What a fantastic redition of those tradgic orphans!

I’m sure it would bring great joy, if their story was any less unfortunate!

This is terrific. Thank you for starting this discussion.

I don’t think we can or should wait for individual users to make these decisions. Server admins are the ones who understand the risks and so should make this call. Guidance for server admins based on past experience (cough XMPP!) should be quite welcome.

I might refine the bit about altered API versions to really focus on the real problem: proprietary extensions. We probably want to leave the door open to try out additions to the spec that come with detailed RFCs.

But we know from XMPP that proprietary extensions are a huge problem.

As part of the eternal September myself, we didn’t just use AOL disks as coasters, we used them for awesome pranks like filling eachother’s cars to the brim with them. It was truly astonishing how many of those disks were around.

I’m planning the same.

I actually did this once…I swear there was a good reason. I promise it wasn’t anywhere that mattered.

Edit: I think it was a personal journal repo that I wanted daily versions of, but couldn’t be bothered to actually check in.

I was being more evil than that, saying that if one is gonna push direct to main, might as well maximize the possible damage to everyone else’s branch.

Well that’s about half my commit messages that are going to be nonsense on weekends projects, now. Thank you!

Not with that attitude! /s

You forgot this --force flag.

Yeah. I don’t know if the ‘follow’ piece does anything useful for anyone.

But as a professional developer, I have found that my GitHub account now prevents me from getting asked FizzBuzz at interviews. So whichever bit is causing that nonsense to stop, I hope they keep.

It’s the year of the Linux desktop! /s

But seriously, I think I’m going to buy a SteamDeck.

I love the colors in this piece.

Sounds fun! Here’s my favorite relatively chill multiplayer games:

• ToeJam and Earl - the ultimate chill vibes game, punctuated with moments of panic, of course.
• Gunstar Heroes - marvel at the peak of 16 bit graphics, blow up badguy robots, find cool gun combinations, repeat
• Cyborg Justice - incredibly steep learning curve, but a chill repetitive gameplay loop with lots of interesting mechanics to discover
• Battletoads vs Double Dragon - Probably the best brawler, with lots of interesting twists in gameplay mechanics. But starting with 3 lives is unfair - use the Konami code for a chance to see the whole game.

I’ve enjoyed the whole series, and this piece is particularly cool.

Yeah. I thought we all agreed that we don’t fucking swear here. What the fuck…Shit. Darn-it. /s

That does sound fun.

I searched the image, but didn’t find any sex, ice cream, or any happy babies laughing

I would keep looking but I’m not sure what motivates other people. /s

But seriously, cool art piece!

When I’m not sure what to add, sometimes that means I’m done - at least for now.

To me, this drawing looks complete.

But what matters is whether it looks complete to you.

When I have that “what is next?”, feeling, I sometimes have to step away from the piece for a week and return with fresh eyes.

When I return to it, it’s about 50/50 whether I feel like the piece is just done, or whether I have a feeling that something is missing.

If I feel that something is missing, sometimes I know what it is right away, and sometimes I have to think about what is missing for about another week.

Either way, this is a great piece already!

I would love to see an update if you do decide to make one, too. I enjoy these glimpses into other artists process.

If you get lucky enough to get the delivery driver who just signs that shit with a scribble for you, treasure them.

I love the contrast in this piece.