Dog brained queer autistic trans woman. 🏳️🌈️ 🏳️⚧️
Nerd. Anti-capitalist. Trying to make a difference. Hanging on to hope & kindness. Can pass as human.
Not active here anymore. (Not that I really was before.)
If you want to follow me socially, check out Bluesky. It's nice there: queer, weird, and refreshing. (Profile link in bio.)
Call for help: Can any South African who applied for a Swiss visa through VFS Cape Town please contact me, or let me know how long your application took to process?
@Dwuff@BankZeroSA They're also a self-described bunch of nerds: see "Our Story" in their FAQ.
They built their own core digital banking infrastructure from scratch, rather than just reselling some cloud-based bank-as-a-service software, which lets them do a lot of the novel things they offer.
@elfsternberg Ugh, I recently burned the back of my thumb and hand with boiling water, and it does hurt like hell.
Aftersun lotion worked pretty well to soothe the pain, I found: I reapplied that regularly for a day or so to take the edge of.
@elfsternberg Programs would be like a prose version of an equation: the program code will generally contain enough creative expression to count as a copyrightable work, distinct from the underlying mathematical equation or idea.
@elfsternberg Copyright law separates ideas from expressions: ideas are not copyrightable, but creative expressions are.
You can't copyright an equation, but you _can_ express an equation as a painting, song, poem, prose, or other creative work, which is then copyrightable.
Conservatism leads to abuse because conservatism *is* abuse. It is the protection of hierarchy and unearned privilege at the expense of those without power, and the protection of institutions at the expense of the people who inhabit them.
@elfsternberg I've also always wondered why more implementations don't support it: it seems very logical to have it.
You can achieve the same thing with zero-width lookahead assertions, like (@?=…) in Perl, but the syntax for that is definitely more cumbersome.
On Tuesday the @EFFSouthAfrica will be leading a march to the Ugandan Embassy in South Africa against the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Meanwhile, they have said nothing about their OWN party fanning the flames of hate against the Queer community in Namibia. Double standards at best.