-A lot of the Web (or, at least, the web I follow, which is a bunch of
-weirdos with fringe beliefs that affect almost nothing in the real world,
-except for when they do, which nearly always ends horribly*) seems to be fussed
-about GitHub's recent (as of now, though it was a long time coming) decision to
-make the default git branch `main` rather than `master`. Do I agree with this
-decision myself? Of course! A very nice person on the website
-Twitter.com explained this to me in the
-following way that made me finally understand it: If you're a black person
-whose ancestors were freed from the shackles of slavery a couple generations
-ago, you shouldn't still be pushing your work to master. And there are
-counter-arguments to this too; the git master doesn't represent a
-master/slave relationship!, etymologically it doesn't make a whole lot
-of sense!. Yeah? It's just sensitivity, really. I'm going to make my main
-git branches main because I want my projects to be accessible to all those that
-want to help - and a part of this is accepting changes to common practice that
-are made in good faith. Also because main is a better term anyway in my opinion
-because it's more descriptive and because 4 characters are faster to type than
-6.
-
-
-"Where does it end?" is a question I hear a lot. I'm not the one to ask.
-Our words have a greater meaning than we know. I'm sure in fifty years many of
-my opinions will be "products of their time" - and good! They are. In the
-nineteenth century the goal was to free the slaves (a goal not yet realized),
-in the twentieth century the goal was to have equality between men and women
-(not yet realized) of all colors (not yet realized). In the twenty first
-century we're now (some more keenly than others) aware of the LGBT+ community,
-being the community of those with non-standard identities and romantic/sexual
-orientations, and the importance of protecting the rights its individuals have.
-What's going to happen in the twenty second century? Who are we oppressing
-right now - who am I oppressing right now? I don't know. Time will
-tell if you listen for it.
-
-
-This whole blag rant was much deeper than I intended for it to be, but I feel
-comfortable with my opinion. If I'm wrong I'm wrong in areas in which I meant
-well, and that's good enough.
-
-
-* See: incels (I swear to god I'm not an incel I just kept track of the community
-because I thought it was funny in a depraved sort of way), qanon (none of this
-list makes me look good), furries.
-
-
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-Please do not put any stock into what I believe, as most of it is autocontradictory and the rest contradicts itself.
-
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I don't hold public office. Don't fret about my beliefs, they probably won't ever affect you.
+
Affirmative action - very necessary. As it is, it's flawed, but it's sure as hell better than nothing at all. If you have serious problems with it you might be part of the reason it's needed.
+
Anarchism - I don't understand it but it seems pretty cool.
Baloney - spelled "baloney".
+
Bisexuality - twice as cool.
Call of Duty - propaganda with which I don't agree.
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Cannibalism - if it's consensual, sure.
Capitalism - ridiculous.
Why should a corporation get to siphon off profits from my work?
Why should people be able to make money without laboring?
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Computers
Document editor - I like Wordpad on Windows even despite the fact that it's proprietary. Sue me. I like Libreoffice elsewhere.
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Free software - most excellent.
GNU plus Linux - No. I use the plan9ports utilities (which is a dangerous game but one from which I can recover with my backup hard drive and a couple commands), does that make my OS a plan9+Linux system?
Jargon
/bin - pronounced bin
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main as the default git branch
+
If you're a black person whose ancestors were freed from the shackles of slavery a couple generations ago, you shouldn't still be pushing your work to master.
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I want my projects accessible to anyone who may want to work on them.
+
main is easier to type than master.
+
Operating system - I like anything POSIX or UNIX-like, nearly always Linux. Windows is unuseable for me.
Text editor: ne or vim (or vi). Notepad on Windows.
+
Discrimination
+
on the basis of biology - extra bad. You have to go way out of your way in order to discriminate against people based on genotype - you're paying money to test their DNA or whatever so you can discriminate against them. Weak.
+
on the basis of economic wealth - discrimination against the rich is very cool and sexy, discrimination against the poor is gross.
+
on the basis of ethnicity - bad.
+
on the basis of gender - bad.
+
on the basis of nationality - bad.
+
on the basis of race - bad.
+
on the basis of religious beliefs - bad. All ideas should be subject to criticism, but discrimination implies undeserved misery is being inflicted, so no I don't think discrimination based on belief is acceptable in any context.
+
on the basis of religious practice - bad. If all parties in the activity consent it's completely bueno.
+
on the basis of sex - bad.
+
on the basis of sexual preferences - bad.
+
+
Execution - all people deserve to live, except monarchs.
+
Eugenics - proof anyone can make up facts, cite them to barely-relevant research, and get millions of people to fall for it.
+
Fascism - short-sighted and inevitably doomed to failure. Awful rule under which to live.
Florida - should be swallowed by the sea.
+
Furries - I've been too harsh to them. Furries are cool.
+
Gun control - guns shouldn't be scapegoated so much in the USA. The issue with mass shootings in the country is an issue of mental health. However, given that, I still don't know what I think should be done about them.
+
Homosexuality - pretty cool.
+
Land, Nick - seems like a nice person.
+
Monarchy - I'm in favor of public execution of all remaining monarchs.
Necroposting - good actually. If I have the same problem as another forum poster I want the previous knowledge gleaned in the same thread. It also makes it easier to reference in the future.
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Nonconformity - pretty cool. I'm in support.
Propaganda - I used to make some. It's good when I agree with it.
+
Sex - unnecessary. I use arch btw
Standardization
Date format - YYYY-MM-DD. Anything else is a hate crime against people with brains.
Time format - T[HH]:[MM].
Nobody will get on board with this but maybe we could mark dates from the Unix epoch? Just a thought.
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Unions - very cool but I'd rather work a non-union job than be unemployed. And I'll say what I mean - I like unions but I'm too much of a wimp to put myself on the line for them.
USA political parties
The Democratic Party of America - sucks because they're Capitalist.
