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danielsreichenbach

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German single-parenting dad, engineer -> founder -> investor. #Germany

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ct_bergstrom, to random
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The 1990s and 2000s were a heyday for nerds. Tech was now cool and we could unabashedly embrace our enthusiasm for math, science, etc.

We've backslid.

Today's tech founders compete to be like "Fuck math. I hunt Siberian wild boar in the nude using a knife made from only my own frozen excrement."

What happened?

danielsreichenbach,
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@ct_bergstrom that seems a bit too rose-colored. It's more like bullies needed that time to adapt to this new playing field and figure out how to abuse their nerdy victims because the field had changed. Though that just may be a reflection of my own experience which included a lot of physical and verbal abuse for being nerdy back then. It's just another episode of humanity failing at being better.

datort, to retrocomputing German

Es leuchtet! Das Commodore Logo leuchtet! Woohoo!

danielsreichenbach,
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@datort und jetzt bitte 😅

StillIRise1963, to random
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On some level, I find it fascinating that a species aware of what may cause their own extinction, will do nothing about it.

danielsreichenbach,
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@StillIRise1963 we fought more than one war instead of talking it out. I think that was the point where our extinction became inevitable 😞

malwaretech, to random

The main thing that makes me curious about alternate economic systems is facts like a top 5% salary in the UK being £80k/year. Statistically that makes you 'rich', but it just.... doesn't. Rich is Lamborghinis and yachts, £80k pre-tax is maybe being able to afford a house in whichever major city you have to live for work and having a rainy day fund. I hate that we all just accept that having even moderate financial stability is to have made it, when in reality homeownership and not retiring below the poverty line should be the literal bare minimum that everyone deserves.

danielsreichenbach,
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@malwaretech Not just in the UK. Rest of EU is equally broken, nothing is sufficient at this point because there is a rich person (as in yachts, etc) sucking you dry somewhere, and pointing you at a random stranger for blame.

Strandjunker, to random
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Wealth of Elon Musk
2012: $2,000,000,000
2023: $248,800,000,000

Wealth of Jeff Bezos
2012: $18,400,000,000
2023: $160,900,000,000

Wealth of Mark Zuckerberg
2012: $17,500,000,000
2023: $105,200,000,000

Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2023: $7.25

Three words: tax the rich.

danielsreichenbach,
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@Strandjunker and yet the poor pick the ones giving more to the rich. Why?

molly0xfff, to random
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Just saw a really irritating anti-remote work chart crime from making the rounds on twitter, from an article claiming that "The most worrying finding in the latest survey -- especially in a workplace that is increasingly hybrid and remote -- is that employees who can do their work remotely have an eroding connection to the mission or purpose of the organization."

https://www.gallup.com/workplace/509759/remote-workers-organizations-drifting-apart.aspx

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danielsreichenbach,
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@molly0xfff when a company uses the word mission they immediately discredit themselves. There is no mission. There is positive Cashflow, dividends, stock buybacks, etc. nothing else. The rest is just for this. If google could shoot cows and make more money with a killed cow than an ad displayed, they would do it. Also… millions of “missions” and broken promises to employees make anyone feel sour.

aral, to ads
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Whenever you see the words “ads”, “cryptocurrency”, “blockchain”, “web 3”, or “AI”, just replace them with “farts” and you’ll know whether you want them or not.

“Can the fediverse survive without farts?”

Yes, perfectly well.

“Will farts replace people?”

I hope not.

“The European Commission embraces farts.”

That’s unfortunate.

“This new startup wants to improve your life with farts.”

I’m good, thanks.

danielsreichenbach,
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@aral Farts are just collectibles but not a currency. 😂

flexghost, to random
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You should be angry at how easy it is to buy a Supreme Court Justice

You should be angrier at how cheap it is:

$267,230

Meet Clarence Thomas’ RV.

A Prevost Le Mirage XL Marathon paid for by Anthony Welters—A man who made his fortune preventing you from getting health care.

danielsreichenbach,
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@flexghost Wait... aren't the Republicans the ones who would have this guy return to slave labor to teach him valuable skills? 🤔

danielsreichenbach, to rust
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This weekend I will take a vacation from my usual work topics and dive into to entertain myself.

Have two topics regarding my hobby bothering me: my MPQ reader/writer works for version 1 of the format but it should work for all four versions. And directly coming behind is my CASC library… need to write tests but no clue how to handle binary data in tests.

danielsreichenbach,
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Would be curious how people handle testing parsers for binary structures. Have zero clues, would anyone have a hint for a Rust rookie?

dmoser, to random
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🌳Before Vs. After in Vienna 🇦🇹

Ask your government for leadership and you will get a more livable, green and joyful city 👇👇

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danielsreichenbach,
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@dmoser impressive what one can do when one actually cares.

danielsreichenbach, to Matrix
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Huge thanks to @matrix what you built and and give is amazing and keeps on getting better. Working with daily and it’s a joy.

taylorlorenz, to twitter
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Musk failed to get the necessary permits to change Twitter’s building signage to X, and the police shut it down just in time for “er” to remain. #x

danielsreichenbach,
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@taylorlorenz the man always fails and falls into cushions of wealth generated by inheritance or luck. Normal people would be in jail or even dead if they acted this dumb.

lauren, to random
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It's always a recipe for disaster when a particular religion controls the government of a country. It doesn't matter which religion. It doesn't matter which country. It's not the 16th century anymore. It's time to grow up.

danielsreichenbach,
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@lauren religion is like sex. Treat it the same way legally and we’re fine. No religion for kids, no forcing of religion into other people etc.

maxkennerly, to random
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OpenAI talks about ensuring AI is "aligned with human values" but if the CEO doesn't understand there are downsides to building a nuclear bomb and didn't even notice Mark Zuckerberg was the villain in The Social Network then it's unlikely the company is aligned with human values.

danielsreichenbach,
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@maxkennerly just give him some time, next up he will probably tell us that a WW2 documentary should inspire some to follow … 🤢🤮

neil, (edited ) to random

Have you been to a LAN party?

danielsreichenbach,
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@neil LAN parties need to come back. It’s socialising at its best.

danielsreichenbach,
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@loke @neil imho it just needs more effort to find one, and there is no easy place to find people still wanting lan parties. 😭

davidrevoy, to random
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🌱 My Neighbor Mastodon 3

Thanks, thanks, thanks for being more than 25K to follow my art here!

danielsreichenbach,
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@davidrevoy you deserve all the follows, boosts and toots. Beautiful art and your videos about Krita make me want to learn drawing 😊 thanks for the inspiration

rbreich, to random
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The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 45 years has shifted $50 trillion from the bottom 90% to the top 1%. That’s $50 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of working Americans.

The wealth doesn’t “trickle down.” It gushes up.

danielsreichenbach,
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@rbreich if you stab someone, blood gushes out. If you Arab someone’s pockets, their money gushes out.

JeriLRyan, to random
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Good lord, yet ANOTHER new Twitter-alternative….😳
If you're checking out Threads, I'm there too... @JeriLRyan. And Bluesky. And Spoutible sometimes. And still IG and the dregs of Twitter.
This is exhausting...

danielsreichenbach,
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@JeriLRyan yet Mastodon seems to be the only one that does not evoke feelings of exhaustion. It’s probably the only cozy place filled with kindness

danielsreichenbach, to random
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Been running a local server for Cataclysm lately and that kinda makes me wonder if Cataclysm Classic will ever happen.

Generally I would like for Blizzard to have a generic "Classic" thing where one could go to a Classic realm, and then when creating a character pick any expansion older than the live one, and just play in that state on the character. Ideally, once you reach max level in the expansion it should then allow to move the character to the next expansion. If only...

hpkomic, to MMO
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I do miss playing . I was primarily a tank, and as thankless as the role was, I always enjoyed it.

Just couldn't justify the time sink, gear chase, and monthly cost. I quit just before Legion, I think. I pretty much avoid most MMOs these days.

If only there was a single-player game that gave me those tank mechanics and raid encounters.

danielsreichenbach,
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@hpkomic perhaps classic or the coming hardcore realms might be a thing? At least those seem to remove the constant pressure to do more.

fell, to IT
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I've gotten into a habit of translating terms into strict .

It's just more fun to type "Kommandozeilenwerkzeuge" instead of "command line tools"

danielsreichenbach,
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@fell do that with clusters 😃

fell, to opensource
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I use software, but I don't really care about freedom at all.

I don't have anything against proprietary software. I'm a game developer after all.

I just hate the feeling when someone is trying to sell me something. To manipulate me into spending more money, giving me the feeling that I'm being ripped off.

Name a fair price and I'll happily buy your app. But modern software isn't like that anymore. Modern apps are 10€ per month for an alarm clock. And that's just stupid.

danielsreichenbach,
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@fell imho everything should be open source, and commercial software should just be open source plus a support contract. Software is easily reproduced these days, but the knowledge of the original developer is an asset I gladly pay for.

danielsreichenbach,
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@fell I get that, but imho that’s not the norm. Software - be it open or closed - never is documented in a way that allows you to get into it without bumps. Reason I said support was me thinking that e.g. having a de dedicated channel for asking those initial stupid questions and pay for it seems like a solid thing to pay for. I used to have time for tinkering in my younger days but now I have so much work I would rather pay for someone to give me a head start.

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