FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

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Protip: unless you're using Firefox (or one of its derivatives), you're using Chrome.

Don't tell people, "Stop using Chrome," because they'll inevitably end up with Vivaldi, Opera GX, Brave, or MS Edge (or god knows what else). All of these are Chrome.

Instead, tell them, "Switch to Firefox." Give them an idea in their head on what to switch to.

Yes I know I'm concealing the semantics. It's actually "based on Chromium" or whatever the fuck. Considering that Google is the largest contributor to Chromium, and pretty much has the sole responsibility in updating Chromium, and inserts all kinds of Google-specific shit into Chromium, the semantics are irrelevant. Chromium/Edge might as well be Chrome except blue, just like Opera/Vivaldi is Chrome except red, or Brave is Chrome except orange (with a side of homophobia, transphobia, and crypto scam), etc.

Here, look. No in-school infections in a primary school in Australia during the height of omicron. You know what they used to achieve this miraculous feat?

A smoke machine, CO2 detectors, and portable hepa filtration units that you just plug into an outlet and turn on. It's not even fucking hard! They weren't even aerosol engineers or infectious disease experts, they were teachers and parents! Lay people!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-01/brisbane-school-no-covid-omicron-outbreaks-term-1/100956850

It has come to my attention that some of you are very concerned about data brokers collecting your data, but are not familiar with the work of @yaelwrites and the Big-Ass Data Broker Opt Out List. Please enjoy:

https://github.com/yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-List

Anybody confused why people still listen to turntables or CD players forget that they never:

- stop working because they can't connect to WiFi
- stop working because they need a firmware update
- stop working because the manufacturer dropped support
- say "if you like Bach you might like Taylor Swift"
- play ads
- recommend "turntable premium"

WinRAR 0-day that uses poisoned JPG and TXT files under exploit since April

Vulnerability allows hackers to execute malicious code when targets open malicious ZIP files.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/08/winrar-0-day-that-uses-poisoned-jpg-and-txt-files-under-exploit-since-april/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

meme about pronouns

who called it "undefined behavior" and not "subjective c"

straight-haired girls: "oh, it's raining! that's so fun! do you wanna go outside and play in the rain, with all the moisture and humidity, without umbrellas???"

curly-haired girls: "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

🎶 I am the very model of a modern useless lesbian,
I've mastered not a single art from music to the thespian,
I can not for the life of me tell when I'm being flirted with,
The common refrain from our friends is "when will you two fucking kiss?"
I haven't learned to rust or C, can barely start a document,
I don't own swords or dogs, don't have a single lesbi-complement
and if we have a second date then most importantly of all,
I do not have a license so I can not drive our date U-haul. 🎶

The bots are now hiring. I saw a checkmark on a form for a job application that said "opt out of AI".

I've applied to this place before and was insta-rejected, which was unusual. This time, I unselected the box. I received a notification that my application was accepted. No insta-rejection.

What's interesting about this is that the company says that it "will not use AI to filter applications", but that was clearly false.

Really looking forward to unanticipated consequences of AI everywhere.

New stealthy techniques let hackers gain Windows SYSTEM privileges https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-stealthy-techniques-let-hackers-gain-windows-system-privileges/

we are in the timeline where Sweden (Sverige, Svea rike) is named after the Swedes. but as anyone who's read about the titles Swedish kings used to have will know, Sweden is also the kingdom of the Goths. what if we were living in a timeline where we called it Gothen or something. that would be cool. Gothenburg would probably be the capital

its out of touch thursdays!

when time traveling, the first thing you should do to narrow down which Mandela Effect fork you’re in is to check whether the capital of Italy is Rome or Reme

I told a colleague that logistic regression is AI and they got mad at me, so I made a chart. Find yourself. I am "Tinder is AI".