Notices by Rocketman (slothrop@chaos.social)

@Daojoan "do not touch women, lest you become one" really is a pretty unique take.

@grrrr_shark Indeed!

That’s a red flag big enough for a socialist uprising.

@passenger Seconding the refurbished ThinkPads. The sweet spot is a device that’s 3-5 years old. Find the type of machine that has the specs you want. Get one that comes with a one-year warranty, just in case.

There’s always plenty of those around.

(I have three or four. They’re all running Debian just fine. No hardware issues.)

Too bad that travelling to the US isn't a good idea right now.

The trip would be significantly cheaper than just a few weeks ago...

This weekend in #Vienna, my daughter and I walked through the Hofburg palace area, with its imposing buildings.

I told her "the emperors built all this", and she replied "you mean 'they had this built', right? It's not like they actually got their hands dirty."

I'm so proud 🥰

I’ll be forever disappointed that the phrase “Butlerian Jihad” does actually not refer to Judith Butler leading an army of raging feminists into battle, slaying all misogynists and incels who dare stand in their way, and laying waste to the patriarchy

https://fedi.ahfrom.synology.me/objects/00cb7174-bd5b-49de-8144-6d3f7dcb45ad

@RickiTarr My kids are learning English as a second language. I keep telling them not to be sad if they get the spelling wrong - it's chaos pure and simple.*

French is refreshingly straightforward by comparison.

*) I'm the first to admit that as a native German speaker, I'm not exactly arguing from a position of strength here.

Hey #Gnome users: is anyone using Evolution in production, for mail & calendar?

Last time I tried it was less than satisfactory. But that was a long time ago.

@skinnylatte „Sweater weather”, eh?

Around here, people will put on t-shirts and fire up their barbecues when it’s above 12°C and not raining 😂

@shanselman Nice timing! I just reduced my work week to 4 days, starting March.

When I asked my manager about also reducing my workload, he told me to use AI. (He was kinda joking, but not really.)

In practical terms, the trip works like this:

1. Have a normal day. Have dinner. Pack your stuff.
2. When everyone goes to bed, you head to the station and board your night train.
3. Sleep on the train, and get a small breakfast.
4. Grab a crossaint and coffee in Paris. (optional, but c'mon. You want this.)
5. Board the Eurostar. Get some work done.
6. Arrive in central London in time for a late lunch.

If you're using the DB Navigator app, it won't tell you about this route. But it's there :-)

I just discovered that you can go from #Munich to #London by #train really really easily:

1. Nightjet 486 departs from Munich at 23:16 (3x / week)
2. Arrives Paris Est at 9:38
3. Take a Eurostar from Paris Nord, they run roughly once per hour
4. Arrive in London 2.5h later, e.g. 13:30

In terms of "active time spent traveling", this is as good as flying (get up early, head to airport, fly, train into London).

It's more expensive though, because capitalism.

I approve of this new anti-spam measure.

https://beige.party/@LRRRonEarth/114175881292949490

@schratze The food! You need to try all of the food.

Also the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao is pretty neat, though not exactly a secret.

The absolute state of the Union

Ramadan Mubarak! 🌙

@puniko Hupsi 🫣

@puniko Du meinst, neben dem Bauernverband?

Klar doch: https://www.kas.de/de/

@b0rk This diagram is both extremely impressive, and makes me want to throw my computer out of the window, just to be safe from the chaos that reigns within.