Alda Vigdís :topspicy:

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2024-10-24 10:36:04

So I told someone who works for an Israeli defence contractor to go fuck himself recently.
He "works in AI".
Here's how the Israeli military uses AI:
They feed data into a model that knows when you're home among many other factors. If they think you're a bad guy they drop a bomb on your home just before they expect you to come home from work.
Then your family is dead, your hose is gone and they'll take care of you later
That's this guy's 9-5.

2024-10-15 23:55:45

Programmers and engineers; remember that even if you know how the sausage is made, you should also listen when others tell you what it tastes like.

2024-10-06 22:27:30

The Internet keeps trying to sell me things that I would actually really like but are still overpriced despite being on a 55% discount.
https://cdn.masto.host/topspicysocial/media_attachments/files/113/262/828/064/358/640/original/022c342c021ff598.png

2024-10-04 14:34:45

Want to hear the truth about #Automattic, the not-like-the-other-girls company that still thinks it is a startup after 20 years and his founder acts like he invented remote working?
With the CEO who boast about his access to an international talent pool?
And the slogan "embrace the chaos" greeting you in all caps when you open the staff handbook?
Read on.

2024-08-27 09:06:48

"AI winters, like their seasonal counterparts, come around regularly. The mechanism is as clear as climate change: Some technology is declared to be AI in egg form, just needing the warm fluffy hen's bottom of massive investment to hatch as a miraculous giant robo-god. The egg is never what it's cracked up to be, and the resultant stench makes AI deeply unfashionable for a decade or two until people forget".
https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/27/opinion_ai_ml/

2024-08-26 09:22:19

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@npub16u7…uend yeah... I've also seen a couple of businesses pivoting from making quick buck by making broken WordPress sites towards wilderness tourism.

2024-08-25 11:06:57

Sometimes I wish that some people would realise that "localisation" is not just about translating some UI strings but also about doing things such as making sure that "zip code" is not used as the English word for postal codes everywhere and that generated PDFs are A4 but not US Letter sized in most regions.

2024-08-13 15:04:24

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@npub1gfd…7gg6 For real?

2024-08-13 14:55:06

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@npub1gfd…7gg6 you know this guy is not very well liked on here?

2024-08-07 09:53:55

Twitter should be banned in Europe for mass incitement of violence.

2024-08-05 12:04:33

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@npub16u7…uend Yikes. That's a far cry from the "if your child uses a computer in English, our language will perish" propaganda from the 90's.

2024-08-05 11:38:26

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@npub16u7…uend How's the Icelandic support on those things these days?

2024-08-05 10:35:41

My Kurdish friends are not too happy about the entire World celebrating a Turkish cop who may or may not have participated in ethnic cleansing.

2024-08-05 08:27:28

I've looked into it several times already and have come to the conclusion that the large scale data centre industry in Iceland is mainly intended as providers of shelf space for cryptocurrency ASICs.
There's practically no innovation going on beyond that, except in the traditional hosting space.
Beyond local edge nodes and caching, there will never be a hypescaling could provider offering a "Nordic-3" zone with Iceland as its physical locality.

2024-07-24 22:30:09

If you know what this is, you're either Swedish or Icelandic.
https://cdn.masto.host/topspicysocial/media_attachments/files/112/843/821/343/591/176/original/9b1e5307b97de815.jpg

2024-07-24 22:30:09

If you know what this is, you're either Swedish or Icelandic.
https://cdn.masto.host/topspicysocial/media_attachments/files/112/843/821/343/591/176/original/9b1e5307b97de815.jpg

2024-07-03 13:28:59

Sorry, but `stdClass` sounds like something we did during 7th grade sex education.
#PHP

2024-06-29 10:56:56

I've been slowly realising why some EU leaders want their own European defence treaty as NATO is dependent on the United States being okay.

2024-06-26 15:39:18

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@npub16u7…uend Now they're doing it with trans people, with children already dying.

2024-06-22 10:13:27

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@npub16u7…uend What was the EEA about again?

2024-06-14 20:30:34

The Germans call their national football team the "Man Shaft" or something and it's totally normal.

2024-06-13 00:59:21

Opinion: PHP needs an `unless` conditional.
#PHP

2024-06-12 12:36:53

For those who were just fired from #Automattic and were planning to go to #WCEU:
Your conference and airline tickets are probably still valid regardless of you having access to the associated email addresses or not.
Try contacting the airline to have your contact information sorted. If your ticket is still valid you can probably do an in-person check-in at the airport.
WCEU is probably the best place to explore new opportunities and gain confidence no matter what role you had.

2024-06-12 12:00:27

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@npub16u7…uend also, "full stack" means "backend" to HR departments and recruiters here on the continent.

2024-06-12 11:07:41

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@npub16u7…uend it wasn't until I moved abroad that I realised that not every full stack developer has a sense of design, cares about it or seveny knows what it is.

2024-06-06 10:54:51

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@npub16u7…uend Group 1 is also angry over current road closures up in Iceland.

2024-05-21 18:33:38

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@npub16u7…uend I don't think the dudebros have even seen how CSS animations work.

2024-05-21 18:08:01

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@npub16u7…uend I just can't see how either of those isn't programming.

2024-05-11 15:01:04

For the record, red and purple aurora are super rare and it's well worth attempting to see them.

2024-04-30 17:17:58

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@npub1jpp…u59l I'm fine with non-CC or attribution requirements as the intention is to use the images for a demo site for a plugin.

2024-04-30 17:07:57

Any recommendations for stock image platforms that don't include AI generated content?
I'm specifically looking for "white label" product images and such.

2024-04-30 09:07:24

A lot of resources about the legalities of #OpenSource licences are extremely US-centric.
Where are the articles and papers on the application of the GPL in European legal systems?
(The EUPL is cool, but doesn't apply in my case.)

2024-04-29 10:03:52

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@npub16u7…uend I think a lot of this (in US-based tech in particular) has to do with Silicon Valley being an offshoot from the US military and then clashing with Californian hippie culture.

2024-04-26 12:35:25

I simply do not understand the popularity of Telegram.

2024-04-18 09:12:35

People who use "WiFi" instead of "The Internet" are not the sort of people the rest of us should share a large computer network with. In this paper, I propose a massive netsplit whereas those of us who are worthy keep the actual Internet for ourselves while those who ask only for "WiFi" when signing up for online services receive a service package limited to the handful of services that they actually use on a daily basis.
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2024-04-18 09:12:35

2024-04-01 22:43:03

Good rule of thumb: If Joanne Rowling, Elon Musk and that human trafficker twat that got arrested in Romania are against a new law or policy, them I'm all for that same law or policy.

2024-04-01 01:01:21

I hate how Americans pronounce "herbs" as "uhrbs".

2024-03-26 15:50:03

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@npub16u7…uend Also, WordPress is a "secular religion if you will" and "anyone can leave at any time": https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxVUfJ4i0HRF3SukKtwpzhVMZ9lLbQy46i
#NotACult

2024-03-26 14:10:35

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@npub16u7…uend The worst one I've had just called himself a philosopher king the other day on a podcast that has been caught for racist remarks.

2024-03-25 09:36:48

Non-American Programmers Stop Calling Postal Codes Zip Codes Challenge 2024.
(I'm literally going to make a t-shirt for this.)

2024-02-27 19:06:34

#Journalists: Please. WordPress.com and the company behind it are what IBM is to Linux. It's not the same thing.

2024-02-21 12:49:17

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@npub1hqx…944s How's the UK's UNRWA funding doing?

2024-02-21 02:01:48

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As the US is getting active online, I just want to add that there is no "CEO of WordPress".
WP exists for the most part outside the confines of the services, management and contributions from the corporate entity named Automattic Inc. that uses the WordPress brand for it's web hosting services and owns Tumblr.
I used to work for that company just like many others. Now I consult in that space. Matt will never be my boss again and that is a good thing.
#tumblr #WordPress

2024-02-20 19:05:25

Keep criticising Matt Mullenweg. But please don't throw those of us who have worked for him and on the #WordPress project in various capacities under the bus.
Many of us not only dislike the guy, but have been hurt by him in one way or another.
But for some of us, WP is our livelihood.
Self-host your website outside of WordPress.com. There's plenty of hosting providers out there who support the open source WordPress ecosystem without involving MM or Automattic Inc.
#tumblr #WordPress

2024-02-09 13:44:58

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@npub16u7…uend I do wonder if those schemes stem from the funds not being allowed to invest as much abroad as they could.

2024-02-09 13:43:12

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@npub16u7…uend I wouldn't care much if those investors were gambling old-money investors, but those are our retirement funds.

2024-01-26 17:58:22

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@npub1nsq…23w7 I would trust the Japanese to do this correctly.
Germany however?

2024-01-26 17:22:50

It's so funny how the phone companies have been hyping 5G up as the next big thing for IOT and factories and what not.
5G seems to be hardly reachable within steel framed and rebared buildings, where production lines are located.
Do let me know when there's maritime 5G that I can use for monitoring offshore equipment and production lines without relying on satellite links.
I'm waiting.

2024-01-12 11:50:54

It feels so fucked up how some people think that a group of people that is being ethnically cleansed by a dominating ethnic group needs to be held accountable for their hate speech.
And those same people call themselves leftists and use bootlicker rhetoric in everyday conversations.

2024-01-04 15:39:54

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as WordPress, is in fact, LAMP/WordPress, or as I've recently taken to calling it, LAMP plus WordPress. WordPress is not a software stack unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning LAMP system made useful by the other LAMP components, the web server and vital system components comprising a full CMS such as the underlying database.

2023-12-22 14:16:45

In case anyone wants to make a real difference this Christmas, there's UNRWA's individual donation page.
https://donate.unrwa.org/gaza/
#UNRWA is not on the United Nations permanent budget and depends on donations from governments and individuals for its entire operations, which includes education, healthcare and housing for millions of #Palestinians.
Germany has frozen its donations after the beginning of the Gaza war after pressure from Israel, so this does matter.
#UNRWA #Palestine

2023-11-27 18:42:50

Honestly, had React and Webpack and all that jazz been a thing in the late 90's, I would have been fixated on something other than #webdev.

2023-11-23 23:55:26

One thing I've worked for running meetups and volunteering for civil societies is if underrepresented groups are not attending your events or applying to speak at your conference, they are probably not going to respond to a passive "open call" — and you may be the last person to hear about their complaints if you don't specifically reach out to them.
Furthermore, diversity and inclusion are not box ticking exercises and quality and diversity are also not mutually exclusive in any way.

2023-09-11 08:40:30

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@npub1sne…m70q Honestly, if it gets 2 stars from the negative dulllords at the Guardian, then it must be a god film.

2023-08-25 14:22:24

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@npub184x…rgdg That begs the question: Is it a real ThinkPad if there isn't an IBM badge on it?

2023-08-22 08:48:18

Can someone explain to me how image aspect ratio in the #WordPress block editor is supposed to work?
I have my own FSE theme made from scratch and images get cropped correctly in the editor when set to, say 4:3 but it seems like I need to do something on the frontend to get it to work?

2023-08-17 14:56:22

I thought I got a notification on here, but it was just my large intestine making a bloop sound.

2023-08-07 12:31:12

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@npub1ssw…jmg6 @npub1zdp…vqv8 Still to this day, there's illegal production and use of Freon coolant. Years ago, when working in the food industry, I did meet some engineers who would switch over in a heartbeat if it stopped being illegal.

2023-07-31 09:41:22

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@npub15n8…yq8a "Buried next to his gardener, with the tombstone inscription 'yours forever, my love' indicates that they were really good friends".

2023-07-19 12:37:54

As someone who has actually read Adam Smith, I find it amazing that he is considered to be the father of libertarianism and celebrated by modern-day greedy capitalists.
The Wealth of Nations is basically him observing vehicles of corruption and trying to find means to improve equality.
I'm not even sure if the editors of the Uni. Chicago Press edition have even read the whole thing themselves.
What this does symbolise is how a certain class of people are bullshitters through-and-through.

2023-07-08 11:29:28

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@npub1y98…fhhs That's similar to the time you have to wait for them to pick up the phone.

2023-04-03 13:16:10

It seems like #[0] Pro is refusing to update unless there is an active subscription plan, even for the ongoing security issue.
This is very common for sites that have been built more than a year ago and the subscription was allowed to expire.
This means that site owners either need to renew the subscription or figure out if downgrading to the non-pro version is worth it for them as a part of solving this.

2023-04-01 17:05:00

For small businesses and NGOs using #[0] with #[1], that may be affected, I am offering a brief security assessment and custom action plan at last year's price of 90 EUR per hour, from Monday onwards.
The assessment, communications and reporting should not take more than 3 hours.
Send an email to aldavigdis@aldavigdis.is for any questions.