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slothrop

@slothrop@chaos.social

Bumbling through the technosphere. Easily amused.

Messing around with #FOSS, baking #bread, paddling a whitewater #kayak, and #parenting a herd of kids . Sometimes I manage a Hello World without syntax errors in #python.

Professionally, I help to build and run #trains with software and IT stuff.

Middle-aged cishet white guy, trying not to be an asshole about it. Please let me know if I get it wrong.

Toots auto-delete after 2 weeks. #noindex or I will punch you.

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bkastl, to random German
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Etwas enttรคuscht, dass der Fancy Klinik-Atlas dann am Ende doch nur ein TYPO3 mit etwas Solr ist. ๐Ÿ˜…

slothrop,
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@bkastl Ooooch, aber fรผr ne quasi-staatliche Website find ich das Ding echt nicht schlecht.

slothrop, to random
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Vacation mode ON

slothrop,
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Tomorrowโ€˜s a looooong drive day though

slothrop, to random
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About a year ago, my wife made herself a tool belt for work.

Now sheโ€™s started to carry a can of WD40 in it.

I love her so much โค๏ธ

meganL, to random
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I'm sad to report that "Bike-Friendly" Davis has at least one Incel Camino. I'm so glad I wasn't on my quad at the time I spotted this.

slothrop,
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@meganL Wankpanzer is still my favorite

Codeschubse, to random German
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Ich hรคtte gerne Empfehlungen fรผr eine Computermaus, die folgendes kann:

  • Bluetoothverbindung mit mindestens 2 jedoch lieber 3 verschiedenen Gerรคten, die ich z.B. per Knopfdruck umschalten kann
  • Funkverbindung per USB-Dongle
  • per USB aufladbar, also keine Batterien
  • mindestens eine Seitentaste fรผr den Daumen, damit ich horizontal scrollen kann

Kurzfassung: 3ร—BT, 1ร—RF, USB-Ladung, hor. Scrollen

Bin kein Gamer, hab aber nur einen Schreibtisch mit 3 Computern (plus Server).

:boost_ok:

slothrop,
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@Codeschubse Wรคre die Logitech MX Vertical was fรผr dich?

Ich bin damit sehr zufrieden.

slothrop,
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@Codeschubse Die normal orientierten Logitech MX haben รคhnliche Features

slothrop, to random
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Today in "minor Microsoft annoyances": Itยดs impossible to drag-and-drop an item from one Sharepoint to another (browser view).

You need to download the file, and upload it to the target sharepoint. Just like in the good old days. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ

slothrop, to random German
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Nice: Die Deutsche Rentenversicherung ist auch hier im Fediverse unterwegs

https://social.bund.de/

slothrop, to random German
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Gestern am Bahnhof hatte ich mal wieder Schwierigkeiten, einen Parkplatz zu finden.

Fรผr mein Fahrrad ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

Vor ca. eineinhalb Jahren hat die Stadt da ein neues Fahrradparkhaus hingestellt. Jetzt im Sommer ist es unter der Woche stets gut gefรผllt.

slothrop, to random
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Maybe thereยดs one real benefit to the current AI hype:

These systems consume ridiculous amounts of electricity. Theyยดre also run by some of the richest corporations on Earth.

As a result, those corporations invest money into boosting the supply of electricity: driving grid improvements, and financing new generating technologies, e.g. by committing to buy the electricity that the newbies will produce.

https://www.economist.com/business/2024/05/05/big-techs-great-ai-power-grab (may be paywalled)

slothrop, to microsoft
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Microsoftยดs Outlook really needs a bulk edit function for calendar events.

Iยดm spending a quarter of an hour cancelling individual meetings ahead of my vacation.

Hereยดs a free user story for the Outlook team:

As an Outlook calendar user
I want to be able to select events across a given timeframe and respond to all of them with a single action
so that I can cancel all appointments during my vacation.

#microsoft

elilla, to random
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young people laughing and talking loudly and blasting music in the train, such a rare sight in this country

slothrop,
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@EisenTukan @elilla Yep, thereยดs a long weekend ahead (and school vacations in some parts of the country). That tends to relax people.

slothrop, to random
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Can we just tax cars by weight, with lower rates for electric vehicles?

slothrop, to random
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Based on no data at all except Microsoftโ€™s past record, I predict that this will be a bit shit.

https://mastodon.social/@verge/112451872417176706

Teilkasko, to random German
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Speisewagengerรคusche #Diningcar

slothrop,
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@Teilkasko Na, dann Prost und gute Reise!

slothrop, to random
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Seeing this, it just struck me that SAFe is probably the last method youโ€™d want to use for building safety critical software.

(Iโ€™m happy to be corrected though)

https://techhub.social/@FakeScrumStats/112444451805895627

slothrop,
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@lePetomaneAncien I work in a company that uses both waterfall (for safety critical stuff - actually a V model) and SAFe for the usual cloud platform things.

Each method works well within its own domain. The difference in mindset between people on both sides is always fascinating to observe, though.

slothrop, to random German
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Oh cool, Xing hat eine Stelle fรผr mich!๐Ÿคฉ

Bei der Firma, bei der ich bereits angestellt bin ๐Ÿค”

Als Anwalt ๐Ÿคช

slothrop,
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Nur der Klarheit halber:

Ich habe keinerlei juristische Qualifikation, und bin erst recht kein Anwalt. Niemand, der halbwegs bei Verstand ist, wรผrde mich Anwaltsdinge tun lassen.

Die Algorithmen auf Xing & Co. sind einfach nur Mist.

kissane, to random
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my favorite mis-transcription of Mastodon this week is a three-way tie between Macedon (fine) Massanat (??), and Mastermind (dying)

slothrop,
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@kissane Masternode.social is available. Just sayingโ€ฆ

schratze, to random
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If you hate Windows, simply switch to Linux so you can hate Linux instead

slothrop,
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@schratze Get it carved on your headstone, while thereโ€™s still time

slothrop,
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@schratze ๐Ÿ‘ป

EC_OSPO, to random
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Hello World!

slothrop,
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@EC_OSPO Woop woop -- great to see you here. Welcome!

slothrop,
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@EC_OSPO There seems to be a bit of a gap in your post history. But Iยดm sure weยดll soon see a lot more activity from your side, yesno?

slothrop,
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@EC_OSPO Ah, very good :-)

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