<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@xgranade" class="u-url mention">@<span>xgranade</span></a></span> (nice)</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@DSG2112" class="u-url mention">@<span>DSG2112</span></a></span> no, that’s not the work I was talking about. I mean the right tactics. The right messaging. The right candidate (at the right time). The ground game stuff matters and it can make the difference some years but this wasn’t a ground game failure. The work failure here is much broader.</p>

<p>One other change I&#39;m making today: changing my handle here and in other places to Cassandra. The whole Xandra/Cassandra split was my trying to identify where I was presenting as non-tech or tech, respectively, but that&#39;s been made difficult by three things: (a) I no longer work in tech, so all that&#39;s left is non-tech persona, (b) tech affects everything, and (c) I still carry and value tech expertise and community.</p>

<p>we are about to find out which tech companies become IBM and which of our colleagues are happy going along with it</p>

<p>US Information Ecosystem. <br />Congratulations to Disinformation 👏 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Election2024</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.rappler.com/technology/us24-study-united-states-information-ecosystem-2024/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rappler.com/technology/us24-st</span><span class="invisible">udy-united-states-information-ecosystem-2024/</span></a></p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@film_girl" class="u-url mention">@<span>film_girl</span></a></span> I much prefer using a midrange gaming laptop. Intel i7, 6 core 12 thread cpu, NVIDIA 3060 GPU, 64 GB DDR4 RAM and 2x Gen3 2TB NVMe SSD drives; showing it’s age but plenty for most development workloads and decent gaming as well.</p><p>Of course no where near as streamlined, aesthetically pleasing, lightweight and power efficient as a MacBook; but I value having upgradable storage and memory.</p><p>One day I hope Framework Laptops will be available in my country. Fully upgradable and repairable.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@film_girl" class="u-url mention">@<span>film_girl</span></a></span> Would more work have won the race? I assume you mean canvassing, phone banking, etc., but correct me if I am wrong. Those things can make the difference in a very close election, but the biggest factors are the candidate&#39;s appeal to voters, the effectiveness of the campaign&#39;s strategy, and the underlying fundamentals of the race (the economy, mood of the voters, popularity of the incumbent, etc.). It&#39;s possible that no amount of work could have overcome those factors in this election.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://types.pl/@koronkebitch" class="u-url mention">@<span>koronkebitch</span></a></span> 1. Yes, some places have these.<br />2. Almost every research postdoc will allow you to teach classes (and get paid for it).<br />3. In most cases you could get a teaching-track faculty position directly instead.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> ”Always allow the Steam client to fallback to X11 when SDL_VIDEODRIVER/SDL_VIDERO_DRIVER is set to wayland.”</p><p>Does this apply only in X11 session? Does Steam client finally use wayland by default?</p>