To end capitalism we need to ignore it.
Capitalism is a game where only a few people get to win....
What are some libraries, software, etc... that you'd like to see be built in open-source?
I’m trying to get accustomed to writing asynchronous/concurrent Rust or any language!...
How much should I care about news? (www.theguardian.com)
I read this article recently and I was just thinking about my news consumption and how much I want to be affected by it....

Why are redditors like this?
I made a post on r/civ (Civilization games subreddit) showing a really funky shaped randomly generated river I saw and most comments were fine but one guy was convinced that I went through the comparatively monumental effort of opening the map editor and changing the river for karma, as opposed to just starting the game and...
How much does a creator's worldview influence whether you use their tech or consume their media?
Watching the drama around kagi unfold and it has me wondering how much you take into consideration a creator’s view on things like homophobia, sexism, racism, etc. when deciding to use a product. I think most of us have a bar somewhere (I would imagine very few on this website would ever consider registering on an altright...
Favorite Charities?
What are your favorite charities? What do you regularly give to? I have some empty space in my “secular tithing” budget that I’m looking to fill in.
What you don't want to do is throw your ex-wife into the mix as the world slowly crumbles around you.
I’m at the limit of survival, which is not ideal. By this, I mean I have no income, no financial support, and my van doesn’t start. This last bit turbocharges the first. If I can’t shower, I can’t go into an interview....
The Future Of E-Commerce Is A Product Whose Name Is A Boilerplate AI-Generated Apology (defector.com)

how's your year going, Beehaw
welcome to the new age
Help me find a book series like The Witcher or Assassin's Appentice, I need to forget this world right now! Go to town with recommendations!
Thinking about the direction of Beehaw
Over the years I’ve been trying to encapsulate, as simply as possible, what Beehaw interactions would look like ideally....
NYE clip of Anderson Cooper covering John Mayer at a 'cat bar' in Japan (www.cnn.com)
I thought it was cute enough that if y’all hadn’t seen it, you might enjoy it.

Happy New Years ya jerks
I’m drunk. My partner deleted what I originally wrote. It was about how fallible we humans are to put it nicely. Regardless of our failings which we know we have, I really wish y’all as great a 2024 as we can manage. At the very least I hope we can have a better year. I won’t be forgetting any auld acquaintances. Have a...
how's your holidays going, Beehaw
it’s a special Christmas/New Years edition of the Beehaw weekly thread! post all the shenanigans you’re up to
What were your wedding processionals/recessionals and why?
I was just running through these, and, I think they’re rather illuminating....
Something disturbing about Hallmark movies
I was talking with a friend today about Hallmark movies because we all seem to have at least one grandma who loves them around this time of year, and we’re hashing out the tropes they all share because they’re so formulaic that you could probably boil it down to a mad libs prompt, and something dawned on me because of one...
Alone for Christmas, once again
If there’s one phrase that has echoed in the back of my mind, it’s that I have no family, and by that I mean no children or spouse - and I’m middle aged....
Scandal Rocks Publishing as Debut Author Is Linked To Fake Goodreads Accounts That Review Bombed Peers (www.themarysue.com)

Recent and perplexing ordeal with YouTube
I worked for many years (hundreds of hours) locating, remastering and uploading content for a fan-based YouTube channel named ‘R.E.M. Archive’. I did 99% of the work and was happy to do this for the huge fan base. I believe the channel existed for about 6 years or so....