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   tef (tef@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 02:11:55 JST tef

   btw if you're planning on protesting a talk, the easiest way is to pull the fire alarm

   and if you're at fosdem, you can say "i just saw a vape cloud i guess" if anyone asks why

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     tef (tef@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 03:03:29 JST tef

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     someone has explained "pulling the fire alarm causes problems" and "the event organizers can suffer consequence for it" in what i can only describe as an incredible achievement in understanding a post

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     tef (tef@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 03:03:29 JST tef

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     the thing about nerds at fosdem,

     socioeconomically speaking, it's full of people who had access to computers at an early age, and people who earn well over the median

     so, well, there aren't many people who've ever had to fight or protest, which is why you'll always hear "have we tried not causing problems" as a preferred option

     it's the same sort of brainrot logic of "blocking a road could block an ambulance" where a theoretical consequence blocks any action with a result

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     tef (tef@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 03:03:30 JST tef

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     it's funny to note that the systemd guy doesn't protested at fosdem because despite the invective, he isn't as despised as jack dorsey

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     tef (tef@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 03:03:31 JST tef

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     the thing about pulling the fire alarm to stop a talk, you don't even have to be in the same room, just in the same building, or somewhere on the same fire circuits, it's pretty impossible to stop

     that, and with large enough buildings, they can't turn the alarms off without having someone from the fire service check

     the more you know huh

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     tef (tef@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 01:57:45 JST tef

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     *casually walking up to a monk on fire* you know that's carcenogenic right

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     tef (tef@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 01:57:46 JST tef

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     "what do we want" meaningful political change

     "how do we want it" without any inconvenience to those in power, or any interruption to the status-quo

     same as it ever was

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     tef (tef@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 01:57:46 JST tef

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     it's pretty funny to see infosec people telling me this is a bad idea

     when all i am doing is disclosing a vulnerability and noting that it requires very little technical skill

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     tef (tef@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 05:09:08 JST tef

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     to be clear i'm not going to fosdem, i don't work in open source, i'm only a hobbyist

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     tef (tef@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 05:09:08 JST tef

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     anyway yes to be clear: protest always causes problems, pulling the fire alarm can have negative consequences, much like blocking a door, a road, and you might not like it, but that's a conversation you can have elsewhere

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     Karl Fogel (kfogel@kfogel.org)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 05:09:08 JST Karl Fogel

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     @tef Blocking a road doesn't reduce the credibility of all future roads.