Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

More people need to understand that "psychosomatic" does NOT mean "it's all in your head".

It means, "it started in your head, but *it has now moved on to your body*". That's what the "somatic" part means. It's the brain *affecting the body*.

Frex, a psychosomatic fever still shows up on a thermometer. The person *actually has* a fever, it just wasn't caused by a microörganism. Psychosomatic stress actually raises your measurable blood pressure, etc.

More context:
It's estimated that a staggering 240 million PCs currently running Windows 10 aren't "capable" of upgrading to Windows 11.

As you know, those PCs can easily run any flavor of #Linux. It's a massive opportunity to get people away from Windows (and its increasing invasion of privacy), AND prevent literal tons of e-waste.

#Microsoft recently wrote that TPM 2.0 is a "a non-negotiable standard for the future of Windows." This pretty much confirms it won't back down on its hardware requirements for Windows 11, an OS that is seriously struggling to gain new users (~35% of Windows users) after 3 years.

When October 2025 rolls around and support for Windows 10 ends, this will force tens of millions of people to unnecessarily buy new hardware.

#Linux community: We have work to do.

the real value added in VAT is how many nerdy conversations you can have about all of its nuances

search engine trying to choose between a page updated by a human last year vs a thousand automatically generated web apps that deploy continuously with updates unrelated to the content

Nieuw Knuffeltrein in Utrecht Centraal

As I cycle through wind and rain to the supermarket, I doff my cap to those who just unlocked the Dutch People Carrying Shit On Their Bicycles, Sinterklaas Edition. School's out and the surprises made by the children - large cardboard/paper contraptions containing a small gift - have to get home.

Just typed "interfae" and it's my favourite typo right now: an interfae is a protocol that two daemons use to talk to each other.

man, looking at the sentiment on social media for the CEO Assassin, i do not think the NYPD are gonna get many genuine tips. like i've never seen such a one-sided outpouring of sentiment.

Does anyone know of some cheap linux-incompatible hardware i could use to practice writing kernel-drivers for?

Everything I have currently works oob with linux, or is made by nvidia (graphics is a bit too crazy for me for now)

It feels notable that Facebook has enabled two-way federation on Threads the day after Zuckerberg was caught trying to join the incoming Trump administration's circle of unelected and unappointed weirdos.

The unilateral dunking on the recently killed pharma ceo is inspiring

Reminder: billionaires can, at any time, solve essentially all of the world’s problems by simply not hoarding an egregious amount of wealth. They choose not to. Every day.

the FBI holding an emphatic position on something for decades despite concrete evidence to the contrary and then getting their ass handed to them does feel particularly bleak when you remember that their nominal function is to evaluate evidence and provide justice based on it.

(yes, I know, quiet part out loud and all that)

I'm probably one of the most violence-adverse creatures I know and even I'm over here sipping tea quietly and nodding to myself going "Yup. It is a true objective fact that the people inflicting pain and suffering on everyone for profit have names and addresses. Mmhmmm. Indisputable fact"

Course for all we know this was something even more base than we think like "A business competitor did this". But we're all thinking the same thing and thinking it quite loudly.

back in college, i had a drawing prof who was really accommodating about accessibility options. he noticed me struggling to draw upright, and i explained sheepishly that i really need to brace myself against something when i'm holding up my hands/arms bc i tremble too much otherwise

i braced myself for getting chastised, but he just went "oh, just a sec", grabbed a long, wooden dowel out of a closet, propped it up against my easel and went "there, try leaning on that now". it was so much better