Incredible what a hail storm did to an Austrian Airlines plane (A320), it landed safely, the pilots didn't see the bad weather coming on their weather radar. OS434 Palma to Vienna #AirbusA320#hail#extremeweather#austrianairlines
Before they will let me publish a new release of XScreenSaver on the "Play" [sic] store, Google, the most rapacious privacy violator ever, insists that a screensaver have a privacy policy.
This is where you come in!
I'd like this policy to be a series of bullet points: "Unlike Google, XScreenSaver will not [Thing.] An endless, concise catalog of their sins.
I need both your snark AND a link supporting your snark. It's critical for the joke to land. Include both.
Mit keiner der Parteien bin ich vollständig zufrieden. Muss ich auch nicht sein.
Ich werde die Partei wählen, von der ich annehme, dass sie am ehesten in die richtige Richtung arbeitet, und am seltensten grundsätzlich falsche Entscheidungen trifft.
So ist Demokratie. Wer sich jedem Kompromiss verweigert, spielt am Ende nur den Faschos in die Hände.
I’ve received a complaint that the german translation of the Gender Dysphoria Bible has outdated and potentially problematic language. Would there happen to be a german speaking trans person available to proofread and update the translation?
🍎 Mit dem Projekt "Gelbes Band" soll Obst vor dem Verderben gerettet werden. Ist ein Baum oder Strauch mit einem gelben Band markiert, darf das Obst kostenlos gepflückt werden.
🌳 Obstbaum-Besitzende können sich kostenfrei bei dem Zentrum für Ernährung und Hauswirtschaft Niedersachsen registrieren lassen. Der Ort des Baumes wird dann auf einer digitalen Karte festgehalten.
When I see general* "security advice" that mentions "do not use public WiFi" or "use a VPN", I am immediately suspicious about all other advice offered.
Yes, a decade ago that was a consideration, because most sites were not using HTTPS. Credentials were flying cleartext on the wire.
Today, almost all sites use HTTPS. Doesn't mean the risk is zero, but it's way lower.
*) "general" meaning "without a very specific threat model in mind", meant for general public, etc.
Also, shout-out to @letsencrypt for dramatically changing the security landscape of the Web for the better over the years.
Rarely is there an example of a project so effective and so directly improving everyone's lives, while at the same time keeping the original engineering mindset and just Doing Stuff Right™ humbly in the background.
Next November it will have been exactly a decade since LE started. We all owe them a huge 10th birthday party.
If you run a startup and you use The Cloud, make sure to add your cloud provider(s) to the VIP list in your email client to make sure you don't miss them informing you that you are exceeding your traffic/compute limits. #Subtoot Explosive growth comes at a price :(
A few years ago, I had a role in an Austrian Sci-Fi movie about a rogue AI and its attempts to interface with humans via a car, and the question of the roles of humans in a world with AI. Nothing from it is relevant today. Anyway, the premiere is July 1, Austria Stadtkino.
I love when the world tells older women they are becoming irrelevant and invisible, and they're just like, Good, now I can do what I want, and no one will bother me.
We restarted our translation server at https://translate.fedilab.app
Currently, everyone can use it whatever the purpose. We are thinking of restricting it through API keys due to traffic.
All admins using it for their instance will get their key (for free of course).
💜 We would love nothing more than to have you join our ever-growing community of volunteers! We're currently expanding our editorial board, and could use your help.
Volunteer editors:
🔍 find reviewers
👷♀️ oversee the review process
🌸 support submitters
✅ determine package acceptance
