Itโs been a looong while.
Since my last post I have:
๐ถ Switched jobs to another doggy daycare.
๐ถ Gone from five days a week to four. This is to make time toโฆ
๐ถ Study the dog trainer course I have started with PACT. Itโs been a slow start, but Iโm being consistent.
๐ถ Gained a best friend in an anxious cockapoo called Glenn. This is him below, chilling after shouting at a child.
Lifeโs pretty busy, my headโs all over the place, but Iโm moving forward.
Windows User: My computer froze again. I have to restart it for the third time today
Linux User: Thatโs rough. My system has been running for 3 years straight without a single crash
Windows User: Wow! What have you been doing with all that uptime?
Linux User: Trying to get my usb ink printer to work ๐
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My screen reader just spoke the following text:
Make 2026 the year you sound like a pro level slider.
yes, I'll definitely be doing that. Amateur level sliders are just terrible, and they suck.
of course, this was an email with the level slider emoji, ๐๏ธ right after the word pro.
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If I wanted to be on a "better" Twitter after the Musk takeover, I would open a BlueSky account. It delivers the same centralised, algorithm driven experience that divides in overhyped influencers and mere click fodder users, just the way all centralised "social" networks are designed to be.
And that's why I am NOT on BlueSky but here on the Fediverse. The Fediverse isn't a better X, Facebook, Instagram. It's the Fediverse. People to people. Embrace the principle and you will be happy here!
The @TetraLogical team has gathered (online) for a day of retrospectives, updates, and opportunities to continue innovating what we do and the services we offer, plus a Christmas quiz to wrap it all up.
There might also be a selection of Christmas hats on display, and there's a rumour going around that my hat might not be black! ๐
RE: mastodon.social/@dansup/115758โฆ
The people who dislike The Algorithmโข are either consumers who basically just want an RSS feed reader (nothing wrong with that) or people who brought audiences over from other platforms.
If youโre trying to create something and find an audience for it on the #Fediverse, you need some sort of recommendation algorithm. Otherwise, youโre just posting into the void.
Friendly reminder, a reverse chronological feed like Mastodon and Pixelfed use are technically algorithms.Mastodon
People who say they dislike "the algorithm" mean they dislike the combination of A) algorithms engineered to optimize for "engagement" (read: addiction), B) societal pressure to belong to these platforms in various forms (e.g. gov announcements only thru said platforms).
Of course *SOME* algorithm is needed, people aren't opposing algorithms as a concept.
I pass through the Solstice gate
And I am changed.
I squeeze and slip
Through the narrow place,
The thin place,
Where all our years are seen,
And worlds stack like sheets of glass.
I pass through the Solstice gate
And I am changed.
I leave behind what cannot fit,
Shedding self like snakeskin,
Discarded as old, ill-fitting clothes.
In the no-time, no-place, nothing,
I lose myself, to find it all.
I pass through the Solstice gate,
The threshold, one of three,
And I am changed.
TL:DR Mat is a corporate slave, is really tired, and is getting fucked over
Now I don't need to tell you all capitalism is shit but it's wearing me down right now. A whole year with no more than 6 days in a row off, I'm set for 2 full weeks holiday over Christmas, starting last Friday.
Yeah, so some fucker makes comments in a meeting with the fucking CEO of the company, trying to deflect from a shit job they did, risking tens of millions of dollars, and put it on me and my team because I wasn't there to defend us, despite us being the only group to actually do a good job and not fuck up.
So yeah, worked the first 3 days of my Christmas "holiday", including a conference call in the middle of a family celebration meal. Tomorrow I have to find a quiet place for a call with the CEO and all the global Executive leadership to defend my team, who have done an amazing job cleaning up other people's shit, during a day out with friends visiting an exhibition, having a meal and going to football match.
This was my reward for the year, some carefree time, and it's just been laced with anxiety and, frankly, unpaid labour.
Apologies, I'm ranting.
Please don't reply with "fuck them, don't do it" or, "get a different job man" or whatever. It's really not that simple. I've been in this game 25 years but the timing is particularly bad this time.
Scott
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