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maxleibman

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Solutions Architect. Recovering project manager. Maker of small-batch, artisanal bad jokes.

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maxleibman, to random
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She's a ten, but who isn’t?

maxleibman, to random
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Newly relevant in light of the welcome news that the administration is clamping down on coal mining on federal lands. https://mastodon.social/@maxleibman/109730085243840065

RickiTarr, to random
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Listen, the Victorians had their issues, but pussy and cunt are boring, give me Mossy Mound and Cave of Unimaginable Delights any day.

maxleibman,
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@RickiTarr I literally lol’d out loud (LLOLOL) at that one.

maxleibman, to random
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Me: [buys a single washing machine, expected to last for decades, for the first time ever]

The best minds in online marketing: Oh, hey—this guy is into washing machines! Quick, show him washing machine ads!

maxleibman, to random
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Somewhere, someone has a DYNAMITE banana bread recipe, that is clearly written, presented on a simple, elegant web site, with a couple of tasteful photos, and all of the ingredients listed above the fold. The page loads quickly because it's not bloated with trackers and other adtech.

The problem is, I can't have that recipe page. It isn't accessible. There's no way to find it. Google deliberately prioritizes recipe bloggers’ three-thousand-word personal essays and heavily-SEO'd garbage sites.

maxleibman, to random
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Me: I'm at the end of my rope!

Capitalists: Why didn't you buy more rope?!

the_etrain, to random
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opens news app

throws phone into river

maxleibman,
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@the_etrain All the toxic waste spewing out of the news app is going to cause a heap of trouble for whoever is downriver from you.

GIF of a character from ‘The Simpsons’, wearing a purple shirt and a brown fishing hat, holding a three-eyed fish aloft by a fishing line while he stares at it in shock.

TheBreadmonkey, to Writers
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Genuine question for - with the rise of AI generated everything, is it now possible to be published by an actual publisher? I'd heard it was virtually impossible before AI but presumably they're now inundated by manuscripts that are either part or fully AI creations. I ask because I always assumed I'd write my great novel one day, but it seems vanishingly unlikely now. I have 2 brothers who's father was a successful author, although he had his foot in the door via being a reporter (who brought down Concorde and was the only person ever allowed to interview/write a book about Pablo Escobar), so was already semi-famous and had contacts. I met a published author the other week, but she's a proof-reader for Penguin books, so also has a foot in the door. I assume that if you write something you're happy with, you no longer just send it to publishers and hope they read? Interested to know if anyone has had any success with this or if everyone self-publishes now.





maxleibman,
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@TheBreadmonkey If you’re a podcast listener, a new show called ‘Paper Places’ seems relevant. Host Kerry Provenzano is both chronicling her own journey towards publishing her first book and interviewing published authors about their experience.

https://www.relay.fm/paperplaces

maxleibman, to infosec
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“As a best practice, every user's display name in every corporate system should be their actual legal name.”

–Only an asshole

#infosec

(Go ahead, argue with me. Whatever notional safety you're adding by making sure every email and Teams chat from me comes from “Maximilian" doesn't outweigh the many annoyances this causes me and my colleagues, and if you think it does you've proved my point.)

maxleibman,
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@argv_minus_one This also wouldn’t surprise me. At the last place I worked where this was policy, I was told (without irony) thst it was to help defend against spear phishing. 🙄

maxleibman,
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@davidhmccoy To be clear, I like my name. But (as just one of many examples) when every email comes from “Maximilian,” correspondents feel compelled to type it out (no matter how I sign my messages), and in addition to wasting time typing it, they very frequently misspell it (even though they are typing it specifically because they see on the screen in front of them).

maxleibman,
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@davidhmccoy Exactly! 🤣

the_etrain, to random
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It's not good enough to be able to send someone to voicemail. I want that voicemail automatically deleted immediately after it's recorded without my intervention.

maxleibman,
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@the_etrain Related:

https://mastodon.social/@maxleibman/110580377815763364

rephlex00, to random
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I thought I was being helpful but apparently the TSA doesn’t need me to take off my pants too.

maxleibman,
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@rephlex00 Yeah, but I see where you’re coming from. The whole “take off your belt” thing is kind of a mixed signal.

maxleibman, to random
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Them: Why do you complain about recruiters and applicant tracking systems so much? Try thinking about it from our point of view.

Me: If you want me to take your side, you need to put me on the payroll first.

maxleibman, to random
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Inside you there are two appropriated proverbs.

maxleibman, to random
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The blue pills from the Matrix are just Imodium gelcaps.

maxleibman,
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@gergolippai It’s got to be big enough to keep your pod from evacuating in the real world.

maxleibman, to random
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Queueing up 'Marco Polo' on Netflix, because I really want to learn about how he invented the all-time greatest business casual shirt.

maxleibman, to random
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The singing telegram, or as we called it in America, the singing teleounce.

hotdogsladies, to random
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I made a little apartment for Domino.

Lucky gal.

maxleibman,
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@hotdogsladies Yes, but the giant bathtub conceals a multitude of sins.

And by “sins,” I of course mean “feet.”

rbreich, to random
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Wondering if wealth inequality is out of control?

Well, Jeff Bezos made over $7.9 million an hour last year.

In just 13 minutes, he made the equivalent of what a typical person earns in a lifetime.

Don't tell me that the rich can't afford a wealth tax.

maxleibman,
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@davidhmccoy @rbreich Someone who averages $38k over a 45-year career. I don’t know exactly how typical that is but it’s not a crazy number (in the US, at least).

maxleibman,
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@davidhmccoy @rbreich You’re missing the “In just 13 minutes” clause from the OP.

maxleibman,
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@davidhmccoy @rbreich Yeah, I think it’s $7.9 million per hour, 13 minutes to get to a typical lifetime earnings.

Still, too much money, either way.

maxleibman, to random
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What do I do for a living? Like many of you, my primary occupation is entering passwords and two-factor codes into a variety of apps and websites all day long.

maxleibman,
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@bomkatt Hilariously, I also saw that pop-up today, simultaneous with Duo’s push notification outage.

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