grrrr_shark

grrrr_shark, 4 months ago to random

STOP ANTHROPOMORPHISING CHATGPT.

It cannot diagnose or detect. It can only predict a statistically likely "next thing to say".

It does not think. It does not even have an expert system behind it to guide the output.

IT IS AUTOCORRECT WITH A HUGE AND UGLY TRAINING SET.

grrrr_shark, 8 months ago to random

Universal staff shortages in almost every sector worldwide?

Geez, you'd almost think there'd been a deadly plague that had torn through the planet and killed, maimed, or incapacitated people, and caused serious emotional damage even to those who didn't get it.

grrrr_shark, 5 days ago to random

LB: If Musk is claiming Signal has unpatched security vulns while he at the same time is pushing Telegram (which is not E2E encrypted by default and does not support encrypted group chats), I have a two word explanation of Elon and his claims for you:

Russian Asset.

That's really all there is to say. Witting or unwitting.

grrrr_shark, 8 months ago to random

I am guessing not a single person at Burning Man will take home from this that their fantasy of self-sufficiency in the desert is in fact just a fantasy and is symptomatic of how some of the self-same people are causing the world itself to burn.

grrrr_shark, 8 months ago to random

While I'm in my unmedicated-for-today ADHD rant space:

A word for privacy researchers who mock folks who use products by Megacorps whose product is the user:

This isn't my thought, this comes from lots of conversations with lots of the disabled community, but it's certainly my experience as a disabled person with a disabled child:

Assistants and home automation products that can control everything are optional privacy-stealing annoyances for your average person. (more)

grrrr_shark, 3 months ago to random

Most people aren't "being mean" to bridger techbro.

They are angry at him for violating consent. His responses are in a lovely polite tone which ignores the actual argument and sounds like they are acknowledging the problem, but are actually dismissing it. Claims he is working on some nuanced solution that is "between opt-in and opt-out" are silly. It's like being "sort-of pregnant".

Folks are angry, and his condescension in the responses is making them angrier.

realhackhistory, 4 months ago to random

Jacob Appelbaum should not be welcome at any events that purport to care about the safety of attendees. #37c3
https://www.wired.com/2016/06/tor-developer-jacob-appelbaum-resigns-amid-sex-abuse-claims/

grrrr_shark, 7 months ago to random

I am going to be an asshole here, but honest to God, if putting on a mask to make others safe (or even to make them feel safe) for a fucking hacker conference is a step too far for your "anti-authoritarian" sensibilities, then you have absolutely demonstrated that the German hacker community is no community at all and have justified every reason I had to flee it.

YES, YOU ARE THE ASSHOLE.

Please, give me your hot argumentative takes so I can block your asses.

And GROW. THE FUCK. UP.

#37c3

grrrr_shark, 6 months ago to random

Banning puberty blockers is NOTHING but cruelty.

Puberty blockers are a BARE MINIMUM MEASURE for trans youth. If you care so damned much about these kids, you can at least allow them to put off permanent changes for some time

Granted, 2 years is about the reasonable max, but you can't tell me you accept trans adults and then force kids to undergo puberty for their assigned gender.

THOSE changes are largely irreversible. And many of those kids won't make it to a trans adulthood.

grrrr_shark, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

An extra special Happy #InternationalWomansDay to anyone, cis, trans, enby, genderfluid - who has ever had to fight to be seen as a woman (and wanted to be seen as one).

I'm a cis woman. My mom was a beauty queen, and my whole life, my mom treated me like I was never feminine enough (or at all). Sometimes she rejoiced in it - she hated that her own mom only ever saw her beauty, and liked to see me as only some sort of genderless intellectual Wunderkind - and, as I got older, she also disparaged me for it.

It left me as a woman never secure in the fact that I am one.

No one deserves to be treated as anyone other than who they are.

You own you. I believe and celebrate you.

grrrr_shark, 21 days ago (edited 21 days ago) to random

When I first saw this van today elsewhere in Schwabing, it was travelling at speed and I did not see that the fourth letter had been modified.

So imagine my surprise when I saw on the back the procedure to rent it. 🤣

grrrr_shark, 11 months ago to random

I find the admin-policing ridiculous.

If I, as a server admin, want to defederate or block ANYBODY, I will. I pay for this server by myself. I run a small instance for friends. I would of course give those friends notice if I were going to block on a larger scale, but I freely block Nazis all the time without asking for consent.

I do not need or want "open communication" with Nazis.

And as far as Meta goes? I'm more than skeptical. I'm tending towards preemptive blocking, but I need to think about it.

Me.

I need to think about it.

I don't need your fucking thoughts or judgments about me thinking about it.

My users (few though they are) have the choice to think about it too, and if they'd prefer to be somewhere that chooses differently, I will do everything I can to facilitate them.

But y'all can STFU with "admins who do X are not in the true spirit of the Fedi".

Admins - and users! - being ABLE to do X is the true spirit of the Fedi.

grrrr_shark, 7 months ago to random

If you've never seen Richard Thompson's "Oops, I did it again", you really, really should :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4WGsMplGxU

grrrr_shark, 7 months ago to random

Folks, please remember that COVID rapid tests aren't usually effective until several days after infection, and there is a significant false negative rate.

You aren't "safe" for other people because you're negative.

You're dangerous for other people if you are positive.

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE

grrrr_shark, 4 months ago to random

Hi all - @correctiv_org has translated their excellent reporting about the secret planning of far-right politicians and personalities to institute an actual "Master Plan" to (among other things) forceably deport millions people of foreign origin, including German citizens.

It is a story about how advanced and connected these people are. It is a story about how these are not just fringe groups.

This is in English, but there are also other languages available.

https://correctiv.org/en/top-stories/2024/01/15/secret-plan-against-germany/

grrrr_shark, 4 months ago to random

Just realized "cryptofascist" is now a bona fide double-entendre.

grrrr_shark, 4 months ago to random

Happy New Year, My Nerds. :) <3

grrrr_shark, 3 months ago to random

You know, I simply don't believe anything other than public record about Musk and his stupid brain implants.

He and his companies have fudged data for all of his other projects, and that dude is just a racist, sexist, transphobic shitbag. I hope he doesn't kill anybody with this, considering how the monkeys fared, but can we stop giving douchebro attention like he's some sort of genius?

grrrr_shark, 3 months ago to random

Ok Swiss Mastodon - ich habe einen Haufen Drähte und Platinen, die ich aus einem alten Katzenstreu-Roboter herausgerissen habe. Ich muss wissen, wo ich sie entsorgen kann. Wenn ihr konkret wisst, wo ich das in Winterthur oder Zürich machen kann, wäre ich für jede Information dankbar ♥️

grrrr_shark, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

Hey #SwissBubble - I have a really dumb question, but I need to get this resolved.

It's been hanging over my head since a couple of years in to the pandemic, and I've finally decided that I must do something about it.

I have a car. It's an old Hyundai i10 that no one here in Switzerland is likely to buy. It probably does not run right now because it's been sitting in a parking space in a garage for two years without being moved.

It is not registered in Switzerland. The title is German, but I never registered it here, because it would have required going out during lockdown etc.

So basically, even if it ran, it couldn't be legally driven, as it would have to be repaired to the correct state to pass inspection.

I've found I just don't need a car.

And so I'm really not willing to poke around to find someone who will tow the car from its underground garage parking space and then not screw me making it inspection-ready. Especially since I don't understand much Swiss German, and mechanics etc do like to take advantage of that.

I KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT CARS.

What I do know is that I need to get rid of this car. The best case is that I can sell it to someone for spare parts, but I just don't have the communications wherewithall to do that.

Does anyone, ANYONE, who knows what the best thing to do in this situation is in Switzerland? Who to contact? What to look out for?

My ADHD/executive function problems/social anxiety are screwing me here, but I really want to get rid of this thing and just buy a nice cargo e-bike.

EDIT: I appreciate the ideas I've gotten from people in other places, but I'm really looking for a Swiss perspective here, and definitely not for a recap of Google results. Thanks!!!

grrrr_shark, 20 days ago to random

What's happening at American universities is the desired end result of hiring people who are effectively CEOs as chancellors and presidents.

Capitalism and fascism win again.

CenterforOpenScience, 3 months ago to random

We’re excited to announce that COS is collaborating on a pilot program with Meta. Using innovative methods from the open science movement to promote rigor and transparency of research, Meta and COS will pilot a new approach to industry-academia partnerships for accessing social media data. https://bit.ly/48OzLnu

#OpenScience

onepict, 1 month ago to random

@dentangle I found Belgian Jazz!

https://boogiebelgique.bandcamp.com/album/blueberry-hill-free-download

#BandcampFriday