when I was at my first job, a callcenter that took calls from the US for Microsoft in Argentina, we had a scripted greeting where we said our name, but it couldn't be our actual real name. We had to come with an english name. Mine was Eric.
that's it, that's the post.
that's it, that's the post.
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I genuinely do not understand why people feel the need to apply this kind of social pressure to Anglicise. The guy who runs the corner shop nearest me wears a name tag that says "Paul".
He is a lovely man called Mandip who is very kind and can never do enough to help if you're nice to him.
Again, his name is Mandip. Man-dip. It's not even difficult to pronounce.
Boggles the mind.
He is a lovely man called Mandip who is very kind and can never do enough to help if you're nice to him.
Again, his name is Mandip. Man-dip. It's not even difficult to pronounce.
Boggles the mind.
Black people invented all the best music ever. period
I will tolerate NO NONSENSE on this post. you prize will be an instablock (congrats I guess... ?)
I will tolerate NO NONSENSE on this post. you prize will be an instablock (congrats I guess... ?)
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The "Linux is only free if you don't value your time" crowd been real quiet since Windows unattended updates dropped
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- 7.2% of American adults are LGBTQ. That's 18.9 million adults, or larger than the entire veteran population.
- 11 million Americans are bisexual. That's more people than the entire state of Georgia.
- 3.6 million Americans are gay. That's more than the entire state of Utah.
- 2.6 million Americans are lesbian. That's more people than every single farmer in the country.
- and 1.6 million of us are transgender. That's TWICE as many as there are cops in the entire United States.
When people say "we shouldn't change our entire society just to pander to such a small percentage of it", that's obviously a really dumb argument from just an ethical stance. But it's also a really dishonest one. Because they would never say the same thing about veterans, farmers, cops, or the populations of entire States.
- 11 million Americans are bisexual. That's more people than the entire state of Georgia.
- 3.6 million Americans are gay. That's more than the entire state of Utah.
- 2.6 million Americans are lesbian. That's more people than every single farmer in the country.
- and 1.6 million of us are transgender. That's TWICE as many as there are cops in the entire United States.
When people say "we shouldn't change our entire society just to pander to such a small percentage of it", that's obviously a really dumb argument from just an ethical stance. But it's also a really dishonest one. Because they would never say the same thing about veterans, farmers, cops, or the populations of entire States.
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Regular reminder: if your site or app doesnât work in Firefox, itâs broken.
I lived through the âthis site requires and/or is best in IEâ era, and Iâd rather burn it all down than return to that.
Pro-tip: Firefox does most things better anyway. Give it a spin and enjoy a less-tracked web.
I lived through the âthis site requires and/or is best in IEâ era, and Iâd rather burn it all down than return to that.
Pro-tip: Firefox does most things better anyway. Give it a spin and enjoy a less-tracked web.
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or: Firefox is soft tech fascism, blocking shit by authoritarian default that i want to open. I wish Brave was better or some light non surveillance capitalist alternative. Any recos?
@thomkennon ...What does it block that you want to open? Only thing I ever have that with is stuff that's not properly encrypted. :/
@Angle Yeah I prolly should take the time to customize it. A bunch of sites I use frequently (lots of older academic sites) it just breaks and hangs. It's a nanny app and I guess I'm too old and anarchic.
@thomkennon lol... maybe it's the sites that need fixing, ever thought about that.... ? you have old, broke, probably badly developed and unmaintained sites, but you choose to blame the gold standard for modern browsers instead.
yet you claim to be an academic. I hope this is not the way in which you normally reason and work...
yet you claim to be an academic. I hope this is not the way in which you normally reason and work...
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@thomkennon whoa. this tbh has got to be one of the worst takes about anything I have heard in quite a while. that is quite amazing.
I think you really need to step away from the keyboard and spare innocent bystanders of your harmful nonsense...
I think you really need to step away from the keyboard and spare innocent bystanders of your harmful nonsense...
@Kay369
I started using it and it works like you'd expect. Yes, decentralised. But if Mastodon and Friendica have the same messaging functionality, I don't see the point of another account.
@Steve Grunwell
I started using it and it works like you'd expect. Yes, decentralised. But if Mastodon and Friendica have the same messaging functionality, I don't see the point of another account.
@Steve Grunwell
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Federation is a privilege, not a right. Your admin needs to be a good fedizen in order to keep federated.
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It's nearly 6pm. You know what that means......
(it's crime time)
(it's crime time)
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There needs to be a word for the fatigue that sets in when a trans person is constantly required to be polite and gracious when dealing with cis people who are failing to do the bare fucking minimum.
Oh, you can change my name but not my gender marker? You need me to come back in with the form you specifically told me you didn't need last time? None of the departments can agree on whose job it is to change my name in the system? That's fine. I'm fine.
Oh, you can change my name but not my gender marker? You need me to come back in with the form you specifically told me you didn't need last time? None of the departments can agree on whose job it is to change my name in the system? That's fine. I'm fine.
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My job failed to change my name for almost a full year because HR said it was IT's responsibility and IT said it was HR's responsibility.
(It was actually IT's fault: HR had already changed my name, but a computer bug stopped it from propagating to the entire system.)
(It was actually IT's fault: HR had already changed my name, but a computer bug stopped it from propagating to the entire system.)
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The US education system, apparently:
âOur students can learn about other countries on their own time.â
The final state exam to graduate from high school, Madagascar, three days ago, by candlelight because our power company messed up again:
âWe need you to write an essay on the Cold War and another on the generalities of the US economy.â
âOur students can learn about other countries on their own time.â
The final state exam to graduate from high school, Madagascar, three days ago, by candlelight because our power company messed up again:
âWe need you to write an essay on the Cold War and another on the generalities of the US economy.â
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Everyone: in the future, we could imagine every news outlet running their own fediverse instance, what a wonderful future that would be!
BBC: becomes the first major news outlet to launch an official fedi instance
Everyone, ten seconds later: we are fediblocking the BBC for being too right wing.
BBC: becomes the first major news outlet to launch an official fedi instance
Everyone, ten seconds later: we are fediblocking the BBC for being too right wing.
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On an unrelated note, I just opened the Windows 10 Photos app for the first time ever directly instead of opening a file, only to discover it has been tracking every single image I have ever opened in Photos back to 2017 when I got this computer and will show the entire list to anyone who opens Photos.exe on my computer. This is a mind-boggling feature to have without notifying the user you're doing it. I feel like you could only design this feature if you have no pornography on your computer.
This reminds me of the eerie tracking it does in the background for recently opened windows/apps that surfaces when you go to open a new desktop view (via Windows key+Tab).
You get this timeline view of some (thankfully not all) recently open windows/apps and I don't recall anything ever telling me it would be doing that. At least this is a little more out of the way than Photos, but still, similarly gross feeling.
You get this timeline view of some (thankfully not all) recently open windows/apps and I don't recall anything ever telling me it would be doing that. At least this is a little more out of the way than Photos, but still, similarly gross feeling.
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Hey. What. What the fuck. What the goddamn fuck.
Windows is keeping a *record* of *every window I close*? And it's been doing this for *five years?*
https://mastodon.social/@gmr_leon@mstdn.social/110792520573331111
It seems (??) to only preserve this record for a month, but still, *what the fuck??!*
Windows is keeping a *record* of *every window I close*? And it's been doing this for *five years?*
https://mastodon.social/@gmr_leon@mstdn.social/110792520573331111
It seems (??) to only preserve this record for a month, but still, *what the fuck??!*
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Since it seems #Google has decided to uni-laterally force through their new anti-#adblock #DRM euphemistically named "Web environment integrity", I decided to add a little bit of code to my website that blanks out the page and displays a protest message with a link to the firefox download page when you visit it from a browser with this DRM feature. Here's the source inside one toot, feel free to copy and put it at the end of your website's <body> before the closing tag:
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Not shure if that'll work as Google will likely prevent / patch out that settung on Chrome and Chromium...
Chrome and chromium both still allow you to disable EME.
Firefox is actually worse in this regard. If you disable EME you will periodically get popups telling you to enable it even on sites where it's unnecessary.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1451762
Firefox is actually worse in this regard. If you disable EME you will periodically get popups telling you to enable it even on sites where it's unnecessary.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1451762
1451762 - Inappropriate message "You must enable DRM to play some audio or video on this page"
NEW (nobody) in Firefox - Messaging System. Last updated 2023-07-14.bugzilla.mozilla.org
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I started an account at BlueSky because so many other academic #philosophers had signed up, but there is even less activity than here.
I'm especially interested in #GreekPhilosophy but also #philosophyofmind and #metaphysics.
Any others out there?
I'm especially interested in #GreekPhilosophy but also #philosophyofmind and #metaphysics.
Any others out there?
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Reminded of the âKurt Vonnegut goes to buy an envelopeâ quote. One of the best expressions of the joys of careful and deliberate inefficiency Iâve read.
Posted as image because the alt text has a higher character limit than a toot so I can paste the whole text as actual text there. Weird huh.
Posted as image because the alt text has a higher character limit than a toot so I can paste the whole text as actual text there. Weird huh.
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this is absolute gold.
On the alt text vs post character limit, I would guess here that the visual aesthetics of a Very Long Post are not so great to someone who is not impacted with low vision, but if they are, and are using a screenreader, most everything is words, so no difference.
On Mastodon a picture is worth 1500 characters đ
On the alt text vs post character limit, I would guess here that the visual aesthetics of a Very Long Post are not so great to someone who is not impacted with low vision, but if they are, and are using a screenreader, most everything is words, so no difference.
On Mastodon a picture is worth 1500 characters đ
On Friendica, my side of the fediverse, our character limits are designed for more longer form posts like you'd see on a Facebook type system. I still find it beneficial to use the ALT-text for images cases like this. People who can see the image would find having all the text duplicated overly verbose while people who can't get the image or have trouble seeing the image can leverage the ALT text.
Ya but they can automatically add a read more link which solves the aesthetics issue.
In the spirit of a most humble request, I seek your attention, dear developers of the resplendent platform known as #Mastodon, to engage in a #discourse pertaining to the limitation of characters bestowed upon us. 1/5
In the spirit of a most humble request, I seek your attention, dear developers of the resplendent platform known as #Mastodon, to engage in a #discourse pertaining to the limitation of characters bestowed upon us. 1/5
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@privacydingus
Much like the young Oliver Twist, who in his unassuming innocence dared to ask for more, I find myself standing before the mighty creators, the architects of this digital edifice, clutching an empty bowl of limited characters, seeking a kind gesture of magnanimity.
"Please, Mastodon," I beseech in earnest, holding out my Overflowing bowl of 500 characters, "may I have some more?" 2/5
Much like the young Oliver Twist, who in his unassuming innocence dared to ask for more, I find myself standing before the mighty creators, the architects of this digital edifice, clutching an empty bowl of limited characters, seeking a kind gesture of magnanimity.
"Please, Mastodon," I beseech in earnest, holding out my Overflowing bowl of 500 characters, "may I have some more?" 2/5
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so we're all gonna keep calling it twitter here, right? so people can properly filter on it, right? *stares intently*
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Does hanging out with trans people make you trans?
No, that's absurd, of course not.
However, hanging out with people who have chosen to put radical authenticity to their senses of self above societal pressures to fit in, might make you think twice about a thing or two that you currently take for granted.
Just sayin'
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No, that's absurd, of course not.
However, hanging out with people who have chosen to put radical authenticity to their senses of self above societal pressures to fit in, might make you think twice about a thing or two that you currently take for granted.
Just sayin'
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https://matrix.to/#/#community:the-apothecary.club
Matrix - Decentralised and secure communication
You're invited to talk on Matrix. If you don't already have a client this link will help you pick one, and join the conversation. If you already have one, this link will help you join the conversationmatrix.to
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@TechnicallyRon@Twitter.com:
"I took 1 star reviews of #Barbie from furious men on letterboxd and put them on the posters because it makes the film seem ever cooler."
That last one has to be a guy who doesn't understand why he is so attracted to the Kens.
#Feminist #PinkAcidTrip #Gay #AlienatingDangerousAndPerverse
https://nitter.net/TechnicallyRon/status/1683058689224179712
"I took 1 star reviews of #Barbie from furious men on letterboxd and put them on the posters because it makes the film seem ever cooler."
That last one has to be a guy who doesn't understand why he is so attracted to the Kens.
#Feminist #PinkAcidTrip #Gay #AlienatingDangerousAndPerverse
https://nitter.net/TechnicallyRon/status/1683058689224179712
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âŹïž This is a fact. âŹïž
Itâs not a meme. Itâs not an opinion. Itâs a fact â a fact I wish everyone could accept, take to heart, and use to motivate action!!
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual
Itâs not a meme. Itâs not an opinion. Itâs a fact â a fact I wish everyone could accept, take to heart, and use to motivate action!!
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual
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Some outstanding conceptual judo in the opening paragraph of this proposal. âOften depend ⊠may assume ⊠certain aspects ofâ⊠therefore we would like to propose killing non-chrome user agents in general and ad blockers in particular.
https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/blob/main/explainer.md
https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/blob/main/explainer.md
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Human-facing, client-side platform-state attestation tools are not going to be used to secure the agency or well being of humans. As soon as they hit production they are going to be used to defend businesses and business models at the expense of human choice and agency. Intentions are irrelevant, they are worth nothing, and anyone building these tools claiming that they serve a human good is lying to you, themselves or both.
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aww hell yeah #nonbinaryDay love to my fellow gender weirdos
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People who have tried to support Windows with their applications but ended up either not or dropping support eventually, what were the hurdles you encountered?
Particularly interested in apps that were primarily imagined for Linux and/or CLI usage.
My network is small so boosts are appreciated!
Particularly interested in apps that were primarily imagined for Linux and/or CLI usage.
My network is small so boosts are appreciated!
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"Piracy can't be stealing if paying for it isn't owning"
This is increasingly how it feels, when things you "own" digitally become inaccessible, and when shows which are locked in streaming services can get delisted on a whim, disappearing forever.
Thank you @Illuminatus for this quote.
[Edit: In case this wasn't clear, this is about entertainment and digital ownership, not physical goods]
This is increasingly how it feels, when things you "own" digitally become inaccessible, and when shows which are locked in streaming services can get delisted on a whim, disappearing forever.
Thank you @Illuminatus for this quote.
[Edit: In case this wasn't clear, this is about entertainment and digital ownership, not physical goods]
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All big tech social media really out here making sure my relationship with the internet is healthier and healthier by the day. Seems like they really do have my best interests in mind.
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Let's see.
Reddit: Unusable without accessible app, unusable without web for adult material, unusable for moderating.
Twitter: I'm just completely locked out tbh.
YouTube: Only 3 videos a day.
Threads: Not available in my country.
What am I missing? How else is big tech social media looking out for my mental well being?
Reddit: Unusable without accessible app, unusable without web for adult material, unusable for moderating.
Twitter: I'm just completely locked out tbh.
YouTube: Only 3 videos a day.
Threads: Not available in my country.
What am I missing? How else is big tech social media looking out for my mental well being?
I just blocked threads.net. Single user instance, but still đđŒ
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#FediPact #threads #fediblockmeta
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#FediPact #threads #fediblockmeta
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@Seph Harrisonâ â
Logged in with the admin user, the menu has a "Moderation" option; that takes you to a page where you can insert domain patterns to block. I'm not home right now but I can screencap it later if you like.
For anyone else reading this I should clarify we are discussing the ActivityPub-compatible Friendica social network, which I should've noted on my original post. Other examples of non-Mastodon, ActivityPub-compatible networks you might have heard of include Misskey/Calckey, Kbin, Lemmy, Peertube, Pixelfed, and more.
For anyone else reading this I should clarify we are discussing the ActivityPub-compatible Friendica social network, which I should've noted on my original post. Other examples of non-Mastodon, ActivityPub-compatible networks you might have heard of include Misskey/Calckey, Kbin, Lemmy, Peertube, Pixelfed, and more.
@jec& I can find that, was looking under Admin, as well as doing a quick DDG search and not finding it, thanks.
And if'n I did it right, *.threads.net is blocked.
And if'n I did it right, *.threads.net is blocked.
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I feel like my generation experienced Peak Internet and weâre now on a downward trend.
Google Search sucks. You canât trust Amazon ratings. Twitter & Reddit are at war with their users. Every useful news site is paywalled and every garbage one is free.
Turns out 2010s were the good old days.
Google Search sucks. You canât trust Amazon ratings. Twitter & Reddit are at war with their users. Every useful news site is paywalled and every garbage one is free.
Turns out 2010s were the good old days.
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Antes de que Shakira comenzara a perseguir el mercado yanqui... siempre me gustĂł este tema
Shakira - Ojos AsĂ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BzkbSq7pww
Shakira - Ojos AsĂ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BzkbSq7pww
Shakira - Ojos AsĂ (Official HD Video)
VĂdeo oficial de Shakira de su tema 'Ojos AsĂ'. Haz clic aquĂ para escuchar a Shakira en Spotify: http://smarturl.it/ShakiraSpot?IQid=SOAIncluido en DĂłnde Es...YouTube
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If vaccines really did contain computer chips someone would have ported Doom to them by now and posted to Hacker News about it.
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•Winternet :twinterlune: :Yellow:
•girlhomicide :cyberheartlesbian:
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Bernie Does It For Harris
•https://sdm.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Misdiagnoses
Misdiagnoses
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