"Social safety net" sounds compassionate until you realise:
The net is made of chains.
The safety comes with surveillance.
The help comes with dependency.
The exit is blocked by penalties.
It's not a net.
It's a trap.
#dependency
🧩 The state of the Rust dependency ecosystem
I don't know who to properly credit for this version, but I think it needs to be a reminder again and again. #government #welfare #policy #handouts #dependency
Remember XKCD’s legendary dependency comic? I finally built the thing we all joked about. - (stacktower.io)
Just as Europe's dependence on Russian gas caused issues at the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, so too does reliance on foreign software and hardware components. That is true for every country in the world and all hardware and software. For software, only open-source can provide protection, whereas hardware requires a diverse supply chain.
#digitalsovereignty #dependency
https://www.politico.eu/sponsored-content/europes-digital-sovereignty-from-doctrine-to-delivery/
I never thought I would end up advocating *against* #SPEC0, yet here we are.
ref: https://scientific-python.org/specs/spec-0000/
#python #scientificpython #dependency #packaging
In the list of Organizations that really shouldn't be using cloud services or services that integrate intransparent AI, NATO certainly would rank relatively high.
Or maybe it is a sign that Google vs. Microsoft is about to heat up.
#cloud #dependency #AI
https://fakti.bg/en/world/1016662-nato-and-google-cloud-create-sovereign-secure-data-cloud
the #dependency #meme hits differently for #enviromentalists
No need to worry about what happens if the US cuts off a nation from Google, ChatGPT, or Facebook. Instead, worry about what happens if they cut off AWS and Azure. The latest outages really highlighted our dependencies on these privacy nightmares and hyper-scalers.
#cloud #dependency #digitalsovereignty
https://www.financialexpress.com/life/technology-if-us-blocks-google-chatgpt-instagram-or-facebook-zoho-founder-sridhar-vembu-responds-to-harsh-goenka-on-plan-b-4036970/
While I on one hand appreciate that Outsystems encourages its community to share developments through OS licenses, on the other hand it might only serve to increase dependency on its proprietary roots.
Open source community building as a sweetener for monopolistic dependencies?
What do you think?
#outsystems #forge #opensource #dependency #publicadministration
Choosing a #dependency.
In this post, I’d like to describe my approach when choosing a dependency. I’ll first define what I mean by dependency in the context of this post. Then, I’ll list a grid of several criteria to analyze possible dependencies with.
In an astounding revelation, an ASTRONOMER has finally discovered the secret to #Python #dependency #management 🌌. Apparently, the universe's mysteries have been solved, and it's all thanks to a little thing called "uv," because navigating Python was just as challenging as space travel 🤦♀️.
https://emily.space/posts/251023-uv #Astronomy #uv #SpaceTravel #HackerNews #ngated
Welcome to the #Microsoft #Dependency Hell (tm) of #DotNet / #FSharp
Thanks for absolutely nothing...
The Price of #Dogma: #Religion's Impact on #Freedom and Progress
Russell Bell
Independent Scholar
Date Written: September 27, 2025
Abstract
This article argues that #religiousinstitutions function as systems of #socialcontrol rather than #spiritualguides, deploying #psychological mechanisms of #fear and #dependency to maintain #authority while resisting #scientificprogress and #humanautonomy.
🚀 In the latest episode of "You're Doing #Rails Wrong," Kevin and John discover that Rails now requires a PhD in #Dependency #Management. 🎓🤔 Apparently, all you need is to master #Node, #npm, #Vite, #React, and TypeScript—simple, right? 🙄 Because who doesn't love spending their weekends configuring scripts that replace perfectly good built-in tools? 🤷♂️
https://www.bananacurvingmachine.com/articles/you-re-doing-rails-wrong #TypeScript #HackerNews #ngated
it seems i am locked out of being able to use #faircamp because of a gdk dependency, specifically gdk-pixbuf and vips which dropped support for macOS 13 Ventura. Has anyone else encountered this ? Am I really locked out of being able use faircamp now because of this one package ?
How Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave
"Getting people out of cars and moving their bodies is an effective way to save lives and protect the planet...The toxic particles that vehicles spew when burning petrol and crunching tyres on tarmac have fuelled further frustration with car-centric planning."
"Copenhagen is up against Amsterdam for the title of Europe’s cycling capital, but other big cities such as Paris and London are starting to catch up. The municipality scored poorly in a recent ranking of child-friendly cycling on the share of roads with 30km/h speed limits, though it has begun to add more."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/26/how-copenhagen-gave-cyclists-a-green-wave
#ClimateBreakdown #cars #pollution #MobilityDesign #ActiveTransport #cycling #Fossilfuel #dependency #CarBrain #BellingenShire #Australia
Meanwhile in Australia mobility design is car-centric, vehicles get bigger and more deadly and grab all the space.
Oh, #Europe, you clever fox! 🎩 You've managed to swap one #dependency for another, now snugly nestled in America's #LNG embrace. 🚀🤦♂️ Who needs Russian gas when you can pay $750 billion for the privilege of a different leash? #FreedomIsOverrated
https://davekeating.substack.com/p/after-escaping-russian-energy-dependence #CleverFox #EnergyTransition #GasMarket #HackerNews #ngated
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