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jon, to random
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Ah

We’ve got another example of that legendary cooperation between state railways today in Köln

Where the Eurostar* stops at the platform is NOT shown on the screens (while for RE and ICE trains it is shown)

So Eurostar employs a person on the platform to tell passengers where to stand 🤦‍♂️

    • Eurostar is 55% SNCF, 18% SNCB
maz,
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@jon This is the default at least for in France as well, mostly for "" reasons I guess. The platform is announced about 20 minutes before departure. This is not yet as bad as in the US where rail travel is apparently modelled after air travel (based on my experience of a Amtrak journey between Charlottesville VA and Washington DC around 2008). My experience with french customs is quite recent though, two months worth of Interrail in March and April.

beandev, (edited ) to random German
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Angebliche Stromausfälle in Deutschland: Alarm im Mittelstand

https://taz.de/Angebliche-Stromausfaelle-in-Deutschland/!6003798/

> „Es geht ums blanke Überleben“, sagt eine mittelständische Firmeneigentümerin bei „Lanz“ – und klagt über Energieknappheit. Was ist zu tun?

Das ist so witzig, da bekommt ein Unternehmen nicht Stromausfälle im Millisekundenbereich auf die Reihe, vernachlässigt also seine eigenen Sicherungspflichten, und kommt damit ins Fernsehen 😂

Upd.: etw. längerer Rant von mir wurde als Leserbrief in der taz publiziert

maz,
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@beandev @2ndStar Macht sie nicht einfach das, was alle Unternehmen machen? Den eigenen Profit maximieren indem man Aufwände, Risiken und Verantwortlichkeiten jemand anderem aufhalst? In diesem Fall lehnt sie sich etwas weit aus dem Fenster aber man kann's ja mal versuchen. Man hat ja nix mehr zu verlieren, wenn man den eigenen Laden vor die Wand gefahren hat.

larsmb, to opensource
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I can't wrap my head around how almost all of the reporting focuses on the failures of .
Yeah, sure, but ...

Good luck finding such an attack in proprietary code.
Via the cliché paid off/blackmailed employee, hacked dev servers/repos, or via capitalism's favorite cost-cutting measure: a remote "offshored" contracted temporary developer (or nowadays, embedded into some LLM output).

If anything, Open Source Security has worked.

maz,
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@larsmb "Stop waisting our resources, open a support ticket and let them figure it out! We don't have time for that."

Fischblog, to random German
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Nein, ich hab keinen besonders negativen Tag (das ist alles völlig durchschnittlich), ich muss hier nur grad mal das rufschädigende Gerücht zerstreuen, ich sei Optimist
https://www.spektrum.de/news/intelligenz-extreme-optimisten-sind-einfach-gestrickt/2205419

maz,
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@Fischblog Ich bin mehrfach zertifiziert deprimiert und meiner Meinung nach ist Mainstreampessimismus unfassbar phantasielos vor allem was Worstcaseszenarien anbelangt. Das macht mich anfällig für Optimismus.

oatmeal, to history
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/ Up Close

"High unemployment, severe shortages of electricity and clean water; a young, educated population with immense potential, and deliberate policy choices by Israel that deny movement, violate rights and block development."

Everything you need to know about the closure on Gaza. Special report produced by and published October 28, 2023.

https://features.gisha.org/gaza-up-close

Gisha is “an Israeli not-for-profit organization, founded in 2005, whose goal is to protect the freedom of movement of Palestinians, especially Gaza residents." Gisha "promotes rights guaranteed by international and Israeli law.”

More information on Israel's de-Devlopment of Gaza and the rise of its unique "tunnel economy" due to the Israeli blockade, see: Roy, Sara. 2016. The Gaza Strip: The Political Economy of de-Development. Washington, DC: Institute for Palestine Studies USA, Inc.

@histodons
@israel
@palestine


maz,
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@RedGreenLibre @oatmeal @histodons @israel @palestine Three steps of manual temporary unblocking with NoScript on firefox.

screenshot of an message from features.gisha.org "checking the security of your connection. ...Please unblock challenges.cloudflare.com"

dbellingradt, to comics German
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Welche / zur Epoche sind lesenswert? Vielen Dank für Tipps und Boost zu deutschsprachigen Titeln.

Which#Comics / dedicated to the period would you recommend? Thanks for your hints, suggestions and boost to highlight English speaking titles.

@bookstodon @histodons

maz,
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@dbellingradt @bookstodon @histodons "Thomas der Trommler" von Josep Gual spielt während des 30jährigen Krieges, ist aber wohl nur noch antiquarisch verfügbar. Ich kenne es aus Yps in den 80ern.

molly0xfff, (edited ) to random
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• enter password for password manager
• verify from email that it's me signing in from a "new location" (VPN)
• use security key
• use password from manager to sign into actual service
• complete image CAPTCHA
• receive text message with 2FA code
• unlock phone with fingerprint to get code
• access service

maz,
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@samueljohnson @bontchev @unlofl @molly0xfff Someone with unsatisfied requirements or exquisite private issues involved in the proceedings 😈

jon, to random
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F****** Bundespolizei lying *****

maz,
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@jon Oh wow, I almost forgot. A year ago I did : .de/.it/.gr/.at. The only time I saw border police was on the ICE back from Vienna to Berlin. And I was wondering, whether was still a thing. I was also surprised that .gr has not rail connection to .eu (well travelling via rail in .gr is not the smartest idea either). There are probably good reasons but it also looks awfully convenient.

maz,
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@jon Ah thanks, I read sth back then but I do not recall where and Alphabet's search engine has seen better days.

isotopp, to random German
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    maz,
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    @isotopp Oh krass, ich habe noch aus den 80ern im Kopf, ein gutes Hollandrad liegt über 1kDM, ein brauchbares gibt's ab 500DM, der Rest ist Sperrmüll aus dem Baumarkt. Da war damals allerdings noch inklusive FS Torpedo 3 Gangschaltung, Trommelbremse vorne und brauchbarer Sattel.

    TheConversationUS, to Health
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    For approximately 80% of the world’s population, the hospital isn’t the first step to healing - traditional medicine is. That might include herbal medicine, acupuncture, Tui Na and other ancient, holistic practices.

    The WHO is now working to develop standards to make these healing practices implementable on a wide scale.

    https://theconversation.com/traditional-medicine-provides-health-care-to-many-around-the-globe-the-who-is-trying-to-make-it-safer-and-more-standardized-212502

    maz,
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    @TheConversationUS No costly research, no evidence of efficacy required, requested nor possible, "good enough" for 80% of all medical issues, maximum margin with zero costs other than production and marketing, any healthcare entrepreneur's wet dream. Let's promote "alternative" medicine. Why waste resources on those that cannot be helped anyway.

    futurebird, to random
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    I know I've said I don't agree with doing call out posts. But this is a call out and each of you knows who you are.

    maz,
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    @futurebird And they are righ!, Brought a box of old cables to the recycling yard and only a few days later I needed to fix hardware issues and instantly remembered where I put the blue cables. 🤡 Now I have new blue cables that don't work plus unsolved hardware issues.

    tazgetroete, to random German
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    Eine Rede auf dem Gillamoos ist absurder als die nächste. Kaum übertreffen lassen sich allerdings Alice Weidel und Friedrich Merz. https://taz.de/Volksfest-Gillamoos/!5956405/

    maz,
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    @tazgetroete Wenn ich Talent hätte würde ich einen Schlager schreiben: "'s goebbelt leis' im Gillamoos" im Stil von "Die Reblaus"

    xahteiwi, to random
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    I'm coming to the realisation that trying to live a kind, fair, and rational existence is living life on hard mode, and I wonder if it's wearing me down.

    Almost everywhere I look I see raging assholes and clueless dipshits rising to the top (or already being there), and fucking things up for everyone.

    My fediverse bubble being a pleasant exception to this rule, I thought I'd ask here: anyone got coping strategies, other than joining the assholes and no longer giving a fuck?

    maz,
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    @xahteiwi No, the way things are going I will jump on the opportunity for an extended sabbatical without option to return and figure out the rest as I go. If I still were still the rationalist I used to be I would be scared shitless. All in all I'll be relying on nothing else but hope to carry me through, well and the friends I have. No gods involved, nor gurus. The plans of mice and men and all that jazz.

    ct_bergstrom, to random
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    OK this is hands-down the funniest thing I have read today.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/dining/drinks/cocktail-glasses-gender.html

    maz,
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    @ct_bergstrom That pathetic kid can only reflect gender clichés instead of truly shining from within as befits a grown up. Outbetaing the other betas if I may apply that dimensionally challenged frame of reference confining their vapid existence. 🤡

    sixtus, to random German
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    Es verrät einiges über Bayern und über die dortigen Schulen, dass in den 1980-er Jahren 17-Jährige, bei denen man "Freiflug durch den Auschwitz-Kamin"-Flugzettel in der Schultasche fand, mit einer Strafarbeit davon kamen, ohne Schulkonferenz, ohne Benachrichtigung der Eltern, ohne Strafanzeige. 🤷🏼‍♂️

    maz,
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    @sixtus Anna Elisabeth Rosmus hat in den 80ern als Schülerin den lokalen Nationalsozialismus in Passau recherchiert: "Anfeindungen und Bedrohungen (bis zu Morddrohungen) durch Bürger ihrer Heimat, die sie als Nestbeschmutzerin ansahen, veranlassten sie, 1994 ihre Heimatstadt zu verlassen und in die Vereinigten Staaten zu emigrieren." Das ist was das Gesindel um die Brüder und ihre Kameraden im Flugblatt androhen und auch in die Tat umsetzen. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Elisabeth_Rosmus

    molly0xfff, to journalism
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    can someone rescue politico? they seem to be trapped in 2021

    maz,
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    @molly0xfff That's when they were bought by Axel Springer SE which is our german implementation of NewsCorp.

    kerfuffle, to modeltrains
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    There seems to be a trend among seniors in the sphere to lash out at whole groups of developers who "still don't get it".

    How can someone after decades still misunderstand a proven practice in or ?

    Well: Reasons. And if you're not willing to invest in understanding how people arrived at where they are, how can you lead them to where they need to be? Saying you're right and others are idiots has never helped anyone.

    Empathy is the basis of consultancy.

    maz,
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    @kerfuffle My dirty little scrum master trick is that I actually do Kanban. Ignoring the complexities of real life for a second in you can start where yo are, whereas scrum setups tends to be all in right from the start. Compare implementation to thinking.

    larsmb, (edited ) to random
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    I have a visceral hate of the word "peeps" that few seem to share.

    So, what's your stance?

    maz,
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    @larsmb Voted neutral because it's none of my business how anybody addresses their people. But if am expected to be included in "peeps" I will cringe hard (9/10) and a very massive door between us slams shut. It's almost as bad as with "guys". Other 10/10 are "Jungs" and "Männer" (de for "guys").

    timbray, (edited ) to random
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    When you think, do you have an internal dialogue that includes words?

    Boost if you're interested.

    maz,
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    @timbray I suspect it does not work like in comics, that is speaking is just redirecting thoughts to audio out and writing feeding thoughts into text out. So I asked google and found this: https://www.lingvano.com/asl/blog/how-deaf-people-think/#:~:text=Similarly%2C%20most%20Deaf%20people%20see,how%20much%20they%20can%20hear.

    isotopp, to random German
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    maz,
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    @larsmb @isotopp Habe "Rote Fusion Energie" gelesen und fand das plausibel so wie und sein Gefolge drauf reagieren.

    futurebird, (edited ) to random
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    Sacred Geometry people are my math heretics— The mad with power inquisition version of me would want them burned at the stake. As it is? I just seethe at their “incorrect appreciation of geometry”

    They worship wrong.

    I bought a book of geometric constructions — (not reading about it too carefully...) Just cracked it open. It cheerfully gives instructions for constructing a triangle, square, pentagon, hexagon, and heptagon…

    A footnote begrudgingly admits the heptagon is only 98.25% correct. 1/

    maz,
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    @futurebird David Eisenbud had a go at the 17gon on Numberphile in 2015 https://youtu.be/87uo2TPrsl8 ,

    empathroet, to random German
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    Zur Erinnerung: Steigbügelhalter des in den 1930er Jahren waren die Bürgerlichen und Konservativen.

    maz,
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    @empathroet "In zwei Monaten haben wir die AfD in die Ecke gedrückt, dass sie quietschen", Fritz von Pfosten

    john, to random
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    We’ve been travelling by train instead of flying, and this article this article backs up what I’ve experienced, that it is 2-4x more expensive to travel by train than plane.

    The Greenpeace director of policy says this is because of fuel taxes, but that just can’t be the whole story. Anybody know what’s going on?

    I worry trains are not as environmentally friendly as portrayed.

    https://news.sky.com/story/trains-to-europe-may-be-better-for-the-climate-but-theyre-four-times-more-expensive-than-flying-12924080

    maz,
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    @john Economy class is just billable ballast is one hypothesis https://youtu.be/BzB5xtGGsTc

    axbom, (edited ) to random
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    A common argument I come across when talking about ethics in AI is that it's just a tool, and like any tool it can be used for good or for evil. One familiar declaration is this one: "It's really no different from a hammer". I was compelled to make a poster to address these claims. Steal it, share it, print it and use it where you see fit.

    https://axbom.com/hammer-ai/

    maz,
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    @axbom Wondering how that argument works when bringing a hammer to a concert, sports event, museum, court room, air plane, protest, ...: "But Sir, this is just a tool!"

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