Life goes on past thirty five. I knew that was the case, but my plans and goals only went as far as then.

Kinda like when you graduate uni and you realize that there’s still more stuff to do.

That makes sense. Thanks!

Got it! Thanks!

Ah that makes sense! Thanks!

Can someone explain this to me?

I thought those were for only when shit is seriously wrong and execution can’t continue in the current state.

That’s how it starts. Nice and simple. Everyone understands.

Until

some resource was in a bad state

and you decide you want to recover from that situation, but you don’t want to refactor all your code.

Suddenly, catching exceptions and rerunning seems like a good idea. With that normalized, you wonder what else you can recover from.

Then you head down the rabbit hole of recovering from different things at different times with different types of exception.

Then it turns into confusing flow control.

The whole Result<ReturnValue,Error> thing from Rust is a nice alternative.

Is there anything left?

Decentralised social media platforms are increasingly being recognised as viable alternatives to their centralised counterparts. Among these, Mastodon stands out as a popular alternative, offering a citizen-powered option distinct from larger and centralised platforms like Twitter/X. However, the future path of Mastodon remains uncertain, particularly in terms of its challenges and the long-term viability of a more citizen-powered internet. In this paper, following a pre-study survey, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 16 Mastodon instance administrators, including those who host instances to support marginalised and stigmatised communities, to understand their motivations and lived experiences of running decentralised social media. Our research indicates that while decentralised social media offers significant potential in supporting the safety, identity and privacy needs of marginalised and stigmatised communities, they also face considerable challenges in content moderation, community building and governance.

Plan for the future

Again. Hate is too strong a word. Just “involuntary and inexplicable dislike”.

tbf, I hated him in the 90s, before it was cool conservative.

I studiously avoid anything with the big T. He’s a good actor, but I’d prefer not to stare at him for 90 minutes.

Reddit for niche communities (my town and the TTRPG I’m playing).

Lemmy for less niche communities (arguing about things, politics in my country) and trying to grow those communities.

I have a weird dislike of Tom Hanks. It isn’t hate, but I find myself inexplicably hostile towards him. No idea why.

Canadian grocery prices have increased something like 20% since 2019. At this point I think we’re all buying less, eating less, and making sure we waste less.

What could be more serious than the future of humanity in the stars? Once we reunite with our glorious reptilian creators, we will ascend to the stars!

The dinosaurs want us to be successful and join them, that’s why they keep helping us!

Be strong for Elwood.

When the dinosaurs send arks to bring us home to glorious Planet 9, I’ll make sure to save you a seat.