tomasino @tomasino@mastodon.sdf.org

Do you like sci-fi? Do you write your own stories for fun or profit? Why not join us in a low pressure semi-collaborative journey among the stars:

https://cosmic.voyage

Cosmic Voyage is a public access unix system focused on storytelling. Practice some command line skills while you write and get motivated from your peers.

Visit us on irc.tilde.chat in the #cosmic room as well.

Hey Mastodon, lets play a game. 🎲

1) Name something you are manually maintaining or updating that you really should automate, but haven't put the time to do yet.

2) How long have you been lying to yourself about getting around to automating it?

There's a huge divide in the experience of tech workers. I just read the opening segment of this article and thought, "who on earth ever said any of this?" before remembering once again that our experiences are not universal.

https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/yes-you-should-estimate/

So yeah, don't you forget that either. Not everyone is doing things the same way and that doesn't make them wrong.

@rysiek

Ubuntu 18.04, Chrome

First load console shows service worker loaded, but UI does not say "Yes".

Refreshed page and now it says "Yes".

No visible favicon.

ServiceWorker: 3bf807b4 :: index.html: 3bf807b4

@rysiek

Ubuntu 18.04, Firefox, Standard level content security policy

"Failed to register/update a ServiceWorker for scope ‘https://cdn.test.occrp.org/projects/samizdat/’: Storage access is restricted in this context due to user settings or private browsing mode."

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/285534/Egil-A-solo-RPG-of-brutal-viking-poetry

Free solo "RPG" where you write brutal Viking poetry? Yes please!

I've done a bunch of marketing emails for work lately (don't worry, you're not their target unless you're a doctor in the US) and after many, many conversations with the art teams my new hashtag related to feature support is: #notallclients

https://psmag.com/economics/trickle-down-economics-is-indeed-a-joke

Trickle Down Economics is a Joke, literally

I was just reminiscing about my competitive FPS days (Quake 1, 1998). This was my gaming mouse at the time:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-PS-2-Two-Button-Mouse-Model-6450350-Gray-/223314210290

I used an SGI keyboard with it.

#kidsthesedays

http://www.vintagecomputing.com/madmaze/

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3awk7/flash-is-responsible-for-the-internets-most-creative-era

Misread ad... "Nicorette Condoms"

#sashiko mending a torn knee. #slowskills

HOW ABOUT A NICE GAME OF CHESS?