TFW it's easier to port ancient code to newer dependencies rather than port to its replacement.

https://github.com/OpenNMS/extremecomponents

#java #maven #terribleIdeas #foss

You come to realize your partner has severe OCD. It takes you a while to notice. They need the bedcovers mussed in a scale replica of the coast of southern Crete, exactly a 12% ratio of crumbs to surface area on the table, 27 flecks of toothpaste on the bathroom mirror, etc. They feel the need to live in an extremely precise level and pattern of disorder.

#TerribleIdeas #ButOKforFiction

Reading the forum thread about signal dropping SMS and found this whch perfectly encapsulates my feelings about it

"Hello, Just made this account to ask you to please reverse the short sighted decision. I have been able to convince about a dozen or more friends or family to make the switch over Signal specifically because it does both Secure messaging & non-secure SMS. This gives the lowest barrier to entry as these “normal people” that don’t want to have to think about using 2 different apps to achieve communication whoever they need to contact.

The number one thing wrong with tech especially on the security side is lack of usability, we’ve had encrypted e-mails for decades and it has never been widely adopted because it is a pain in the butt to setup, please don’t become another useless security/messaging app with a higher barrier of entry by making this change.

Sadly most of the people I’ve convinced to swap is because a. it supports sms and b. it supports more secure messaging, if “a” goes away they will move right back to 100% insecure SMS because Signal no longer supports it. These people do not want to miss messages from their: Bank, Steam, Epic, Cell Phone Company, and any number of 2 factor authentication services that are still using SMS and/or friends who haven’t yet been convinced to move to Signal. Much less have to open an entirely separate apps to continue using these service/having conversations with other non-signal friends.

With all that being said please don’t raise the barrier for entry to the less tech literate people of our society, keep SMS support."

#signal #SMS #BadIdea #terribleIdeas

https://community.signalusers.org/t/signal-blog-removing-sms-support-from-signal-android-soon/47954/1045

just found out signal is getting rid of SMS support.

why are all the decisions made by signal so bad recently?

you'll fucking support a "stories" function but not SMS? wtf

#signal #sms #TerribleIdeas

https://signal.org/blog/sms-removal-android/

@markdoyle

Writing is editing. Editing is killing your darlings, especially the terrible ones.

#firstdraft #writing #terribleideas #killyourdarlings

Any news on the death robots being deployed by police in San Francisco? How do they compare, in lethality, to the robotic Richard Simmons?

#DeathRobots
#TerribleIdeas

Hear me out: Boostodon — Only boosting allowed.

#TerribleIdeas #ProbablyHasAUseCase

@effie Turn down your cooling fans and let your PCs be your heaters? 🙃

#terribleideas