Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

So I’ve been using Microsoft Stream at work to auto-caption videos. Part of my job is quality assurance so I double-check the captions for errors.

One recent annoyance is that the captioning software censors some words, replacing them with asterisks. One word in particular that has been a thorn in my side is the word “nipple”. I have had to work on several BREASTFEEDING videos. Needless to say, I’ve been retyping in the word “nipple” a lot.

Come to today, I’m working on a video about transgender and non-binary folks. The speaker said, “There is no such thing as straight sex and gay sex.” Lo and behold Microsoft in their infinite wisdom decided to censor the words “gay sex”. “Straight sex” is uncensored.

I’m fucking livid, but I have no real way to contact Microsoft on this. But, mark it down and spread the word, Microsoft are fucking homophobic prudes.

and another esp32 hack, the same board (esp32-c3 super mini) enabling pm2,5 logging from an ikea vindrikting oh and added a 100 and 460 ohm resistor in parallel with eachother and with the fan to actually slow it down and make it quiet (5V, 40mA fan, so should be running at 3.3Vish now)

this sort of soldering is super nightmarishly fiddly with our motor skills, but we managed it, do need to get some more helper clips and the like

hoping the leds aren't too bright for the bedroom

oh and while we're at it, what are some good (and cheap) FFP 2 or 3 masks? need some for events etc (and wanting to socialise with people who do not even mask in public transport) and since i want to switch them at least every 6-8 i need quite a lot (and i do not have a lot of money)

pls boost? ><

Do you know anyone who works in a press office?

Ask them "Why do so many press offices give their exclusives to X? Why not post to X on, like, a 6 hour time delay (or not at all... though this might be too much for them)"

We gotta stop news from "breaking" on there. Break it on blueSky, break it on tumblr I don't even care (though really break it here please and thank u)

Today’s meeting is canceled because one participant has been asked by their son to go to the park and we all agree that’s more important.

OH: You see it's labeled for Germans so they don't accidentally buy something spicy

so is part of the services valve provides as part of taking 30% of my revenue arbitrarily withholding the button that i need to push in order to get it officially steam deck reviewed even though our game is going to likely hit overwhelmingly positive in its first week of launch? 🤔

and yes. you read that right. developers on steam are randomly awarded the magic button that lets us *request* a steam deck compatibility review. so unless you win the steam deck review button lottery, you literally cannot do it

lol reconnected with a friend from the netherlands. told them i wouldn't be traveling down there anytime soon cause of covid and got the puzzled "covid has been over here for years cause everyone's had 3 shots" response

and this is why i dont reconnect with old friends

this tar shit serious

hahaha yes, I successfully triggered the iOS "your NFC secure element is too full, please delete some cards" UI!

for the unaware, Apple Wallet cards are really Java Card programs stored on an embedded Secure Element chip, separate from the main processor

this chip has limited storage! if you overfill it — say, by wasting $40 on TAP transit cards — it forces you to make room for more with this rarely-seen popup

We need a comma version of the exclamation point and question mark.

The most common car occupancy isn't actually 1. If you count all the cars on the street, not just the moving ones, it's usually 0. Most cars are empty at any given moment.

Please boost for reach!

A friend of mine (currently based in NL) is looking for a remote job. They're looking for something related to web development, or maintenance of legacy codebases (web or otherwise).

They have experience with web/software development (Java, JS, assorted other web things), as well as reverse-engineering Java software, but no employment experience yet. Also a few years of basic NixOS experience.

They can pick up and learn new things very quickly, but they do need a work environment that is friendly to queer neurodivergent folks.

If you have a suitable job available (or something that's close enough - they're flexible!), please send me either a DM on here, or an e-mail at admin@cryto.net. I'll get you in touch with them.

#Java #JavaScript #NixOS #GetFediHired #FediHired #job #jobs

Shower thought: One of the major reasons why the internet fucking sucks now is that with the consolidation of internet activity into a few cyclopean scale social media networks of various stripes, there is no place for anyone to have limited scope participation anymore.

For example, Instead of thousands of smaller, unconnected forums, it is just reddit. And everything you do on reddit can be cross-checked. The network effects of having everything on one thing means that it is incredibly easy for a bad actor to leverage your participation in various activities, your information, toward a bad end.

So a lot of people just don't. Don't make themselves vulnerable. At least on the open internet. All the forests and thickets have been burnt away, leaving you cold and alone on the tundra.

Which is also why I think Discord is kinda abused by people to try to replicate the forums, chatrooms, and small wikis of yesteryear. The open internet has no shelter anymore. The open internet is the dead internet because people die without shelter.

I'm reviewing a code change at work, and I think this dev actually ported an entire .NET application to PowerShell. It has classes, service architecture, and even a fucking Program class to mimic .NET's startup process.

I'm astounded and actually a little impressed tbh ​​

#Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #CSharp #DotNet #PowerShell

Affordable USB microphone for speech (basically, talking over a screen share)? Don't need broadcast quality, would like an upgrade on the mic in my cheap webcam.

Blue snowball seems to be the de facto standard, other products in the same price range I should consider?