Nenon @Neon@computerfairi.es

Kid1: “respect my trans friends or I will identify as a problem”
Kid2: I already identify as a problem
Me: pssh, you were assigned problem at birth

And this, friends, is breakfast in the castle

TIL: yt-dlp includes support for #SponsorBlock to remove or mark sponsored segments in downloaded videos. 🤯

India has officially outlawed nine types of #UX #DarkPatterns, including saying "Hurry, only X amount left;" adding "processing fees;" adding dire language to opt-out buttons ("No, I'd rather not protect my purchase"); forcing people to agree to a EULA; forcing people to call a phone number to unsubscribe; using confusing opt-out language ("No, don't unsubscribe me"); blending ads into editorial content; and forcing people to click "remind me later" every day. https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/dark-patterns-are-now-illegal-in-india-6b3c35c5ce50

EU Parliament: Members and staff in the subcommittee on security and defense had their phones hit with intrusive surveillance software tools https://www.politico.eu/article/parliament-defense-subcommittee-phones-checked-for-spyware/ #Staatstrojaner

I wish there were more crystal girlies in tech.

They wouldn’t blame an incident on “human error,” they’d be scouring traces for unwanted energy, probing liminal spaces for malevolent spirits, writing new spells-as-code for automated cleansing.

Key contributing factors would be trickster fae, confusing incantations, unsafe reagents.

When Neptune is ascendant, they’ll update the test suite and save your ass. Saturn in transit? She’ll verify the observability pipeline by moonlight just in case.

Focus of your research: EXTREME PETTINESS AND UNWILLINGNESS TO LET ANYTHING GO
https://xkcd.com/2894/

When an Irish lighthouse built in 1700:s meets modern technology

Come on, Apple, I can easily beat that.

OK people, there won´t be a #Eurovision song contest this year.

They cancelled it, because Finland has clearly already won.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aaIxsEPoS28

holding the website down with my foot & pointing my sword at them as I check this box:

Someone should write a book for kids called How to Handle Your Difficult Parents

Possible chapters:
- "The Behavioral Challenges of the Middle-Aged Brain"
- "How to Be Caring but Firm in Resisting a Controlling Parent"
- "When Mom or Dad's Self-Esteem Hinges on Your Accomplishments"

Gespräch mit meinem Vater über die #Afd.
Er hat deren Programm gelesen und meint:
"Die werden innerhalb der ersten drei Wochen eine Diktatur errichten und dann alle nach und nach rausschmeißen, die ihnen nicht passen. Aus dem Land, aus Firmen, den Medien, Gerichten, überall. Die haben Listen. Das 'Die Demokratie ist in Gefahr' von unseren Politikern ist zu abgehoben. Die müssen viel einfacher erzählen, was passieren wird. Die schmeißen Dich aus der Firma, weil Dein Schwiegervater in der SPD ist"