leinir @leinir@computerfairi.es
weirdo free/libre open source software person, member of the KDE community since forever, who loves squeaky, slinky and fuzzy things - they/them
Joined Sep 2018
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Like old magazines about computers? Why not subscribe to the Time Machine Subscription Service?
You get:
* 12 Computer / Console Magazines ranging from 1980 – 2004ish
* One sent each month
* Excitement of getting stuff in the mail
(I've basically got loads of old magazines to get rid of, servers to pay for, and though this would be a fun way of dealing with it)
More info here:
https://ramokromok.com/mags
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This is what a privatised health service looks like.
No vaccine if you are poor, no vaccination program for the common good, just private companies making money from those who can afford to pay.
Covid booster jabs to be approved for sale to UK public
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/17/covid-booster-jabs-approved-for-sale-to-uk-public?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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IDK how to explain to people that it's not just about covid at this point. I haven't had a cold or flu or any kind of illness in years now. I haven't been sick since 2019. The way we used to live now grosses me out, and I simply do not want to return to it.
@cinnamonvector it really captures Dat Sass! :)
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This is someting I wish I'd realized a lot sooner in life.
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Bills like the UK's so-called Online Safety Bill and the just re-introduced EARN IT Act undermine safety by attacking end-to-end encryption. #noearnitact #makedmssafe
QT signalapp: Our position remains clear. We will not back down on providing private, safe communications. Today, we join with other encrypted messengers pushing back on the UK's flawed Online Safety Bill.
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It's a great day to play a quarter century old game in your web browser!
https://phoboslab.org/wipegame/
I mean, its wipeout, soundtrack and everything.
@carboncats extra plus good, joy in kink is a long time favourite of mine :) Bliss is also good and can look very different, but outright joy? Big fan :)
Oh look! @furrywritersguild is here on the fediverse now :) #writing #furries
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Lifehack:
Instead of wondering if something is normal, ask if it's harmful.
Dressing up as an anthropomorphic animal character isn't normal, but it makes a lot of people smile.
Being exceptionally talented isn't normal, but it sure offers a way to enrich your life as well as the people you care for.
To hell with normal. To hell with being afraid of being called weird. Furries figured this out decades ago. Many anime fans and gamers, too.
Yet, I hear people ask things like, "Is it normal to feel the way I do?"
I dunno.
Does it make your life harder? Then you might want to do something about it. Does it cause harm to others? Definitely do something to correct it.
But to cry when you watch movies? Or to want to cuddle so much that you lose any interest in actually having sex? Or to hate the world we inherited so much that it hurts, and so you channel it into helping others suffer a little less?
Who gives a shit about normal. That's human.
@Saki yeah, feel like someone at that studio definitely knows what they were doing with that ;)
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Are there any #linux people who do #musicproducion on #OpenSUSE? With a low latency kernel and all that jazz? Preferably with #bitwig and VSTs and all that crap. That's where I'm headed in the future so I want to know how much faff there is. Back in the day I used Ubuntu Studio which was great.
@Doran_Eirok @Dairishgoat @CheetahObscura wholehearted agreement from over here, too :D
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i don't get mansplained to nearly as much on bluesky, and that's not because bluesky stumbled on some kind of magical feminist UI design, it's because mastodon is dominated by FOSS nerds, who have a terrible culture
@RedIzak do... corvids and the like count? :>
nsfw latex
@pewtrew that first one has a lovely sort of "whacha dooooin" feel to it :>
@Saki you forgot to put "yet" in there - easy word to forget when dealing with things that require practice I know, but thought you might need the reminder ;)
@icefoxx comfort and style, all together, it's such a good look :)
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What an unforgettable #Akademy2023! Thank you to our sponsors, attendees (in-person and online), University of Macedonia, Akademy Team, and volunteers for making it a success.
For updates about #Akademy, keep an eye on https://akademy.kde.org/!
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“Tech experts are starting to doubt that ChatGPT and A.I. ‘hallucinations’ will ever go away: ‘This isn’t fixable’”
More accurately, AI researchers have always said that this isn’t fixable but y’all were too obsessed with listening to con artists to pay attention but now the con is wearing thin. https://fortune.com/2023/08/01/can-ai-chatgpt-hallucinations-be-fixed-experts-doubt-altman-openai/
weirdo free/libre open source software person, member of the KDE community since forever, who loves squeaky, slinky and fuzzy things - they/them
Joined Sep 2018
