Physics and Free Software

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  • Is this a place to cast shade or self reflect? In the former experimental scientist. They have closets of oscilliscopes, vacuum pumps, cryostats. Enough to furnish 3 or more labs. They always say they’ll use it, but the pile only gets bigger.

    For me, I have the opposite problen in general. I throw everything away and end up buying or making new shit. Worst is probably code. Fuck making a repo. This is a one off. I can write the same code 3 times before I keep it, but I like to say that is what makes me a decent programmer. And I’ll keep telling myself that until I die.


  • Israel is guilty of genocide and will be held accountable. I understand this is the Israeli flag, but this meme is treading a line dangerously close to antisemitism. There are those who will not see a flag. They will see a symbol, The Star of David, many peaceful people display.

    The Star of David globally represents millions of Jews who are among those most against the Israeli occupation. Not only do they have the same abhorance of the unspeakable violence committed against Palestinians, Israel has hijacked their religion, cultural heritage, and the symbol representing their their passivist philosophy.

    Memes like this have the potential to create hardship for Jews in the same way Muslims were persecuted in the aftermath of 911. I have personally seen the defacement of mosques. The same has already happened to synagogues. A jokes may seem innoculous, but they can beget additional violence. Take caution when making ones such as this.

    (Before someone fronts Reductio ad Hitlerum, the swastika and Star of David are not even remotely the same thing)









  • Companies like google, facebook, and apple typically have better security. Other companies know that so rather than contracting with another third party or implementing themselves, they use oauth.

    With oauth, apple, google, microsoft etc. will vouch for you. There are advantages and drawbacks, with, imo, the drawbacks outweighing the benefits. Key benefit being better security over poor practices and convenience. Drawbacks being less control of your accounts, consolidating your credentials into one basket, (especially if you use weak authorization), and the potential (likely) situation those accounts are monitored