Steven Deobald

सब हम क्षतिबान डियूबाल्ड हैं ... @[email protected] /

[Steven Deobald @deobald]

modern tools encourage us to do stupid things:

https://t.co/Fxt7S3xcSy

[Steven Deobald @deobald]

still waiting for @jysandilya and @timggreene to team up and build me diablo-style https://t.co/KyLldrIv3O with this: https://t.co/2KWONCBRPO

[Steven Deobald @deobald]

i missed the nov two's complement and as i listen to it on the plane, i can't help but think about the simpson's "your duty is clear" speech

https://t.co/bPkUTnMgMO

as always, a good episode:

https://t.co/PkIJ0cVmP8

[Steven Deobald @deobald]

please help create a beautiful new logo for @openstreetmap !

https://t.co/5j4MKewLJn

[Steven Deobald @deobald]

revised "LocalFirst: You Keep Using That Word" based on feedback from @[email protected] and @[email protected] and others:

https://t.co/Yyg7LR2lSI

more feedback welcome! this essay was a little slapdash but it's been bumping around my head for most of 2025.

[Steven Deobald @deobald]

localfirst: you keep using that word

https://t.co/Yyg7LR2lSI

[Steven Deobald @deobald]

@nirbheek @shinboson hey i'm pretty sure this conversation wasn't 2006 ;)

[Steven Deobald @deobald]

you're welcome. merry christmas. get your wife a swatchwatch.

[Steven Deobald @deobald]

in 2011, i "released" an xmas album with some friends as a joke. it's no longer on itunes, but it's apparently still on spotify and amazon music, uh, australia.

someone claimed the band name "calgary" so spotify no longer works. but if you're in oz:

https://t.co/B4Jc3vviLA

[Steven Deobald @deobald]

@hargup13 hey dude. yup. i don't check twitter often and i plan to check it less often in the future. drop me a note on signal. :)

[Steven Deobald @deobald]

off to a 30-day vipassana course tomorrow. goodnight, internet. see you all on november 20th.

[Steven Deobald @deobald]

in the meantime, i am still looking for f/oss work — preferably in or around the linux desktop. if you liked the changes i made to the @gnome foundation in the few months i was there, email me.

[Steven Deobald @deobald]

codes of conduct are essential. but self-appointed committees need to be rethought or the nixos situation will just keep happening.

[Steven Deobald @deobald]

i've been thinking about code of conduct committees a lot recently, and i'm increasingly of the opinion that nick has the right idea here:

https://t.co/0QxHXsN5zv

[Steven Deobald @deobald]

it's very weird to me that so many free software projects have somehow allowed themselves to install a self-appointed judge dredd. of *course* that's going to be full of bias and inevitably weaponized.

[Steven Deobald @deobald]

i spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about this tweet:

https://t.co/kG9UtJsGKP

like, every day. i want my job to be whatever it takes to accomplish this goal.

[Steven Deobald @deobald]

@timrgoodwin @rahulj51 @atbrakhi related: been bouncing around the idea of a "hacker village" again. it seems many of us are still ready to move out of cities but don't want to be alone/disconnected. build-from-scratch gives total freedom of location. claim-a-village provides existing infra (sewer, water, etc.)

[Steven Deobald @deobald]

@timrgoodwin @rahulj51 @atbrakhi @rahulj51 spent the last week upgrading my solar setup and this popped back into my mind. if you still spend time in india regularly, this would be very doable. rent a homestay in coorg and you're all set.

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"we don't like your fake plastic money or your free healthcare, so we're going to pay you less as punishment."

cute that the numbers are lower _in canadian dollars_ like they're going to sneak the 32% paycut in there unnoticed 😂