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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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
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i don't know who needs to hear this, but you can turn off the autoplay on mouse over on YouTube by going into your account settings
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My new coffee machine wants to be connected to the internet. I am not letting it connect to the internet. If it’s bored, it can read a book.
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ACAB
@kescher ah yeah, that's a problem.
i genuinely wish movies and tv series included settings or some alternative visuals that are more disability/seizure friendly. like you could switch them on like colorblindness filters on your phone
@epilanthanomai One that comes to mind, though maybe in an unexpected category: Brabantia, a houseware brand that is widely available in NL. Affordable but not cheap (outside of discounts), and pretty consistent quality and well-though-out design. It's surprised me a few times now.
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Hey tech folks. Real talk. What companies do you know that seem to mostly avoid sacrificing long-term quality for a fast bottom line?
I'm talking about this tendency people have been noting for decades now, where companies rush for a big feature announcement and build something that barely holds together, and when it doesn't make enough money they rinse and repeat.
Who do you know that doesn't do that, or that does it less?
Please boost; I'd really love to hear broad responses.
- 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
