Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town
- Website
- http://cryto.net/~joepie91/
- Matrix
- @joepie91:pixie.town
- Pronouns
- they/them, he/him, whatever, it's not like I have any idea either 🙃
Technical debt collector and general hype-hater. Early 30s, non-binary, ND, poly, relationship anarchist, generally queer.
- No alt text (request) = no boost.
- Boosts OK for all boostable posts.
- DMs are open.
- Flirting welcome, but be explicit if you want something out of it!
- The devil doesn't need an advocate; no combative arguing in my mentions.
Sometimes horny on main (behind CW), very much into kink (bondage, freeuse, CNC, and other stuff), and believe it or not, very much a submissive bottom :p
My spoons are limited, so I may not always have the energy to respond to messages.
Strong views about abolishing oppression, hierarchy, agency, and self-governance - but I also trust people by default and give them room to grow, unless they give me reason not to. That all also applies to technology and how it's built.
Joined Aug 2019
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An important skill for navigating the internet is reading a generalized statement and knowing whether or not to append "in the US" to it in your head
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Anne C.A. Baanen
@mathilde@jura.social @fluconf I have! Unfortunately, online conferences don't quite scratch the same itch for me...
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"Nieuwe medicijnen worden jarenlang getest voordat ze eventueel op de markt mogen komen. Het verbijstert mij dat AI botweg op de mensheid wordt losgelaten door de rijkste en machtigste bedrijven ter wereld, zonder dat hen ook maar iets in de weg wordt gelegd." -- Vincent Icke"
Getting that itch to organize a radical hacker event again. That's gotta wait until after transplantation, at the very least...
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shouldn’t CEOs be overjoyed that they are finally earning their money by doing the job of “taking on the risk” as they frequently claim their job to be?
@korenchkin@chaos.social That's exactly my problem with it, though - you can tell very clearly that the efforts that do exist, are the results of some specific individuals caring *despite* orga policy.
And it means that none of the things that are *actually* effective (any of: proactively handing out masks, ventilating, mask requirements) are done because there's no organizational support for it, and consequentially there's also zero guarantees for attendees, everything is 'best effort'.
And simply put, 'best effort' isn't enough when getting it wrong is likely to result in (in my case) my kidney transplantation getting cancelled, or dying.
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Does anyone have a good article about the "vaccines cause autism" garbage?
Good = succinct, persuasive, with references for fact-checking, written for a general audience.
En anglais ou en français.
Thank you, all, for the suggestions! 🙂
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Watching the #38c3 opening talk, and having such mixed feelings. Such a strong talk on the one hand, and yet on the other hand it almost gets 'betrayed' by the total lack of COVID/flu safety precautions for attendees, excluding many of the most vulnerable.
I realize that the people who made or pushed for that decision probably aren't the same people who are on stage, but it doesn't make it any less painful of a contradiction.
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Hey, EU should introduce a requirement that full technical documentation, diagnostic manuals, and assembly drawings of any electronic device be made public the moment its manufacturer stops offering service.
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Asking for information regarding migrating from USA to Germany
Please boost. A dear friend of mine wants to move to Germany ASAP and we can use all the help we can get.
How does a language learning visa actually work?
How does one prove financial stability to the government? Especially, in case my income doesn’t suffice to take financial responsibility for her, where do we get the money for the locked bank account option?
Which organizations can help us get more information and answer questions? The official government websites give a good overview but lack depth in critical aspects.
Have you moved from the US to Germany or know someone who did? How did that go? What unexpected things did you encounter that we should be aware of?
Anything helps. Please dump all leads and ideas into the replies. And boost this far and wide. ETA (estimated time until her arrival in Germany) is 3 weeks from the time I’m posting this. She can come to Germany and stay for 90 days without a visa. Until then, she needs all the paperwork to be done and over with and her visa approved. Please boost this! It’s kinda urgent.
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If you ever wondered what one of the Elizabeth line COS wall panels are made of (glass fibre reinforced concrete) - there’s a broken one in the Northern line connecting corridor at Liverpool Street
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question (boosts okay): has anyone successfully redeemed an International Reply Coupon with the United States Postal Service?
I tried a few months back and was told that local post offices can choose not to accept them
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I made an awful bird joke at work today and got glared at by my coworker. I’m counting that as my win for the week
health, immunosuppressants, meta-ish but personal
@serapath Unfortunately my kidney disease is one that has affected both of my kidneys equally, and I only have 10% remaining kidney function.
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complaining
Looking for a job in IT is a fucking paradox where it is implicitly expected you do some cool personal projects on the side to impress potential employers, but can't dedicate time to cool side projects, because you should be looking for a job.
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Fantastic talk by @mntmn about open hardware!
As I reported yesterday, the airflow in Hall H is bad :( #38c3 #38c3novid
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Hall Glitch not doing great. Packed, closed room for iOS exploitation talk
#38c3 #38c3novid
- Website
- http://cryto.net/~joepie91/
- Matrix
- @joepie91:pixie.town
- Pronouns
- they/them, he/him, whatever, it's not like I have any idea either 🙃
Technical debt collector and general hype-hater. Early 30s, non-binary, ND, poly, relationship anarchist, generally queer.
- No alt text (request) = no boost.
- Boosts OK for all boostable posts.
- DMs are open.
- Flirting welcome, but be explicit if you want something out of it!
- The devil doesn't need an advocate; no combative arguing in my mentions.
Sometimes horny on main (behind CW), very much into kink (bondage, freeuse, CNC, and other stuff), and believe it or not, very much a submissive bottom :p
My spoons are limited, so I may not always have the energy to respond to messages.
Strong views about abolishing oppression, hierarchy, agency, and self-governance - but I also trust people by default and give them room to grow, unless they give me reason not to. That all also applies to technology and how it's built.
Joined Aug 2019
