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grrrr_shark

@grrrr_shark@supervolcano.angryshark.eu

Was once grrrr_shark on Twitter. Now not.

Has 'the dubious honour of having been mansplained to by the Swiss public broadcast company' - https://mastodon.green/@altitis

Nerdgirl. Software engineer, recovering privacy researcher, sometime linguist and writer (fantasy, romance).

Some topics and interests: #gaming (especially #DragonAge), #science, #privacy, #SocialJustice, #ADHD (that's me, so expect rants!), #autism.

Cishet. LGBTQIA+-friendly.

Not your mother.

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futurebird, (edited ) to random
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The bald eagle could have easily gone extinct. But we did all sorts of "woke" things protecting it legally, ran conservation and study programs, banned DDT (that was good for other reasons too) and in 2007 they were removed from the endangered species list.

Likewise pine forests could be dead from acid rain.

The ozone could have a huge hole.

We CAN take care of nature when we want to. And the successes have been worth it.

I feel like we forget this, you know?

dsalo, to random
@dsalo@digipres.club avatar

Johns Hopkins is doing a long-COVID survey and apparently is having trouble finding controls -- people who haven't had COVID. If this is you, consider giving them some clicks.

https://covid-long.com/

anarchiv, to random Norwegian
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Germans on vacation always have a look on their faces like they're on the way to their child's funeral or something.

bjoernstaerk,
@bjoernstaerk@snabelen.no avatar

@anarchiv France is less confusing. every single man looks like Mike Ehrmantraut, which is also exactly how being in France makes me feel.

mxtthxw, (edited ) to random
@mxtthxw@mxtthxw.art avatar

Julian Assange is locked up on some bullshit.

The Guardian sold him out.

Me posting this doesn’t make any difference but fuck it.

mxtthxw,
@mxtthxw@mxtthxw.art avatar

@onepict The FT work on the guidance of the US State department. Fact.

The Guardian used to have a strong record in foreign affairs but it’s only recently that anyone from that organisation has spoken up and even then, it was weak sauce. Too little, too late.

They should be front paging this shit every day.

I’ve only recently become aware of the McBride situation. Sickening.

adarsh, to random
@adarsh@ruby.social avatar

An overly thorough, emotional rollercoastery, exceedingly “Andy”, and genuinely amazing insiders view from one of the co-chairs of RailsConf 2024 in Detroit a few weeks ago.

The first paragraph I don’t care for whatsoever, but the rest is very good.

Thanks Andy, you’re a gem ❤️.

https://andycroll.com/ruby/railsconf-detroit-2024-cochairs-perspective/

adarsh,
@adarsh@ruby.social avatar

Also I want to highlight for conference organizers something which is Very Important:

Andy not just mentioned the code of conduct on stage in his opening, but went over it in detail and why it was important, especially if you don’t think it affects you. It was maybe 5 minutes on stage.

After, I was near Andy (a lot) and I saw it happen repeatedly: marginalized people came up to him and personally thanked him for saying something. It was 💔.

This is what DEI looks like and why it matters.

gsuberland, to random
@gsuberland@chaos.social avatar

you ever do that thing where there's some property or behaviour you're generally aware of but generally just ignore as not being particularly consequential, and then you design something where that property is a limiting factor, so you study it in a lot of detail and then become cursed with the knowledge that you really should be accounting for it pretty much everywhere

timnitGebru, to random
@timnitGebru@dair-community.social avatar

"Leike had said that OpenAI's "safety culture & processes have taken a backseat to shiny products" in recent years, and that his team struggled to obtain the resources to get their safety work done."

Lol. But there never was a "safety culture"!

The founding of OpenAI was premised on "existential risk" of AI to "humanity," the new grift white men created to siphon even more resources for themselves under the guise of saving all of us.

https://mashable.com/article/openai-sam-altman-greg-brockman-respond-to-jan-leike-resignation

DanielleVossebeld, to Iceland
@DanielleVossebeld@mastodon.social avatar

My aunt wondered why I love to visit Iceland. She did not understand my answer: ‘I love myself more when I am there’.

Once would be enough, according to her and I felt like I had to defend myself. 🤷‍♀️

So, another answer is shown by my iPad in my featured photos. 👇🏼🥰

futurebird, to random
@futurebird@sauropods.win avatar

Sam Alito is so much worse than I ever suspected. Watching him speak, reading his writing you encounter a man who clearly thinks he's smarter than everyone.

For various reasons, we do not often encounter smug academically styled conservatives. But, he's the genuine article. He sincerely believes himself a brave iconoclast who will be seen as a hero someday.

His self-flattery could be a weakness. He is very wrong about how history will remember him.

zdl, to random
@zdl@mastodon.online avatar

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/15/tech/uber-shuttle-airport-concert-annual-product-update/index.html

Techbrodudes reinvent something that's been around for ages, only making it worse.

You know, public transit has been around for AGES before you got your grubby little rent-seeking mitts on it and tore it down, you festering horde of goblins!

zdl,
@zdl@mastodon.online avatar

You know how I get to the airport in Wuhan? I take the subway. ALL THE WAY THERE.

You know how I get to the three train stations in Wuhan? I take the subway. ALL THE WAY THERE for two of them. (For the third I have a half-block's walk because of some geographical issues.)

You know how I get to pretty much any concert venue? I TAKE THE SUBWAY AND/OR THE BUS. All the way there.

This is what public transit does for you: stops rent-seeking assholes from making your life shitty.

b_rain, to history
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"Enough about You" this is great.

CartyBoston, to random
@CartyBoston@mastodon.roundpond.net avatar

Who (the fuck) will enroll at MIT if they have to fear reprisals for speaking? Students who don't care - supplicants.

Good luck running your product dev with soul-dead supplicants.

(no paywall)

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/19/metro/campus-protests-discipline-encampment-suspensions/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3Xo0iLwSN-UfwsuTDa_NR1CFNJfvyUgFARjgw7McBoGz_AMR5_vDGVNaQ_aem_AXUe9k9AJnlN2I4w0iXfZVcRYSrTG8XQv6pHuQ7hMLvEK1H9QDJMy9CCuQFsb5rTwTBCd-VlTPqnB0KqQj7ZBA-_

chalkdustmag, to random
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It's here! The day we look forward to more than Christmas, exam results, and the first day of the cricket season put together -- is now live!

Read it for free at https://chalkdustmagazine.com/ or get your physical copy online or from a Maths department near you!

b9AcE, to random
@b9AcE@todon.eu avatar

Soo, people on here are working hard to come up with conspiracy theories on the cause of the President oppressor Raisi of Iran's death.

Fine, you waste your time if you wanna, but don't overlook the very simple and therefore more probable answer that the helicopter was a Bell 212, made in Texas and bought before the CIA-instigated anti-democracy and anti-leftist coup handed over to become the authoritarian reactionary theocracy's "revolution" in 1979.
So, the helicopter was by necessity between 56 and 45 years old and there would extremely probably have been very much difficulty at least getting any spare parts for maintenance since you know... the embargo by the source-country USA would have to be breached for that to happen.

Sometimes, an old helicopter is just old and simply breaks under disfavorable conditions such as the weather there at the time.

But sure, we can never KNOW what happened, regarding anything ever, so if you wanna spend your energy on that rather than on furthering the liberatory egalitarian world revolution, that's your priority to set.
I won't.

anarchiv, to random Norwegian
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Seat belts are mandatory on busses in Norway so that you'll drown and won't be able to sue the bus company if the bus falls into a fjord.

flora, to random
@flora@mk.absturztau.be avatar

new rule: if i bit you and you don't have a fedi server you are automatically required to then make one and give me an account there

CartyBoston, to random
@CartyBoston@mastodon.roundpond.net avatar

There are exactly two ways people fuck with you:

a) telling you things are complicated when they are not, and

b) telling you things are simple when they are not.

sageanastasi, to datascience
@sageanastasi@mastodon.nz avatar

Hi everyone!

I'm looking for consulting work in data science/data analysis. I'm based in Christchurch, New Zealand, but I'm happy to work remote.

I have a background in media & communication, so I'm happy working with clients of any technical ability ^_^ I've worked on projects ranging from surveys of social workers to network analysis, so I'm happy to try anything!

https://sageconsulting.co.nz/

futurebird, to random
@futurebird@sauropods.win avatar

Research means formulating a question. Sketching the kind of evidence you think would provide answers to the question and then dispassionately looking for that evidence and either answering the question or determining it can't yet be answered.

Falling into an internet rabbit hole and stimulating your sense of fear or wonder reading the strangest things you can find that creep you out isn't research. It's fun maybe, but it's not research.

Yes both involve searching and reading but ... come on.

futurebird,
@futurebird@sauropods.win avatar

There are a lot of people online who will say they have been doing "research" and it's true they have read, and watched many things. But they have no questions, no, threshold for answering those questions. It's just "spooky browsing"

And I like getting creeped out too as much as anyone. But that's just not research.

SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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PJ_Evans,
@PJ_Evans@mastodon.social avatar

@SmudgeTheInsultCat
Got Mole Problems?
Call Avogadro
602-1023

Adam_Cadmon1, to random
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Lmao ok, OK.

Cats tend to take better photos than dogs because cats are hellspawn who do not care about human boundaries or human desires.

anarchiv, to random Norwegian
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No don't get me wrong, I'm actually in favour of nuclear fission.

Just not on this particular planet.

18+ clairikine, to random
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Oh this was a delight

18+ clairikine,
@clairikine@xoxo.zone avatar

Also I hadn’t posted about the other new episodes but NCUTI GATWA. NCUTI. GATWA.

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