Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

I'm surprised that so many people don't know this.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

It is safe and reasonable to assume that the owners of platforms that tolerate fascism know this, and agree with their goals.

@alda Many, many years ago, when I worked at a medical information system, I got to learn some Important Principles from my manager.

The first of them was, a computer must not get in the way of a doctor. The specific example, of which there were numerous examples (because of a recurring data quality issue) was, if a doctor makes a medical record of a man having become pregnant, or more urgently, having gotten his water broken and an emergency Caesarean being necessary, the computer must never try to override the doctor.

A data quality issue can be sorted out later. Somebody dying because a doctor was arguing with a computer instead of doing a life-saving surgery, can't.

And that's even before I learnt the Biological Period, that strange punctuation mark that appears in medical texts all the time. It looks just like a period, but it's pronounced But Biology Is Messy, And Sometimes There's Exceptions. Some people's hearts are on the right. Some people have six toes. Some people might well have two appendixes, so just because one was taken out three years ago is no good reason for a computer to argue a doctor wanting to schedule a new appendectomy. There will be time to count the appendixes later. Saving a life can't wait.

Back then, we often thought of medicine being a uniquely life-critical field of tech, but as decades pass, I keep running into good times to apply this principle increasingly often.

Friendly reminder that I am available for hire for your next [REDACTED]

A gamedev realized Linux users were just 5.8% of their sales, but represented 38% of bug reports.

Then they looked at those numbers closer, and realized. Linux users were not experiencing more bugs. Almost none of the Linux-user bugs were Linux-related. Linux users were simply *more likely to file bugs*.

Their conclusion: A linux port pays for itself bc it nerdsnipes ppl into giving u free QA, see:
https://techhub.social/@ozone89/111337250473454154

Via @Rainer_Rehak

The right is using asymmetrical shame warfare against the left. Trump has taught Republicans to never be ashamed of anything they’ve done, no matter how heinous or indefensible their actions. Democrats, OTOH, still have consciences. So Republicans can hound somebody like Claudine Gay out of her job, knowing that the same attack will not work against their own. They will repeat this playbook as long as it keeps working.

Longest ever #NHS strike: What you need to know as junior doctors walk out

Junior doctors will begin a six-day walkout in England, causing severe disruption to services.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-67867273

(c) #BBC #News #Health

#StarTrek

Wising from my gwave

I love Keanu Reeves.

Here you go people, this is what Disney spent a squillion billion dollars trying to keep out of the public domain, but ultimately gave up. Now you can watch it on PeerTube:

https://fedi.video/w/fprBU6iTpV7Es8hU1KU1Sh

#SteamboatWillie #PeerTube #Disney #MickeyMouse #Animation #1920s #PublicDomain #Copyright