Notices by Tokyo Outsider (337ppm) (tokyo_0@mas.to)

@Norobiik They can give those two northern islands back if they don't want the exercises so close to "their territory" 🤭

@Norobiik Japan may well do, if it's not decimated first in a conflict between combined Russian and Chinese forces attempting to seize Taiwan, and U.S. forces resisting from Japan and South Korea 😱 (Where did I put my passport?)

@Norobiik (I don't think Russia would be particularly interested in Taiwan, actually, but if China did make a move, Russia would see an opportunity to "stand with its ally" and take a few more northern islands and perhaps Hokkaido at the same time. The North Koreans might have something to say as well. It'd be a massive mess.)

@kushal I started trying to draw something with svg (in html) for the first time.😅🥂

@Ooze There must be a reason I haven't done that, mustn't there.

Yet again, zero days since I was reminded #Threads is a cesspit. How do I turn this baity shit off in #Instagram? I don't want to see it!!

@z428 @osnews How do I turn this off? 😅

"Is it me that should be fixing this?" is a question I should ask much more often.

@jik This is what social media is for! ☺️

Every time I see this news about work being put in to attach human skin to a robot, it reminds me how much of robotics (like AI) must be motivated by tech bros who can't get laid wanting to replace disobedient women with technology. Because why the hell else do you need human skin on a robot? What possible other use case could make it worth the investment of time and energy being put into it? For artificial limbs, perhaps it would be some aesthetic improvement, but at the cost of maintenance.

Great googly moogly: If there's one thing the #MBTA could do to make you forget all the other stuff ... https://www.universalhub.com/2024/great-googly-moogly-if-theres-one-thing-t-could-do

@aramloosman Yes, Garmin's sleep tracking is really awful 😞

@trumpet Hi there (sorry, me again! 😅) Is the indy.rest domain blocked? I saw posts circulating about the Awakari scraper now using the @ indy.rest @ indy.rest account to hide its activity and went to block the account but can't seem to find it on mas.to -- which is good -- but I can't see that domain on the list of domains blocked or suspended on our about page, either, so I was wondering if that list hasn't been updated yet or if the account just hasn't connected here yet 🤔

@drose Thanks — I was procrastinating, but now I'm going to get up and do some housework 😅

via @Patricia (https://mas.to/deck/@Patricia@vivaldi.net/112604279303366552, retooting to add CW)

"tech people often forget about intimate partner abuse. But protecting against someone who is regularly in physical proximity to your devices is a whole other thing. Often requiring many layers of protection, because it might not be safe to refuse them access. Another reason why the Microsoft Recall thing is an absolute dumpster fire. And a reason to not have a windows machine if they do release it."

@forteller like others have said, to survive a reboot you need some way to come back up. That kind of mechanism is called “persistence” - these kinds of vulnerabilities have become progressively harder to find in phone OSs, so the price for a good one (with an exploit) can be in the millions of dollars range. But if they are found they could potentially be fixed by the vendor. So they are used carefully. Otherwise it’s money out the window. So unless you are a high value target they probably won’t risk using it for you. And without persistence, reboot will clear it. Of course you have all sorts of spyware you (or someone with access to your phone) might’ve installed on purpose, but that’s another matter.

@maxineinyourwifi @gabboman (Looks like I'm quite late to your toot so I'm hoping you haven't been on the brink of a panic attack for the past six hours 😬 )

@maxineinyourwifi @gabboman I read recently about breathing for five counts in and another five out to activate the parasympathetic nervous system (the one that calms you down). The important part is to breathe out for slightly longer than you breathe in, to expel carbon dioxide. Breathing deeply helps too. The slow pace is to avoid hyperventilation I think but anything slower than normal should be enough.

And if you're in a panic attack type situation I would suggest self-distraction, too.

@EvilKiru @LivingCooki I'm kind of unsettled that you can do this. Should it be possible to do this? 🤔 😅

@mark_melbin Ah, I see the angle now — thank you. Yeah, I guess she could be. Or just exploiting a potential propaganda opportunity. It's an interesting idea, for sure.