A_norny_mousse
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- Comment on Content moderators are organizing against Big Tech 33 minutes ago:
I’m for it.
Yet, cynical me cannot help but wonder how the big platforms will react. How they’ll try to quash it, undoubtedly.
Not saying I’m pessimistic though!
- Comment on The American Iron Dome Is an Expensive Boondoggle That Won’t Work | Angry Planet 1 day ago:
It was. And I really recommend that podcast - they work hard to deliver deep journalism with a long expiration date, and don’t shy away from topics that don’t comfortably fit within the usual political demarkation lines.
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- Comment on Are we all suffering from "future shock" in 2025? 2 days ago:
He didn’t really “predict” any of it though just as Gordon Moore didn’t “predict” that computers are going to get faster.
Extrapolation from existing data might be a better term. What you cite already existed in 1970, if in lesser amounts than today.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
Exactly the same as the lifestyle of a billionaire.
At some point being rich simply doesn’t add anything to your actual life anymore since you’ll never be able to spend even a tenth of it in one lifetime. Well, at least on yourself.
Oh and there’s also the question how you count wealth. I’m very suspicious about someone being the richest person depending so much on the value of their stock. And how is debt counted into it?
- Comment on What is this font from/called? 3 days ago:
you can get it here (thanks Darkore)
It’s a nice font but it looks mushy even at very large sizes.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 days ago:
Kiwix is probably the easiest / most readily available solution, but wikipedia runs on mediawiki which is also FOSS:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediawiki
www.mediawiki.org/wiki/…/DownloadI’m guessing that most of the database download options provided by wikipedia itself should be compatible with a personal wikimedia installation:
- Comment on [deleted] 4 days ago:
That site was a little confusing at first!
To be more precise:
- kiwix.org/en/applications/, scroll down to kiwix server.
- get a wikipedia dump in .zim format. AFAICS you can either get it from kiwix or get a database dump from wikipedia and convert it into .zim format.
- the rest, I’m guessing, is just running the server and pointing it to the .zim file.
- Comment on "he" stands for "high efficiency" for detergent and washers, and in the future there could be "she" for "super high efficiency" 1 week ago:
pointfully_gendered!
- Comment on Is 4chan dead forever? Where are the refugees going? 1 week ago:
I was trying to figure out what you meant, but never thought of spring.
- Comment on This is real 1 week ago:
It’s… dystopian…
We’ve already used up our big words in February. Supercynical “I have no words” in March.
Now, the horror getting worse every day has become the new normal coming out of the US, evry day, steady as a slow machine gun.
Had I known how much worse it’s going to get I’d have saved up some words during the first months.
- Comment on Is 4chan dead forever? Where are the refugees going? 1 week ago:
süring
hü?
- Comment on Who can I ask or where can I find help in moving to a new country? 1 week ago:
The country in question most likely has one or several websites just for this purpose, in various languages.
Just type “move to [country]” into your search engine. It’s easy to find the official sites.
- Comment on What the AI Obsession Tells Us About Our Own Society 1 week ago:
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A-non-I, social media algorithms, etc.
Combined with the increasing complexity of software and operating systems, this creates a creeping mindset of “that’s just how it is, only other computers can understand it” or some such. Which I heartily disagree with.
All the more reason to advocate for Open Source Software.
- Comment on Why do some drivers turn off the signal sound so quickly? 1 week ago:
I swear on both of my nuts that these drivers arent even looking at the mirrors (any mirrors) or looking over their shoulders.
I use single-blink signals on the motorway (it’s a function built into the thingy by my steering wheel and I find it handy) and I always use both mirrors and look sideways before doing it.
So yeah, I’m offended. Mildly.
- Comment on How do I stop having expectations at the workplace? 2 weeks ago:
but ain’t this not one of your limitations, but theirs? This sentence makes it look like your coworkers slow you down.
That’s not what I meant.
First of all I consider myself a self-reflecting being (a good thing) and sometimes a little too self-critical (not so good).
I think I’m fairly good at my job per se but it’s that meta aspect of dealing with colleagues and (lack of) structure I’m not so good at. Maybe I’m socially awkward, maybe I lack diplomacy, maybe I’m too opinionated. I’m trying to improve there: stop overreacting, think of more constructive ways to communicate etc. Not that I want to stop being opinionated though.
Also I’m not really career-oriented, there’s no “slowing me down”.
- Comment on Ideas for Hosting on a 2009 Netbook? 2 weeks ago:
I recommend MPD and a cli frontend like
ncmpcpp(horrible name, good software). - Comment on Rubio wages new war on federal workers who reject theocracy 2 weeks ago:
Unsurprisingly…
Unsurprisingly, a deeper read of the cable shows that “anti-Christian bias” is the cover story propped up to justify Rubio’s actual assault on freedom of religion at State. He’s giving Christian nationalists at the agency a tool to harass and even purge people who don’t share their far-right beliefs. The definitions of “anti-Christian bias” throughout add up to outrage that conservative Christians are expected to treat people who believe differently with fairness and decency.
- Comment on Marco Rubio Claims He Can Kick Lawful Permanent Residents Out Of The US On The Basis Of Their “Expected Beliefs;” Immigration Judge Says “Sounds Good” 2 weeks ago:
I 'member!
- Comment on Ideas for Hosting on a 2009 Netbook? 2 weeks ago:
- Basically anything a (low-spec) Raspberry pi can do
- Music box
BTW I’m pretty sure you can get the WiFi working.
And for most use case you’ll want to get rid of the GUI. In Debian’s case, best to reinstall the so-called minimal or netinst image.
- Comment on How do I stop having expectations at the workplace? 2 weeks ago:
I’m with you 100%.
You should want to have a good workplace. After all it goes both ways: it will also improve the work you provide.
If that isn’t the case rn, you can either try to improve the situation, or, if that proves impossible, change workplaces.
I’m currently in a similar situation; I had a relatively good workplace for many years, but the new one proves challenging. I’m currently in the trying to improve phase; it’s an uphill struggle.
But also trying to improve myself; the current job shows me my own limitations.
- Comment on Okay, who had Trump loyalty pins for Apocalyptic-Bingo this Sunday? Games just getting started, stay tuned! 2 weeks ago:
You think it’s gold?
Anyhow, it’s jarring to meet such people IRL. I don’t live in the USA (I guess I’d be constantly jarred if I did) but even so I had a Trumpist coworker once - it was jarring.
- Comment on Okay, who had Trump loyalty pins for Apocalyptic-Bingo this Sunday? Games just getting started, stay tuned! 2 weeks ago:
Fashion I think?
a bundle of sticks
- Comment on It always seems like its time to move to linux 2 weeks ago:
I know the Rufus software.
So you’re saying you installed windows from a selfmade installation medium, that you further had to massage, without internet connection? That’s not really an option on our work laptops.
I actually also did this to some machines; I gave them to their respective owners right away so I don’t know if they have no ads.
- Comment on Vizio Shows What Happens When U.S. Fascism And TV Enshittification Meet 2 weeks ago:
Nice write-up. Doesn’t point 3. and 4. mean you’re using a computer to watch TV?
Or would that be a 5th point: don’t use a dedicated TV at all?
Does TV even require extra hardware anymore? AFAIK everything is streamed nowadays, incl. “classical” TV stations, no?
I have to admit I haven’t actively watched actual TV for 20 years…
Anyhow, on a computer the situation is almost infinitely better since you can control what comes through the internet and what doesn’t. Domain blocking is easy as pie (or HOSTS).
- Comment on If Nothing is Exposed, Am I Safe? 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on It always seems like its time to move to linux 2 weeks ago:
I installed with a local account using Rufus
I don’t really understand this, sorry.
went back to old taskbar using StartAllBack.
This makes sense to me because most ads/unsolicited information seems to stem from there.
It’s funny that on Windows you have to install a third-party app to change the OS’s behavior. I doubt I’ll be allowed to do that :( - Comment on It always seems like its time to move to linux 2 weeks ago:
Word!
- Comment on It always seems like its time to move to linux 2 weeks ago:
That’s the worst thing about dealing with Windows machines at work: it’s not just the browser that needs an adblocker!
And I’m not going through 20 laptops to disable that (is it even possible) unless I get paid for it.
- Comment on Why do European Leftist call their government's right wing despite having free healthcare? 2 weeks ago:
The 2-party-system in the USA compares to most European party as follows:
- GOP: far-right and radical-right parties like AfD
- Democrats: all the rest, but mostly center-right and center-left parties
Caveat: more and more of our center-right parties vie for the far-right sector
