RE: https://infosec.exchange/@rebane2001/116123227412288110

This might genuinely be the most mind blowing thing I’ve ever seen.

People-first language is only suggested for things that are considered undesirable in our society. No one ever says we should use, for example, "a person with blondness” or "a person with overheight.”

The problem therefore isn't necessarily where we put certain words, but that those words (and the conditions associated with them) are seen negatively.

So no, saying “a person with obesity” will not solve weight stigma in our society.

id like to apologize to venite for complaining about its default dark mode

> LOOK

You are in a room. There are exits to the north and west. There is an armchair.

> SIT

You are sitting in an armchair in a room. There are exits to the north and west. A small black cat enters the room.

> TAKE CAT

You cannot take the cat.

> PET CAT

You pet the cat. It starts to purr.

> PET CAT

You pet the cat. It jumps onto the chair, purrs, and settles on your lap.

> N

You cannot go north. You are immobilised by a cat.

> STAND UP

You cannot stand up. You are immobilised by a cat.

> W

You cannot go west. You are immobilised by a cat.

> PET CAT

The cat purrs.

if any of y’all like the newer Resident Evil games (like RE2 Remake or Resident Evil Village) I’d highly recommend giving Crisol: Theater of Idols a try

in fact if you just like puzzle-solving, exploration, and slow tactical combat I’d still highly recommend trying Crisol lol because it has a fantastic balance of all three

it’s a horror game though and there are a lot of CWs, so I’m going to make a second post with a link to the game as well as a list of CWs

who would win:

the transfemme urge to have long flowy beautiful hair

vs.

the autistic urge to not have a long flowy sensory nightmare attached to my head at all times

imagine a language like Lua except every table literal is actually a block of code that is run like a module. for example:

let someTable = {
    export someValue = "foo"
    let privateValue = "bar"
}

print(someTable.someValue)
# prints "foo"

print(someTable.privateValue)
# error

that would mean that when you require("someModule") you’re essentially wrapping the entire someModule file inside of { } and getting the result

it would make table literals more noisy but it would also let a Lua-like language have even fewer concepts that need to be learned in order to understand it

plus, you could define a whole class inside of one set of { } which would make the syntax mirror how most other languages do classes - and create a visual divide between the class and any unrelated stuff that might exist in the same file:

let SomeClass = {
    export new = (value) -> {
        let newInstance = {
            let privateValue = value
        }

        setmetatable(newInstance, this)
        return newInstance
    }

    export getValue = (this) -> {
        return this.privateValue
    }

    export setValue = (this, value) -> {
        this.privateValue = value
    }
}

let instance = SomeClass.new("foo")

you could even make it so that if you return inside of { } then the whole { } block evaluates to whatever you returned, so you can have multiple statements inside of your expressions (and not just table expressions) just like in Lisp:

let fibonacciNums = {
    let a, b = 0, 1
    let nums = {}

    for _ in range(100) do
        a, b = b, a+b
        list.push(nums, a)
    end

    return nums
}

print(fibonacciNums)
# {1, 1, 2, 3, 5, ...}

Oh, I forgot. The CD player I just bought also comes with a comic.

It says they carefully retrieved my product from their inventory with sterilized anti-bacterial gloves and placed it on a satin silk cushion.

The party they organized to celebrate my order lasted 3 days. When the time came, the clamoring crowd cheered through the city as the procession made its way to the post office.

A team of 50 experts proceeded to inspect the product. They polished it until it shine and bid it farewell with a tender caress.

The postal service then took over, using one of their many private jets to send your product as fast as possible. Give. It's inestimable value, two fighter jets were dispatched to ensure it's safe arrival.

Their internationally renowned packaging specialist (who came straight from Korea (lit candles and incense sticks. Absolute silence set as he placed the product in its box.

They've placed my photo in a 50x50 food frame and selected me as customer of the century. (Unfortunately this position may be contested in the year 2100).

They then offered to send me another version of this comic with a real photo of me (or my pet) on it that's printable.

Random violin teaching moment

One my favorite questions to ask is: “What did we do in here together that you wouldn’t have thought to do on your own?”

A primary goal for me as a teacher is to teach students how to teach themselves. I want them to be as independent as possible and have the tools to learn and play music on their own

💜

It is depressing if someone experiences hate on here, especially if it puts them off using this place.

I follow people that regularly raise these issues, to hear how bad it is and what the causes are.

Five things seem to come up most often:

- Lack of representation in software design
- Users not being able to control who can reply to their posts
- Moderation being reactive rather than proactive
- Allowlists vs blocklists
- Cultural problems

Let's look closer...

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People say you shouldn't compare apples and oranges but it seems to work fine for me in Python 3.14, I don't see what the issue is...