spiralmind

@spiralmind@calckey.social

Known to be quite handsome in a certain angle and a certain light.

Software engineer by day, nerd 24/7. Working in #infosec.

Random selection of interests: #wargaming, #iot, #programming, #terraform, #iac

Opinions posted on this account do not represent my employer. I don't even know where these weird things come from. Who comes up with this nonsense?

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rands, to random
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It has taken me many years that every person on a video conference call has a “Zoom Face” — their resting listening face, and it’s unique to conference calls. They don’t use it with other humans around. It’s unique to video conference calls. So weird.

spiralmind,

@rands As a person on the spectrum, I have done a lot of thinking about that kind of thing. I sometimes call Zoom an excellent autism simulator, because it can introduce a whole lot of subtle social issues. (And I don't mean that in any condescending way, what with me being on the spectrum.)

You can't really do eye contact on Zoom. If you look at the face screen, you're not looking at the camera, so now it looks like you're avoiding eye contact. (Nvidia or whoever it was did some "eye contact" filter for that purpose)

There's always that latency going on that you don't notice, so people aren't sure when other people are done talking, or are about to start talking, and often that "shopping cart dance" happens as people try to navigate who should be talking.

spiralmind,

@rands As a person on the spectrum, I have done a lot of thinking about that kind of thing. I sometimes call Zoom an excellent autism simulator, because it can introduce a whole lot of subtle social issues. (And I don't mean that in any condescending way, what with me being on the spectrum.)

You can't really do eye contact on Zoom. If you look at the face screen, you're not looking at the camera, so now it looks like you're avoiding eye contact. (Nvidia or whoever it was did some "eye contact" filter for that purpose)

There's always that latency going on that you don't notice, so people aren't sure when other people are done talking, or are about to start talking, and often that "shopping cart dance" happens as people try to navigate who should be talking.

spiralmind, to random

One very important factor for choosing a Calckey instance is whether it has ​:this_is_fine:​ or not.

spiralmind, to random

Current Calckey flagship instance status: I'm using my Mastodon account to see if I double-post or not.

spiralmind, to random

Just what you want to see from your DNS:

;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL
spiralmind, to random

Still plugging away with Strides as a habit tracker.

Big fan of how it shows goals, it's not just "you broke your streak, instant fail! Back to zero!" which is incredibly de-motivating in other apps.

spiralmind, to random

Yay, weekend! Having today off after being on-call.

Sorry, have to do it, that's the labor law.

atomicpoet, to random
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Lately, I’ve been working hand in hand with Chat-GPT to help sprinkle a little more charm and clarity into my messages, tailoring them to mesh better with neurotypical perspectives.

The goal? To quash any chances of my words being misconstrued as confrontational or antagonistic. And you know what? It’s been a pretty nifty partnership! By allowing Chat-GPT to dress up my responses with a few extra verbal flourishes, I’ve managed to halt a heap of potential disagreements before they’ve even had a chance to sprout.

But I’ve got to be honest - it hasn’t all been smooth sailing. Even with Chat-GPT helping me out, there are those who seem intent on going Sherlock Holmes on my messages, determined to decipher hidden meanings where there aren’t any. It sure would be a breath of fresh air if folks took my words at face value, embracing the concept of good faith communication, instead of suspecting underlying agendas that simply aren’t there.

spiralmind,

@atomicpoet A while back I came across https://goblin.tools, which is a set of GPT-powered language tools for neurodiversity. That's the first time I saw something really useful coming out of AI.

spiralmind, to books

Quote from @eshear on Twitter:

If you want to actually think deeply about reality vs experience, what it means to live well, and the difference between a simulation of something and the thing itself…I’ve never read any philosophy, or any reasoned argument, that was more compelling than The Quantum Thief

I just finished Hannu Rajaniemi's Invisible Planets last week, and I really got an urge to re-read The Quantum Thief now.

spiralmind, to Logseq

I try to do some journaling every day, but there's been a slump lately.

spiralmind, to random

Right, going to bed. As a EUian I can't try Threads yet, but I'm looking forward to some hot takes in the morning.

spiralmind,

Me saying I'm going to bed vs me actually going to bed: <insert meme picture here>

spiralmind,

Update: am now in bed.

spiralmind, to fediverse

Doing some low-key advocacy, and I'm constantly annoyed at having to mention Mastodon as the ur-example.

spiralmind, to random

Yawn. Thursday the 6th, 1 am. Then it's weekend, having Friday off after being on-call.

spiralmind, to random

Also big thanks to @kainoa for all the behind-the-scenes work in keeping this instance up and running.

I confess I got a bit grumpy at the outages, but I'm definitely interested in the post-mortem writeup.

spiralmind, (edited ) to random

<slaps bag of holding> you can fit so many bags of h

spiralmind, to random

Hmm. Might have found a (minor) bug with the 1Password UI. Will test some more to verify.

asteriski, to random

THERE IS A SPIDER ON MY DESK AND I DO NOT KNOW WHERE IT WENT

spiralmind,

@asteriski Time for a new desk and/or residence

spiralmind, to random

What keeps boiling my noodle is... what did Musk expect to happen here? The big cloud providers would just let him continue using their services at current capacity, free of charge?

RE: https://fosstodon.org/users/FOSSForce/statuses/110650348672463069

spiralmind, to random

Guess I should write a better introduction than the very brief and temporary one I did when I first signed up here at the end of April.

endali, to random

my humor has devolved to the point where this is the funniest image i've seen in the past month

spiralmind,

@endali

spiralmind, to random

Idea for a new HTTP status code: "This Is Fine"

spiralmind, to random

I can't even make an actual facial expression at how stupid this whole Twitter thing is. My brain just goes "yep, that seems about on par for Elon."

mhoye, to random
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I think it’s important to repeat: you don't "have something to hide" when you put blinds on your windows or close the door when you're on the can or wear clothes.

Privacy isn't about having something to hide. It's not about keeping secrets. It's about you being the person who chooses what you reveal about yourself, and when, and to who, and the other word we have for that is "dignity". Your inherent dignity, as a human being.

Your privacy is the agency you have over your dignity.

spiralmind,

@mhoye My biggest problem with "if you have nothing to hide" is that I'm never the one to gets to define what "hide" actually means. It instantly puts the onus on me to defend myself against an imagined secret.

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