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I never learned it, even though all my classmates did (2000s) 😅

what

same, I was ready for this to be some transphobic thing and was pleasantly surprised!

It would be a different beast if the school didn’t allow you access coursework on a personal machine without installing their bullshit, thats a huge issue.

That's exactly how it works at many places. Students can only use a personal device if it's enrolled in the school's MDM, which grants them just as much control.

TIL that pluralistic.net is blocked on Facebook, and any links to it are automatically removed as "farming engagement"

That's not entirely true. Practice is important, but homework actually has a negative impact on learning: https://hachyderm.io/@Impossible_PhD/112969358305278574

Agreed, unfortunately. I'm not even sure it supports defederation :/

It's good we have "Knewbies" in a sandbox when they start.

attention all companies: please stop making pet names for your employees, it's weird

It really, really is

honestly, it feels like the Threadiverse is slowly turning into Reddit (in a bad way). There's so much toxicity and right-wing talking points all over the network. You can see it in nearly every community, on many different instances.

Another vote for the steam controller - it's versatile enough to work comfortably with every game I've wanted to play.

I've been using Xubuntu for half a decade, zero regrets.