Sven Slootweg (soft-deprecated) @joepie91@pixie.town
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In the process of moving to @joepie91. This account will stay active for the foreseeable future! But please also follow the other one.
Technical debt collector and general hype-hater. Early 30s, non-binary, ND, poly, relationship anarchist, generally queer.
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- 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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Say, what *was* Cory Doctorow doing at the REBOOT Conference, an explicitly right-wing tech conference, in 2022?
https://web.archive.org/web/20220329223559/https://www.rebootconference.org/day-two
@natty If it's any consolation, the corporate stuff often isn't any less mismanaged, they just have more money to throw at the problem
It's always very amusing when shower gel and cosmetics claim shit like "98% natural" or "99% biodegradable". Like, yeah, it's mostly water...
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Is there a website where companies can only publish job offers which don't come with any requirement towards experience?
#AskFedi #jobseeking
food, instant meal replacements
@sharkNserg My experience so far is that Joylent powder (now called "Jimmy Joy", I still hate the name) is a very good option from both a cost and nutrition perspective, although the flavours are a bit bland. I've found Queal powder to have very nice flavours, but it's more expensive. Leaving it in the fridge overnight, prepared, makes both a lot nicer.
The 'hot pots' from Jimmy Joy (not technically a drink) are also very good, but unfortunately very pricey.
I've tried pre-made drinks from Saturo and Jimmy Joy, and hated both. Felt greasy and uncomfortable to drink.
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no no no *you* can't freely scan through the collected works of humanity, that right is reserved for the large language models.
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fandom.com
PSA: fandom.com runs a honeypot to trap wiki admins who try to leave Fandom.
As mentioned in this article, you can submit a "request" to Fandom to close your wiki.
If you submit such a request, Fandom will not close your wiki. Instead, they will
a)Remove your admin status to prevent you from deleting articles,
b)Keep a close eye on your wiki to make sure you aren't trying to migrate away from Fandom,
c)Possibly ban your account from Fandom.
There are ways to essentially trick Fandom's automated system into closing your wiki. All such methods are against the rules of Fandom and rely on your wiki avoiding the notice of any human employees of Fandom.
If you want to know how I got them to close Pandora's Tale Wiki, DM me, either here or on Matrix. I don't want to post the explanation publicly in case Fandom notices and changes their system to prevent my method from working for future wikis.
@daedalus Ah yes, "I believe that there are clever people who can...", the exact same rationale that ends up burning billions on tech hypes like cryptocurrencies and "AI" due to promises that will never materialize.
Because it's much more appealing to believe in the magical technology, than it is to listen to the people telling you why it can't work...
@spongefile Ah, no, this organization seems to have identified itself as 'conservative' from the very start, so it's unlikely to be the same
@spongefile I mean, I assume there are more than two, probably, it's a somewhat obvious name for a tech conference 🙂
But the organization behind this one, going back many years, has identified itself as 'conservative', and that matches up with the speaker lineup of the current one
@spongefile That is why I linked the page of speakers, it's the right-wing one
Say, what *was* Cory Doctorow doing at the REBOOT Conference, an explicitly right-wing tech conference, in 2022?
https://web.archive.org/web/20220329223559/https://www.rebootconference.org/day-two
"AI"
Ik moet zeggen dat Looopings zo'n beetje de laatste plek was waar ik een pakkende en toegankelijke samenvatting van problemen met generative AI zou verwachten, maar jawel:
"Artificial intelligence inzetten voor kunst wordt in de creatieve sector gezien als een doodzonde, omdat echte kunstenaars op die manier overbodig worden. Het risico bestaat dat uiteindelijk alleen inspiratieloze en onoriginele content overblijft. Zelflerende machines worden immers louter gevoed met materiaal dat al bestaat."
@sasha I feel similarly.
@Geoffberner Genuine question: how would you handle the eating and drinking?
For a brief event, "don't eat or drink" is an entirely reasonable policy (at least for most cases), but this is an entire conference, and so people will need to eat and drink at *some* point.
And during summer, you can often get away with eating outside (although then you still need wind, for safety!) but this is in September, where that is a much more difficult proposition.
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Why clone a yubikey when you can simply steal it and leave an identical looking one that just doesn't work and the user is just going to be confused for a bunch of time without realising that someone else has their 2FA token now
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Guns
We've once again entered the mandatory period wherein it isn't the "right time" to talk about gun reform.
Please refrain from mentioning the heinously permissive #gun laws in #Georgia including, but not limited to, the ‘17 passage of a law that requires colleges to allow guns on campus.
Please also do not mention the fact that no permit is required to purchase or possess a shotgun, rifle, or handgun.
This period will run until the next shooting: on average less than a day.
That's not to say that we shouldn't be pushing for continuous improvements in software and tools.
But like, make sure you actually understand where the problems lie first, and that you understand the consequences of what you're campaigning for. And adjust your goals accordingly.
Your reminder if you're a Linux user to be careful what you wish for; a lot of things only work on Linux because it was made easy enough to support it through cross-platform tooling, particularly the tools that people complain about a lot like Electron and Java.
I have been using Linux for a long time, and the alternative to "half-assed cross-platform things" is usually "nothing at all" - and I can assure you that that was worse than what we have now.
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I had a dream that KdE announced a windows version of their desktop environment, and it was such a massive hype, Microsoft had a meltdown about it on Twitter.
- Future new account
- @joepie91@slightly.tech
- Matrix
- @joepie91:pixie.town
- Pronouns
- they/them, he/him, whatever, it's not like I have any idea either 🙃
In the process of moving to @joepie91. This account will stay active for the foreseeable future! But please also follow the other one.
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
