Notices by Grueproof (grueproof@fosstodon.org)

Now playing: https://royksopp.bandcamp.com/album/nebulous-nights-an-ambient-excursion-into-profound-mysteries

h/t to @mpirnat

@jwz what in the actual shit?

At work today:

Them: "I think that what we need to do is peg the dependencies."

Me: (pause) "I think you mean PIN the dependencies."

Them: "What's the difference?"

Me: "Go on. Google it. Go on."

Let's remember the true reason for the season: the 23.5 degree axial tilt of the planet.

My wife asked me to help her wake up in the morning, so the smart speaker now plays classical music for up to 30 minutes before she needs to wake then, at the appointed time, gives the weather report, then plays up to 10 minutes of a John Phillip Sousa march.

Look, lady, you asked for this.

Good morning. Happy "That's a January Problem" week to those who celebrate.

The W3C has published their Ethical Web Principles: https://www.w3.org/TR/ethical-web-principles/

@tek Sweet. If you have issues, I know some folks who might have some insight. I know @ozoned is knowledgeable in this area.

@tek I'd do the usual checks and searches, but yeah. I had an older NVidia card and an AMD processor and had no issues. Ran Cyberpunk 2077 flawlessly.

@tek I had good luckl with Ubuntu

@tek Do....do they know about VPNs and Tor? because the 13 year olds do.

"When you want to know things really work, study them when they're coming apart " -William Gibson, Zero History

Every little increase in human freedom has been fought over ferociously between those who want us to know more and be wiser and stronger, and those who want us to obey and be humble and submit.

— Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials

Casual reminder that next Friday is Unsubscribe Day, when marketers will make it easy to unsubscribe from all the dead weight by contacting you all at the same time. #UnsubscribeDay

(Help me make this a thing. This needs to be a thing.)

@tek I listened to this this morning, thought you might dig it: https://ledestroy.bandcamp.com/album/trashumanism

I just donated to the Tor Project because I support the human right to privacy. https://donate.torproject.org/

That's it. All the news podcasts have been eliminated. No one is saying anything useful. I'm going to go focus on helping friends and then hobbies. Making story and art is the only way I'm getting through this. Not news. Not media. Not more of the same.

Reminder that EFF has a great guide for securing your online stuff again things like government surveillance: https://ssd.eff.org/

@chris Good on you! I know it's hard, but it's the right call.

My marketing department just tried to explain what a podcast is to me.

Do I tell them I've been working with that tech stack for 20 years? Or just let them go and see how they do?