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The question at hand is whether it is moral to use a platform developed by someone who has committed acts which one deems immoral.

The platform is a tool, much as anything else is. The intent and message is what separate the use of tools. BeeHaw has an amazing intent and purpose. Creation or developer of the tools should not factor into using such.

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What game is improved the most by mods?

Definitely RimWorld. There's so many mods that improve the base game. From QoL mods that make you wonder why that isn't default in the vanilla game, to mods that complety overhaul the actual win condition. Just overall a really fun, replayability, frustrating game.

Use mods though. It'll make it better. Check out p-music mod while you're at it.

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Megathread for Reddit Blackouts and News - Week 1

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There's an app for that

Save and import:

{
    "createdBy": "Redirector v3.5.3",
    "createdAt": "2023-06-01T00:00:00.011Z",
    "redirects": [
        {
            "description": "Reddit to Beehaw",
            "exampleUrl": "https://reddit.com",
            "exampleResult": "https://beehaw.org",
            "error": null,
            "includePattern": "^(https?://)([a-z0-9-]*\\.)?reddit.com(.*)",
            "excludePattern": "",
            "patternDesc": "Reddit to Beehaw",
            "redirectUrl": "https://beehaw.org",
            "patternType": "R",
            "processMatches": "noProcessing",
            "disabled": false,
            "grouped": false,
            "appliesTo": [
                "main_frame"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

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I hate time zones, especially when I'm stupid

Timezone programming sucks. The philosophy I got by is, to store/track/log everything in UTC. When it is displayed, then change the format to the local user timezone IF NEEDED. For example if it's like network device logs or security events, one timezone (UTC normally) should be used, not changed for every user. Convert the reverse for input from client, to back end.

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What do you think of Hacker News?

I really like Hacker News for the most part. Commentary is well above the cesspool of the alien site. People are really knowledgeable and quick to share it. Sometimes there are comments that pop up from 'tech celebrities' too! Always awesome to see people like tptacek (Thomas Ptacek) or CliffStoll (yes, that one) sharing in the discussions there. Sometimes though, there is an echo chamber mentality where it seems everyone commenting is 'An American white male, making $300,000 annual salary + options'.

As a platform, I appreciate what the moderators do there to keep things on topic and following the guidelines like:

Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.