Dear Internet,
when do I get glasses that automatically adapt to the distance?
I don't want progressive lenses, I want glasses that magnify on short distances all by itself and switch back to normal when I climb on my bike.
At least 10 years ago they were announced as "pretty soon". It's getting urgent on my side now.
Sincerely, rapidly aging me
During the dotCom era everyone spoke of **"funny money".**
It was handed out as if it was candy or from a Monopoly game. While everyone else had to treat as like real money, sums didn't seem to matter any more for those on the "inside".
Now those times are back:
Dear OSS community on Mastodon,
Every day I scroll through my feed and I see proud announcements like:
> “First Alpha Relase of HyperTurboWidget available"
or
> “Version 2.7.1 now with improved glorb handlers!”
or
> “Flux Capacitor version 4.5 is out”
… and I sit there wondering if I should be excited, terrified, or calling a licensed electrician.
Don’t get me wrong, I love open source. I just have **no idea** what three quarters of these projects actually **do**. Are we talking about a web server? A file system? A middleware thingy that keeps the flux from overflowing into the space–time continuum?
So, dear OSS developers of the world: When you announce a new release, please give us (your adoring but slightly confused audience) just a **tiny** bit of context.<li>Tell us what your software does.</li><li>Tell us why this release is cool.</li><li>Tell us what it requires to work.</li>
Example:
> We are proud to announce Flux Capacitor version 4.5 is now avalaible. While it creates a nice wormhole to 1955, it requires an underlying gigawatt stack 1.21 to work reliably.
Because nobody wants to cheer enthusiastically for “v2.7.1” while secretly Googling “what is a glorb and why does it need handling”.
Yours truly,
*Someone who wants to celebrate your achievements*
The FIFA is absolutely a top tier organization when it comes to corruption.
They could even give Tamany Hall and the legendary„Boss“ Tweed a run for their money.
And they, the most renowned experts in that field, clearly recognized Trump’s talent for enriching himself and gave him a golden trophy for it.
