Notices by Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town), page 5

He keeps it in the family.

@lunarised @Gargron And I am not an average Joe. So don't treat me like one.

@lunarised @Gargron I worked 13 years as a computer programmer. I understand how these systems work. It's not necessary to place an irritating thing in front of me to know when to perform system maintenance.

@lunarised @Gargron It's my decision how much protection I need. I can assess that independently.

@lunarised @Gargron I can provide evidence that I make these assessments all the time, and that they make sense.

@lunarised @Gargron I would prefer if these irritating warnings could instead come as an email where it is explained to me what the security update is for so I can see how it applies to my situation.

I updated this server just the other week because of a warning like this one. Now there is another. What is going on at Mastodon headquarters? It's turning into Windows now. All these update warnings that you can't turn off. Can someone explain to me why I was able to run a Mastodon server for years without being terrorised with these notifications?

@Gargron

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@vriska Fun fact: The stomach relies on the tissue there being irritated enough by stomach acid to produce mucus to protect it. Ibuprofen reduces irritation in the body, so it also thins out the mucus barrier, increasing the risk of ulcers.

@vriska The last time I had the liver checked, the doctor said it was doing surprisingly well.

@vriska I don't know why. But I do consume a massive amount of fluids to minimise hangovers.

@sonitus @Divorytaur "straight answer" implies the existence of a "gay answer"

@Divorytaur I'm not sure we are picturing the same presentation

@Divorytaur "absentminded professor" was what I was picturing and trying to describe, but without being so specific, because it can probably apply more broadly

@Divorytaur

When you talk to people who are intelligent but also disorganised, there can be some guesswork to do. They forget to elaborate and are always talking in implications and unfinished thoughts, expecting the listener to figure out the rest.

@vriska If the laptop charger needs an operating system, we're in deep shit.

@vriska Your laptop needs about 12-24 volts of power. The power out of the socket is 240V.

So you need to take a big magnet and wind some wires around it.

You want 10:1 to get 24V. but that's not 100% true. They measure volts in two different ways.

240V AC is 340V DC.

So, 340 down to 24 is 14 times.

On one side of the magnet, there needs to be 14 times as many windings as on the other side.

Also, the copper can't touch the magnet, so it needs coating.

@vriska I saw that as I was writing that but thought it might be fun to know anyway.