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   Abhiseck Paira :gnu: :gnuhurd: (redstarfish@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Friday, 27-Dec-2024 15:53:44 JST Abhiseck Paira :gnu: :gnuhurd:

   A conversation between me and my friend on Telegram:

   Me: Hey, install Quicksy. I don't want to chat on Telegram, it's not E2EE.

   Friend: No. I'm not going to install your weird apps.

   Me: But, it's free software (স্বাধীন সফ্টওয়ার) and really good, supports E2EE!

   Friend: No. I have nothing to fear. I don't care if someone reads my chats.

   This went on for some minutes, I couldn't persuade him to install Quicksy. So I gave up.

   After a week, when he was about to say something political on a Telegram voice call (this was E2EE)

   Friend: I don't want to say it over phone, you know.

   Me: Well, this call is E2EE, say whatever you want. Only you and me can hear it.

   Then, he said it.

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   rowan {chaosfem node} (storybead@chaosfem.tw)'s status on Friday, 09-Aug-2024 09:31:19 JST rowan {chaosfem node}

   in reply to

   @EmilyGB2023 @DivineKestrel @bridget I've been at my place for 12 years, and people think that's because it might a great place. It's not awful, but it's nothing special, but I'm fucking terrified of running the interview gauntlet again. I tried that a couple years ago, and it was clear people were looking for young rockstars who wanted to prove how much trivia they know.

   Me? I take a broom and clean up the mess that everyone leaves behind, I make sure that things work, I write down the damned documentation and keep it in order (not that anybody ever reads it), I know where the bodies are buried and why what you're trying to do doesn't work in this particular knackered environment, I do special tasks for other teams because the interfaces are written by tech jerkwads who think if you're not also a tech jerkwad you might as well leave the industry.

   And then I reduce my hours, go part time, and go out to circus where I can actually find *joy*.