grysbok
@grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org
I’m a systems librarian in an academic library. I moved over the Lemmy after Rexxit 2023. I’ve had an account on sdf.org since 2009 (under a different username), and so I chose this instance out of a sense of nostalgia. I do all sorts of fiber arts (knitting, cross stitch, sewing) and love dogs.
- Comment on Reddit sues Anthropic, alleging its bots accessed Reddit more than 100,000 times since last July 9 hours ago:
I wonder if I can get Facebook to give me some of that sweet, sweet cash for the inconvenience of telling them to bugger off…
- Comment on Reddit sues Anthropic, alleging its bots accessed Reddit more than 100,000 times since last July 22 hours ago:
That’s hardly anything. Facebook has a bot accessing my server’s robots.txt multiple times a second. (My robots.txt used to say “Facebook bot go away” but now I just respond 404 to any requests from the Facebook bot. Pretend I said that all technical and stuff, it’s 2 am and I ought to go to sleep.)
- Comment on Slrpnk.net outage 23 hours ago:
Lol. Yeah, sdf.org feels pretty hands-off. They have longevity going for them–I’ve had an sdf account of some sort since 2009 at the latest. The system has been around since the 80s. The name comes from the anime “Super Dimension Fortress”, which I’ve never seen.
- Comment on Slrpnk.net outage 1 day ago:
This is making me want to create an alt on slrpnk.net , since you’re so chill and communicative about issues.
- Comment on Is lemm.we actually shutting down? 2 days ago:
Flashback to when the creator of lemmy.world/c/the_pack was looking for mods. I volunteered with
I’m also a shitty mod and will disappear for weeks at a time. I only have experience modding a small subreddit and have no familiarity with Lemmy’s mod tools. Feel free to hit me up.
I passed the vibe check and now I’m exactly as crap a mod as I said I’d be.
- Comment on How does one use an electric toothbrush? 1 week ago:
Some/most electric toothbrushes have built-in timers to help you give each quarter of your mouth equal time, so you don’t rush. Some will vibrate in a different/angrier way if you brush too hard.
- Comment on US Border Patrol detained a nursing mother and separated her from her infant daughter to the point that she needed medical attention as a result of not being able to nurse 1 week ago:
B.F. Skinner had a paper called “‘Superstition’ in the Pigeon”. This page gives a summary.
- Comment on Duolingo CEO says AI is a better teacher than humans—but schools will exist ‘because you still need childcare’ 2 weeks ago:
Give Hey Japan a look. I’m a noob, but it seems friendly.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
I’ve taught literal toddlers that my dog needs his alone time when he’s in his crate.
A 10 year old should be able to understand that sometimes people just don’t want to play/talk. Maybe wear headphones or some other very visible indicator that you’re not social right then?
- Comment on What can US citizens do to fight/prevent their country enabling genocide? 2 weeks ago:
True! Let’s encourage them to work towards goals that seem attainable and worthwhile.
Sometimes, just small changes can make a big difference to the individual. I used to take the elevator to my 5th-floor office. Now I take the stairs. The only conscious change to my routine was converting from carrying a bag/purse to carrying a backpack–I carry the same amount of stuff more comfortably, and so the stairs don’t seem daunting.
- Comment on What can US citizens do to fight/prevent their country enabling genocide? 2 weeks ago:
And “fit” doesn’t have to mean “able to run a marathon”. That might not be achievable for you. Even minor improvements can be big, though. For example, I have lower back pain. It sucks and I do not recommend it.
I’ve started physical therapy. It’s two 30-minute sessions a week, plus 10 minutes of homework stretches every day. My pain is much less than when I started.
I feel much more able to do things like long trips to the grocery store. Before, I’d sometimes have to beg off and lie down in the car and let my partner finish the trip.
Anyways, fitness. It’s good. YMMV, PT might not work for you, I am not a doctor.
- Comment on Can you read and understand this passage? 3 weeks ago:
Yes, but it was a slog. My summary:
the weather was dreadful, some high muckety muck is back from Michaelmas break. The scene is in London. All the people and critters in the street are covered in mud. The ground is slippery with mud (and probably horse crap, but we’re too polite to mention it). OMG the weather sucks, very wet and dreary. Everyone’s in a bad mood. Did I mention it’s wet and icky and muddy and the weather is bad?
- Comment on A VPN Company Canceled All Lifetime Subscriptions, Claiming It Didn’t Know About Them 3 weeks ago:
I’d say it depends on how much the license costs vs how the service costs.
The analogy that comes to mind is old cemeteries (YMMV, this is from a New England perspective). People buy a grave and expect to occupy it forever. This is a problem for cemeteries because a cemetery will eventually run out of graves to sell. The sales of graves goes towards the upkeep of the cemetery. Once there’s no more space, there’s no more sales, and there’s no more income for upkeep.
Some cemeteries get around this by reusing graves. You rent a grave for, say, 20 years and after 20 years of occupancy your next of kin is asked if they’d like to renew your subscription.
Other places charge a much higher upfront fee and invest it, using the interest to pay for ongoing maintenance.
Other places just abandon the cemetery and let it grow over with weeds.
- Comment on How do children address a non-binary parent? 3 weeks ago:
Yeah. I had to carefully word my dad’s obituary to not gender me–I wasn’t out yet, but it would have added more pain to the event if I’d been misgendered in it. Luckily, I have a sibling, so I able to rework the first draft from “survived by his son ___ and daughter ___” to be “survived by his children __ and __”.
Anyways, if I had a kid I think I’d just go by my name, or any nickname they came up with. I called my binary parents by their names so it doesn’t feel weird to me.
- Comment on YSK if you have a library card or are a student, there's a free streaming service called Kanopy 3 weeks ago:
I think lots of libraries do that. It’s awesome! (Source: my last 3 libraries in New England did that.)
Be sure to return the pass on time, though. You might screw up someone else’s trip to the museum if you return it late :( (that’s also why they tend to have higher late fees)
- Comment on WTF why my filament exploded? 5 weeks ago:
Can’t fool me, that’s clearly a pile of Twizzlers around an empty filament spool.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Seriously. We don’t even know how old the poster is, just that their dad is 48.
I was 20 when my dad was 48. I was in college and was only ‘home’ over the summers and winter break (when the dorms closed). My brother was 15. I don’t think it’d be reasonable to tell either of us to move out just because the adults in our lives were a tad indiscrete.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Agreed. I wouldn’t interrupt their fun, but I’d mention it to my dad some time when the girlfriend wasn’t around. I’d send an email or text if I felt too embarrassed/shy to say anything face-to-face. “Hey, Dad. Just FYI the walls are really thin in this apartment and I can hear what you two get up to.”
I’d also look into earplugs. Earplugs + bone conductive headphones could be a good work around. I’m a fan of Shokz, but other brands exist.
- Comment on What is this called? 1 month ago:
My partner almost always has a shawl tied around his waist, like a sash or belt. For him it’s a comfort object that can convert to shield him from the sun or cold. For me it’s a warm thing I can borrow that smells like him.
Anyways, he’s genderqueer sometimes, if that helps. And no one’s ever given him guff about it that I know of.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I don’t blame you for wanting to move. My partner and I are straight-passing, cis-passing, white folk in a blue state. We’re thinking of leaving the country. (Well, I am. My partner’s kind of like yours–not convinced we’re in danger.)
You’re much more visibly “other” than we are. One thought I’ve seen floated around is that options are good. If you can claim an international citizenship/passport (through, I dunno, Irish parents or something) it’s worth doing.
- Comment on What is this called? 1 month ago:
It reminds me of what’s often sold as a “pashmina” around me (USA), but it looks much wider along the tasseled edge than the pashminas I have.
- Comment on Light switches should be glow in the dark 1 month ago:
I installed one of these in a hallway. It was nice to know exactly where the light switch was, since it was not near a doorway or other nighttime landmark. I’d hate it in my bedroom.
- Comment on Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’ 1 month ago:
And the Wii can be Linuxed, if you get creative enough. Source: former roommate did it
- Comment on AI crawlers cause Wikimedia Commons bandwidth demands to surge 50%. 2 months ago:
Bots lie about who they are, ignore robots.txt, and come from a gazillion different IPs.
- Comment on FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies 2 months ago:
Last I checked, cloudflare requires the user to have JavaScript and cookies enabled. My institution doesn’t want to require those because it would likely impact legitimate users as well as bots.
- Comment on FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies 2 months ago:
It’s also a huge problem for library/archive/museum websites. We try so hard to make data available to everyone, then some rude bots come along and bring the site down. Adding more resources just uses more resources–the bots expand to fill the container.
- Comment on What car stickers say about you 2 months ago:
Hitachi also makes a very popular and effective personal massage device that they’re adamant is not a sex toy. In some circles the name “Hitachi” is synonymous with the device.
- Comment on What car stickers say about you 2 months ago:
We were talking about power tools at work and I said I’m happy with my Hitachi corded drill. I was disappointed no one even blinked.
- Comment on ‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners 3 months ago:
Last time I went to a new-to-me grocery store that I didn’t have a loyalty card for, I just used [local area code]-867-5309. Jenny hasn’t failed me yet.
- Comment on YSK: There's a protest today at noon at your state capitol. 3 months ago:
Online glasses places are pretty cheap and good quality, if you know your pupillary distance and your prescription isn’t complicated. ⭐Encouragement⭐