Benjamin Balder Bach / is on Nostr

❤️ing computer reuse, repair and Open Source
🤜️ing tech solutionism and colonialism
🦫ing at Read the Docs - @readthedocs
📝️ing for GovStack's Consent Building Block

Active in www.fairdanmark.dk (@fairdanmark@fostodon.org), www.data.coop, www.django-denmark.org, co-organizer of DjangoCon Europe 2019, co-organizer of Malawi Data Science Bootcamp 2021 https://mwdata.science

Daily work revolves around documentation, Django and digital consent

Last Notes

2024-09-18 11:04:40

I'm still a fan of using Make as a universal developer's entrypoint for repositories and their complicated stacks.
Are there any fellow #Django devs with similar preferences that are using Just and can recommend it? (it's a tool that's inspired by the great parts of Make)
https://just.systems/man/en/

2024-09-06 10:56:48

"Let's show that we have the moral high-ground by arresting Greta Thunberg" is a common strategy in Western societies.

2024-08-20 09:25:31

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@npub1wfj…2ewz haha, yes, at least that discussion has some more substance... I guess Celery can actually kill a project ⚰️

2024-08-20 09:21:43

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@npub1wfj…2ewz bike shedding - for Django developers :)

2024-08-20 09:16:57

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@npub1wfj…2ewz No need to grumble grumble :) I don't know of any Django projects that got stuck and died because they had chosen the wrong view models and couldn't refactor. Have you?

2024-08-08 20:41:18

As a...
- Cat
I want to...
- Go in to a box
So that I can...
- Sit in the box
#catuserstories

2024-08-03 09:37:24

You can also write great Python code without typehints 🎯 😇
https://social.data.coop/system/media_attachments/files/112/897/415/163/970/526/original/e822b6e495160258.png

2024-07-11 14:31:49

I hope this is "peak food prize craziness" in Sweden:
500G of fullgrain pasta: 72.95 SEK ($10).
500G of fullgrain, eco pasta in Copenhagen, 60 km away, is ~12 DKK (<$2).
https://social.data.coop/system/media_attachments/files/112/768/339/679/400/290/original/055f28a151086190.jpeg

2024-05-22 19:51:41

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@npub1wfj…2ewz OMG THIS!
> ModelAdmin.list_display now supports using __ lookups to list fields from related models.

2024-01-25 14:50:45

Me: ate spinach 4 days in a row
Internet: "Studies have shown that as little as 2% of iron from spinach is actually absorbed[3]" 😭

2023-12-01 10:43:55

Hahaha, this....
@npub10wk…366x is developed with @npub10wk…366x 💯 [1]
Gitea is developed with.... GitHub🤦 [2]
[1] https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo
[2] https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea

2023-11-27 21:10:18

Everyone's sun, sky and ocean and publicly owned windmills as seen from public transport on a publicly owned bridge.
https://social.data.coop/system/media_attachments/files/111/484/557/026/204/105/original/d05ed81d2b2e29d9.mp4

2023-09-15 11:35:59

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@npub1hpc…hjn3
It's a mix.. a) their politics have been mainstreamed and b) the right-wing lacks a leader (they're unable to collaborate otherwise)
In 2015, DF had more votes than Venstre (the center-liberal party that formed government).
DF chose not to use mandates for government seats but instead focused entirely on pushing racist policies.
Influence in general politics is more a risk than opportunity for them. All their voters want is to show their anger at foreigners, especially muslims.

2023-09-15 11:17:03

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@npub1hpc…hjn3 the far-right is fragmented, but none of their political gains have been reversed.
These parties (Nye Borgerlige, Stram Kurs, DF and Danmarksdemokraterne) are not good at general politics, but they are good at the xenophobic parts. Combined, they are at ~14% of votes in 2019 and 2022.
These parties probably know how dysfunctional their politicians are for the purpose of having ministers in a democratic government. Otherwise, they just have to look at Finland or Sweden.

2023-09-15 10:50:38

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@npub1hpc…hjn3 Denmark has avoided step 7: "center" parties adopt sufficient racist politics from extreme-right parties to keep power and even win back voters.
For instance, the law to take jewelry from Syrian refugees in 2015 was proposed and implemented by a "center" and "liberal" party.
There are many other examples of how racist politics have become adopted by the Danish social democrats and liberal parties, but I'll spare you...
Meanwhile, the right-wing knows to keep pushing for more.

2023-08-07 10:10:59

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@npub1hpc…hjn3 The way he got to become Labour leader was through lies and attacks on Corbyn. It's that culture war that'll keep him in power.
He wants and needs to appear like the sane and rationale alternative to crazy social movements, NGOs, activists and socialists. So Starmer needs to unfortunately lie about his true enemies.
I saw you referring to "triangulation"? Haven't seen the term before in politics? Is it referring to Just Stop Oil not being part of the actual conversation?

2023-07-05 13:46:59

I was buying something in a webshop and noticed that the "1 item left in stock" message was fake.
I was suspicious that the notification might be fake. I took screenshots before and after buying the item. Afterwards, I sent the evidence to the consumer agency.
This deceptive pattern @npub18vv…expw is called "fake scarcity" and is described here: https://www.deceptive.design/types/fake-scarcity #DeceptivePatterns
https://social.data.coop/system/media_attachments/files/110/661/772/610/406/481/original/9ac002977cdf5081.png

2023-06-09 12:46:43

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@npub12ac…3xqe THANK YOU!
Minor error in the beginning of the quote: "The EU is in an existential an existential crisis of confidence (...)"