Whatever happened to the Olympic ideals? Citius, Altius, Fortius, Communiter? Apparently, going faster, higher, stronger, together, wasn’t a factor here, somehow. The fact that some particular athlete tried to be the damn best they could, yet didn’t want a particular prize anway, was of no consequence according to the public.
Damn straight we should return to Olympic ideals, but I’m afraid that while we have dipshit gatekeepers, that’s going to take its time.
In-person admission costs between $649 and around $1,300.
I was mildly confused by the headline when I read this. Oh, it’s a conference. Maybe not emphasise the “job fair” part? It’s clearly meant for people who are already employed. They even have a “convince your boss” flyer on the website.
…Yeah, that’s how some people get to keep going in the industry, don’t they? …As an unemployed dev gal who just got done sending a bunch of applications that likely won’t lead anywhere I probably shouldn’t keep mulling about, you know, everything going on in this article, and just go to sleep.
My personal opinion as a trans girl? We need to stop pretending that social networks are THE solution. We need a balance between social networks and anti-social networks. And by “anti-social networks”, I mean traditional blogs.
Funny thing is, Fediverse is actually very well equipped to deal with Blogosphere. The fact that you can easily ignore the other side is a feature, not a bug.