leinir @leinir@computerfairi.es

I think the Substack discourse is good and that we should really be asking "why are Nazis okay but sex isn't" for nearly everything involving our society.

@kde

The news you've all been waiting for is here! 🎉

#Akademy2024 is happening in Würzburg, Germany, and online, from Saturday, 7th to Thursday, 12th September. Mark your calendars!

For more details, visit https://akademy.kde.org/2024/

#KDE #FOSSevent #techevent #FOSS

The Problem with Trolley Car Problems

I started out saying this as a joke, but gradually, over time, I've come to realize it's actually accurate.

The true solution to almost all "trolley car" problems is to find who keeps tying people to the tracks.

In trolley car problems, the people tied to the tracks always represent some disadvantaged sector of society — poor people, homeless people, no healthcare, minorites, etc — or even just (pardon the expression) "regular" lower class people.

And the "problem" is always "do you let those people be run over in order to save a billionaire, or a corporation, or the banking industry, or some sector of the economy, etc.

And again ... why are those people tied to the tracks in the first place? What is wrong with our economy/society/legal system, that we have those people stuck in those disadvantaged positions?

So the next time you see a trolley car problem — even the comedy/shitpost/joke problems — ask yourself, "who are those people tied to the track, and how did they get there in the first place?

I just saw a post that referred to ChatGPT as "Mansplaining as a service", and it is so wonderfully correct - instant generation of superficially plausible yet totally fabricated nonsense presented with unflagging confidence regardless of topic without concern, regard or even awareness of the expertise of its audience :D #chatgpt #mansplaining

My million dollar idea I want someone to steal and do, so I can be a customer.

"Dumb Stuff" we sell electronic appliances that aren't Internet connected. That's all.

That's it. That's the pitch. I would buy the <bleep> out of this company if their electronic gadgets were even half way decent, and repairable.

Electronic, no wifi, regular screws to open it up. That's it. Do those three things, and you can be sold by this store.

I will pay this business to curate and find these devices for me.

what operating system (or linux distro) do you use on a regular basis?

Exciting news for (aspiring) @godotengine users! This year I'll be releasing 3 additional Starter Kits for free covering popular genres; racing, 2D platforming and action RPGs ⚔️

Check out the existing Starter Kits here;
https://kenney.nl/starter-kits

#cyberpunk

It's stunning that the technical leader of the World Health Organization's COVID-19 response, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, publically reaffirmed that COVID-19 is still a global health threat and still a pandemic, yet hardly any media outlet has covered this except for this one.

https://themessenger.com/health/covid-pandemic-who-cdc-russia-world-health-organization

I got answers from Amazon. It's as bad as expected, and not sure there's anything to do about it. They sell damaged goods as new, and I will get no royalties for those sales. Fuck them forever.

Let me scream it: Your problem isn't [X/Y/Z] its capitalism!
AI isn't a problem, social media isn't a problem, mondays aren't a problem, smut isn't a problem.

Under-the-radar late night launch: RSS Parrot is live! It talks like Mastodon, but it doesn't walk like Mastodon. BUT! It will relay any RSS feed straight into your timeline.

Turn Mastodon into your very own feed reader. Follow anything that has an RSS feed and get a toot about new posts.

How? Mention @birb with the address you want to follow.

More details at https://rss-parrot.net. Boost for visibility :)

#RSS #Atom #FeedReader #Fediverse

At #37c3 they have IRC, and Matrix for text and for voice they setup their own LTE/2G/3G/SIP/DECT network where you bring whatever phone-like device and pick a 4 digit phone number.

Meanwhile in the USA for #defcon they just paid Discord money and told everyone to accept their privacy policy, and even the DC Privacy Village asks people to sign up for Slack and Google.

People ask why I fly to CCC from the USA. It is because that is the closest place to find a thriving hacker culture.

jesus fucking christ. someone just told me "I block everyone who posts or boosts ads" and then blocked me because i posted about my games being on sale. people like this need to learn the difference between individual creators promoting art they made and "ads", for fucks sake

#BlackLivesMatter memorial garden in #Seattle destroyed by city today - officials trying to wash away all memory of the rebellion and attempts by people to engage in self-organization and direct action in the face of state violence and capitalist crisis.

https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle-removes-black-lives-memorial-garden-cal-anderson/281-eec5ccd9-2636-472f-b039-ac64c367855f

Platforming and funding nazis while eliminating sexuality from the internet is the design. This isn’t specifically a #Substack thing (although they are extremely guilty and complicit). It’s #Paypal , #Stripe , and all the major card processors. They’re either specifically trying to support a Christian Nationalist agenda or they’re very knowingly allowing Christian Nationalists to work through them.

In terms of sexuality, the Christian Nationalists are defining everything that isn’t sex for “procreative purposes” as being deviant. If you have anything relating to your gender that doesn’t conform to their made up ideas of “traditional gender norms,” they’ve defined that as sexual too.

This is the Christian Nationalist agenda. They may not have come for you yet but they’ll get to you soon enough. We’ve already been fighting. It’s long past time for everyone else to join us.

@hacks4pancakes man, even speaking as a woman with a completely pink-decked desk and lots of uwu stuff, the way some companies try to include women feels SO CRINGE

I do not need a she-curity woman of the week, and I do not need to be invited to yet another networking event where I get a pink water bottle in exchange for listening to a man talk about how much he loves "badass hacker girls". I just want, like, normal cool hacker stuff but without the misogyny

So the government put out its guidance for how schools should treat trans pupils - and, unsurprisingly, it's useless and transphobic.

This is in the draft/consultation phase, which means they're taking feedback. If you're a teacher, or have a kid, or are a current student, or have any other reason they might listen to you, might be worth filling it in: https://consult.education.gov.uk/equalities-political-impartiality-anti-bullying-team/gender-questioning-children-proposed-guidance/