salith @salith@computerfairi.es
Joined Aug 2018
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Folks, if you have any computer-illiterate friends and relatives you're on good terms with, please educate them about fake invoice emails.
The owner of one of my tech support patients tried to reverse a (nonexistent) $400 support subscription charge by calling the 1-800 number on a (fake) Geek Squad invoice.
And that was not a conversation I wanted to have with my brother... talks about mum's request for a DNR request or not, which we all have to agree to since we both have powers of attorney or whatever it's called.
Obviously honouring her wishes, but it's not easy to talk or think about it :(
Not to mention my mobility issues make it very hard to get to and from (and walk around within) the hospital she's in (Northern General for those who know that place)
Feeling pretty useless with my mum in hospital and I can't do much for her.
Even being in the hospital is hard as there's so much background noise that it triggers my tinnitus to no end, and since she can barely breathe/speak, I can barely understand anything she says :(
They say she's on the mend, but what I saw of her today makes me fearful of how bad she must have been yesterday.
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Having a union in this moment allowed us to bring Epic Games to the table and negotiate over the terms of severance. We successfully challenged the status quo and demanded a more just and fair agreement for our laid-off comrades. We are hopeful that it will allow those workers more security in these frustrating times.
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passwords when you don’t enforce changing them every 2 months: Viy$Ehi8sy3&2WQ
passwords when you enforce changing them regularly: password01!? password02!? password03!? password04!? password05!?
Yep, Robocop Rogue City is using a Temporal Anti-Aliasing solution on anything with transparency or reflectivity... and without it, those aspects get checkerboard rendered instead (so half resolution which has 'gaps').
So I either have to accept that Unreal 5 games are just going to have ghosting and not play them, or allow it to checkerboard render in a crappy way by injecting instructions.
Guess Unreal 5 engine games are not being made for me.
Concerned the place I just had dinner at was burning logs with mushrooms on them... getting some allergy symptoms like tightened throat :(
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Meta, YouTube face criminal spying complaints in Ireland
Tracking code and ad-block blocking breaks Euro computer law, privacy advocate claims Exclusive Facebook-owner Meta and Google's YouTube now face criminal complaints in Ireland for alleged unlawful surveillance of EU citizens via tracking scripts.…
#RSS #theregister #IT
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/11/11/meta_youtube_criminal_charges/
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Dishonest 'choice' by Facebook to force users to choose between free use (with a privacy invasion) or pay for privacy.
Why untruthful? First, Facebook says that that I am now using Facebook for free with 'personalized' ads, but that is not true.
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Because these billboards are just monitors rotated 90 degrees, they’re invisible to polarized sunglasses. It’s like a real-life ad blocker!
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#WritersCoffeeClub Nov 3: "Are dialogue tags flexible?" laughed John.
Sure. Flex them. Flex them hard, otherwise your dialogue looks samey.
❌ he said, she said, he said, over and over
❌ different verb every time
✅ why not both?
✅ sometimes before the quoted speech, sometimes after
✅ replace dialogue tag with speaker doing an action
✅ no tag at all, speaker obvious from context
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anyone in UK who hasn't responded to the NHS consultation on banning puberty blockers for EVERYONE except children who agree to be part of a clinical study, you have until Tuesday to do so
https://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/consultation/puberty-suppressing-hormones/
Respond here!
#trans #transrights #transrightsarehumanrights #NHS #ukpol #ukpolitics
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Yes, Private Eye is a UK-based satirical magazine. But when it matters, they often stop being funny and start telling it like it is. And in the current climate, this front-page splash was a brave move. 👏🏽
@Nine Guess the weather isn't only taking it's toll on me then?
Video game character is turned into a cool monster. [Happy Nerd]
Nobody else in the game thinks they're cool as a monster. [Unsure Nerd]
Character seeks out cure to turn back into a boring human. [Unhappy Nerd]
Character turns back into a human and everyone in the game likes them again. [Sulking Nerd]
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In a major win for transgender people in Japan, the country's high court has struck down a law requiring sterilization for gender change. #japan #unseenjapan #ujpost #news
https://unseen-japan.com/japan-transgender-sterilization-law/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-transgender-sterilization-law
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Just saw that #Etsy has had three articles about how they mistreat their sellers in as many days. As an independent #artist myself, I've been struggling to find purchase (and purchasers) on the platform, which is why I started building #magpiemarket - a #federated Etsy-alternative. These articles just go to show how much we need a new space that helps #artists rather than uses them. Please #boost this to help us spread the word.
Joined Aug 2018
