@aral@mastodon.ar.al🇵🇸 @small-tech/cross-platform-hostname module deprecated
https://www.npmjs.com/package/@small-tech/cross-platform-hostname
The release of version 1.1.0 deprecates and removes support for this small module that normalised hostname reporting between Linux/mac…
@ladefuchs@electroverse.tech @aral@mastodon.ar.alJust updated Node Pebble to support latest release version of Let’s Encrypt’s Pebble testing server.
#LetsEncrypt…
@stargazer@woof.tech099 Повернення метеозонда
"Кім повертається до знайомого Департаменту. Але якою буде зустріч цього разу?"
Я ніяк не міг вирішити, який переклад залишити. Перший варіант ближче до оригіналу. Другий — те, що порадили бета-рідери. Тож тримайте два.
Попередня сторінка -> https://woof.tech/@stargazer/1…
@nohillside@smnn.ch„EU makes it even easier for Chinese EV companies to dominate the European car market“ There, fixed it for you.
EU Moves To Ease 2035 Ban On Internal Combustion Cars - Slashdot https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/12/17/003222/eu-moves-to-…
@adulau@infosec.exchangeFrench government always talks about technological sovereignty…
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/12/15/us-tech-firm-palantir-extends-deal-with-french-intelligence-agency_6748523_7.html
@catsalad@infosec.exchangeSo how long until the Firefox logo becomes another AI company logo that looks like a butthole?
:firefox: https://www.theverge.com/tech/845216/mozilla-ceo-anthony-enzor-demeo
@heiseonline@social.heise.deManchmal findet man die kreativsten Tech-Projekte an den ungewöhnlichsten Orten! 💡
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11078638
@cjust@infosec.exchangeI guess we should probably add #Clankerslop and #FurryPorn to Cypher's list
#ShamelesslyStolenFromSomewhereElseOnTheInternetHonestlyICantKeepTrackOfThisStuffAnymore
@groupnebula563@mastodon.social
@shriramk@mastodon.socialAlmost like they're chopped off the metaverse at the knees…
So visionary that they renamed and redirected the company after the wrong technology trend.
@Kingu@sakurajima.moeAnti-groping tech!
@ladefuchs@electroverse.techHallo an 1300 Follower!
@stargazer@woof.tech089 Чоловік-репортер
Герой, на якого ми... хто це взагалі такий?
#comic #ТемнаНаука #переклади
@nitpicking@mstdn.partySo, I was typing in #LibreOffice Writer and wanted to use the French phrase tête-Š-tête. I don't have a French keyboard, so I typed "tete-a-tete" and thought I'd let spell check add the diacritics.
Instead I got the image shown. Maybe it's just me, but if the phrase "tech-a-tete" is in the default spell checker (and I promise I did not add it) surely the far…
@aral@mastodon.ar.al🥳 @small-tech/syswide-cas v7.0.2 released
Enables Node.js to use custom Certificate Authorities (CAs) alongside the bundled root CAs.
https://codeberg.org/small-tech/syswide-cas#readme
• Drops legacy Node support
• Is now ESM
• Improved code quality
•…
@GroupNebula563@mastodon.social @stargazer@woof.tech#WritersCoffeeClub
10. What have you recently learned which will have a big impact on your work?
11. How accessible is your work?
12. How can writers ensure the focus is on the work and not the writer? Or should they?
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10. That's a hard question.
I fear I've reached a plateau where nothing freshly learned can do that.
11. It consists of words.
@aral@mastodon.ar.al🥳 @small-tech/auto-encrypt-localhost version 9.0.1 released
Automatically provisions and installs locally-trusted TLS certificates for Node.js https servers (including Polka, Express.js, etc.) Unlike mkcert, 100% written in JavaScript with no external/binary dependencies. As used in Kitten¹
https://cod…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.dehigh_tech_company: Krackhardt high tech company network
Multiplex network of 3 edge types representing relationships (advice, friendship, and “reports to”) between managers of a high-tech company. Data hosted by Manlio De Domenico.
This network has 21 nodes and 312 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Multilayer, Unweighted
https://
@cheryanne@aus.socialSo You Just Got Nailed.
Celebrity Nail Tech, Georgia Whittaker spills the Tea, sharing all the tales from the nail table...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/so-you-just-got-nailed/
@nelson@tech.lgbtNew desk setup, 34" 6K monitor for the main screen, 15.6" 4K monitor for a second side screen. Finally found a workable small monitor mount!
@Techmeme@techhub.socialHands-on with Xreal's Project Aura prototype glasses: they feel like VR shrunken to a far smaller form, the 70° FoV is small but enough for immersion, and more (Scott Stein/CNET)
https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/google
@stargazer@woof.tech093 Кібербулінг
Ackshually, в роду у Кім були не лише корейці та американці, а й орки.
#comic #ТемнаНаука #переклади
@heiseonline@social.heise.deZwei Visionen des Internets prallen aufeinander: Jimmy Wales verteidigt die kollektive Weisheit von Wikipedia gegen Musks Vorwürfe. 🌐
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11078253
@mapcar@mastodon.sdf.orgThe Vergecast of October 31. («God will be declared by a panel of experts») has a bit funny and very good discussion of the bizarre joint press release between Microsoft and OpenAI and the insanity of the panel that is to verify if AGI has been achieved or not.
A choice quote about the problems of finding people to put on such a panel:
“A bunch of the world's best drunks have verified that you made whiskey is not a thing that you can do.”
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineSeems worth posting this again:
#tech #ethics #DataEthics
@brichapman@mastodon.socialTropical islands are turning their biggest challenge into their greatest strength.
Vulnerable to climate change and dependent on expensive fossil fuels, island nations are proving that carbon neutrality by 2050 is economically viable. Solar PV is leading the charge, with innovative Solar-to-X tech converting sunshine into e-fuels and e-chemicals to power hard-to-decarbonize sectors.
@lilmikesf@c.im#SouthernCalifornia residents stunned to hear a #BayArea tech company had acquired their local municipal owned #airport from city without any advance knowledge.
A press release was first indicator that the
@kurtsh@mastodon.social"Actions speak louder than words."
Boy, is that an understatement... as #TaylorSwift hands out $100,000 bonuses totalling $197 million to everyone that worked on her tour, including production assts, merch salespeople, security, tech staff, truck drivers, dancers & musicians.
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.dehigh_tech_company: Krackhardt high tech company network
Multiplex network of 3 edge types representing relationships (advice, friendship, and “reports to”) between managers of a high-tech company. Data hosted by Manlio De Domenico.
This network has 21 nodes and 312 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Multilayer, Unweighted
https://
@nic@geno.socialBeim Einsatz digitaler Tools auch das Thema #Nachhaltigkeit zu berücksichtigen, kann eine große Herausforderung sein. Die Auseinandersetzung damit bietet allerdings auch sehr viele Chancen, insbesondere für Genossenschaften, Vereine und Kollektivbetriebe.
Schwerpunkte des kommenden Termins: Freie Software Nachhaltigkeit von Hardware.
Außerdem werden
@cheryanne@aus.socialThe WealthTech Insider
Discussing all things finance and wealth tech...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #GreatAusPods
@nelson@tech.lgbtThis week in small town paper headlines:
Vegan Circus serves up cruelty-free carnival delights
Joey Chang to bring unique cello-beatbox performance to Nevada City
911 caller reports truck with flames coming from undercarriage
Hospital announces their first baby of 2026 (Jan 5)
@ladefuchs@electroverse.tech
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngThe Venn Diagram of Perceived Loneliness...
Just came across this again in my archives — it so brutally & succinctly expresses the feeling our cultures & social connections seem to have turned into... Even though we should know that it isn't like that at all, two decades of exploitative commercialized social media (not the only reason; pandemic, tech, politics being others...) have conditioned & segmented people to believe it, experience it to varying degrees, and then …
@tante@tldr.nettime.orgSmall nit-pick but especially if your argument is about the unreliability of US tech in light of the US' (and its tech sector's) turn towards fascism publishing on motherfucking Substack, a service actively platforming and supporting literal Nazis, defeats the point.
@aral@mastodon.ar.alFolks: Aral, you’re all about free and open technology, why won’t you speak at #FOSDEM?
Me: https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/115697202966701085
Also, I’m actually all about this:
@detondev@social.linux.pizza @adulau@infosec.exchangeThe Greenland sea cables are probably being closely monitored, but redundancy seems minimal likely limited to OneWeb satellite connectivity and some VSAT links.
Looking at the routing side, AS8818 announces just two /19s and one /22 (and two /32s in IPv6) with a single upstream provider, Level 3 Inc. This suggests that Layer 3 redundancy is even more constrained.
I would have expected at least one EU-based provider as an additional upstream...
🔗
@benny@norden.socialWarum SEO oft an der IT scheitert
SEO scheitert selten am Algorithmus, sondern an der Umsetzung.
Top Content, saubere Struktur, gute Analysen bringen nichts, wenn Entwickler nicht abgeholt werden.
Häufige Gründe:
• unklare Tickets
• Audit-PDFs ohne Umsetzung
• SEO-Sprache statt Tech-Sprache
• keine klare Verantwortung
Ein gutes SEO-Ticket ist kein PDF, sondern klar, technisch verständlich & direkt umsetzbar.
SEO braucht Zuständigkeit, Prio…
@stargazer@woof.tech#WritersCoffeeClub Nov 30 — the day I skipped
30. Share some good things about how your work went this month!
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I am burnt out, but hey, no time like the Present Continuous.
I have approached the 100th page of translation for #DarkScience aka
@digitalnaiv@mastodon.socialTech-CEOs umgeben sich zunehmend mit Hofberichterstattung – von sich selbst produziert. Wie „Direct-to-people“-PR den unabhängigen Journalismus ersetzt. Machtfülle trifft Filterblase: Wer die Plattform besitzt, schreibt die Geschichte.
#BigTech #Journalismus
@lysander07@sigmoid.social
@pbloem@sigmoid.socialThis has allowed me to make clear something that's been at the back of my mind. Something that is at the heart of so much blind stupidity in big tech.
It's the assumption that we will change one thing and all else will be the same.
In this case, we will fire lots and lots of employees all over the world and we will make lots of profit. We're smart enough to make the AI, and we're dumb enough to think that there will only be one consequence. 1/n
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries C, Episode 10 - Ultraworld
AVON: Vila.
ORAC: Vila served a useful purpose in distracting and confusing the energy waves emanating from the planet.
VILA: Useful purpose.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/310/693 B7B6
@philip@mastodon.mallegolhansen.com@… I definitely feel there’s a market for a sort of managed service for small orgs/businesses that are trying to get off big tech, but don’t have the desire to in-house the management of all this stuff.
@ladefuchs@electroverse.techGegen die Scham: https://shop.ladefuchs.app/shop/crazy-elon-aufkleber/
@aral@mastodon.ar.al🥳 JavaScript Database (JSDB) version 6.1.4 released:
• Adds TypeScript type definitions
Been meaning to do this for a while and finally got round to it :)
https://codeberg.org/small-tech/jsdb#javascript-database-jsdb
@pavelasamsonov@mastodon.social @catsalad@infosec.exchangeMovie genre(s): Action, Suspense
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.socialDevelopers doing the mental gymnastics of justifying spending thousands of $$$ to cloud providers and big tech to avoid paying a small software vendor a single $.
@nelson@tech.lgbtI got a UPerfect 15.6" portable monitor (4k) as a second screen and am quite impressed with it, particularly for the very low price. Main problem is I am having a hard time finding a good stand to use it as a desktop monitor. Very few options for something this small!
@cjust@infosec.exchangehttps[:]//bsky[.]app/profile/matthewseiji.com/post/3lwequykpgc2g
#ShamelesslyStolenFromBlueSky #Shitpost #Shitposting
@stargazer@woof.tech098 Департамент Таємниць
За проханням бета-рідерів новий стікер з Вонні вже доступний в наборі (#comic
@cheryanne@aus.socialWhat The Tech Podcast (AU)
The podcast where we break down the latest discoveries in AI and technology so everyone can understand...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/what-the-tech-podcast-au/
@ladefuchs@electroverse.techHoppla? Welcome back, #SWM!
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.dehigh_tech_company: Krackhardt high tech company network
Multiplex network of 3 edge types representing relationships (advice, friendship, and “reports to”) between managers of a high-tech company. Data hosted by Manlio De Domenico.
This network has 21 nodes and 312 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Multilayer, Unweighted
https://
@aral@mastodon.ar.al🥳 Auto-Encrypt Localhost version 9.0.0 released
Bye bye, Windows.
• Windows is no longer supported as Microsoft is complicit in Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people¹ and Small Technology Foundation² stands in solidarity with the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement³. Windows is an ad-infested and surveillance-ridden dumpster fire of an operating system and, alongside supporting genocide, you are putting both yourself and others at risk by using it.
Enjo…
@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social @blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries D, Episode 12 - Warlord
AVON: Tomorrow, [snaps his fingers and points at Tarrant] you go.
[Freight bay. Shot of tech working on Neutron bombarder.]
[Comm room]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/412/111 B7B3
@nohillside@smnn.ch @aral@mastodon.ar.alYours truly speaking at Defuse Dublin (IxDA) last month, where I presented on Gaza Verified and Small Tech/Small Web.
All photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/irq95gn1ncUJtL4W7 (apologies for Google/Alphabet, Inc. link)
All talks:
@nelson@tech.lgbtI love this high quality screen but I miss the extra width from my old one. Was thinking of a second monitor but no one makes > 200 ppi small screens (21" or smaller) except as portable monitors.
@stargazer@woof.techЧесно вкрав.
#memes
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.dehigh_tech_company: Krackhardt high tech company network
Multiplex network of 3 edge types representing relationships (advice, friendship, and “reports to”) between managers of a high-tech company. Data hosted by Manlio De Domenico.
This network has 21 nodes and 312 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Multilayer, Unweighted
https://
@ladefuchs@electroverse.techEuch allen viel Spaß auf dem #39c3!
@stargazer@woof.tech#WritersCoffeeClub
6. Do you make use of unconventional punctuation?
7. Talk about a character from another's work that's stuck with you.
8. How do you keep yourself motivated?
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6. Not much. I love my em dashes tho.
7. I dunno. At some point it was Motoko Kusanagi. Sylvanas Windrunner. Before Blizzard butchered her in WoW.
Oh, and April Ryan and …
@digitalnaiv@mastodon.socialWenn Big Tech zu Hoflieferanten der Macht wird und sich CEO Hoettges „inspiriert“ von Donald Trumps Industriekurs zeigt, ist das kein Wirtschaftskonzept, sondern Verrat an digitaler Souveränität. Sascha Pallenberg legt die Doppelmoral der Tech-Eliten offen. Fortschritt ohne Haltung ist nur Zynismus.
@…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.dehigh_tech_company: Krackhardt high tech company network
Multiplex network of 3 edge types representing relationships (advice, friendship, and “reports to”) between managers of a high-tech company. Data hosted by Manlio De Domenico.
This network has 21 nodes and 312 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Multilayer, Unweighted
https://
@stargazer@woof.tech @stargazer@woof.tech088 (Котячі) Очі та вуха Нефілополя
"Це перша сторінка, яку я робила без Фотошопа. Переходжу на Clip Studio Paint — мені дуже подобається, як вийшло." — Сенна Діаз
#comic #ТемнаНаука
@ladefuchs@electroverse.techEinzelstück: T-Shirt ‚Model 3‘ neu, Anthrazit, Größe M.
Fair Trade, Bio-Baumwolle - 25€ inkl. Porto.
Wer zuerst schreibt, kommt zuerst dran. 🛍️
@cheryanne@aus.socialNot Another AI Girl
The podcast for women and solo founders who want to use AI without the tech overwhelm...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/not-another-ai-girl/
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.dehigh_tech_company: Krackhardt high tech company network
Multiplex network of 3 edge types representing relationships (advice, friendship, and “reports to”) between managers of a high-tech company. Data hosted by Manlio De Domenico.
This network has 21 nodes and 312 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Multilayer, Unweighted
https://
@ladefuchs@electroverse.techWir suchen ab sofort eine/n Backend Developer mit Skills in Rust, PostgreSQL, Next.js und Zeit und Lust in einem kleinen Team die eMobilität voranzubringen.
Nicht für Geld sondern für die Community, dafür für ein echtes Projekt mit ab und zu Dank und Mitgestaltungsmöglichkeiten.
malik@ladefuchs.app
@nelson@tech.lgbtI really like my Presonus speakers. They sound decent! But they take up a lot of space and have lots of wires. I'd love something in a soundbar form factor and am willing to take a small hit in driver size and stereo separation for it. But not a cheap plastic box.
@stargazer@woof.techПоступова трансформація медичних діагнозів у лайку — на жаль, поширене явище. Цікаво, що "аутист" мігрує в іншому напрямку і може тепер стати компліментом.
Цікаво, як так сталося.
Цікаво, чи можливо відтворити цей процес.
...А спонсор цього поста — Уляна. Уляна: пиряй в блекаут з укулеле.
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The gradual transformation of medical diagnoses into slurs is, unfortunately, quite ubiquitous. With this in mind, a reverse migration of "autistic" is all…
@aral@mastodon.ar.al🥳 New Node Pebble release (version 5.3.0)
Thanks to the lovely folks at Let’s Encrypt tagging a new release of Pebble last night¹ (version 2.9.0), there’s now a new version of Node Pebble that uses it :)
https://codeberg.org/small-tech/node-pebble
Enjoy! 💕
¹
@ladefuchs@electroverse.tech#aral_pulse hat den neuen extra Tarif eingeführt. Für nur 2,99 € im Monat gibt es ein HPC 0,54 € pro Kilowattstunde.
Für euch interessant?
@stargazer@woof.tech#WritersCoffeeClub Dec
3. Do genre conventions provide an essential framework, or stifle original storytelling?
4. What would you like to see explored in prompts for this hashtag game?
5. What’s a no-longer popular trend in writing you’d like to see make a comeback?
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3. Both. And neither. A convention is a tool. With enough experience you begin to see when breakin…
@aral@mastodon.ar.alCaught a bug over the holidays so I’m mostly resting, feeling sorry for myself, and taking the time to at least carry out some mindless housekeeping tasks (updating dependencies, etc.) on some of my Node modules.
Released updates to the following packages yesterday:
Tape-based Node.js testing:
• Tap monkey (https://
@stargazer@woof.tech092 Фронт Визволення Меззодів
A challenger appears!
Імена учасників ФВМ взяті з Ars Goetia, середньовічного фанфіка по християнству (перша частина "Малого ключа Соломона"), за яким сторіччями ганялася церква. Срачі навколо КАНОНУ — явище набагато старіше, ніж хтось міг би подумати. Винятком є Наум (малий біблійський пророк, який напророчив падіння Ніневії) і, власне, сам Азазель.
#comic
@stargazer@woof.tech @aral@mastodon.ar.al @stargazer@woof.tech097 Оцінка продуктивності
У Вонні Авнінг є багато тем на подумати.
#comic #ТемнаНаука #переклади
@stargazer@woof.techHave you been filled with
d e t e r m i n a t i o n
recently?
How did you do that?
#photo #думкиВголос
@aral@mastodon.ar.alOh great, new issue spam attack on @…. People really have too much time on their hands. This time posting random images from 4chan, etc., as well as AI-generated bogus issues.
Sorry you guys have to deal with such crap.
![Screenshot of issue notification emails.
Inbox • 1753
A yortega
9:27 AM
[kitten/app] 4chan.org/g/ (Issue #308)
https://boards.4chan.org/g/ - View it on Codeberg.org. Codeberg e.V. -
• john37
9:27 AM
[small-web/streamiverse] hexbear.net.
https://hexbear.net -- View it on Codeberg.org. Codeberg e.V. -
Iflores
9:07 AM
[small-tech/jsdb] Inconsistent Query..
I have been testing JSDB with a dataset close to the stated limit of 1.4GB, and I've &
•ronniege
9:03 AM
[small-web/gaza-verified.org] www.o..…](https://s3-eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/mastodon-aral/media_attachments/files/115/576/597/625/176/079/original/f275e867cb705a45.png)
@stargazer@woof.techЩойно побачив, що Токодон НЕ зберігає альт-текст, який я додаю до картинок.
Тобто все, що я постив через Токодон (а це більше половини постів) з розлогими описами — тупо марно.
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Just found out that Tokodon did NOT save the alt text that I added for the pictures. Meaning all I previously posted via Tokodon (that's more than a half of everything) with lengthy descriptions was a waste of time and effort.
@stargazer@woof.techIf you know, you know.
#думкиВголос #політика
@stargazer@woof.tech...вчергове згадав оцей пост. І, напевно, сформулював свою думку.
Я б хотів мати можливість кинути грошима в розробників. Але на певних умовах.
Не всередині гри.
Не після проходження.
Не через дистрибутивні платформи по типу Стіма або, вибачте, Оріджін стора.
Так, щоб 100% суми дійшло до адресата.
З двома опціями. "Кинути конкретній людині" та "Кинути команді". Причому у випадку "кинути команді" гроші б розподілялися рівномірно мі…
@stargazer@woof.tech#WritersCoffeeClub December 2025
1. From where did the inspiration for your current WIP come?
2. What do you dislike as reader and thus avoid in your own work?
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Postponing Nov30 as I'm answering while in transit.
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1. It didn't.
2. A number of things, hard to describe in the moment. It's a kneejerk. Two categories - a) bad taste, and b) not…
@stargazer@woof.tech087 Перекус
"Какого цвета шар? Какого цвета пирамидки?"
Читати про експеріменти Аша або дивитися фільм "Я та інші" Соболєва приємніше, ніж в них жити.
Цікаве: щелепа Йон-Су округла (як у Кіміко). Щелепа Кайто — квадратна.
#comic #ТемнаНаука
@stargazer@woof.techЯкщо "тато" — те, що втикають, а "мамо" — те, куди втикають, то ФтМ адаптер — це страпон.
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If "male" is what gets plugged, and "female" is where it gets plugged into then FtM adapter is a strapon.
#думкиВголос
@stargazer@woof.tech091 Бім Босс
Ціле родовище мемів. Тут тобі і "Мультіпаспорт", і Хеншин, і "Here they come" tornado guy.
Не втримався і додав один від себе.
А ви вже купили собі новий айфо... тобто Омні-9?
#comic #ТемнаНаука
@stargazer@woof.techSup net guys. Care to clarify one thing?
What is the point of "the wifi is free but you need to click through the greeting screen to connect"? Is there any useful (security?) function?
Beside, obviously, being fed an ad. That isn't a useful function, it's a nuisance.
(btw my 'guys' is gender neutral, gals and Apache helicopters are equally welcome)
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Сап народ. Є одне питання.
Яку функцію виконує "безкоштовний" вайфай, де тр…
@stargazer@woof.techWow, that's literally me.
(в кружці якобс монарх пополам з молоком)
#shitpost
@stargazer@woof.tech#WritersCoffeeClub
28. Have you ever edited another's work? Was it harder than editing your own?
29. Do you include elements of the horror genre in your(non-horror) work?
30. Do you tend to include epilogues?
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28. Yes.
Not really.
29. No.
Terror, existential dread, despair... yes. Horror... no.
30. I used to when I was a beginner. Now I usu…
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Іноді я тішу себе думкою, що мене теж можна назвати "професійний інакодумець".
А потім прокинається синдром самозванця.
#comic #ТемнаНаука
