Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

"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"

https://www.beste-id.nl/jaarlijkse-vragen/wat-betekent-de-groeiende-kracht-van-ai-voor-uw-onderzoek-of-werk-wat-betekent-het-voor-uw-vakgebied-wat-zijn-de-gevolgen-voor-de-maatschappij/van-geraaskal-tot-plagiaat

@joepie91 yes, I agree 100%, and it's a shame, and most certainly not being excellent to each other. :|

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.

#ActuallyAutistic

Thank you, all, for the suggestions! 🙂

having a gay little pictochat session on the train with @unlobito & @eval

feels like 2013 school bus vibes all over again

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.

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.

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

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

#38C3 impressions so far…
#photography

Some assembly required

#caturday #caturdayeveryday

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

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.

Fantastic talk by @mntmn about open hardware!

As I reported yesterday, the airflow in Hall H is bad :( #38c3 #38c3novid

Hall Glitch not doing great. Packed, closed room for iOS exploitation talk
#38c3 #38c3novid

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

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.