fallout” – a post-apocalyptic drama based on the video game series of the same name.

I find this incredibly ironic.

Thanks for pointing it out; edited phrasing.

OpenAI CloseAI

Any context?

Since we are on the topic of funny stuff in code, here’s one encounter I had earlier:

default variables to null or something

That is such a bad idea. Better to have the compiler warn you about it like in Rust, or have the linter / IDE highlight it.

Yeah, TIL too.

I just searched for an image of “pouring water on computer”.

Gundam: The Witch from Mercury

Why would he need to do so? We all know he lives at The White House.