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Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · 23h

wodurch die Kritik an dem Staat der einen Genozid begeht jederzeit unter Generalverdacht steht, genauso wie zu deutliche Solidaritätsbekundungen mit dem leidenden Volk.

Ich nehme es in anderen europäischen Ländern deutlich anders war und sehe auch unseren Kapitän auf "internationaler Linie".

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Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · 23h

Ich persönlich halte die ständigen Forderungen bei diesem Thema "Abbitte zu leisten" und das Offensichtliche erklären zu müssen für fragwürdig. Würde ich an seiner Stelle auch nicht drauf eingehen.

Ich finde es eher erschreckend, dass der #FCSP und viele Fans so krass auf "deutscher Linie" sind

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Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · 1d

By now it sounds to me like the best solution for the #Ruby community would be to dissolve @rubycentral.org and redirect the funds used to maintain the rubygems.org service to another organization not involving the RC members.

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Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · 1d

The whole show was one large f'-up. I lost faith in Ruby Central to be a trustworthy steward and am relieved they no longer have the GH ownership of these projects.

Would handing those back to the former maintainers/owners still be an option? Didn't most of them declare to no longer work on them?

Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · 1d

What if you are unsure if the banana slug wants to go to the left or right side?

Placing it on the wrong side might set it back by hours, make it miss all its appointments, and only lead to it trying to cross the same path again. 🤔

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Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · 1d

While right, I assume transferring stewardship from Ruby Central to Ruby Core is the try to regain trust of the community after this fuck-up. I personally do feel it will be in good hands there.

I also find the term 'stolen' debatable, as those projects were imo under stewardship before already.

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Mike McQuaid @mikemcquaid.com · 29d

Having met with both sides on the current RubyCentral/RubyGems situation, here's my take:

- RubyCentral have managed this exceptionally poorly in many ways including removing literally the most active member of the RubyGems organisation by mistake who has declined to return

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Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · 29d

Unfortunately the board member from Africa feels pretty much out of the loop with current developments and like only learning about decisions after the fact, not like being consulted. If you feel different about that, then the communication flows in your org might need improvement.

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Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · Sep 17

The #BlueSky app logged me out many weeks ago and... I neither logged in for weeks, nor did I miss it.

I didn't even use any other social media in that time... is it still alive?

Anyhow, visiting #Euruko2025 the next days, so I need to be on the socials.

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Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · Jul 25

Sicher unangenehm, führt aber trotzdem zu weniger Toten als Schusswaffen in den USA. Die Autobahnen sind (erstaunlich) sicher im Vergleich zu anderen Schnellstraßen in Europa oder Nordamerika.

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Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · Jul 23

I've just been in London. Some trains were delayed due to the closing of a tunnel. On a sign they apologized for "maintenance work in the 175 years old tunnel".

So London built tunnels for trains in / before 1850.

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Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · Jul 23

Ich habe eher an die vielen Menschen gedacht, die sich nicht trauen den Staat Israel und den Genozid in Gaza öffentlich zu kritisieren, aufgrund der "Antisemitismus-Keule". Da schließe ich auch Politiker und Prominente mit ein, von denen in Deutschland erschreckend wenig kommt.

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Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · Jul 21

Das vielleicht nicht, aber etliche Fans bringen viele Kritiker mit solchen Vorwürfen zum Schweigen. Selbst von unserem Captain wird ein expliziteres "Treuebekenntnis" erwartet, als seine mMn sehr klaren Aussagen, bei denen es schon böswillige Unterstellung benötigt um Hass darein zu interpretieren.

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Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · Jul 21

Die "Bubble" in der sich Irvine bewegt, ist näher an der internationalen Sichtweise, als an der deutschen. Hier wird jede Kritik an Israel, jede zu deutliche Solidarität mit den Palästinensern direkt als Antisemitismus denunziert - ein Vorwurf von dem man sich kaum argumentativ distanzieren kann.

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Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · Jul 1

Ich verstehe diese "Gleichmacherei" nicht. Die Hamas ist eine Terrororganisation und genau deshalb muss man sie nicht ständig erwähnen.

Die Solidarität mit Palästina ist wichtig, da die Menschen von einem Staat und dessen Armee maskiert, vertrieben und ausgehungert werden.

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Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · Jun 30

Yeah, a friend who visited me in Barcelona let me know that she is living as a vegan nowadays, so I selected some vegan restaurants for her. She ended up having tapas with jamon and pulpo, as she is only living as a vegan *in Germany / at home* but enjoys local food when travelling. 😂

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Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · Jun 29

Do you (sometimes) miss anything?

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Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · Jun 25

My current tooling for Ruby inserts curly braces whenever I type a # inside of double-quotes. But it gets confused in ERB.

I could also live with a reliable shortcut.

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Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · Jun 25

For the string interpolation I would already be happy, if I'd get the proper suggestions/autocompletion of "#{}

My current tooling regularly fumbles those up inside of ERB tags.

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Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · Jun 25

Related: I'd love code suggestions that free me from ever typing the percentage % sign or closing tags myself 😊

And sensible support for string interpolation inside ERB tags.

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Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · Jun 25

Are you satisfied with the results?

I use DuckDuckGo, but often revert to back to Google.

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Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · Jun 16

Unfortunately I won't be able to attend @brightonruby.com 😢 If anyone is interested in my ticket, please contact me via DM.
#BrightonRuby #Ruby #Rails #Brighton #conference

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Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · Jun 7

To be a useful example, you have to start with a convoluted monolith and then refactor it towards Packwerk.

Rarely anyone starts with Packwerk in a new app - and there it'd be rather straightforward.

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Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · Jun 2

The earliest appointment for the US Visa, would have been even later - but they only told you after paying $200 non-refundable.

She's got a 10y valid tourist visa for Canada now - but also a German passport, so she doesn't need it anymore.

(I flew for a family function without her.)

Andreas Finger 🇪🇺 @mediafinger.com · Jun 2

And I'd bet the Visa application process for the US & Canada is at least as complex and likely more costly than the ones for most Schengen countries.
My wife lost a lot of time & money trying to get tourists visas for those countries. By the time she received the one for Canada I'd returned already.

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