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jonobie

@jonobie@social.coop

One masters in Counseling and another in CS. I love talking #Technology and #MentalHealth.

Tech geek and advocate of minorities in tech. Previously a longtime Microsoftie. Coach and mentor at SelfWitte, DefCon SOC Goon, and #BurningMan regional Ranger at Critical Northwest. Lives near #Seattle in the lovely PNW. #Polyamorous (#polyamory)

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jonobie, (edited ) to random
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Slack does not seem to grok consent. "Invite someone" != "Add them to a channel without asking".

jonobie, to random
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Last boost: This food facts thread is awesome and worth a read!

https://mastodon.online/@sarahtaber/112514898577890280

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Everyone get ready for MEMORIAL DAY FOOD FACTS tonight

Starting at 6pm Eastern, for every donation to this link, I will post one (1) fact about food, agriculture, & military supply chains.

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon

jonobie,
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@sarahtaber I’ve heard that sailors nicknames kinda derived from this - “limeys” for some that used citrus and “krauts” for those who figured out sauerkraut. Any truth to that?

jonobie,
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@sarahtaber Oh, wow. That's so fascinating - thank you for sharing all this!

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I'd like to remind all Mastodon users that you can add a language filter to any follow relationship on Mastodon.

If you follow me and you don't speak German, you can easily remove my German posts from your timeline by adjusting the language settings.

Go to my profile page, select the dot menu and click "Change subscribed languages". Then select the languages that you speak.

This really is a hidden gem 💎 on Mastodon and not many people seem to know this feature :awesome:

#mastodon

jonobie,
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@thomas Oh wow, TIL! Thanks for sharing this. Also minor note, but it appears to only show that menu option if you're already following someone. (Not surprising, I just literally tried it first on you and was confused for a moment.)

cordelya, to random
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Today seems to be composed mainly of a series of naps punctuated by eating and playing computer/video games.

Plus a little bit of kitchen time where I prepared this year's first batch of sekanjabin syrup.

Def not complaining

jonobie,
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@cordelya Oooh sekanjabin! This is making me want to make some, it’s been a while.

gairdeachas, to random
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Time to mute some people and keywords for a week to try and mitigate the overwhelming sense of doom, futility, and despair. I don't think I've ever felt this disheartened about the industry I've worked in for 24 years.

Tech has never been a shining beacon but the nosedive it's taken with this AI shit over the past 6 months to a year has really tanked any interest and optimism I have in it.

jonobie,
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@gairdeachas 🦑 Hugs, BFF. I'm glad there's the ability to mute here, because, yeah, it can get super overwhelming at times. (Also, this reminds me that I need to get back to my personal rules about what I boost and the emotional tenor of those things.)

Also it's sunny and lovely today and so I'm hopeful that you're outside some away from all of this! <3

openbuddha, to random
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I find it interesting the weird subjective turn in tech feelings. I felt better about tech and tech companies 2020-2021 than I do now. It feels like a sea change in their egregious behavior in the last two years.

jonobie,
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@openbuddha I feel similarly, and I can't tell if it's that I have distance from the inside now, or if things have actually changed. I often felt when I was working for MSFT that people over-rotated on ill intent versus incompetence (or hard tradeoffs) from the outside, because I saw people think about things in ways outsiders often seemed to assume they didn't. I'm still noodling on how my newer feelings about tech square with the people I know who still work in those same companies.

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@openbuddha And it's not all the layoffs (for me), either - I came of age in tech right after the dot-com bust, and basically spent my first five years out working at IBM while they seemingly laid people off every week or two.

Some of it, I think, is the recent combination of crypto hype and AI hype, and how gross both of those have been.

Lucia, to random
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I'm the lesbian with the red Subaru archetype. This makes my giggle inside a little.

jonobie,
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@Lucia Wait there are color archetypes? I didn’t know this and need to know more.

Heidiknits, to FiberArts
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Anyone want to share their opinions on ? I may be interested in buying a new one. I have a 20 yr old Janome that is so loud I can't use it when anyone is home because they complain. It's also cranky & I could never get it to make good stitches consistently. I want to make my own clothing & since this is probably a passing fancy, I'd like to not pay an arm & a leg for it. (Maybe a second hand deal?) I don't mind an older machine and I don't want anything computer-y.

jonobie,
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@Heidiknits I have a basic Husky from … 1995? that still runs like a champ and has only been serviced twice. A+++ recommend.

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I used to be thrilled every time launched and was like "Do you want to install the update"? Yes! Free! Awesome! Works better!

...Now that they're owned by Canva, I have this fear that every update might be The One that starts the enshittification.

jonobie,
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Speaking of and my love of it, that might be the thing that prevents me from fully going over to on my laptop. I feel like somehow that isn't an app that's going to work great in a VM? I'm not super thrilled about trying to set up dual boot just for one app, though. Seems overwrought.

...But I really do love Affinity Designer. I learned vectors on Inkscape and it was a breath of fresh air to come to Designer.

jonobie,
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@airwhale Lol, this is the technique I use when I get airplane anxiety. Those Buddhists are onto something.

jonobie,
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@gairdeachas That’s a good point 👍🏻

jonobie,
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@RockyC @IchoTolot Yeah, I’d totally be willing to pay again for another version for Linux, I like it so much. I was noticing forums say it kinda-sorta works in wine but has a lot of crashes, which isn’t something I want to sign up for.

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I don't suppose there's some way I'm missing to set up a Facebook messenger auto-reply for a personal (i.e., not a business page) page? I would love to be like, "Don't contact me here. Literally any other contact method is better." But not finding anything because, of course, they'd rather you not do stuff like that.

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If you can get paid at a school for sitting at the library and checking in books, or checking IDs late at night at dorms - both easy jobs that don’t materially harm the person in the job, you for sure should get paid for playing sports that risk bodily injury and bring in millions for schools.

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So far the winning feature of Linux Mint appears to be the extension "Cinnamon Dynamic Wallpaper". 🤣 I mean, c'mon, isn't this cool?

jonobie,
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@valhalla I’m curious what you find! 😀

jonobie, to random
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Installed Linux Mint on a Virtual Box to start playing with it as a possible home OS in the future. So far, so good, although I haven't done much beyond adding some basic stuff. The fonts and graphics look a wee bit fuzzy, which I'm suspecting is the fault of Virtual Box (or the interaction) instead of Cinnamon, but we'll see how that wears over time.

Pondering whether I want to do the GNOME integration with Google or if that just means I'm going backwards on my de-Googling progress. Hm.

jonobie,
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@openbuddha I’ve heard Mint+cinnamon is the closest to windows and pretty user friendly. I’m down for that, and I like the one I’ve been playing with. Ubuntu is probably fine too (I remember it being decent years ago when I was learning Docker stuff, tho I didn’t use a desktop at all), but I’m not particularly trying to optimize.

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@jonobie re snake fight: the source is McSweeney's and totally worth reading. (not replying to the original post because someone already mentioned it.)

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/faq-the-snake-fight-portion-of-your-thesis-defense

jonobie,
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@rehana Lol, this is fantastic. Thank you.

jonobie,
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@rehana I just wrote the department chair at Saybrook asking her to explain Saybrook's position on snakes at dissertation defenses 🤣 🤣

suzisteffen, to random
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Wow, our 10-game package seats are ... kinda high up, lol. looks like Nneka Ogwumike is starting, and so is CC. Pretty amazing! Sold out arena. But not a ton of people here yet, which is weird since the game starts in 29 minutes.

jonobie,
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@suzisteffen They eventually filled in but I’m so curious if those are the people who bought those seats or randoms…??

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