@streakmachine You’re not alone: I’m not on any Mastodon, either.
/@matigo
@matigo Federation doesn’t bother me. Losing the option to speak at length and use inline images does, though. AFAIK, Mastodon hews too close to the Twitter model vs 10C’s taking the “blog” part of “microblogging” seriously.
/@lograh
@matigo Re: view source and telemetry: Charles Proxy on iOS is pretty awesome for doing HTTP request review on the phone itself.
/@streakmachine
@larand I find it a lot of work, but also fairly useful work.
ETA: They’ve been semi-annual for me for the last few years. Reviewing a year in a go sounds less useful.
@matigo I gave my wife one for her November birthday, and it quickly proved invaluable. I had no clue how amazing it would be!
@hazardwarning You’re not alone. Finder and Spotlight here.
Used Quicksilver till it died and Spotlight got better. Tried Alfred for several months and ultimately went back to Spotlight.
/@matigo @JeremyCherfas
@matigo Unlike teachers, programmers are too high on meritocracy to act and bargain collectively. It’s great the Guardian’s stepping up for us. ?
Edit: And a change in circumstances in programmer value may yet occur… http://www.metareader.org/post/agile-labor-union.html
/@JeremyCherfas @streakmachine
@JeremyCherfas Skimmed article. It’s a setup for “programmers are special, good programmers are even more special, and those tech companies better treat ‘em right!”
Meh. https://the-composition.com/the-origins-of-opera-and-the-future-of-programming-bcdaf8fbe960 has a better viewpoint.
/@matigo @streakmachine
@JeremyCherfas They say the software is magic, and in that snippet, seem to echo views around writing of the software and non-software kind alike.
Makes me wonder if there are parallels between not knowing how code works and being pre-literate.
The computers make out as way more awesome than paper, parchment, or books, though, thanks to being attributed their own activity rather than being passive holders of writing.
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