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well this is interesting… a #NumberStation started broadcasting in Farsi 12 hours after the start of the US-Israel attacks on Iran – from a US military base in Germany
tbh their ops seem a little sloppy
h/t https://post.lurk.org/@loriemerson/116240524858487125
@gcvsa @w0bb1t @loriemerson yes. given the message I like to believe that was very deliberate of them
@bitprophet @coderanger @daisy I was riffing on these sorts of “biblically accurate angels” memes & wasn’t aware of the Sefirot, but I see the resemblance
@broadwaybabyto 
from a risk management perspective I’m firmly in the “much better to provide someone with a 90% tool that they’ll use 90% of the time rather than a 99% tool that they’ll only use 50% of the time” camp 
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@coderanger @daisy “biblically accurate imperial measures poster” 
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@daisy don’t even get me started on gaseous ounces…! 
@broadwaybabyto it may limit your choices but asking the real estate agent up front when booking the viewing to wear a mask for the 10 minutes you’ll be in the apartment (with you providing a fresh mask^ for them) and asking them to schedule you first in the day so no one else will have been in there for 12+ hours seems like a decent risk mitigation (YMMV, ofc.)
if they’re not prepared to wear a mask or schedule you in first you can then assess whether or not to book the viewing
^ I know it shouldn’t matter but if you can offer them a black or other “cool colour” ear loop N95 rather than a white over-head N95 you might find them more receptive in the moment – and you don’t have to specify an N95 on the phone call, let them assume surgical mask if they want ¯_(ツ)_/¯
@foone “a secret n th layout”… ️
ETA: I gave up on trying to force the internal italicisation in markdown without a space, soz 
@skyglowberlin it depends on the details:
how many external monitors do you need to drive, at what resolution, & at what refresh rate, & what input types do they support?
how many USB devices do you typically need to have connected?
also – do you want to have the two computers connected simultaneously to the dock and be able to switch between which computer gets the monitor output & any USB devices connected (like a KVM), or a dock that can have a monitor & USB devices attached that can be quickly unplugged from one computer & plugged into the other (with a single cable)?
just got a phishing email to the unique email address I used for #WIRED – checked with #HIBP & yup, they were popped in December (or before)
it really would have been nice to get an email from WIRED or #CondeNast to let me know, hey?
so now I have to trudge through the absolute shitfuckery that is the Conde Nast / WIRED account management system to roll my password… 
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@xssfox @LapTop006 @haakon I think I just crumbled into dust…
I was at the #CanberraTheatreCentre tonight to watch & listen to the #HearMyEyes 
️ #Terminator2: #JudgementDay original theatrical cut in #4K with a live #synth score & sync’d #laser art performance 
(bonus points to the synth player for the sticker on their synth – see photo 4)
@gsuberland if a lovely meal that you’d happily pay £50^ for costs you £5 somewhere else then tip £10 or £15 or whatever – make someone’s (or several someones’) life a bit easier / nicer for a little while
^ or whatever, I’m in Aus & don’t know UK prices
@voltagex bunnie would be proud… 🥲
@itismeagain @thomasfuchs not if the tools are baked into software in ways that make it difficult avoid, & not if senior management (or even just direct managers) are all-in on the hype and tie salary & job performance reviews to “AI” (
) adoption
and while there are ways to be genuinely creative using generative AI tools for (e.g.) image generation, this is not what the tools are designed to do – they’re designed to ingest other people’s creativity & regurgitate it in a watered-down, blander version of the original
〉 The Four Yorkshiremen have entered the chat…
what is this “lap-top” of which you speak? 
my first computer had 16K RAM^ with no hard drive (just a cassette recorder for saving anything non-ephemeral) and a 6809E microprocessor running at 0.89 MHz & I still had all those feelings and a similar experience
^ later upgraded to a staggering 64K 🤯
