Ryan DeBeasi @ryan@mastodon.xyz

Me, a unixy old person: "... and before end to end encryption was standardized, that meant that something called replay attacks were possible. To mitigate this, kerberos authentication was invented, which..."

A young unixy person: "can you pet it though."

"what"

"Kerberos was named for the three headed dog that guards the gates of hell, right?"

"... yes?"

"Can I pet the dog, is my question."

"..."

"..."

"Ok, no, but file that bug immediately."

When I was living as a man, it’s not that I didn’t believe women, I just thought oh it’s a few bad apples, I’m not like that, etc

The more female experiences I have... Fellas, it’s a lot of the men.

I think in the end, history has shown upstreams to be in the right more often than not, and that egocentric model of former employers to be a detriment.

But honestly, I just wish people would freaking work together on solving issues instead of starting spats on social media.

"NGL this is probably the best way to teach the difference"

submitted by QueenVengeance

Mozilla has announced a grant of up to $30,000 "to people and projects that illuminate how to reimagine data in a way that shifts power away from big tech platforms and toward individuals and communities."

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/imagining-better-data-stewardship-mozilla-opens-call-for-creative-media-awards/

There once was a singer of old
Who then broke away from the fold
He won't give you up
He won't let you down
In a word, you have been Limerick-rolled

i was wondering how "pico racer" does engine noises, given there are no built-in functions to modify sound effects... turns out it literally modifies the memory containing sound effects #pico8

"Why are hyperlinks blue?" by Elise Blanchard https://blog.mozilla.org/en/internet-culture/deep-dives/why-are-hyperlinks-blue/

Incredibly thorough history. I love stuff like this.