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troed

@troed@sangberg.se

A child of the 80s home computer scene. I do cyber security & software dev - I've done everything from PCB creation to global management.

I use two accounts. This one is mostly for random topics, both in Swedish and English. A more tech/retro/cybersec focused account can be found over at https://ioc.exchange/@troed

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

EUCommission, to random
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar

Our commitment to the fediverse is here to stay.

Today, we launched our new Mastodon instance. It will ensure a privacy-focused space to engage with and get the latest from our Commissioners, departments, and the official voices of the Commission.

We want to thank @Mastodon for stewarding us and helping us make this possible.

Fostering European digital players is vital to our strategy for a stronger .

This is a unique opportunity to grow the community even more. Let's get there!

troed,
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

@EUCommission

So instead of a general EU instance at "social.network.europa.eu" there's now a single instance for the European Commission only at "ec.social-network.europa.eu"?

I'm happy that you're still here, but wow that seems like a waste of resources. Running the instance for the EC only is no more work than running one at one level higher for all of the EU institutions :(

GottaLaff, to legal
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

🧵starts HERE.

REMEMBER: I can’t/won’t reply while live-posting. Please use NFL (Not For Laffy) so I can skip your reply, but NO hashtag on that. Thx.

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Tyler McBrien::

Necheles rises to renew Trump's objection to Daniels testifying about any "sexual details," which she says has no relevance and is prejudicial.
By details, Merchan asks, more than just "we had sex"? Yes, Necheles says.

troed,
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

@GottaLaff NFL

Trivia - this would constitute rape in Sweden. No need to explicitly say no, it's enough that there was no clear consent expressed.

kallekn, to random
@kallekn@mastodonsweden.se avatar

@anderspuck What do you think about the Russian announcement today of a drill with tactical nuclear weapons?

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-practice-tactical-nuclear-weapon-scenario-deter-west-defence-ministry-2024-05-06/

troed,
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

@shuro

... and that's why everybody needs to remember that tactical nuclear weapons have absolutely nothing in common with the big old strategic weapons of old ;) ("Tsar Bomba" etc)

Besides being "nuclear" and thus people imagine the end of the world rather than what's in effect not much different from the big convential weapons already in use.

@mok0 @anderspuck @kallekn

rolle, to random
@rolle@mementomori.social avatar

BridgyFed for the Fediverse should post as threads if the post exceeds 300 characters. Now it just truncates 500 char posts and people have no idea about the rest of it without any link or context. I know it’s early, but this would be great. @snarfed.org@snarfed.org

troed,
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

@rolle

Ouch. My accounts are on 2048 and >5000 char limit servers ...

@snarfed.org@snarfed.org

Loukas, to random
@Loukas@mastodon.nu avatar

The EU is abandoning its Mastodon project.

I had thought the main way Mastodon could develop into a major social media was by attracting bodies who want to respect EU law and similar regulation. If even the EU institutions themselves don't prioritise it, then that's another nail in the coffin.
https://www.edps.europa.eu/press-publications/press-news/press-releases/2024/edps-decentralised-social-media-pilot-end-successful-story_en

troed,
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

@Loukas "especially considering the limited resources at our disposal. Unfortunately, despite our efforts to find a new home for EU Voice and EU Video in other EUIs, we have been unable to secure new ownership to maintain the servers"

Seems to be nothing more than a funding issue though.

troed,
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

@Loukas Most often something like this is a not a political decision but a department not getting funds. I've asked a friend who works for one of the groups in the parliament, let's see if he can dig something out.

MichaelGentile, to random
@MichaelGentile@russiaukraine.world avatar

Problemet med den tyska lösningen är att den förutsätter att Ryssland plötsligt nöjer sig med det de lyckats roffa åt sig hittills. Det är rätt osannolikt, som jag ser det. Det skulle i så fall förutsätta ett ryskt militärt nederlag, och då vore det ändå bättre att besegra Ryssland fullständigt utan om och men. Att belöna en aggression med territoriella eftergifter öppnar för en massa problem inom en snar framtid, och då är det inte bara Ryssland jag tänker på. https://www.di.se/ledare/en-tysk-losning-for-ukraina/

troed,
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

@kallekn

Varför tror du total seger är omöjligt? Det är Ryssland, inte Ukraina, som lider brist på materiel.

@Loukas @MichaelGentile

troed,
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

@kallekn

Vad för betydelse menar du att det har? Strategiska kärnvapen fyller inget syfte i det här kriget, och användande av taktiska kärnvapen (små laddningar, inte värre än de termobariska vapen de redan använt) kommer innebära att Nato går in och slår ut Rysslands krigsindustri med konventionella vapen.

Domedagsscenarios med kärnvapen var en rysk påverkansoperation under kalla kriget. Idag vet vi bättre.

@Loukas @MichaelGentile

troed,
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

@Loukas

Rysslands produktionskapacitet är väldigt mycket lägre än materialförlusterna.

Glöm inte att vi pratar om ett land som är stort till ytan men i övrigt "litet". Det gäller även industri.

@kallekn @MichaelGentile

troed, to random Swedish
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

mailar ut att man nu kan hjälpa till att reglera elnätet via hur man laddar sin elbil. Låter bra, eller hur?

"Vi estimerar att våra kunder kommer kunna tjäna cirka 1000 kr per år med Grid Rewards"

I det finstilta hittar vi följande:

"Genom att aktivera Grid rewards ersätter du din existerende prisgaranti med Grid Rewards intjäning."

Den existerande prisgarantin är att man aldrig betalar mer än 50% av vad månadssnittet för ens el är för laddning av elbilen.

Det krävs nog lite statistik för att avgöra vad som är bäst att göra här.

kallekn, to Ukraine
@kallekn@mastodonsweden.se avatar

Happened to see this just now. Tell me why this is wrong.

Conventional wisdom holds that a negotiated end to the Ukraine war is neither possible nor desirable. This belief is false.
It is also extremely dangerous for Ukraine’s future. The war is not trending toward a stable stalemate, but toward Ukraine’s eventual collapse.
Ukraine’s best hope lies in a negotiated settlement that protects its security and promotes broader stability in Europe and the world.

https://quincyinst.org/research/the-diplomatic-path-to-a-secure-ukraine/

troed,
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

@kallekn Putins pays well to get this exact message spread in the west.

Russia is not able to manufacture arms and munitions to keep fighting as long as Ukraine gets support.

Free_Press, to random
@Free_Press@mstdn.social avatar

Turbines use wind from passing traffic to generate electricity

Such a device can also be installed in places that are unsuitable for traditional turbines. The first such wind turbines were installed in Istanbul: they generate electricity using air turbulence created by traffic.

The ENLIL vertical turbine was developed by Istanbul Technical University and technology firm Devecitech

video/mp4

troed,
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

@revk

Exactly this. Increasing CO2 emissions which, due to losses, outweigh the energy gained from the turbine.

No engineers were involved in this project ...

@Free_Press

hailey, to random
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nothing ruins my motivation to send fixes to your open source project more than to ask me to sign a CLA for it.

sorry guys I'm just not that interested in reviewing a legal contract just to improve your software for free

troed,
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

@hailey Well, it actually isn't "for free" if the fix would include code to be copyrightable. That would then place a future burden on the open source project.

Also: Investigating whether the fix is copyrightable or not takes time (= cost)

Thus, the only possible solution an open source project has is to ask contributors to sign a CLA.

troed,
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@jacqueline

Yes? What else exists?

@hailey

Free_Press, to news
@Free_Press@mstdn.social avatar

Are Ukraine’s defenses starting to crumble?

What Ukraine’s biggest setback in months tells us about the future of the war

https://www.vox.com/2024/2/22/24079595/avdiivka-ukraine-russia-war-artillery

troed,
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

@Free_Press Russia pays journalists in the west to spread that message. Watch your sources.

osma, to random
@osma@mas.to avatar

Sidenoting about Bluesky's protocol opening of self-hosted PDS: that's decentralization (of a part of the system, though not the index). To earn the label federation, each host should also be able to set, enforce and observe their own rules. But because there's just the bsky.social index, it's not federated.

troed,
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

@osma The "you have to join our Discord channel and say 'pleeeease'" sort of gives it away ;)

troed,
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

@osma I admit to not having studied the protocol, but from their description it sounds like a new "node" (PSD) need to get included in a list that then gets scraped for content.

rolle, to random
@rolle@mementomori.social avatar

I see rising amount of spam accounts on inactive servers. People should continue using and upkeeping their servers, otherwise they end up being hives for spammers. This is like a textbook case of how not to set up servers. You should not set up and forget. It's constant work.

troed,
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

@rolle "Cool! I can set up my own server [for myself]" is vastly different from "Cool! I can set up my own server and allow other to use it too!".

I feel way too few casual admins realize this. As soon as you're setting up a servers for others you're basically taking on a job. If you don't see yourself having the time and energy to work that job for the foreseeable future then ... please don't.

rolle, to fediverse
@rolle@mementomori.social avatar

User aaronrosspower at Threads:

”When Musk bought Twitter and there was that initial wave of people fleeing, Mastodon could've kept that momentum, and probably won out as the next big thing, if it'd (1) opened mastodon.social to registrations as the default server and (2) added quote posts. I'm convinced Bluesky's success was entirely because Mastodon didn't do (1) and (2), and while the Fediverse will still likely be the main decentralized network, once Threads federates, the process was significantly slowed and fractured.”

When will people understand that Mastodon or any other Fediverse app will not need to ”success” and be mainstream? I think we are not driven by profit and corporate gain. I think we will exist as long as there are people running their web services.

Please note: This is just my opinion. I have to state this, because I’ve been blocked for less. Comment if you agree/disagree.

troed,
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

@renchap

Considering governments starting up their own instances, are there discussions on developers from there being assigned to more or less help working on Mastodon?

@rolle @kevinjardine

glynmoody, to climate
@glynmoody@mastodon.social avatar

Atlantic Ocean circulation nearing ‘devastating’ tipping point, study finds - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/09/atlantic-ocean-circulation-nearing-devastating-tipping-point-study-finds this terrifying news is not getting as much attention as it should, I feel...

troed,
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

@glynmoody Yeah I think this is how interglacials usually end. While we've affected it this time, it fits with one of the explanations on how interglacials end. The warm climate during 10-12000 years finally cause the Greenland ice to melt enough to disrupt the AMOC and the ice starts spreading again from the north.

https://blog.troed.se/2023/10/25/the-end-of-our-warm-interglacial/

Free_Press, to news
@Free_Press@mstdn.social avatar

CLIMATE CRISIS!

The future is now. The effects are real. The damage is being done today!

An image captured off the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard shows a young polar bear sleeping on a small iceberg after carving a bed in the ice.

Note the lack of sea ice in the background!

As the sea ice vanishes, so too wiil the polar bear.

troed,
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

@Free_Press The Executive Summary here is a good read on the state of polar bear populations: https://polarbearscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/crockford-polar-bears-2020-final-26-feb-2021.pdf

troed, to random
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

All hail the fluffiest of the furballs.

kazarnowicz, to Health Swedish
@kazarnowicz@unstraight.club avatar

Three things I've learned about fruit as an adult:

  1. The apple core is a lie. If you eat the apple like there wasn't any core, it'll taste just the same and you'll barely notice it (and even if you bite through the seeds, you have nothing to worry about unless you eat a metric shit-ton of apples every day).

Also: eating the whole apple (and the stem, although it's a bit hard to chew) is good for your microbiome.

1/2

troed,
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

@kazarnowicz Huh! #3 I was taught as a child, #1 I ... I mean ... no?

And #2 I just got to try :D Never even crossed my mind :D

Free_Press, to news
@Free_Press@mstdn.social avatar

Dads Are People Too!

Sweden: Where it's taboo for dads to skip parental leave

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20240130-sweden-where-its-taboo-for-dads-to-skip-parental-leave

troed,
@troed@sangberg.se avatar

@Free_Press I took out 18 months parental leave with our firstborn, from when he was four months. Loved every minute of it.

/Swedish dad

fkamiah17, (edited ) to random
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A real comment piece in a real publication with a huge distribution and readership. It amazes me that the US ceasefire movement is so strong.

“Israel Implemented More Measures to Prevent Civilian Casualties Than Any Other Nation in History."

https://www.newsweek.com/israel-implemented-more-measures-prevent-civilian-casualties-any-other-nation-history-opinion-1865613

troed,
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@fkamiah17 Not to play down the content - I found it very enlightening - but it's not an article. It's an opinion piece from its author, not the publication.

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