Sven Slootweg (soft-deprecated) @joepie91@pixie.town
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- @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
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Today modern technology fought old technology and lost (my robot vacuum pushed over a broom and then couldn't return to its dock for 15 minutes until I came home and moved the broom)
Here's a handy (but imperfect) "self-test" to see how vulnerable you are to cognitive biases: are there any people who you often find yourself agreeing with on eg. a moral level, but whose claims you wouldn't trust or believe without accompanying evidence?
Your answer should be 'yes'.
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CW-boost: NASA vs. Musk+SpaceX
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uspol, re: ICE and resistance
The #fcc has announced it will be investigating KCBS, a #sanfrancisco based radio station for reporting on the movements of #ice units within the city.
This is clearly an attempt to suppress speech about ice, and a very solid indication that the Know Your Rights campaign is working.
#immigrantdefense #news #california #stopice #lamigra #resistance
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Just wondering: is there a law that prescribes that the year of construction needs to visible in an elevator, or is this just something all manufacturers decided: well, that's a good idea!
@artemist Seems like that might be it!
@0x57e11a It's nominally configurable, fwiw: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_user_directories
... but a nonzero number of applications just hardcodes the paths and doesn't check the XDG directories as they should 🙄
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This is weird. I apparently have the NFSU2 soundtrack in FLAC format, and it has an EAC ripping log, describing how it was ripped from a 2CD release.
There's just one problem: to my knowledge, there has never existed a CD release of the NFSU2 soundtrack!
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I think that today I finally figured out the solution to an annoying design problem for my distributed storage thing.
(Yes, the solution was the weird "encrypting an encryption key with itself" thing I tooted about earlier)
Bitcoin
1. No idea about this one.
2. You'd usually either use a client on your own device (in which case only you control the money, but you are also responsible for not losing access, with no recourse if you do) or have an account on a service that manages it for you (in which case it's more like a bank, with the same risks but also more recovery options if you lose access).
For clients, I'm not sure what people tend to use nowadays but when I have to deal with Bitcoin I use Electrum which has always worked reliably for me, and is fast. Not the most polished thing, though, it's definitely some of the older Bitcoin software around.
3. Online wallet generators, anything that promises magical profits, anything in a sponsored Google ad. Scammers abound everywhere.
For services, go with a reputable provider you already know if possible. Otherwise, do careful research and make triple sure you're on the right site.
For clients, Reddit threads are most likely to be a useful source on which ones are trustworthy.
Beware that both hosted wallet services (the ones that are like a bank) and cryptocurrency exchanges are likely to demand a lot of personal information, similar to a bank.
Depending on where exactly you are, if you need to exchange your money, you may not actually be better off with Bitcoin in terms of financial privacy or government interference.
Exchanging with people in person may still be a semi-anonymous option but is more hassle. Sting operations are rare but do happen.
Hope that helps?
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computer discourse subtoot
i find "computers should just be good which means you dont need to know anything to use them" to just be a really individualistic standpoint.
not that computers couldn't or shouldn't be better but wishing for liberation from the material reality that all data lives on a computer somewhere sucks.
you either get a computer that's constantly trying to get into your wallet or a computer that requires you to deal with the real people making it work. those are your only two options.
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Endermen aren't evil, they just have ADHD! They pick up random blocks near them because they find them interesting, wander around aimlessly while fidgeting and then drop them again when they find a new shiny block somewhere else.
(They're also autistic and don't like being wet for sensory reasons, and they don't like eye contact)
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Thanks to the hard work of @cdn0x12, #GoToSocial v0. 18.x includes automated light mode / dark mode switching based on your system light mode / dark mode configuration.
This means visitors to the web view of your profile will be able to read your silly posts in whatever form they're most comfortable with. This works for the settings panel too! The auto switching also applies to "auto" profile themes with separate light and dark modes (not every theme has both dark + light mode counterparts at this point).
Big thank you to @cdn0x12 for this <3
Some screenshots!
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If I were to make a modular creative management game, what should the first few "sets" be? Vote for three or fewer. Or more. I'm a poll, not a cop.
Or reply if you have a better or worse idea.
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come to the ADHD side! we have:
- time blindness
- executive dysfunction
- ADHD paralysis
- hyperfocus (on the wrong thing)
- executive dysfunction
- revenge bedtime procrastination
- brain fog
- no dopamines :(
- executive dysfunction 2 - electric boogaloo
- time blindness
- executive dysfunction
- ADHD paralysis
- hyperfocus (on the wrong thing)
- executive dysfunction
- revenge bedtime procrastination
- brain fog
- no dopamines :(
- executive dysfunction 2 - electric boogaloo
uspol
@MisuseCase I don't really see how that is relevant either. Trump and Musk have shown a callous disregard for 'rule of law' for a long time, and it didn't stop Musk from becoming popular, or Trump from getting elected.
I have seen no reason to believe that this will somehow suddenly change.
that Microsoft AI study
(Or in other words: just because you agree with the conclusion, that doesn't mean that a given piece of research is sound, or well-executed, or even appropriate to the point being argued)
- 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
