Alex Boten

Caring continues to be punk AF

The episode of @techwontsave.us about the Luddite Club was really refreshing! Keep up the good work podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

3. everyone is adjusting to changes in the industry, at the end of the day, maintainers and approvers are humans. everyone is trying their best. engage with the community

2. existing contributors love newcomers, open source requires two-way communication to be successful. opening pull requests with intention, and responding to the feedback is a great way to build trust

1. read the contributing doc, these guidelines are there to help everyone figure out how to interact within the community

In a world of tools making it easier to open pull requests to address issues, if you're new to a community, please remember:

As the maintainer of a few different open source projects, I love seeing the enthusiasm of new contributors. Having people collaborate in the open in a project with the goal of making things better for everyone is part of what makes open source so special to me.

Even when two agreed on spaces, they would fight about the number of spaces 🤣

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I just installed linux on a personal machine for the first time in years!

As i was writing that, i thought the same 😄

Fried a raspberry pi pico tonight, and now i'm reading about icarus.... you know... standard Sunday night

Shoulda gotten those markers

Yuuuuuuuuuuuup

Maybe the hardest thing the project is doing

What is time?

Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.

Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?

Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...

May cause sleep disturbance

Talk to your doctor about context propagation

Happy notifications bankruptcy day to all those who celebrate it

Logged in to my laptop on the first try, this will be a fantastic year 🎉😂

Kumail Nanjiani was on the ellen show talking about how all men are probably dehydrated YouTube video by Nayeem Uddin

This bit about needing a glass of water lives rent free in my head m.youtube.com/watch?v=Btb2...

Not all USB-C cables are created equal

I like this plan… science is another great thing to do that’s better than arguing on the internet 😆

Endless fun, until you run out of putty, but then a trip to the hardware store can be added to the list!

Woah, clearing a path AND exercising? Over achiever much?

I’ve entered the “I don’t even know what day it is anymore” time of the year, and i’m not mad about it

- wash dishes
- watch paint dry
- sit and contemplate which foot is best to put forward when springing into action
- find a nail in your wall, pull it out, fill the hole with putty, watch it dry, then put the nail back in

so many things that are better than arguing on the internet

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Its funny to think i got into computers because i was really bad at 1 and thought i would need it less here…

I wonder how much of 2 is directly related to others getting into CS for the same reason 🤔