Diane

I like computers, privacy, philosophy, science, and a variety of video games.

I don't like rich people trying to rule me or the world

Profile pic is of an orange cat curled up sleeping next to a plastic sword in a brown fuzzy cat bed on top of a bin of legos.

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alienghic@timeloop-cafe.mostr.pub

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2025-05-07 00:38:47

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@nprofile…48vs @nprofile…87fc
One of the few Democratic Representatives who was willing to play a little dirty lost his primary to a moderate democrat backed by right wing billionaires with money funneled through the pro-israel PAC.
https://www.cnn.com/bowman-fire-alarm-plea/index.html

2025-05-04 01:16:18

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@nprofile…args
Every 6 months pets are tempted to revolt

2025-04-30 17:16:52

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@nprofile…x759
How many active video streams?
I think the call difficulty increases with the number of simultaneous streams.
We regularly do 10-15 simultaneous video with zoom.

2025-04-25 01:05:30

I have an ordinary problem and I don't like my current solutions.
I need to remember to do a task in 2 weeks.
If I create a task with a due date in gnome evolution (which looks a lot like an old version outlook) and I set a reminder for it.My phone will go bing about midnight. (This also happened to contact birthdays)
This is because the reminder time is set relative to the start time and being a task with just a start date there is no time so it assumes the time is 00:00.
To avoid that problem I'd set reminders as a calendar appointment, which isn't great because it's not filed correctly and I have to pick a time for something that just kinda needs to be done sometime around then.
Today I tried setting a custom reminder 9 hours after the start time, as 9 am is a reasonable time to remind me to do some work.
I also have no faith in my ability to consistently remember to look at a todo list.
So anyone want to share their solutions for how to remember to do something in the future?

2025-04-24 19:45:10

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@nprofile…8nvu
I feel like it's really hard to get a reliable technical solution to managing trust.
If it's a password, whats the odds of an attacker getting a copy of that password and booting the legitimate user off their accounts?
(I first thought about using XEP-50 to manage trust, but then it'd be even easier for an attacker to boot a legitimate user if they got control of a logged in device. It might make sense to have a xmpp bot or xep-50 form to show read only lists of all registered keys though)
I feel like it really simplifies things if the people using a system know each other and can directly talk to a system administrator

2025-04-24 19:23:07

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@nprofile…8nvu
I just hope a working solution shows up. I have a group chat where one person keeps getting omemo wasn't encrypted for ypou error messages and I haven't had time to figure out how to fix it

2025-04-17 02:52:02

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@nprofile…dn53
If they feel the need to generate fake answers they really should put the warning at the top.

2025-04-16 03:16:19

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@nprofile…48vs
It is very kind of China to give warning before implementing radical changes to trade.

2025-04-10 19:26:19

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@nprofile…args
So many factors...
wait ... did they make up their numbers after the triangle formula?
3 * 4 * 5 = 60.
but also 3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2.
Curses! python... int(n, base) only supports bases between 2 and 36.

2025-04-08 15:58:53

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Than you @nprofile…8nvu best wishes on success for your cooperative.
I hope those leads help @nprofile…8gwc

2025-04-08 05:44:21

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@nprofile…8gwc
Maybe @nprofile…8nvu might know of someone? They have been setting up a tech co-op in India though I think mostly focusing on instant messaging, so I don't know if they've branched out into fediverse hosting.
But maybe someone in the co-op might know of an instance?
https://social.masto.host/@praveen/114187836007712787

2025-04-06 16:48:12

The guardian published a review of how Atlantic's Goldberg's number got on Waltz's phone.
And... The description seems both plausible and I think I'm willing to let Waltz describe it as his phone "sucked in" Goldberg's number and misfiled it.
The start of the mistake was another trump minion Brian Hughes forwarded an email with Goldberg's contact info in the signature line to Waltz. The iPhone thought this signature was associated with Hughes and suggested adding Goldberg's number to Hughes contact card, Waltz is probably not the most careful of people and just said sure whatever to the prompt.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/06/signal-group-chat-leak-how-it-happened

2025-04-06 00:44:19

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@nprofile…48vs @nprofile…92y4
Over on bluesky altnps estimated more than 5 million.
"West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it."
https://bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.social/post/3lm42rcsxus2q

2025-04-05 22:59:46

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@nprofile…jwz6
If it helps any, I also posted some audio clips from the protest.
https://timeloop.cafe/@alienghic/114287696190781402

2025-04-05 21:57:19

#handsoff #pasadena
I started at Los Robles and walked to Arroyo Parkway where i rested for a while. I think the biggest crowd was near the post office, but the streets were were crowdeded that whole distance.
These were rescaled down to 640x480 and stuck white people colored circles over the faces pointed at me.
https://assets.timeloop.cafe/timeloop.cafe/media_attachments/files/114/287/555/363/247/628/original/56d8f7325554991a.png
https://assets.timeloop.cafe/timeloop.cafe/media_attachments/files/114/287/555/611/651/115/original/6aa8f72d08d1c9e1.png
https://assets.timeloop.cafe/timeloop.cafe/media_attachments/files/114/287/556/107/181/895/original/64916101672f1f52.png

2025-04-05 03:38:30

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@nprofile…48vs
I think like the people who turned on Trump because he was a racist, sexist, lying scam artist more, but I'll take as many deathbed conversions as possible because we need it to push him out of power.
I don't suppose you could get these people who realized trump is going to rob them to complain to their republican representatives and senators?
Getting the republican electeds to turn on trump is what we need to stop the power grabs.

2025-03-31 15:31:00

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@nprofile…cz30
yay!
One step closet to phosh being acceptable to the kids these days ;)
(My kid really likes customizing their phone)

2025-03-30 23:09:21

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@nprofile…48vs
Yep. The present looks an awful lot like the white southerners backlash to reconstruction and the creation of jim crow.
The main difference between then and now is I think they've now decided that democrats of european descent are also no longer "white" and should also be subject to racist oppression.
Now "urban" gets to be an inclusive slur

2025-03-25 16:19:41

You know...
Isn't it weird how mobile phones keep getting bigger while sim cards keep getting smaller?

2025-03-23 05:21:14

This is a cool experimental solar powered camper van.
"a campervan named “Stella Vita” has driven almost 2,000 kilometers (1,242 miles) without stopping for fuel or plugging in to charge."
"It is fully equipped with living essentials including a double bed, sofa, kitchen area and a bathroom with a shower, sink and toilet. It can fit two people, who can drive, cook breakfast and watch television using just the vehicle’s solar-charged battery, according to its creators – 22 students at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. "
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/stella-vita-solar-campervan-netherlands-spc-intl/index.html
I saw it here: https://slrpnk.net/post/19817854

2025-03-16 23:53:08

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@nprofile…dn53
Yep. Octodon is shutting down on 2025-04-03,