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mkoek

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Als iemand beweert dat Madagascar in de Atlantische Oceaan ligt, doe dan geen moeite hem of haar terecht te wijzen; de ligging van Madagascar zal er niet door veranderen. (J.A. Deelder)

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ErikJonker, to Israel Dutch
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All attention on and is good for in . Russia will encourage and fuel protests in Europe against Israel where possible. At the same time it will support extreme right parties where possible. Maximizing divisions and polarisation. The Russian playbook is very clear if you want to see it.
@geopolitics

mkoek,
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@ErikJonker @geopolitics very simple and very effective

gsuberland, to random
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the ereader dream: lightweight waterproof device that reads like paper

the ereader reality: tediously battling with multi-second latency on every single interaction

mkoek,
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@gsuberland Good point. Maybe they're trying to be super low power to have a long battery life?

jwildeboer, to random
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Found something while cleaning. Long time no see, old friend :)

The back of a German 1 mark coin from 1990, so after reunification.

mkoek,
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@mdosch @jwildeboer @morph no they are actually still writing paper checks and sending them by mail

nixCraft, to random
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I think about this every time someone tries to get me into online arguments 😂 https://x.com/anammostarac/status/1709029600297414699

mkoek,
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@nixCraft in my bio is a Dutch poem which roughly translates as “if someone says that Madagascar is in the Atlantic, don’t bother correcting them - it will not affect the location of Madagascar”. I use it to remind myself that not responding is often the best option 🙂

CatherineFlick, to random
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Yeah not sure threads is moderating as well as we’d like to federate with it yet (and, I suspect, it won’t ever be)
https://godforsaken.website/@Shrigglepuss/112345569332484976

mkoek,
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@CatherineFlick followed the link just now and it looks like a lot has been removed

sjaakkeuvelaar, to random Dutch
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Nee NOS, iemand beschuldigen van het goedpraten van genocide is GEEN antisemitisme.

Wellicht dat er ook antisemitische leuzen zijn geklad, maar dit is er geen.

mkoek,
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@sjaakkeuvelaar iemand die “genocidegoedpraters” correct spelt als één woord…. Dat maakt de groep mogelijke verdachten in elk geval al een stúk kleiner, want weinig mensen kunnen dat nog ;)

jwildeboer, (edited ) to random
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Damn. No Pussy Riot for me this evening. Acute thrombosis at a very inconvenient place. Very painful. But not dangerous. Must stay in bed.

mkoek,
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@jwildeboer beterschap!

ErikJonker, to random
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Die verongelijktheid is tekenend voor Wilders, altijd boos en wijzend naar anderen.

mkoek,
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@ErikJonker evenals het verzinnen van eigen feiten, zoals dat de lijsttrekker van de grootste partij premier moet worden

jwildeboer, to random
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People sending me e-mails, me replying to them only to find out that their mailserver is blocking my mailserver for weird reasons, forcing me to reconfigure my mailserver so I can get through with their mailserver which immediately blocks me again for "abusive behaviour". Well, sorry, fan of my blog. You'll never get my reply I guess. Also dear mailbox.org: your laziness wrt throwing blacklists in your server config is excluding small servers. You are NOT helping with decentralising e-mail.

mkoek,
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@jwildeboer so… what is it that they think you’re doing wrong with IPv6?

ErikJonker, to Ukraine
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Ewald Engelen is an opinionmaker who is willingly or unwillingly helping Putin. Quite ignorant in the field of international relations but still people listen to him too much. At least he has summarised his thoughts in an essay that can be discussed.
There are many flaws in his reasoning, one striking is the ommission of any free will of Ukraine where people actually want to live in freedom.
https://braveneweurope.com/ewald-engelen-sleepwalkers-redux
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mkoek,
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@ErikJonker @geopolitics solid attempt to make Kremlin propaganda sound reasonable, have to give him that - but for me the question I’m stuck with is why on earth an intelligent person such as Engelen would, as it appears he does, prefer Putin over what he calls “US imperialism”

mkoek,
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@ErikJonker @geopolitics also, that typical far right demand to be debated respectfully, while himself calling the EU corrupt, the US imperialist etc etc, without any argument to support those qualifications, in the very same article

extinctionrebellionnl, to random
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Gisteren heeft de gemeente Amsterdam onze bewegingsvrijheid & ons demonstratierecht ernstig ingeperkt. 100-en rebellen werden op verschillende plekken ingesloten door de politie. Zelfs bruggen zijn opengezet om ons tegen te houden. [1/5]

Een groep rebellen met een groot spandoek met daarop de tekst, ‘..ING, STOP FOSSIELE FINANCIERING’

mkoek,
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@extinctionrebellionnl zou het niet logischer zijn om te demonstreren bij ING zelf?

jwildeboer, (edited ) to random
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Again the FOSS world has proven to be vigilant and proactive in finding bugs and backdoors, IMHO. The level of transparency is stellar, especially compared to proprietary software companies. What the FOSS world has accomplished in 24 hours after detection of the backdoor code in #xz deserves a moment of humbleness. Instead we have flamewars and armchair experts shouting that we must change everything NOW. Which would introduce even more risks. Progress is made iteratively. Learn, adapt, repeat.

mkoek,
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@jzb @jwildeboer In the comments on this page on LWN, the person who discovered the issue himself says that the discovery was quite accidental -- so we do have to face the uncomfortable possibility that such things exist that haven't been caught.

https://lwn.net/Articles/967180/

mkoek,
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@jwildeboer @jzb Definitely, but my point is: I'm not that confident that this is a demonstration of open source working to detect this stuff early. Yes in this case it's been caught early and not affecting many production systems yet. But, as the hero of this story himself says, it was a combination of coïncidences that led him to find the injection; each one of these circumstances not occuring would have resulted in this being missed.

GossiTheDog, to random
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    mkoek,
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    @GossiTheDog decades back I investigated an incident on a really crucial UNIX server and we found that they’d been typing stuff like “dir C:\” in their root shell - company saved by cluelessness of intruders:)

    ErikJonker, (edited ) to Ukraine
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    Somehow i think Putin didn't expect Ukraine could strike so massively, all over Russia. He has at least an internal PR problem..
    Also Putin has to think about how to react. He can't defend all infrastructure in Russia that's simply too much. Also he can't destroy Ukraine's ability to launch drone strikes.. 🤔
    @Geopolitics

    mkoek,
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    @ErikJonker @geopolitics saw a chart that seemed to show Ukraine has now hit about half of Russia’s refineries- if true that has to have a big impact on domestic fuel availability

    ErikJonker, to geopolitics
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    Thinking in scenarios, what would europe / NATO do if Russia decided to damage /destroy most undersea cables which are essential for our internet and networking in Europe? They have the undersea capabilities, it would not trigger a nuclear war. What would/could we do in response ?
    @geopolitics

    mkoek,
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    @ErikJonker @geopolitics disconnect them from the internet and not allow them back after repairs - will have the added benefit of saving hundreds of millions in cyber crime damage

    mkoek,
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    @muzzle @ErikJonker @geopolitics so why haven’t they cut it themselves?

    mkoek,
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    @ErikJonker @muzzle @geopolitics Note that I don't prefer this option, I was replying to the hypothetical situation where Russia physically sabotaged the internet

    GottaLaff, to random
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    Via George Conway:

    Fact that libeled on CNBC is highly signif for proced reason in addition to substant.

    Were EJean to sue Trump just for speech he gave in nw Ga the other day she prob wd have had to sue in District Ct for No. Dist of Ga.

    But now that he libeled her on Squawk Box, anchored in Manhattan, she likely may now sue in Dist Ct for So Dist of NY

    If she does, case wd be assigned to Judge Kaplan as a case related to earlier 2 cases that prod $88.3 mil in damages

    mkoek,
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    @GottaLaff @Just_Tired it’s interesting what exactly that is… seems like he just can’t help himself

    lauren, to random
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    As "early adopters" are no longer the focus, EV sales are falling across the U.S., for a wide variety of reasons, many of which are utterly reasonable. The push was too soon, too fast, and the existing transition mandates are now being recognized broadly as being unrealistic.

    mkoek,
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    @rootbeerdan @lauren wait, you can't charge with your credit card in the US?

    mkoek,
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    @lauren @Brendan @mkoek @rootbeerdan Strange. I’ve been driving electric since January 2020 and have never experienced charging issues. Also I would call it under-hyped rather than over-hyped: drove a regular rental car last week and my god that feels slow and clunky. Not going back to fossil fuel cars that’s for sure. But I never see that mentioned: electric is just a lot quicker, more comfortable, and easier to drive.

    mkoek,
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    @lauren @Brendan @rootbeerdan The place where I work has a roof full of solar panels. They installed a long line of slow chargers that are pretty cheap. Usually I charge there. Yes the grid needs major upgrades to support large-scale EV usage, but that's no reason not to move forward - upgrade the grid then!

    mkoek,
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    @lauren @Brendan @rootbeerdan why?

    mcfly, to random German
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    Is @signalapp becoming to have a problem?

    I have been approached by 3 women now that have some reason to talk to me and then want to become Friends which is suspicious.

    Anyone else having the same experience?

    The pictures are all somewhat asian women - and none have a phone number, all have signal id's.

    mkoek,
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    @mcfly @signalapp predictable, but didn’t expect it this fast

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