Adam Williams

@whitemice
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Systems Engineer | Cyclist | Transit User | Data Grinder | Python Bro | Dog Person | YIMBY | Pedestrian | FOSS User (GNOME) | WebDAV Dev
locationGrand Rapids, MI

I just discovered another thing LibeOffice does better than Microsoft Word, and it delighted me to no end. You can - hold on to your hats - scroll in the special character menu!!! The fact that you can't do that in Word has irritated me so much.
 

#microschrott #linux #libreoffice

My favourite fallacies
The reason why the Artemis mission has everyone so fascinated is because it is a showcase for the efforts of people who are very, very good at their jobs, at a time when the news cycle is dominated by people who are not merely terrible at their jobs, but awful human beings as well.

My employer is looking for an OSS / Network solution designer, working on group-wide Operations Support Systems for networks in NL, BE en FR.

DevOps-y stuff with networks, integrations, some software development etc. New team, lots of plans for the coming years, etc.

Contact me if you’re interested.

#FediHire #fedihired

Logging is just debugging for your future self.
I am excited to spend some time this weekend updating this slide. 🙂 🚏 🚌 🚆 🚴 🚶‍♂️‍➡️
That's a delta of $113,173; meaning every five years without an automobile purchases __one year__ of earlier retirement.
#transportation #publictransportation #michigan #GrandRapidsMI

Yes, I understand that this is bad - https://browsergate.eu/executive-summary/ - but what is the overall usage of __browser extensions__ like "Anti-woke", "Deen Shield", job search tools (as browser extensions?) ...

Again, not minimizing or anything. It just seems like a lot of effort to collect what could be, statistically, just noise. Which I suppose makes it even worse if someone takes the results seriously.

Executive Summary

Microsoft Corporation’s LinkedIn is running a massive, global, and illegal spying operation on every computer that visits their website. 1. The Regulation of Linkedin In 2024 Microsoft was designated as a “gatekeeper” under the Digital Markets Act in the EU. The two regulated products are Microsoft Windows and Microsoft LinkedIn. The Digital Markets Act mandates that gatekeepers allow business users and authorized third parties free, effective, high-quality, continuous and real-time access to all data, including personal data, that is generated through the use of (LinkedIn).

BrowserGate
If you are in the American Midwest: stock up on air-filters. 😢 #MidwestUSA #Michigan #Indiana #Wisconsin #Illinois #Minnesota
"This is how the core myths of generative AI were built: by executives saying stuff and the media publishing it without thinking too hard. " -> The Case Against Generative AI https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-against-generative-ai/
The Case Against Generative AI

Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 words. I've written it specifically to be read at your leisure — dip in and out

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