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saxnot

@saxnot@chaos.social

Avid Reader | Privacy Advocate | Computer Science Ethusiast | Philosophy & Rationality Ethusiast | Databases / Java / C++ / Debian | pan & poly with two wonderful partners

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energy_charts_d, to random German
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Lieber Herr Merz, ich bin Ingenieur und Erfinder und ich kann Ihnen ganz genau sagen, wie wir unsere Klimaziele erreichen. Wir brauchen:

  • Solarenergie
  • Windenergie
  • Batteriespeicher
  • Stromnetze
  • Elektroautos
  • Wärmepumpen u.v.m.
    Die Politik muss die passenden Rahmenbedingungen dafür setzen.
saxnot,
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@energy_charts_d Eure Klimaziele sind das Gegenteil von dem was die Grünen tun?
War nicht erst vor kurzem in den Nachrichten, wie viele Dinge gerade eben erreicht werden also z. B. noch nie so viel grünen Strom gehabt, erfolgreicher Atomausstieg trotz Russlandangression und Strompreise so preiswert wie noch nie und Sie wollen einfach das Gegenteil, Herr Merz?
Anstelle an den Erfolg anzuküpfen wollen sie teuren Strom, mehr Russlandanhängigkeit und giftige Luft durch Kohlestaub, etc?

saxnot,
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@energy_charts_d aber man muss ja auch den Kontext seiner Worte verstehen:
er redet mit CDU'lern. Also Menschen, die B'90/Grüne blind als Feindbild haben, keine Kenntnis oder Verstehen von Fakten und den Regeln der Realität haben und wenn man denen jubelnd sagt "wir haben zwar keine eigenen Ideen und die Fakten sind auch nicht auf unserer Seite aber den GrÜnEn werden wir es zeigen, indem wir das genaue Gegenteil machen!" dann klatschen alle

saxnot,
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@energy_charts_d schön wäre es ja, wenn die verschiedenen Parteien versuchen würden, sich zu überbieten. Also wer den besten Klimaschutz, Bildung etc anbieten könnte. Dass unser Land auch in nächster Zeit noch bewohnbar ist, dürfte für alle Parteien ein wichtiger Programmpunkt sein.
Aber ne, stattdessen spielt man den Blinden und tut so, dass die Klimakrise nur so ein Hobby- und Spaßprojekt sei. Sich zu trauen, unsere Lebensgrundlage zu erhalten, könnte ja Stimmen kosten.

saxnot, to Meme
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Full transcript in image description.

blinry, to random
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Got my starting number for the Hamburg Marathon on Sunday!

So excited! 😆✨

Here's my report from last year: https://blinry.org/first-marathon/

saxnot,
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@blinry uh aren't marathon sign ups frequently stolen using social media? In the past it was best practice not to show the specific design of the marathon signs on social media as it was too easy to copy them. Or is that something which is solved by now?

StillIRise1963, to random
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"Forbes listed Trump’s net worth at $4.7 billion as of Wednesday morning, making him the 666th-richest person in the world.

THE 666TH RICHEST PERSON

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-social-media-stock/

saxnot,
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@StillIRise1963 i thought they were broke and getting their assets liquidated?

TodayInTwitter, to random
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I giggled.

saxnot,
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@TodayInTwitter are subscriber different from followers? Because there are many stars with millions of followers

RickiTarr, to random
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I remember when I was a kid, if someone was in therapy, people talked about it in hushed tones, like it was a shameful secret, and now people talk about it casually in every day conversation. It's good to see that things can change, even if it's just a bit.

saxnot,
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@RickiTarr yeah it really is an important culture shift I am very happy about

saxnot,
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@potatosandwichjen @RickiTarr "When you behave properly there's nothing I need to tell them"

thomasfuchs, to random
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It’s amazing what can be true at the same time!

  • Two opposing things can both be bad
  • A company can do both good and bad things
  • An alternative to something unethical can also be unethical
  • Laws can contradict each other

I know it sounds weird!

saxnot,
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@mike @thomasfuchs my argument opened with "most things are not subjective we should think more black and white"

Plus it's a close group of friends who unironically read my multipage midnight articles but social media nonetheless.

scy, to Catroventos
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On the German-speaking internet, we write "orrrrr" (with a variable amount of "r"s and, to a lesser extent, "o"s) as an expression of annoyance or anger, especially (but not exclusively!) when we only play being annoyed. Examples (translated):

"orrrr that was the most awful pun ever"

"oorrrrrrr, the bus is 20 minutes late already!"

It's supposed to be a grumpy growl, like in the attached audio.

Is there something similar in English or other languages as well?

saxnot,
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@scy native german here and I have no idea what you mean.
You probably don't mean an long o like in "oooooooder?"
I don't think I have seen much rrrrrr in my parts of the german internet but I know ® for the rolling south german R.

blinry, to random
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I want to try the "make 50 of something" technique again!

So this week, I'll try to find 50 things to do with a Software Defined Radio! 📻

I'll use this simple USB dongle, which you can get for around $30.

saxnot,
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@blinry very interesting find!

atomicpoet, to random
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PRO TIP: If you’re going to kill a bunch of cyber-mutants, be sure to wear purple fingerless gloves accompanied by purple nail polish.

Colour coordination is important with this line of work.

saxnot,
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@atomicpoet wow that's a good catch!

drahardja, (edited ) to random
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Techbros will keep attempting to invent ways for people to exchange information without relying on a network of human trust, and again and again, human trust will prove to be an essential part of a functioning system.

Systems that mainly attempt to replace human trust always work great until they don’t, then you fall off a lonely cliff from which no one can help you out.

Never bet against a network built on human trust and a shared sense of personal reputation, because that’s where all human collaboration eventually gets done, and because that’s where every hare-brained “don’t trust humans” network will eventually end up, lest they perish.

saxnot,
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@drahardja I rather have TLS than having trust in the anonymous humans whose potentially hacked servers route my data.

Trust is not bad but often it's not necessary.
e. g. the postal service does not need to know the contents of my letters to properly work.

Of course a system in nobodys control e. g. Bitcoin or Etherium Contracts just runs rampant, sometimes without goal or ability to change fundamental properties and that's more in lieu of what you probably refer to (I assume)

publicvoit, to opensource
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Forum to AMD: No, you can’t make an HDMI 2.1 driver
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/hdmi-forum-to-amd-no-you-cant-make-an-open-source-hdmi-2-1-driver/

saxnot,
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@publicvoit overall DisplayPort is still faster and has the more durable cables than HDMI, right?
Because long time ago I chose to only use DisplayPort within my home since back then it was more capable and the cables did not break all the time.

saxnot,
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@feld @publicvoit yeah idk most features I don't use anyway. My 1080p displays can't output audio or attach periphery.

Some people chose to have 8K curved and 7.1 surround etc.
I'm glad for those people.
I'm not one of these people. I'm quite content with my screen which is almost a decade old. It works really well and I get my shit done.

saxnot,
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@feld @publicvoit in fact I did not buy a TV and the only TV I would consider buyingq is a "Dumb TV".
It's more expensive because the TV company can't show you ads on it

saxnot,
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@feld @publicvoit What's the jab here?
That I'm some sort of luddite?
That I'm the sorta guy to mistrust properitary drivers or something?

jwildeboer, (edited ) to random
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Do you have a blog at Wordpress.com? Congrats! You will soon be feeding all your content to an AI, unless you opt-out. Same with Tumblr! (Why I self-host, reason ) Source: https://www.404media.co/tumblr-and-wordpress-to-sell-users-data-to-train-ai-tools/ and many more

UPDATE: Seems it already happened. Content from 2014-2023 has already been shared. So your opt-out will just be honoured going forward. If and how already sent content will be handled by the receiving 3rd party after you opt-out remains a mystery

saxnot,
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@jwildeboer i would be very surprised if publicly scrapable data like this is not already part of the models.

Those people don't know how copyright or attribution or morals work

jon, to random German
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Hey @tuchemnitz

Warum haben Sie die Oberleitungen aus diesem Straßenbahnbild, das Sie über Ihre Wasserstoffstraßenbahn verwenden, herausgeschnitten? Das scheint mir eine fragwürdige Entscheidung zu sein. Vor allem, weil eine Wasserstoffstraßenbahn überhaupt keinen Sinn macht, wenn es eine Oberleitung gibt.

Bildquelle: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goerlitz_Kulturhistorisches_Museum_07.jpg

https://gruene.social/@tuchemnitz@mastodon.social/111997459596970404

image/jpeg

saxnot,
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@Einzigartiger @jon @tuchemnitz Wasserstoff hat sinnvolle Anwendungsfälle.
Allerdings E-Fuels oder Straßenbahnen sind kompletter Quatsch. Strom ist im Transport immer um längen Effizienter.

Allerdings gibt es sehr spezifische Anwendungsgebiete wo z. B. in der Eisenproduktion zum binden von Eisenoxide Wasserstoff verwendet werden kann. Die Stahlindustrie ist einer der größen CO2-Schleudern der Welt und Wasserstoff aus Hydrolyse ist der einzige bekannte Weg dieses sauber zu machen.

jendrik, to random
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I find it fascinating how the internet portrays this place. I can't describe it, but it's just the ways japan is thought of in western media.

https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/guide/NTJtrv1519-en/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doai_Station

saxnot,
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@scy @jendrik yeah i'd say it matches the wikipedia definitin spot on:

»Brutalist architecture […] buildings are characterised by minimalist constructions that showcase the bare building materials and structural elements over decorative design. The style commonly makes use of exposed, unpainted concrete or brick, angular geometric shapes and a predominantly monochrome colour palette […] 1/2

saxnot, to random
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Können wir bitte das Wort "Fahrspaß" aus unserem Transportalltag verbannen?
Meine Autowerkstatt verspricht "Fahrspaß ohne Kompromisse".
Bin ich auf der Rennbahn oder was?
Nein ich bin in einer Großstadt mit Kindern, Fußgängern, Radfahrern und mehr.
Ein tonnenschweres schnelles Gerät in menschennähe zu betreiben ist bierernst. Nimm deinen "Fahrspaß" und mach das auf deinem Privatgelände oder miete eine Rennbahn.

thor, (edited ) to random
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I hate developers...

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/29269

People are trying to get the Mastodon team to change the defaults due to the current spam attack. #mastoadmin

The developers:

saxnot,
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@thor i'm aware of that.
A patch can prevent similar attacks like this but why not have captcha for both open and closed registrations which admins can't toggle off via the web settings?
Because I imagine quite a few admins want their registration to be open no matter the default and then spam bots find their way back in again.
To combat automated account creation there needs to be more than having a toggle off only for new installations and many want to have it open anyway

saxnot,
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@thor i've read "teenager" multiple times now and since to my knowledge the person or group responsible is not known it feels pretty condescending. It's like calling people one does not like "thug".

Why should it matter if its a bored retiree or some teen preparing a science fair? Why should teens be more bored or criminal or more spammy in regards to social network attacks than others?
Let's just call it a spam wave or spammers or whatever

saxnot,
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@thor plus, belittering the enemies one is fighting against makes oneself look bad too. "Look how weak the UdSSR is! They are so weak! We fought head to head for decades, nearly equal in strength!" Doesn't really paint a good picture.

"A teenager hacked the distributed social media"
Doesn't make the distributed social media appear very strong when "it's just a teenager" suffices to break it.

Despite, no matter who it is it shows a relevant design/security flaw worth countering.

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