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The effects of anti-malware on your computer are not dissimilar to the effects of malware itself.

Presumably the text "Processing..." is shown for such a long time on the Microsoft Word splash screen, since it's some kind of word play on the term Word Processor and they're waiting for someone to get it.

@Sexybiggetje🐖 Hi Martijn, now your main instance is back (federation between Friendica and GoToSocial doesn't really work yet) I can reply regarding this post (plantsand.coffee/@martijn/stat…) that 'nomadic identities' are implemented in Zap and Osada (among others), so they already do exist in the fediverse. From non-implementing platforms like Friendica and Mastodon these just look like two follows from two different accounts; and it shouldn't be impossible for other platforms on the fediverse to implement it as well.
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@Sexybiggetje🐖 great! I don't know how it's implemented, but there's something like a copiedTo attribute on profiles that a platform can use to understand nomadic identities (Mastodon already I think uses movedTo for similar things), but there's a lot more complicated stuff about keeping channels in sync.
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I'm trying to think of equally scary things but I can't find any.

Kelly Vaughn

2022-08-28 20:52:46


I'm going to dress up as CORS for Halloween this year and scare the shit out of everyone

Kelly Vaughn

2022-08-28 20:52:46


I'm going to dress up as CORS for Halloween this year and scare the shit out of everyone

In my country train ticket prices are incredibly expensive. A single ticket is considerably more expensive than going by car for one person, for multiple persons the car wins even more. Add to it that the car brings you from a to b and the train only from c to d, it's a wonder anybody takes the train at all. The train is completely co2 free though, it should be heavily subsidised.

Spent some time looking up what the union demands are for the train strikes I'm affected by, and that seriously is difficult to find. No news article mentions it, they just talk about what trains aren't going. When I found the union website I had hope, but most posts there had the same problem. Four levels deep I found some hints.

The thing is that 4.5% salary increase was offered (or 3.5% per year for a multi year deal) while automatic tracking of inflation was demanded. Also some structural changes of working conditions (e.g. related to night time work) were asked by the unions and not offered by the employer.

I don't understand the secrecy around this for something that affects the whole country.

I keep forgetting that federation between Friendica and GoToSocial is still a but wonky. So I reshared the thing that was meant to be a reply so that it's at least something.

Netflix

2022-08-24 19:00:01


"Wednesday is technically a Latina character and that's never been represented. So for me, any time that I have an opportunity to represent my community, I want that to be seen." — @jennaortega


@Jenna Ortega

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My four and a half years old Samsung phone just got another software update and is now up to date with the built of July 2022 (the model is over five years old). Impressed. I used to do some Samsung bashing, but they're doing it right now.

At most 5% of the spam is inorganic.

Dove Cameron's music video for her song Breakfast has an important message in the post-Roe world, not only the "Not The End" card.
#DoveCameron #Breakfast
youtu.be/yyeTE80BFjE

Dove Cameron - Breakfast (Official Video)

https://abortionfunds.org/https://supermajority.com/https://emilyslist.org/https://www.headcount.org/Listen & Download “Breakfast" out now: https://dovecamer...
YouTube
#DoveCameron #Breakfast

julia loves kate

2022-08-23 18:54:03


the links to every organization @DoveCameron added to the end of her breakfast mv. #bansoffourbodies

- supermajority.com
- abortionfunds.org
- emilyslist.org
- headcount.org

please go check them out and see what can be done in your state❗️

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#BansOffOurBodies @Dove Cameron

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Spoiled for choice... What to play to celebrate Alizée's birthday?

Happy Birthday, Alizée!

Six albums by Alizée

For more gender balance I've bought a USB cable with one female and one male connector, rather than the more common all male ones.

I don't understand this generating 'app passwords' after setting two factor authentication somewhere. Where you first had one password that was difficult to guess, you now have one password that is combined with the 2fa code even more difficult to guess, but because you have five apps that don't support 2fa you also have five passwords that are difficult to guess. But that is still five times easier to guess than before.

I'm getting the feeling that Nextcloud is the emacs of the cloud world, like Synology DSM is it for a NAS. Whenever it looks like a desktop and people can make apps for it, they will make apps for everything whether related, relevant, or not, like it is some kind of operating system in itself.

The way to fix problems in Windows is nowadays, or I should say try to fix, not just to restart the computer. You need to do at least:

  1. restart to fix software issues, since shutdown and startup is no longer the same as restarting,
  2. shutdown, power down and power up to fix hardware issues


Just completely forget about logging off and on again...

I don't know why my computer keyboard has things like 'A' and 'Q' written on them, suggesting a function to put those letters on your screen, while in reality their function is to add the text '(not responding)' to any window title bar.

Wow, Instagram now has a chronological timeline with just the people you follow. Great! It's a bit hidden... They are working hard to become an alternative to Pixelfed 😅

Jenna Ortega is so amazing in this trailer, the details in the performance are exceptional. I've been singing her praises for a while and I feel so vindicated...
#JennaOrtega #Wednesday

Netflix

2022-08-17 15:00:03


Mayhem, mystery and murder — this isn't your average Wednesday.

From the mind of Tim Burton, comes @wednesdayaddams. Premiering this fall


#JennaOrtega #Wednesday @Wednesday Addams
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A little detail as example: she learned how to play the cello for this role. There's no just waving a stick around near some strings here and then call it a day like some others would have done.
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“Little did I know that I’d be stepping into a nightmare. Full of mystery, mayhem and murder. I think I’m going to love it here.”

🙂
#Wednesday

#Wednesday

Netflix

2022-08-17 15:00:03


Mayhem, mystery and murder — this isn't your average Wednesday.

From the mind of Tim Burton, comes @wednesdayaddams. Premiering this fall


@Wednesday Addams

Peacocking, is that a word? It just came to me. I was reading a tech forum of course.

> The preview image for the android app is just a spinner.

Valid.

Some people have forgotten how to use a phone. It goes to your ear.

People who say to go out and meet people don't understand how much when you go out you don't meet people. You're only confronted by how much other people are going about as couples or with friends, making it clearer how alone you are.

There's a dance festival going on nearby and I'm getting their music for free. I'm wondering how it's possible that after all this time, dance music is still the same. Shouldn't new generations invent new music?

If you're a spy, and you're found out having stolen secret information, some apparently think it's a valid defence to just say that the police should have asked for the information back.

I cycled around the airport today, after having forgotten how big airports are.

The average time since the start of the measurement is always 1.
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We are all time travelers, going about our time traveling with a speed of about 1 second per second.

It's come to it that you need two laptops per one electron application.

Imagine a company spending lots of time and money protecting their website from cross-site scripting attacks and other forms of code injection, to then place adverts on their site.

It doesn't really matter whether you have a Facebook account or not, it just helps them put a name to the person. In lots of other ways, they already know exactly who you are.

Jenna Ortega posted this amazing photo on her Instagram of herself in her Wednesday Addams costume. Can't wait to see what they've made!
#JennaOrtega #Wednesday
instagram.com/p/ChFZA3SAN3o/?i…
Jenna as Wednesday lying in the grass, seen upside down, sneakers on someone else's feet also in the frame; everyone wears black
#JennaOrtega #Wednesday

Left wing value system: right vs wrong
Right wing value system: win vs lose

When a left winger steps back from an unjust fight, the right winger is honestly confused. When a right winger makes accusations of something they themselves are known to have done as well, and this is pointed out to them, they are like, I don't see your point.

I should know better than to fill in a contact form on a website after the faq's didn't answer my question. I should have known that I would just get a mail quoting those very same faq's that I had just read.
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I'm wondering how much these websites know that this just translates as they don't want my business.

Any demon they vanquish just comes back some seasons later, I don't know why they even bother.

The Clear View cover of my phone failed after five years of loyal service, so I decided the phone will have to go commando from now on and fend for itself.

A photoshoot is when you put up a photo of someone you don't like and try to hit it with a bow and arrow.

People who are comfortable taking a picture of themselves should probably not be and some who aren't, should.
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I am very much in the am not / should not category, but we live in a visual age.
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