Hey! Back after a large break from lemmy and after returning to the community it seems it is more advice focused: what is the best way to learn programming vs story focused what is a bad mistake when you started programming. …

Apparently SDL-org changed the license of SDL from the LGPL (a copyleft license) to zlib (a permissive license).^[1] …

Disclaimer: think that this is a 7yo posting here, who doesn’t understand about politics or economy, it’s just someone who is hopeless and frustrated about our society. Also, English is not my main language, sorry in advance. …

Of course given that this is posted to lemmy.ml, I’m expecting a bias towards FOSS/etc. projects like Mycroft AI or towards DIY projects over Amazon and Google microphones and insecure IoT junk, but still list those other ideas regardless as the idea itself can be useful or even replicated with othe…

Reading the rather disturbing (albeit refreshingly honest, compared to some other distros) answer to the FAQ “Can Slackware be recompiled from scratch?” got me wondering… …

Reading the comments, I saw one commenter giving really good counter arguments, their name is Lauren Young…

Bad idea to ban trait-selected abortion, IMO; but I would just allow it as some people would just do abortion on their own anyway. …

Whenever I hear someone use liberal to describe someone or something that is left leaning I just get the sense that their politics are too US-based and kind of roll my eyes because that’s not really what liberal means. Is this an appropriate reaction or should I get off my high horse?..

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/272337 …

I didn’t brush my teeth as a child and teen because I had energy issues and I struggled to actually do them; I still struggle to do it today. …

My opinion is that sex work should be legal. It would enable involuntary virgins to get a good sex experience for payment; they will be guaranteed a good sex experience with a sex worker: no harassment, good education, and a fun time. …