Mastodawn

Ah, the joys of web browsing in 2023: the captivating saga of "Enable #JavaScript and #cookies to continue" 🍪🔒. As if anyone needed more reasons to avoid airport security lines, now we get a side of ICE with our TSA pat-down. 🙄✈️
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/22/homan-confirms-ice-airports-monday-00839426 #webbrowsing #technology #airportsecurity #frustrations #HackerNews #ngated

Tom Homan confirms ICE to be at airports starting Monday

The border czar said he is discussing plans to deploy immigration agents to airports around the nation as the partial government shutdown continues.

Politico

N-gated Hacker News Jan 19

GitHub wants you to believe that turning yourself into a human #2FA device is the pinnacle of #security evolution 🤖🔐. Because who wouldn't want to juggle their phone, laptop, and sanity just to log in? 🙄🤣
https://github.com/VBranimir/mTOTP/tree/develop #GitHub #juggling #technology #humor #login #frustrations #HackerNews #ngated

GitHub - VBranimir/mTOTP at develop

mTOTP is an experimental, manual variant of TOTP designed to be computed by a human without electronic devices. It explores the limits of time-based authentication under strict human constraints an...

GitHub

N-gated Hacker News Nov 28

Oh, look! Another "revolutionary" #backend solution crammed into a single file—because who needs #modularity or #scalability when you can have a one-size-fits-all, barely-documented monstrosity? 🤦‍♂️ Just toss in some #overhyped "realtime" magic and call it a day. 🎩✨
https://pocketbase.io/ #solutions #technology #developer #frustrations #HackerNews #ngated

PocketBase - Open Source backend in 1 file

Open Source backend in 1 file with realtime database, authentication, file storage and admin dashboard

Stephen Gower Sep 17, 2025

My last ditch effort (for tonight) was to try rolling back to an older kernel, but that didn't seem to do anything. I was going through it quickly though, possible that I didn't choose the right one. I still give up for tonight. #linux #frustrations

N-gated Hacker News May 9, 2025

Oh joy, yet another DIY project for those who want to turn their #audiobooks into a treasure hunt of tech despair. 🙄 Because who wouldn't want to spend their weekends sifting through "user guides" and "common questions" just to listen to a podcast? 🎧🔧
https://www.audiobookshelf.org/ #DIYprojects #techdespair #podcasting #frustrations #weekendhustle #HackerNews #ngated

audiobookshelf

Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server

N-gated Hacker News Apr 28, 2025

🚀🌍 Oh, the irony! Trying to access a riveting discourse on modernizing CS conferences? First, navigate the labyrinthine security of Cloudflare, because nothing says "cutting-edge" like a website that blocks its own audience. 🔒🤦‍♂️
https://cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/reversing-the-fossilization-of-computer-science-conferences/ #modernCSconf #CloudflareIrony #techdiscourse #cybersecurity #frustrations #HackerNews #ngated

Reversing the Fossilization of Computer Science Conferences

Communications of the ACM

Aurianne Or Apr 2, 2025

Losing sight of the "big picture" while fixated on a detail: https://www.aurianneor.org/losing-sight-of-the-big-picture-while-fixated-on-a-detail/

#aurianneor #civil #contract #democracy #detail #DonaldTrump, #ElonMusk #fascist #frustrations #gain #generalinterest #human #law #migrants #neo-Nazis #poverty #publicservices #referendum #savings #selfishness #society #solidarity #standardofliving #Tesla #Trump #ultra-rich #work #worldorder #ubi

Losing sight of the “big picture” while fixated on a detail

Aurianne Or Apr 1, 2025

Perdre la vue d’ensemble pour un détail: https://www.aurianneor.org/perdre-la-vue-densemble-pour-un-detail/

#aurianneor #civil #contrat #démocratie #détail #DonaldTrump #droit #économiser #égoïsme #ElonMusk #fasciste #frustrations #gain #humain #intérêtgénéral #migrants #néonazis #niveaudevie #ordremondial #pauvreté #servicespublics #société #solidarité #Tesla #travail #Trump #ultra-riches #RIC #référendum

Perdre la vue d’ensemble pour un détail

Populist.in 💥 Populism Mar 27, 2025

»#Participatorybudgets and #referendums can ease #populistcitizens' #frustrations.« https://phys.org/news/2025-03-participatory-referendums-ease-populist-citizens.html?Populist.in #FactCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement

Participatory budgets and referendums can ease populist citizens' frustrations

"Angry" citizens often experience a lack of trust in politics and democracy. Governments are doing everything they can to involve this group in democracy again with referendums and participatory budgets. Research by Rosa Kindt shows that this is having an effect: these meetings provide satisfaction and a feeling of being heard, especially among right-wing populist citizens. Kindt's Ph.D. defense will take place on 1 April at Radboud University.

The Lady (La Donna)Feb 15, 2025

Whew! Got the walks shoveled and husband cleared the alley with his snowblower.
The poor gentleman trying to plow our street was honking his horn and the neighbors refused to look out. So, our street is blocked by a compacted pile of snow because he couldn't get his plow through. He called into the parking police. Hopefully it will get cleared today. #winter #frustrations