szakib

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I like debating, but if you come at me with ad hominem arguments or similar BS I will block you.

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2026-09-04 19:03:49 UTC

RE: https://freeradical.zone/@tek/117214252628720589
Same for cyclists, compounded further by your crank arm length.
#note1gtj…rs9x

2026-09-03 18:38:58 UTC

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I 'member https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal

2026-08-31 16:43:49 UTC

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A tangent: tell your favourite places to be present on OpenStreetMap.

2026-08-22 17:29:28 UTC

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Now that we are talking about this, I have never seen OCR that is able to do "rich text", as in transfer bold/italics.

2026-08-22 17:18:34 UTC

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You could run the .png files through OCR to get the text out and just use it as a plain text file. (I guess there is not much useful formatting.)

2026-08-21 05:17:32 UTC

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I guess it's over now, ignore my email. :)

2026-08-17 10:25:43 UTC

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This might have to do with the fact that if you are rich enough to own a boat, the police will assist you when someone steals its battery. ;)

2026-08-14 17:47:27 UTC

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I 'member when people inserted various keywords into their CVs this way, so that it would rank higher and actually be read by a human.

2026-08-14 16:58:55 UTC

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dafuq

2026-07-30 07:08:32 UTC

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Your supplier probably deployed an update coded and reviewed at least mostly by stochastic guessing machines. I keep seeing regressions like this across the board. Not specific to any sub-field, most enterprise software is rotting away like this.

2026-07-14 11:21:31 UTC

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There is something special about the smell of pine trees in the sunshine. :)

2026-07-07 17:45:17 UTC

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Since I've been alive, there has been no real third option. (I was born behind the Iron Curtain.)
My point is that the two-party system has to go. Of course, while it exists, vote for the lesser evil, but that is not enough.

2026-07-07 08:52:36 UTC

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Two things here, and it's the combination of them that makes the trap:
- at any given election, the right (tactical) thing to do is vote lesser evil, this is Tek's point.
- There would be a need for a non-evil option (Nullstring's point)
So at every election, the short-term optimal choice is voting Dem. The long term optimal choice is a third choice.
Every Dem vote decreases the chance for a 3rd option, but it's the right tactical choice.
The only winning move is not to play.

2026-07-07 08:26:28 UTC

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From here on the other side of the planet, the difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is slowly becoming negligible. The Overton window's absolute size is too small now.
Y'all need to figure out how to have something actually different than this forced choice of Shit and Shit Lite.
The two of you would be very much on the same side if there were a real choice instead of just the two sides of the same coin. Your dispute is generated by the system.

2026-07-04 08:07:34 UTC

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I think I have actually seen this word before, but it has a Hamming distance of 2 to "frequency", which is a much more real word and could be used in the same place. So the first thing that gets triggered at least in my head is "this is wrong" instead of "this is new".
Anyway, let's bloot on!

2026-07-04 07:51:16 UTC

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Today I learned! And now because I know too, it's a more real real-ish word. :)

2026-07-04 07:13:25 UTC

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There is a typo in the privacy policy, "frecency", but it's otherwise A+, I wish more of them would be like this.
#GDPR #Privacy

2026-07-04 07:05:27 UTC

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https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExM2gxbnNsYWxhZHU5cXk4MjJkNWEzeGxmZ2djY2FnZW40czBuNnAxZSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/9CffOPMLx0Hf2/giphy.gif

2026-06-09 06:39:50 UTC

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Please actually implement this 🦪

2025-12-20 07:49:48 UTC

There was that #protest in Iceland when the women refused to work for a day(?). It demonstrated that women are important and deserve to be treated and paid fairly.
Could we do the same with all the #immigrants in #Finland ? If we all walk out of our jobs for one day, change will happen.
EDIT: I actually want to do this, not just shitpost about it. Could we get most to participate, including the ones who would not be able to afford to lose a day's income?
#racism #SiniMustaHallitus #politics

2025-12-07 10:30:22 UTC

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As far as I understand, that is the only thing that can possibly count on Linux.

2025-12-07 10:15:48 UTC

Yo Fedi!
Is there anyone here who uses Backblaze with Linux? Do you use the CLI client and scripts, or a third-party tool from this list at the link? Infodump on me please.
https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-storage/integrations?filter=backup
#backup #backblaze #linux #LinuxBackup

2025-09-22 13:16:34 UTC

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I'm sure this is all very important, but is there a plan to support restrictions on routes like "no stairs", or "paths only"?

2025-08-31 13:07:16 UTC

Mastodon should automatically ban/delete users that send exactly the same fucking piece of spam in @ mentions / replies to many individuals.
Even the most basic spam-fighting infra is missing. We are at the same point as email was about 25 years ago. Fucking come on.
#mastodon #spam #moderation #rant

2025-07-03 07:27:39 UTC

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We always told the kids to find a helpful-looking adult, preferably with kids, in this case.
Why would it have to be police who helps them? Other people are present in the street in much higher numbers.
But then again, I want my kids to be wary of the police and not talk to them.

2025-07-03 07:21:15 UTC

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Maybe the second part. But "cops do not help people, they hurt and kill people" is a simple enough message for a 5-yo.

2025-06-23 19:31:38 UTC

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I didn't want to list them all, but that's near the top of the list!

2025-06-23 19:21:07 UTC

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trains. and then more trains.

2025-05-02 15:10:42 UTC

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There is that laser-based network among the satellites. Probably faster than ground-to-space radio?

2025-04-26 09:11:46 UTC

Hey Fedi!
Is it possible to get only the 10 tooth micro spline sprocket for a Shimano Deore XT CS-M8100-12 cassette?
It it's made by some other company, that's good too.
(The cassette is bloody expensive and only the small sprockets wear out.)
#cycling #biketooter #AskFedi

2025-03-23 14:26:21 UTC

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Getting off the couch was the right choice!

2025-03-04 10:07:25 UTC

This is a great presentation on the main schenanigans of the Orban government in the last 14 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRnqaJY5v_4
#Hungary #EU #funds #corruption #Russia #China #money

2025-03-04 08:28:31 UTC

Hey @npub1z7x…q5jf I think you would enjoy this even with a bad machine translation from Hungarian.
https://telex.hu/belfold/2025/03/04/fovarosi-aluljarok-lezaras-atalakitas-hasznositas-1

2025-02-10 09:56:57 UTC

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I got this from someone earlier today (no idea where it came from). If this info is correct, the journey is about 10h, not 4.
https://nfts.freeradical.zone/media_attachments/files/113/978/991/755/786/429/original/6c573bac56f4231e.png

2025-02-10 07:34:30 UTC

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If one's coming from the US, every other country seems like they don't pay well.
But US jobs actually don't pay so well if you count the cost of healthcare, schooling, and other social services that you need to pay from your salary.

2025-02-09 18:41:49 UTC

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yeah... that one's a big shame.

2025-02-09 09:01:44 UTC

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I'm not very good at writing, but I do support independent / investigative journalism in Hungary with my money. They do it better.

2025-02-09 09:00:24 UTC

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https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/thousands-protest-hungary-demanding-end-state-media-propaganda-2024-10-05/

2025-02-09 08:57:01 UTC

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2025-02-09 08:55:47 UTC

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What exactly do you expect this one expat in Finland to do about Orban other than vote against him every four years?

2025-02-08 18:20:58 UTC

I'm Hungarian. Complaining is our national sport. So allow me.
I was born behind the iron curtain. In 1989 it seemed that we were going to be free and it really looked like freedom was forward and repression was backward and the world moved ever forward and eventually all of us would be free.
And now I get to see, from the inside, the West sliding backwards into fascism.
You don't know where you are going, but I do. It's painful to watch you harming yourselves like this.

2025-02-06 18:57:46 UTC

Hey Finnish fedi!
I am planning a two-week paddling trip to lake #Saimaa in the summer. I need a two-seater touring #kayak . Is there a possibility to rent a good one for a reasonable sum either somewhere there or in the capital area? Would it make more sense to buy one (and possibly sell it afterwards)?
Is there perhaps someone here who has one and we could make a deal?

2025-01-20 16:29:52 UTC

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I am another Hungarian and I approve this message. 👌

2024-12-18 12:59:21 UTC

This piece of @npub1wjs…ggtv needs some Barbara Streisanding. Does anyone have a full picture of it? The news only has partials.
https://www.hs.fi/helsinki/art-2000010910961.html

2024-12-09 06:26:29 UTC

Yesterday I had to cross central Helsinki by car and it was so fucking difficult! Lots of traffic lights, blocked/one-way roads, 30km/h limit.
This makes me happy, but also made me think why all those drivers do this every day. It's so much better on the metro or the bike road.
#FuckCars #VisionZero

2024-11-13 15:40:23 UTC

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seconded. I cannot find the original in the gallery.

2024-11-09 14:09:23 UTC

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Yeah it has some Swiss army knife vibes. :)

2024-11-09 14:06:15 UTC

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I inherited one of these from a previous workplace and I really like it. USB-C charging pass-through, DP and HDMI ports, and the part that is relevant here is that the Ethernet works even at boot time as well (not only with Dell machines, anything).
It's great for modern tiny laptops that have only 1 or 2 USB-C ports. (And it kinda invalidates the default big dock for 3 times the price.)
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-6-in-1-usb-c-multiport-adapter-da305/apd/470-afji/wifi-and-networking

2024-11-09 13:50:14 UTC

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if both have Ethernet ports, you can directly connect them to each other with a cable and Bonjour.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonjour_(software)

2024-10-31 10:35:17 UTC

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3/4 of the century are still ahead of us. There is no way this will be their biggest flood.

2024-10-27 10:37:29 UTC

The Day after Tomorrow in the North, Mad Max everywhere else. Cool and normal. Carry on.
#ClimateCatastrophe #AMOC
https://en.vedur.is/media/ads_in_header/AMOC-letter_Final.pdf

2024-09-02 16:43:24 UTC

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Sorry that was a bit categorical of me. You can probably ask the mods to suspend the server, and I hope they will say yes.

2024-09-02 16:34:44 UTC

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if you are in a reasonable place, the instance should be banned.

2024-07-02 15:32:42 UTC

@npub19at…c8rf One of the nice side-effects of cycling a lot is getting to know the birds and their nesting places and seeing some rarer animals sometimes. Plus of course the option of stopping mid-ride to enjoy a quiet moment in a foresty patch or by the sea. This has tangible mental health benefits. Keep riding! ❤️