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railmeat

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Software Epistemologist, aspiring star traveler, perpetual beginner. Wallowing in accidental complexity. Stumbling towards recovery. Twitter says I am a midwit.

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TheQuinbox, to random

I hate computers.
Windows: "We'll put ads in your start menu and you'll have countless audio issues on a lot of computers. Oh also we don't know how to manage your RAM"
Mac: "Here, have our kludgy screen reader that doesn't even let you tab between focusable controls 90% of the time, because what the fuck. Oh also enjoy being locked into our ecosystem for the next 50 years."
Linux: "Haha, you wish."

Anyways...just a quick reminder that everything's broken and no one cares.

railmeat,
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@TheQuinbox Plenty of people care about how software and computers are broken. It is just very hard to fix. it will take a long time, but it is worth doing.

jhx, to Powershell
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Made a little Post Install script for to automate some of the boring tasks after a fresh install. 😎

Doing the same tasks over and over sure is not efficient... so, that is the motivation behind it. 🙂

https://github.com/jhx0/WinPostInstall

railmeat,
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@jhx
Nice! Thanks for sharing.

kennwhite, to random

Pour one out for your buddies in IT and incident response today. This one's gonna hit a lot of Fortune 500 companies hard. By @lorenzofb
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/31/logicmonitor-customers-hit-by-hackers-because-of-default-passwords/

railmeat,
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@kennwhite @lorenzofb
That seems like a fairly obvious mistake with well known solutions. Disappointing.

stevesilberman, to random
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Now that the Republican former Lieutenant Governor of Georgia admits that Trump is running "a Ponzi scheme of lies" with the "moral compass of an axe murderer," I wonder what it would take for my -voting relatives to admit how profoundly they fucked up? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/29/trump-moral-compass-georgia-republican-geoff-duncan

railmeat,
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@stevesilberman
The "moral compass of an axe murderer" is an apt phrase.

I doubt many true believers will be persuaded, or even hear it.

thomasfuchs, to random
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Periodic reminder to not use Google Chrome (they’re moderating bookmarks now) https://strangeobject.space/@silvermoon82/110969122337810598

Use Firefox or Safari, they have proper end-to-end encryption (browser maker can’t read the data) of bookmarks and other private and personal browsing information (like your passwords!).

I can’t stress enough just how ridiculous it is that most of you just hand Google your passwords to everything from your bank accounts to porn sites.

railmeat,
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@thomasfuchs
Letting Google Chrome, or Google anything know your passwords seems like a very bad idea to me. I use Bitwarden, I have been happy with it.

Alice, to random
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I walk pretty much everywhere in Oakland and I started noticing a weird trend where there were a LOT of free chairs on the sidewalks, so I started taking photos and compiling them into a series called “Chairs of Oakland.”

I have way more than 100 photos, but I tried to compile some of my favorites into a main grid and then made a little honorable mentions grid for the more questionable “chairs” of Oakland.

Special thanks to @blankfrank for reminding me about this little project!

Grid of 36 free chairs and “chairs” found on the streets of Oakland, CA.

railmeat,
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@Alice
This is kind of bizarre, but cool. Thanks for sharing.
@blankfrank

ai6yr, to random

NYTimes: Not Over Yet: Late-Summer Covid Wave Brings Warning of More to Come. Hospitalizations are still low but are on the rise in recent weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (GIFT LINK) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/28/us/covid-cases-hospitalizations.html?unlocked_article_code=n0647zjldc7K6ebNba76r-lAtcCDiAOQ6qTDrkh_nlGM8D4aK4th0BD-5oIshUUcygKSBBJwLiISCYN2JjBvBOqlOylE3EZEBvWK8ziT8N81wmnm1oOM4bcWR30HKaFv2u_6NjuKNgiyD3-frIcB8N3GXH5bV8ABfMK6EjXM75YCOE_mzD1khyl4anwbu76x5ITDxSVDZaRD61-qoSoQEKM4cpOdMOiTNHpAlzSL-4lU5xS0mPpuv5ke7QOoOpVY8L7pA2r9w_3vPIMG4Q72heA7t5ueU-exBl2POUQN-AWfY0wwvvINVGR-z8M1k9OnDwXPMSAJGHM3TqiRd8xsFma0&smid=url-share

railmeat,
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@ai6yr
I don’t think wearing a mask helps you very much. It helps others more.

railmeat,
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@ai6yr
That is very different from what I remember. I can’t find a reference to the document I learned this from.

The one you sent is from 2021, I would like to find a newer report or paper.

revk, to random
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New symbol on me - any clues?

railmeat,
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@revk
It is a warning not to let paper’s blow away in the wind. Maybe.

georgetakei, to random

Brilliant as ever, Randy!
https://www.comicsands.com/randy-rainbow-trump-arraignment-parade-2664312557.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

railmeat,
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@georgetakei
Thanks for the link. Maybe we should get all of our news this way.

lauren, to random
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BREAKING: Rudy Giuliani arrives at Fulton County Jail for processing, mug shot, etc.

railmeat,
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@lauren
Nice of him to show up.

warthog9, to random
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Yeah, Gmail is not a great e-mail provider, speaking as someone who doesn't use Gmail and is dealing with an absolutely ridiculous mess trying to get Gmail to actually accept e-mail from not Gmail.

Also if you are subscribed to Vger lists, and use Gmail, please take your lack of getting e-mail up with Gmail because I'm doing what I can to get it through, but they are actively blocking it right now.

railmeat,
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@dalias
Do you selfhost, or run your own sever?
@warthog9

antlerboy, to random
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I am being very persistently pursued to have a 'smart meter' installed for my electricity.
As far as I can see, there's nothing in it for me, a lot of hassle, and a tiny risk - am I wrong?
(The obvious benefit is to reduce the number of pantingly desperate requests for meter readings - but I can just ignore those)

railmeat,
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@antlerboy
I was never asked, PG&E just did it. The were announcements and publicity, but no choice.

mcc, to random
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I sincerely believe that notification systems on desktop operating systems exist for no reason except to show ads

(media hidden for advertising)

railmeat,
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@mcc
MS Windows seems to be primarily a platform for marketing to people who are already customers.
Very annoying.

railmeat,
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@ramankhutu @Mina @hosford42 @j3rn @mcc
Please don’t blame yourself for software being hard to use. If developers want people to use their software they have to make it understandable.

JoeRess, (edited ) to random
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How often do you buy a new primary computing device?

railmeat,
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@JoeRess
I used to buy new laptops and other electronics every year, but I am too poor to do that now. Maybe because I spent too much money on electronics.

mcc, to random
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The thing I'm going to be focusing on, reading the indictment, is: Does the legal theory of the indictment suggest it is illegal interference for a candidate to publicly claim after an election that the election was stolen? Because it feels like buying into that idea will backfire if/when in future conservatives steal elections. It seems tho like they have lots of options for specific interference, EG, pressuring officials and whatnot, without going there. We'll see

railmeat,
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@mcc
Not surprising. He will do that kind of thing if he is re-elected.

ryanhoulihan, to random
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Barbie is living her best childfree life. Which is exactly why every kid needs a Barbie. https://youtu.be/RXeFtsZP6Ec

railmeat,
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@ryanhoulihan
Sorry, can't do it. I am already a subscriber.

railmeat,
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@ryanhoulihan
True, but I am humble.

nixCraft, to random
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I have python3, python3.8, python3.9, python3.10, python3.11, pip, pip3, pip3.8, pip3.9, pip3.10, pip3.11 in $​PATH. AMA. 😔

railmeat,
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@nixCraft
Just use Perl, it’s fine.

mekkaokereke, to random
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Fantastic accomplishment!♥️👍🏿

https://19thnews.org/2023/07/chanda-prescod-weinstein-physicist-tenure-rare-feat/

And when she tried to join the Fediverse, she was greeted with a barrage of hate, sexism, racism, and anti-semitism that should have never been allowed to happen.

So now no one on Fediverse gets to interact with her directly about her work on here. Our loss. 😢

Which is why we'll make it so that this type of terrible welcome is unlikely to happen again. Allowing it to happen to her was a choice. We will make better ones.

railmeat,
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@mekkaokereke
This seems like something that could be changed. Let’s go back to what we had.
@orionkidder

flexion, (edited ) to VintageOSes

Which Toolchest user are you?

railmeat,
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@flexion
It is not the display that sucks.

evan, to random
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X stands for X-posting; it means they're going to implement ActivityPub

railmeat,
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@evan
You are going to scare a lot of people saying things like that.

bagder, to random
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the website currently averages on 36.3M requests/hour

railmeat,
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@bagder
That is huge.

geekaren, (edited ) to books

My favorite browser : " Extension"

Allows you to create a list of where you have a card (borrowing privileges), and then displays ebook / audiobook availability when you visit certain book pages.

It's very cool and has saved me alot of money (borrowing vs buying).

@bookstodon
https://www.libraryextension.com/

railmeat,
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@geekaren @bookstodon
This is a great extension! I use frequently and find books I can borrow. I would not be able to afford so many. Recommend

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