Dr. Hax

If anyone wants to do an amazing art project, capture all these YouTube videos saying "we have 900 days left" or that 2026 is going to see a huge crash or "we are not ready"... you know, all the sensational clickbait of today. Then post about them later to either credit or roast the prophets AND THE PEOPLE WHO PROMOTED THEM. Because failing to vet your guests who are spouting nonsense should be something for which they should be accountable.

Did you know that institutional investors do take sustainability into account? People think they just want to make short term gains. "Large asset owners globally are increasingly integrating sustainability factors into investment strategies, with 73% now applying such considerations" "Concern about climate risk's investment impact rose to 85% from 76% in 2024" And do you know why? Is it for the good of society? No. It's profit, closely followed by fiduciary duty. "Financial performance has emerged as the primary driver, with 56% citing better risk-adjusted returns as their top motivation, up from 47% in 2024. Fiduciary duty as a motivator surged to 42% from just 14% last year, while "societal good" fell to last place." I find it very interesting to understand how these investors think about risk, and even more interesting to see how it is changing over time. Source:

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Asset Owners Increased Use of Sustainability Factors in 2025, with Performance as Top Driver: FTSE Russell Survey - ESG Today

An increasing proportion of asset owners globally reported implementing sustainability considerations in their investment strategies over the past ...

I really want to get behind the Rebel Tech Alliance, but I'm having trouble with the insulting attitude the person behind it has towards the exact people the project is aimed to help. He says "normies can't handle... KeePass". And the context for this? It was in a reply to a question about why their top recommendation for a password manager is a proprietary, cloud based, paid solution run by a for-profit company

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CryogenicNighthawk (@CryogenicNighthawk@4d2.social)

@patrickleavy@mastodon.social Why is the top password manager a proprietary, cloud based, paid solution run by a for-profit company?

I find that attitude utterly condescending. So while I fully support the idea of withholding your personal information from companies who sell it to anyone who is willing to pay, I can't say this group deserves people's attention at this time. So, yes, do their checklists if you want to have more private service providers. But no, don't bother becoming a member. Or do, I'm not the boss of you. 😝

Here's an idea for a service that would financially help open source projects.

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"Dougie Jones" (@dougie_jones@4d2.social)

project idea there's lots of different sites oriented around backing projects, making donations, supporting creatives, etc. it's a heavily fragmen...

The TL;DR is that it'd let people set a budget for voluntary contributions (e.g. $100/month) and enable people to make decisions about who gets how much. The donor would be charged a single payment using whatever sysyem they prefer (Venmo, CashApp, or whatever) and each of the recipients would get paid via whatever means they prefer (bitcoin, PayPal, etc.) They go into more detail in their post, so if this sounds interesting to you, I'd encourage you to read the source material. I'm curious to hear what y'all nostrinos think of this. Some of you are into payment processing, #v4v, #OpenSource and other topics which seem relevant here.

I'm a geek, so I use an inventory management system for my fridge (and pantry). It does a lot of things, but the thing I notice just after going grocery shopping is the cost of each product over time. Many of my food costs are going down over time (and they were already pretty low to begin with). And I don't mean it's going down after adjusting for inflation, or it's going down because one psckage is 20% smaller and 10% less money. No, I'm taking the price per pound is decreasing. I stock up when things are on sale, I use coupons, and when something isn't on sale, I'll choose an alternative (e.g. when chicken is not on sale, I'll buy pork). Vegetables are an exception. They are seldom on sale and the price just generally rise with inflation. Then there are the things with graphs that are all over the place, like onions. It's the one vegetable that has substancial sales. Normal price is a little over $1/lb. Today bought 12 lbs and paid $8.67 after tax. Every once in a while they have a 7 for $7 deal and they include 3lb bags on onions thinking nobody is going to buy 21 lb of onions, even if they are 33¢/lb. 🤠 I will! I might even do it twice! But those sales are rare and sometimes we run out of onions and pay full price, hence the graph being highly variable and with no obvious trend. At some point I will be working the system to the max and we'll bottom out on what we pay, but at the moment, I'm still enjoying seeing the cost go down. Make no mistake about it, getting these lower prices does have a cost. We have to chop up and freeze onions when I come home with a haul like today. I need to use coupons before they expire. I need to watch out for the sale prices on a name brand still being more expensive than the generic. I've basically memorized prices so I can easily spot a good deal. Perhaps most importantly, I need to make sure the food gets eaten before it goes bad.