Notices by xinit ☕ (xinit@mastodon.coffee)

I've seen these Harvard government and policy courses being offered, as if it's a response to Trump's actions in 2025. The courses have been offered for a couple years, and are surely based on earlier, in-person classes.

They might have been offered at a different URL online as well, but on the current site, as early as 2022.

https://web.archive.org/web/20220128223338/https://pll.harvard.edu/subject/government

#Education

@aral That's hilarious.

@kaia
Build custom script to help you, personally, and then you're made to support others. That's nuts.

"I don't know how you broke it. It works for me."

@CCC
"Tech companies turned the GDPR into a daily nuisance rather than a shield for people."

That sentence. Amazing.

@kaia Assuming there's no backup password for this device, your best bet might be to find a shop that already has that device. I saw this place come up in Reddit threads: https://www.allservice.ro

That's a Romanian place, though. Maybe check with local mobile repair shops. They often have some surprising hardware.

@inthehands
I like "this machine exposes fascists" though it's hard to beat the good old "kills"

@Extelec @Edent The trouble here is that it's a legitimate popup from the legitimate bank initiated by a legitimate bank employee.

I'm not sure how I'd improve this, but I think banking apps should kill this verification approach.

So many needless deaths.

#trolleyproblem

@albertcardona
Well, maybe they should.

Normalize blaming the cloud.

@jonny

Of course, on the artist's Facebook post for this comic, there is a reply guy saying "Well actually, the term gaslighting wasn't about gas lighters..."

@inthehands "- But under normal conditions, you lose money on them."

This part's very important. Most docs I have seen on inverse ETP/ETF/ETN say that this is something that you buy *for a day* as a short term bet, otherwise you get into something about "compounding risk"

So, holding long term might work to push the stock down, but you will tend to lose money if you're not in and out relatively quick.

Definitely something to buy the morning TSLA announces earnings, I think.

@aburka

@petergleick Like a convicted felon who's not held to account for any of his actions as he's now exempt from all laws in his position at the head of your country.

@inthehands Fair enough. My money's still on Trump blaming Ukraine for the failure when Russia refuses to leave.

I might just be a cynic, though.

@timkmak

@inthehands "mulls" and "weighs" doing an awful lot of work there. Does anyone really think Russia will agree to just leave? Let alone stop shooting for 30 days?

@timkmak

@kaia your manager have a problem with mirrors too?

"comparing the total units sold so far — 34,438 for the Cybertruck, compared to 3,173,491 for the ill-fated Pinto, discontinued in 1980 — and comparing reported fire fatalities for both.

At the current rate of horrible fiery deaths, FuelArc projects the Cybertruck will have 14.52 fatalities per 100,000 units — far eclipsing the Pinto's 0.85. (In absolute terms, FuelArc found, 27 Pinto drivers died in fires, while 5 Cybertruck drivers have suffered the same fate"

https://futurism.com/the-byte/cybertruck-ford-pinto-comparison

@ben for what it's worth, nearly every Dutch IT posting will sponsor. Other technical roles are quite likely as well under the kennismigrant (knowledge migrants) visa. Ind.nl has help in English on what qualifies.

While the Netherlands has its own problems and plenty of RW jerks like everywhere, the laws have been progressive around sex and gender since about 1811, give or take.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_the_Netherlands

@jwz So my tiny DNA Lounge is in violation of the rules in the Compliance Handbook?

@pixel

@WhistlerInTheDarkAges @aaron.rupar well, if not eggs, it definitely affects the availability of bread and circuses.

@arclight As someone who's moved across geo-fenced borders, the last thing I need is to be unable to use some little device because it woke up in another country and now I can't download the app on my new phone.