FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

Such a mood

The moon appeared inside the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower, in breach of the Olympic Brand Guide.

Big day at school today, because, oh boy, your career aptitude test results came in!!

Let's see, you got...

how about this: server info could include a donation link, and this donation link could be displayed in the app as "support instance"

just call your app mastodon.social if you want it to be a mastodon.social client, jesus christ. it's almost as if mastodon isn't even meant to be a federated server software

because mastodon.social obviously is the mastodon server with the worst funding and it's definitely not small instances that could need some more money to pay for infrastructure, moderators, etc /s

Connecting my Nintendo Account to my Pokemon Account automatically set my Pokemon Account to use my deadname, and it won't let me change it. Come the fuck on

The Metals Company is desperate to start mining the deep ocean, so it funded research to prove its plans would have a low environmental impact.

Instead the scientists it funded found the metals produce oxygen that could be essential for the survival of deep-sea creatures.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/oxygen-ocean-study-conflict-1.7273929

#mining #tech #evs #ocean

the NIN shirt is the cherry on top

(stolen from reddit, source unknown)

anyway, here are some pro tips:

1. fuck antivirus lol

2. fuck word macros lol

3. get rid of computer, buy plushies instead

I felt like sounding off in the YouTube comments section.

ALRIGHT, MOTHERFUCKERS. IN ANTICIPATION OF A FRESH ROUND OF TWITTER REFUGEES, I AM REINTRODUCING MYSELF.

I AM LRRR, RULER OF THE PLANET OMICRON PERSEI 8. YOU MAY KNOW ME FROM MY EXTERMINATION OF THE GOOSE PEOPLE OF GLIESE-581C, MY TED TALKS, OR MY MINOR RECURRING ROLE AS AN INTERPLANETARY ANTAGONIST ON FUTURAMA. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT I AM WIDELY REGARDED AS OMICRON PERSEI 8'S BIGGEST WIFE GUY; THE DECISION TO CAST ME AS A SHITTY HONEYMOONERS-STYLE HUSBAND PLAYED FOR BIG LAUGHS ON MY HOME PLANET.

WHILE TRAVELING TO ZETA RETICULI FOR "BUSINESS," I CRASH-LANDED ON EARTH. I HAVE COMMANDEERED QUARTERS FROM A PUT-UPON MIDDLE-AGED TAX LAWYER IN ALASKA. I CALL HIM HUMAN GHOSTWRITER TO AVOID OMICRONIANIZING HIM. ALSO, BECAUSE HE HAS THUMBS, I MAKE HIM TYPE FOR ME. I REFUSE TO DEGRADE MYSELF BY SELECTIVELY CAPITALIZING LETTERS.

I BELIEVE IT IS IMMORAL TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN MEMBERS OF A SPECIES. YOU ARE ALL SCUM, AS FAR AS I AM OFFICIALLY CONCERNED. BUT UNOFFICIALLY, I AM AN AVID CONSUMER OF EARTH CULTURE. I LIKE LOUD MUSIC, BAD TELEVISION, FILM CRITICISM, FOOD, AND ART GENERALLY. I EAT PEOPLE, BUT IT'S NOT A SEX THING. MY BAND, LRRR AND THE OMICRON PERSEI 8, IS ON A BRIEF PERMANENT HIATUS (MY RHYTHM SECTION DIED OF CREATIVE DIFFERENCES).

I AM SEEKING TO BECOME PRESIDENT OF EARTH THROUGH LARGELY PEACEFUL MEANS. I *KNOW* I CAN SEIZE POWER BY FORCE, BUT THE BALLOT BOX WILL BE FAR MORE OF A CHALLENGE. I INTEND TO USE MY OFFICE TO BUILD A HUMONGOUS PLANET-KILLING LASER IN THE AMERICAN HEARTLAND (YES, I'VE HEARD OF KANG - THAT HACK, WITH HIS STUPID BULLSHIT LASER). THE TIME HAS COME FOR MY MUSCULAR BRAND OF AUTHORI-CARE-IANISM, WHICH YOU MAY KNOW BETTER AS FULLY AUTOMATED LUXURY SPACE COMMUNISM (IT CAN BE AS GAY AS YOU WANT).

I HATE GEESE, LOVE JOHN K. SAMSON, AND DESPISE HOT WEATHER. YOU WON'T LIVE TO REGRET HAVING ME PLASTER YOUR FEED WITH UNHINGED TAKES.

#Introduction #LRRR2024 #CAPELYFE

Personal pet-peeve of mine: translator saying they don't need a dictionary, because they know the language already.

Breaking news kiddo: languages aren't a monolith. Not matter how well versed you thing you are, you're just a tiny corner of a large conversation, filled with ignorance, biases and blind spots. You can never fully know a language, just chase it and research it, all your life.

if you're going to use an honorific for someone and don't know their preference, don't underestimate "The"

Enclosed please find one of my favorite quotes from a Terry Pratchett novel: an exchange with Mr. Slant, the undead lawyer, from near the end of _The Truth_. The satire of legal folderol is on point, as always, but has special importance to me.

This tells us two things.

One, the US government will just eat up giant data sets even if they're not of any clear or direct utility. You can't assume "I will only be investigated if I'm suspected of a crime" or even "the US will only investigate me if I live in the US". You just need to be *literally in the same hemisphere* as someone suspected of a crime to get snooped on.

Two, the US GOV has had advanced deanonymization algorithms since 2007 and they have had 16 years to improve since then.