Brun

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Queer computer user with a desire to help bring about the different, better world ey can see out of the corners of eir eye.

Some common mushrooms likely have more than 17,000 genders; your human pronouns are no match for an underground fungus.

Pronounsey/em, or she/her
Politicsantifascist, libertarian socialist, transfeminist
LanguagesEnglish, Deutsch, Français, Nederlands
Show threadBrunApr 24, 2023
@left_adjoint If you use to-do list software, you can usually set it up so it adds the done tasks to a file - if worse comes to worst, through IFTTT and Google Docs. I had that for a while, then switched to a paper journal, so that if I forget I can look it up. And I do forget!
BrunApr 24, 2023
BrianKrebsApr 20, 2023

I've only recommended one VPN service, ever (and no, I don't have any financial relationship to them): Mullvad. They have always seemed to be one of the few entities that practices the mantra, "You don't have to protect what you don't collect."

This is quite a press release:

"Mullvad VPN was subject to a search warrant. Customer data not compromised
20 April 2023 NEWS

On April 18 at least six police officers from the National Operations Department (NOA) of the Swedish Police visited the Mullvad VPN office in Gothenburg with a search warrant.
They intended to seize computers with customer data.

In line with our policies such customer data did not exist. We argued they had no reason to expect to find what they were looking for and any seizures would therefore be illegal under Swedish law. After demonstrating that this is indeed how our service works and them consulting the prosecutor they left without taking anything and without any customer information.

If they had taken something that would not have given them access to any customer information.

Mullvad has been operating our VPN service for over 14 years. This is the first time our offices have been visited with a search warrant."

Source: https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/4/20/mullvad-vpn-was-subject-to-a-search-warrant-customer-data-not-compromised/

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/07/a-deep-dive-into-the-residential-proxy-service-911/

Mullvad VPN was subject to a search warrant. Customer data not compromised - Blog | Mullvad VPN

On April 18 at least six police officers from the National Operations Department (NOA) of the Swedish Police visited the Mullvad VPN office in Gothenburg with a search warrant.

Mullvad VPN
Show threadBrunApr 24, 2023
@left_adjoint You're far from the only one. When I choose a book to read, I'm simultaneously choosing to not read all the other possible books.
BrunApr 23, 2023
I guess I owe people an update, but there's very little to say. I'm still severely disabled but I'm looking for another tech job because it turns out that with the skyrocketing cost of living and low executive function, disability isn't enough to live on.
Show threadBrunApr 22, 2023
@andybaio It's a genderqueer Japanese feudal hair metal rock opera.
BrunDec 29, 2022

I have a friend who is blind, but I met her online and her lack of user picture really weirded me out at first.

I got over it, realized people don't need to use visual metaphors to represent themselves if those are useless to them. Being sighted gives me access to a whole host of experiences that I try to be more conscious of.

Ironically, it also means I associate a randomly generated color - a bright, sunny orange - with that friend, because it's the background for her default user icon.

BrunDec 27, 2022

The #repairproject is going... Poorly. I just contacted a charity which distributes laptops to see if I could donate my machines, and they didn't want any.

The reason is simple: the people who don't have ready access to computers aren't particularly computer literate, and the literacy they do have is Windows-based, so the machines need to be able to run at least Windows 10.

I think I understand, but I don't know enough to disagree. Maybe it's "computer as a multitool" vs. "computer as hammer".

Show threadBrunDec 24, 2022
@luigithirty Merry Christmas to you!
BrunDec 23, 2022

Whoa, I recommended citadel to a friend, and she responded really vehemently.

Turns out she has a good reason to. "Got woke? Get lost." Their really brief "code of conduct" makes it very, very clear that software isn't what this project's about.

https://www.citadel.org/code_of_conduct.html

citadel.org

Show threadBrunDec 23, 2022
@null Does it manage to be accurate, too? It'd be amazing if it were.