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djfiander

@djfiander@code4lib.social

UX Web Services Librarian at a large Canadian university. Reader, cyclist, text-based lifeform.

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djfiander, to random French
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Why yes, I would like to share my financial data with a private American company with 0 accountability

djfiander, (edited ) to random
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In 9 days, on October 4, the Librarians & Archivists of the University of Western Ontario will be in a legal strike position

https://www.uwofa.ca/librarians-archivists-bargaining-bulletin-vol-6-no-22/

djfiander, to random
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Using noise cancelling headphones to listen to loud music.

djfiander, to random
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"Although fifty-seven is not prime, it is jokingly known as the Grothendieck prime after a story in which mathematician Alexander Grothendieck supposedly gave it as an example of a particular prime number." -- Wikipedia entry for the number 57.

djfiander, to ontario
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A belated post.

I'm a in London, , specializing in web policy and .

I used to be a computer programmer, and I use on my computers at home.

I collect and , and spend far too much time (or not enough time, depending on reasons) , mostly .

djfiander, to random
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Right now, my negotiating position consists of alternating between "Fuck your. Pay me," and, "Fall convocation is on October 18.”

Good thing I’m not actually on the negotiating team.

djfiander, to random
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Did the zoom feed just crash for anybody else? Oh, look, I guess it did. sigh

djfiander, to music
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Today is . I bought two albums by Covenant and two by Funkadelic.

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The frost sparkling on the inside walls of the library staircase is very pretty.

djfiander, to random
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"Socadis, a pivotal Quebec book distributor, fell victim to a crippling cyberattack, halting operations and rendering its website and phone systems inaccessible. Suspected phishing compromised their IT infrastructure, forcing a disconnect with partners to contain the threat."

djfiander, to transit
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New rule: If you don't ride the bus, you don't get to complain about the bus.

djfiander, to random
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Sometimes you just have to wonder why, "Are you fucking kidding me?" isn't on the list of Frequently Asked Questions.

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Peak Orientalism is calling a book about Adlerian psychology structured as a Socratic dialogue a "Japanese phenomenon".

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Is an elevator an Autonomous Vehicle?

djfiander, to random
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Going to start referring to the local Scottish and British shops as "ethnic grocery stores"

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"Today the [metric paper size] standard has been adopted by all countries in the world except the United States and Canada."

Yay exceptionalism!

djfiander, to random
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Suddenly feel like blaming the patriarchy for the fact that men don't get called flakey as often as women are.

I. Am. A. Flake.

djfiander, to random
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Here I am, working to maintain the librarians' and archivists' reputation as the most militant bargaining unit on campus

ktempestbradford, to random
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Wow, this is possibly the stupidest, greediest, most predatory abuse of copyright I've seen in a while.

A person can't post a photo of a room with wallpaper that has a licensed image even if the wallpaper was legally bought? That's not how this is supposed to work!

"She didn't credit me in the caption."

WHO TF LOOKS UP THE NAME OF THE WALLPAPER ARTIST WHEN POSTING VACATION HOME PHOTOS?

https://petapixel.com/2024/05/22/photographer-sues-grandma-over-wallpaper-photo-copyright-infringement/

djfiander,
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@ktempestbradford the worst part is that he's jurisdiction shopping, and that this is the third time that he's tried to sue over this because two other German courts told him to GTFO

adr, to random
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It is entirely possible to critique completely terrible people without talking about their looks or how they're so old they should "go back to Facebook".

signed, an ugly old guy

djfiander,
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@adr Do you run a large multinational corporation, John?

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So far today, two different people have asked me why I'm so friendly and happy. And, hey. So far as I know, we get one trip on this sweet little planet. It'd be a real drag if we all carried on unhappy, unfriendly.

djfiander,
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@Twinklybugs great, so there's a maximum on the "you should smile more" spectrum

djfiander, to random
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"Relax, recharge and refocus with weekly mindfulness practices live on Zoom for approximately 15-20 minutes every Monday beginning at noon."

djfiander, (edited )
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If you don't take advantage of the corporate wellness programs, can you really blame the administration for your burnout?

djfiander, to random
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@mwl Will you revoke the certificate for the signed ebook before or after you distribute it?

djfiander,
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@mwl M.C. Escher used to drill huge holes in his woodblocks when he was finished with a print run.

djfiander, to apple
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If any Apple devices within range of my house are going to report on the nearby BSSIDs, then the obvious solution is to set up a dummy AP and program it to change its name every 10 minutes.

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