jnplch

jnplch , 1 month ago to world in Ukraine wiped out 100 Russian troops at once in a strike showcasing the range and power of its new US ATACMS

Maybe in 2022 or early 2023. But it’s increasingly people who sign up because it pays well (archive.is link to bloomberg article, telegram link if you understand Russian).

jnplch , 2 months ago to world in Brexit plans in ‘complete disarray’ as EU import checks delayed, say businesses

Don’t give them ideas!

jnplch , 2 months ago to world in Brexit plans in ‘complete disarray’ as EU import checks delayed, say businesses

Ehm, while I appreciate the sentiment (as a properly deputized representative for all Germans), it may be not for nothing that the saying about not wanting to know how the sausage is made comes from Germany. Meat and sausages are veeery cheap here and while labor exploitation is certainly a big ingredient, I often wonder what the others are.

jnplch , 2 months ago to world in Snake on a bullet train causes rare railway delay in Japan | CNN

If you see Brad Pitt, better get off that train.

jnplch , 2 months ago to nostupidquestions in I bought frozen BBQ eel and the best before date says LJ349. What does this mean?

Maybe it’s “Lichtjahr”? So as long as you stay within 3*10^15km of earth you should be fine 👍

jnplch , 2 months ago to technology in Apple users "don’t know what is going on": New study shows that Apple's default apps collect data even when supposedly disabled, and this is hard to switch off

Maybe this research and language is intended to suggest that there is a point past which “confusingly and unintuitively designed” strongly resembles “intentionally deceiving”? We’re probably not going to get internal emails saying “make it complicated so that we can collect users’ data”.

Also, researchers don’t really control how university press departments write up their results. Even less so when they’re interviewed by media.

Addendum: Apple takes great pride in UI and user-centered design, and lately they have been highlighting privacy as a differentiator from Android. Maybe they just dropped the ball, maybe people don’t care, maybe people aren’t very bright. Still, some people have questions:)

jnplch , 3 months ago to linuxmemes in Debian security amirite?

The linked version in stable was not impacted.

jnplch , 4 months ago to programmer_humor in Can someone explain why authors do this?

I tried to look this up and while there were many many results, none of them seemed to really fit with OP’s question, so would you kindly tell us more about the gay Spock problem?

jnplch , 4 months ago to sysadmin in Lenovo starts displaying text in chinese

Has been happening to me on a non-Lenovo W10 desktop for the past few weeks.

jnplch , 5 months ago to technology in Computer scientist shows how to tamper with Georgia voting machine, in election security trial: “All it takes is five seconds and a Bic pen.”

Germany uses paper ballots. 60 million eligible voters, 3/4 actually voted during the last federal elections.

jnplch , 5 months ago to news in A Dover Massachusetts man hid financial ruin from his family. Then he got a gun. [TW: family annhilator]

From noted Marxist-Leninist publication The Boston Globe? Right on

jnplch , 5 months ago to piracy in Finding french series

German public television has two seasons (German and French): www.zdf.de/serien/es-war-einmal

jnplch , 6 months ago to patientgamers in Best games that can be completed in under ten hours?

Hellblade Senua’s Sacrifice

jnplch , 6 months ago to asklemmy in If you don't have coding skills, why don't you help foss software by making it more user friendly instead?

Woooooooooooosh

jnplch , 7 months ago to nostupidquestions in Why can I only do things in fake?

Ok those are really big things. For those really big intimidating things, I found Barbara Oakley’s book/lectures on procrastination quite helpful. I think they are on YT. They helped me get unstuck during my PhD. For the smaller recurring things, let me know if you find a good strategy :) When it’s non-life-changing fun stuff (e.g. music/drawing/crafts), I try to focus on the joy that I get out of even just dicking around instead of how I suck compared to Picasso.