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grrrr_shark

@grrrr_shark@supervolcano.angryshark.eu

Was once grrrr_shark on Twitter. Now not.

Has 'the dubious honour of having been mansplained to by the Swiss public broadcast company' - https://mastodon.green/@altitis

Nerdgirl. Software engineer, recovering privacy researcher, sometime linguist and writer (fantasy, romance).

Some topics and interests: #gaming (especially #DragonAge), #science, #privacy, #SocialJustice, #ADHD (that's me, so expect rants!), #autism.

Cishet. LGBTQIA+-friendly.

Not your mother.

#TeamFangirls (She/her)

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jon, to random
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Welcome to today's thread - South East Europe Day -01 27 May 2024 - Arrival of night ferry, Malmö C - Stockholm, onto night ferry

Crossing these borders:
Only sea borders

These borders on the borders map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-all-the-borders_935041#6/57.534/15.535

Today's routes on the routes map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-all-the-borders_935041#6/57.534/15.535

grrrr_shark,
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@jon @grlodi I've been on that boat a few times. You're likely not wrong.

grrrr_shark,
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@jon @grlodi (well, route :)

grrrr_shark, (edited ) to random
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What I discovered when I got sick a few weeks ago was that even with my existing conditions and that that it was very likely NOT COVID, the fact that I now have to fight to consume enough water and cannot physically get enough nutrition means I get MUCH sicker with respiratory crap AND it is more of a challenge to kick it. I actually probably did need to go to the hospital at one point, but I got lucky in the end.

My surgery and its effects would have put me no higher than I already was on anyone's risk list, but there is no question that I am now at higher risk, mechanically (if no one is around to ensure I eat and drink and take meds when I am fevered and woozy, I will forget often, and hydration is like... Dangerously bad) if not inherently.

Please wear a fucking mask in crowded indoor places and when you are ill.

Please.

grrrr_shark, to random
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Briefly in Austria, and so now it is time for...

https://youtu.be/LQVu6g3sRug

grrrr_shark, to random
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I have a whole essay about neutrality sitting in my head, but I can't bring myself to endure the fire my convinced hot take would bring me...

grrrr_shark, to random
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I can't mention this to my daughter ever, but all of points all around this may finally drive me into the arms of Arch installs.

She and her army of Blåhajs would emit squees that would rattle the bones of the Earth

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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So, one lens on the weird direction of the modern Internet is that entities created to route you to cool stuff, e.g. search, social media, have especially in the last 5-10 years been taking an ever larger part of the pie via having giant networks. Google can now control whether a news site lives or dies. Meta can take 99.5% of all ad revenue displayed next to an artist's work and they have no power.

Long-term effect? Damage to the creative class.

grrrr_shark,
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@ZachWeinersmith and democracy. And human knowledge.

matrig, to Switzerland
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🇨🇭 "Switzerland has the highest concentration of Russian spies" 🕵️

https://www.watson.ch/schweiz/international/751019101-schweiz-hat-angeblich-hoechste-dichte-an-russischen-spionen-in-europa

grrrr_shark,
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@matrig surprising basically no one.

grrrr_shark,
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@matrig one wonders though - is he surprised over the fact, or over that fact that people know and that he has to publicly respond? I admit, the entire Bundesrat has been a confounding mystery to me for years, and Cassis more so

grrrr_shark,
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@matrig though to be fair, this would not be his first clueless moment 🤣

ShaulaEvans, to random
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Question for security-minded people:

How are you handling video calls in light of Win 11 Recall / Copilot?

I do not consent to other people randomly recording me. How on earth do I vet everyone's operating systems for work calls?

Right now I am angry & thus not framing the question elegantly. For the love of all that's holy, do not lecture me about asking the wrong question or in the wrong way.

If you have mandatory work video calls, how are you handling this yourself?

grrrr_shark,
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@ShaulaEvans this is always the issue - end-to-end encryption only works when the endpoints are secure.

This is not the first time MS has done something egregiously privacy invasive by taking advantage of the OS (they stopped doing any number of things years ago because the EU fined the ever-living shit out of them), but they have appeared to decide they are going to try again. They will never stop.

It is really infuriating - you more or less have to trust your hardware and/or operating system. Yes tech nerds like me can (and do and will) influence choices there for ourselves, but even then one is still at the mercy of the other participants' choices re: communication.

grrrr_shark,
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@kevinriggle @ShaulaEvans this.

grrrr_shark,
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@Oggie @ShaulaEvans but Microsoft will only care about its own products having the functionality - probably only for enterprise users - to do this. They will give zero shits about offering that functionality to non-MS apps until some government makes them, historically, and even then they will have gained a terrible concession.

jon, to random
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Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail South East Europe Day -02 26 May 2024 - Ravières - Montbard - Paris - Köln - Hamburg - Travemünde, onto night ferry Crossing these borders: Lille 🇫🇷 - Bruxelles 🇧🇪 HSL Aachen 🇩🇪 - Welkenraedt 🇧🇪 These borders on the borders map: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-all-the-borders_935041#8/50.766/4.263 Today's routes on the routes map: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-all-the-borders_935041#8/50.766/4.263

grrrr_shark,
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@jon oh wow. That is... Pretty gross.

grrrr_shark, to random
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The Viktualienmarkt's pickle stand has fucking DIVINE pickles. It is EXACTLY these pickles I was mourning never finding in Europe.

grrrr_shark,
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@csharpwords you did - I checked them out, and am so pleased. I'd just never been there :)

grrrr_shark,
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@csharpwords I can't even understand why this, of all things, made me as happy as it does, but it is lovely 😁

As a bonus, my stomach accepted the pickle fine:)

grrrr_shark,
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@usuallyharmless oh dear 🤣 sorry!!!

Melissabeartrix, to random
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I've checked the news out ... Same old shit ... Hate and greed ... Pout

Got a good news story... Drop it below

Hugz & xXx

grrrr_shark,
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@Melissabeartrix in good news, I finally managed to find a decent pickle in Germany. I am super happy.

No, that is not innuendo, sadly 🤣

grrrr_shark,
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@Melissabeartrix (I lived here for 5 years and never had a good pickle (STILL not referring to my ex, though that is also true). Took @csharpwords telling me about a pickle stand in this city for me to encounter them.)

grrrr_shark, to random
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Someone, possibly @usuallyharmless, may be getting a long-promised delivery today (and no, it is neither Swiss nor Switzerland)

grrrr_shark,
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@usuallyharmless ANYTIME (but obviously never ON time...)

Adam_Cadmon1, to random
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When you're doing critiques of what's right and wrong, you can't spare yourself. The whole exercise is worthless if you do.

grrrr_shark,
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@Adam_Cadmon1 truth!!!

Mer__edith, to random
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Ignoring expert consensus, feeling no shame following exposés showing tech lobbyists shaping these EU surveillance proposals, EU politicians are at it again

So, we'll reiterate: Signal would rather leave the EU market than subject our users to mass gov surveillance. FULL STOP

https://netzpolitik.org/2024/internes-protokoll-belgien-will-nutzer-verpflichten-chatkontrolle-zuzustimmen/

grrrr_shark,
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@Mer__edith and as an intentional EU citizen I would have to have to make my use of Signal more complicated to gain its privacy benefits in spite of the EU, but am very glad Signal is taking this stance.

AdaraAstin, (edited ) to random
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A random question for anyone who watches Turkish dramas:

If you could cast a current Turkish actor to play Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, who would you pick?

(Is there a hashtag for Turkish dramas? I have no idea.)

@romancelandia

grrrr_shark,
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@AdaraAstin oh myyyyyy

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