Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

more apps should have offline modes, where they operate using info they have cached

also, more apps should cache information they receive so it can be reused without constantly connecting to the internet

strongmen are a danger to fediverse, we need lots of small servers run by nerds, punks, and queers, not big servers by wannabe techbros

Bluesky users: For a mere $30million USD, we can distribute Bluesky to one other node

Fedi users: I put an instance on my car!

I wish more militant atheists could sense the extent to which they have completely absorbed some of the worst aspects of cultural Christianity.

@byte @joepie91 our washing machine drawer has a segment labelled "Do not put powder here". What's it doing there? Did someone specifically design it as a trap for the unwary?

I fucking hate washing machines design, why do you always need to guess in what little shitty section put your gel/detergent/powder, they are always marked with some cryptic ass symbols and you always guess wrong somehow

after several years in the making, I have finally published a blog post on decoupling capacitors and why you should probably stop using 100nF.

https://codeinsecurity.wordpress.com/2025/01/25/proper-decoupling-practices-and-why-you-should-leave-100nf-behind/

#electronics

You can apply that everywhere: "Healthcare is good cause your workers come back faster", "schools are good cause you get better skilled workers".

People are not their economic value. Why do we accept that framing?

My big problem with this argument isn't that it's not true or that it's pragmatic. It is that we frame _rights_ that every human being has as up for debate, as something that needs to work for business.
https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/113889360712277025

I was today years old when I learned there's a thriving online community of people who eat dirt, rocks and clay

Honestly, compared to everything else going on in the world these days this is fine. I don't mind. I hope they have fun and are able to acquire only the highest quality dirt.

This headline has been stuck in my head for nearly 8 years now.

Sometimes you just hit a wall in a conversation because you realize that you can't argue someone into this.

The term 'fat tax' is used to indicate hidden costs for fat people, because they have to pay more for certain things than non-fat people. Think clothes, insurances, plane seats, furniture with a high enough weight limit, etc.

So here is my name/gender change timeline:

Revolut: Instant, done via Onfido ID Verification
PayPal: Instant, didn’t even ask for any proof cause deadname and actual name are too close
mobil.nrw: Done during new year took about an hour, required ID copy
AOK Rheinland/Hamburg: took 4 business days, required ID and Birth Certificate
N26: Submitting the changes took about 15 minutes via live chat and message system but for the changes be to reflected it took 2 weeks, required ID and Birth certificate
Wise: took 3 weeks, required ID, Birth Certificate, Bescheinigung and talk with the support via X/Twitter
Klarna: took 20 minutes, required ID and Bescheinigung
Grover: took 5 minutes as it is done via data privacy form was processed within 1-2 hours, Normally only requires a selfie with your ID but sent them ID, Birth Certificate, Bescheinigung and the Selfie for good measures
Internet Provider/freenet Internet: took 2 hours sent via help email, Only required ID
Coinbase (for free money): took 15 minutes submitted via site, Only ID required
Jobcom/Agentur für Arbeit: took 1 woking day via email, only needed ID
Rentenversicherung: Changed only the name but did not give a new number so I had to contact them manually to get a new proper number which took 5 days, needed ID, Birth Certificate and Bescheinigung

some might notice I didn’t list Post/DHL and Payback but this is because I did not need to change those as Post/DHL was already changed a few years ago with the DGTI ausweis and for Payback I just made a new account cause they wanted a shit ton of unneeded info.

#SBGG

The wind has italicised a bench in town