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2025-11-02 10:37:16 UTC

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It is indeed a great place, with lots of great people. However, I'm not really looking to get yet another account (I think), I am more likely to "promote" one of my (many) test accounts to my new main account.

2025-11-02 10:31:17 UTC

FYI: I am doing a "following" export/import from here, to a couple of my other accounts, to bring them up to sync.
As it looks like right now I will be shutting down this account (mainly because I will be shutting down the actual server), so I will need to migrate somewhere else, when I have decided where that is.

2025-10-31 14:44:00 UTC

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Fast Thiel, Bannon, Vought, Miller och Eric Trump (till viss del även Donald Jr) gör ju inte så mycket väsen runt sig själva (undantaget är Thiels Antichrist grejer), men det är ju de som styr i princip allt, från kulisserna (och ingen av dem är ju "vald av folket"). Att tillåta sig att bli upprörd över Donald Trump Sr gör ju att man helt missar poängen av vad som händer i bakgrunden.
Jag kan sätta pengar på att galjonsfiguren Trump (Sr) inte har någon större idé, och väldigt lite inflytande, ang den utzoomade långsiktiga bilden, han har full sjå att komma ihåg vad hans trusted advisors bad honom säga i kommande utspel/presskonferens/etc.
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2025-10-30 10:01:36 UTC

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Having spent 11 years living abroad, renting furnished apartments, was a great thing for sorting out my mindset regarding what things I should own. Pack 2-3 suitcases for a move. What doesn't fit doesn't deserve to be kept.
But as you know, having kids kind of changes all of that. Still though, I am not sentimental in the least regarding my own stuff these days.

2025-10-27 21:09:28 UTC

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(ljud på) :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SDN8TYaCIY

2025-10-27 21:05:14 UTC

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Ah. Nalas klocka går fel. Katter ska gå in i "zoomies" någon gång mellan 02-05. Nu är ju alldeles för tidigt. 😆

2025-10-27 14:26:03 UTC

Just sitting here wondering, regarding the AWS breaking down the internet last week, if the lads behind The Pirate Bay perhaps could give lessons/courses to IT-departments in how to never ever fall over...hmm...
#AWS #Internet #ThePirateBay #TPB

2025-10-27 10:35:28 UTC

Errrmm...Yay...?
https://www.wired.com/story/inside-trump-administration-bluesky-invasion/
#Bluesky #bsky #uspol #trump

2025-10-24 12:56:47 UTC

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They even went through that in the beginning of the interview, and Bannon himself was allowed to answer: -"_Know thy enemy. It is **very** important._"
IMHO it is the reason why the opposition struggle to effectively...umm...oppose. We allow ourselves to be distracted by Trump, the man, and we laugh and point at him not being able to do percentages or whatever crap he just blurted out that we miss the _very real_ things that happen in the background (changes to laws/constitution/regulations that have wide impact further down the line...which we're approaching right now). We try to reason and convince, seemingly unaware that they have a completely different rule-set for what is success and what "people" actually are triggered by.
During Trumps first term everyone was taken by surprise. No one could believe their eyes, not even themselves. For this second time around the **clever** evil people have involved themselves, only this time, thanks to the learnings from the first time, they now have a plan which they are executing fully and with precision whilst we're staring in awe at the latest stupid Trump headline and trying to guess if he's sane or not (which is almost irrelevant by now), mostly convinced it is the "not" and hoping "people" will see it too. They don't. They won't.
Bannon and Thiel are the masterminds behind it all. Bannon is in that respect extra dangerous: he's behind much of the extreme rights success in Europe too, where is he _very_ involved too. From that perspective it is very relevant to hear what he says, and what he sees as the end goal.
But democracy and fair elections (as we know it) in the US is now gone, at least for the next 10 years. Come January the US will not even be classified as a full democracy any longer, it will be on par with Russia, Turkey etc. As Bannon himself says in the interview, now that all the pieces are in place: -"_What can you do about it?_"
When he says -"_Trump WILL get a third term._" he isn't exaggerating or trying to pull a fast one. He tells us as it now is a certainty. He has made it so. There isn't anything we can do to stop it by now.
That is why it is quite wise to listen to how he thinks.

2025-10-24 11:44:16 UTC

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As Steve Bannon says in the latest interview (on the Economist web site): -"_Trump is quite far from perfect. He is the vehicle we need to finish what we've [meaning Bannon & Thiel etc] started._"
This is why they have secured Trump will have a third term. -"_We need **at least** one more term to see it all through_".
He admittedly also, later in the interview, completely goes out of line saying -"_Trump is the best Potus since Lincoln. He's on the same level as Moses._" so I guess he was mostly backtracking to ensure their fanbase can't say Bannon sold Trump out.
@npub1rca…0vcw

2025-10-24 08:11:06 UTC

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-"_Trump WILL be POTUS for another term_" and -"_What can you do?_" isn't just Big Talk from Bannon. They're not even trying to hide it any longer. The ball has started rolling.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/north-carolina-republicans-gerrymandering-trump-don-davis/

2025-10-23 19:54:58 UTC

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Och ang MTG som är upprörd: https://thias.hellqui.st/notice/AzEAUKzPULsfR2Ilmq

2025-10-23 19:53:21 UTC

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Ang att behålla makten: https://thias.hellqui.st/notice/AzMer4O60zR2mUe2UK

2025-10-23 19:16:40 UTC

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Jo...men de kommer att provocera mera tills det händer. Just nu har tex ICE fria händer att göra vad de vill. Då hela statsapparaten är nerstängd finns det ingen som kan hålla ICE i schack, vilket är en av anledningarna till att de inte stressar med att få igång det igen.
Det gäller som sagt verkligen att alla håller sig lugna och inte gör något överilat, men det kommer att vara svårt för folk då de utsätts för orättvisor och i många fall är helt oskyldiga. ICE har en hit-rate på faktiska brottslingar/olagliga immigranter på 14%. Resten av deras tillslag drabbar helt oskyldiga.
Men så fort de tar till vapen: game over.

2025-10-23 19:10:49 UTC

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Jo...fast det går inte. Precis nu i dagarna kommer de att "flip seats", ca 12-15 i kongressen, genom att rita om kartan för röstningsområden. Det kommer att göra att "blå" stater "flippas" till "röda stater".
Det kommer i sin tur göra att de kommer att vinna mid-terms valen. Det i sin tur gör att de får sådan majoritet att de kan ändra lagarna för reglementet.
Förutom det har de köpt (bokstavligt talat) Dominion, ett av rösträkningssystemen.
Förutom DET så försöker de provocera demokratiskt (partiet) styrda stater så att det blir upplopp, för att försöka tvinga fram att de tar till vapen. Så snart de gör det kan de utropa att Trump har "plenary authority" (obegränsad makt) och kan skicka in militär (det är vad alla pratar om) men de missar att han (via de andra förstås, Trump själv fattar knappt något av det här) kommer att ändra ett par lagar samt konstitutionen (för han har "plenary authority" - obegränsad makt utan "Checks & Balances", vilket de förvissor redan har navigerat runt hittills).
Förutom DET så görs just nu en kupp mot dollarn (USD) där de kommer att kunna kontrollera dollarn utan inblanding från centralbanken, och de styr över allt mot coins/crypto/stablecoin. Som av en händelse har Thiels nya cryptobank gjort en rekordsnabb resa för att bli godkänd (på ca 25% av tiden det vanligen tar för banker".
Sammantaget ser det inte jättebra ut...

2025-10-23 19:02:12 UTC

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Bannon säger i intervjun "we need at least one more term to finish what we've started". Han pratar om sig själv och Peter Thiel (utan att säga Thiels namn). De kommer aldrig släppa makten, de kan inte. Ifall de gör det hamnar de alla i fängelse på extremt långa straff. Det är inte ett alternativ för dem, så de kommer att sitta kvar.

2025-10-23 19:00:14 UTC

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The link to the full thing, but I think you have to be an Economist subscriber to watch it (I don't know...I am...)
https://www.economist.com/insider/the-insider/inside-the-mind-of-maga-a-conversation-with-steve-bannon

2025-10-23 18:58:20 UTC

As I've been saying for a while now... 😟
https://hellquist.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/akkoma/6197409bc1c249deb9a3b29ee6fd9afa862d6ed64f9cfa42d57eac92669a4263.png?name=image.png

2025-10-20 23:05:30 UTC

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...and also this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmVkJvieaOA
#AltRight #Playbook #Debate #Arguments

2025-10-20 23:04:49 UTC

I was reminded of this video, which is as relevant as ever today (despite being a few years old).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaPgDQkmqqM
#AltRight #Playbook #Debate #Arguments

2025-10-20 15:03:49 UTC

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Nu är ju jag inte tillfrågad så ta detta för vad det är. :)
Men jag tänker att man visst kan ha närvaro på de plattformar där "folket" är. Jag tycker dock att man bör använda dem på ett sådant sätt att man postar sitt orginalinnehåll på ens egenkontrollerade plattformar och sedan enbart postar länkar till det innehållet på BigTech tjänsterna. Typ vad Samuel säger. Men jag tycker det blir väldigt fel ifall man måste vara medlem på tex FB för att överhuvudtaget kunna ta del av innehåll och information överhuvudtaget.
Min son gick med i ett gym, men för att ens kunna bli medlem i gymmet fick han lov att skaffa ett FB-konto för det var enda sättet att kontakta rätt personer. Då blir det fel tycker jag.
Bara mina fly-by kommentarer. :)
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2025-10-20 08:09:02 UTC

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DeltaChat - https://delta.chat (also in the Fediverse as @npub17gp…nrxn )
I would say they are as, or even more, secure than Signal. It is also distributed and not US based. You can even host it yourself. 😉

2025-10-19 20:44:51 UTC

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Haha, jag är med dig. Vi i familjen nattuggla har heller aldrig haft barn som somnat vid 20.00 sedan de kunnat ta sig runt i huset själva, obehindrade av spjälsängar eller andra fysiska hinder. Vi har fått lösa föräldragruppsmöten med att jag (på given order) går på samtliga, medans hustrun inte gör det. 😆

2025-10-19 10:40:22 UTC

It was interesting/nice to see the No Kings demonstrations complete successfully, and without any violence.
Sadly I agree with Michael Wolff (journalist and Trump expert) that it will matter little: the republicans have broken so many laws, rules and regulations, the only way for them to be able to _avoid_ punishment is by never ever letting go of power now.
The alternative, that they allow themselves to be thrown in to jail for loooong sentences, is simply not an option.
Therefore they already have used loopholes in the constitution to flip 15 seats from democrat to republican, and they are, as we speak, preparing for Trumps third term, where Trump will have "plenary authority" (Stephen Millers own words, when he slipped).
They will ignore whatever result there will be in the next election (both for mid-terms and the next full election). The set-up is all pretty much done already.
A sad thing to watch from the outside.
#uspol #NoKings #Trump #3rdTerm

2025-10-16 21:00:54 UTC

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This is how it works, no?
https://hellquist.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/akkoma/4803b0cf13168bb0df86dfd5696644cc3706c6f8ad6c9f0e79b273b0b13b3b25.png?name=image.png

2025-10-16 15:22:10 UTC

Woohoo! Jennifer Aniston (obviously on her anon account @jennifer868427) just followed me on IG. Eat it suckers.

2025-10-16 11:37:10 UTC

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...and, as if by coincidence, breaking news today, Peter Thiels newly started bank has gotten a record breakingly fast approval:
/Paste…
> BREAKING: Palmer Lucky and Peter Theil's stablecoin bank Ererbor gets a key approval from OCC to become a bank.
>Palmer Luckey and Peter Thiel just cleared the first hurdle for a crypto bank.
In four months.
>Erebor is aimed at high net worth individuals, AI companies and tech, and will offer deposits, payments and lending.
Soon all the pieces are set up on the board.
Just as a reminder, Thiel is the guy who sits on all the data Elons DOGE managed to compile when going through ALL the records of ALL the citizens in the US.
@npub1qqm…v4e4
https://hellquist.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/akkoma/d3c0d94ae691ba7f3c412c019cad841f1712c5623959235513bcacc1c6255cd2.png?name=image.png

2025-10-16 08:40:41 UTC

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FWIW: the winner in the class is Phanpy (connected to Akkoma), which did it absolutely best. Shared second place was Akkoma and Sharkey which were "ok". Friendica was passable, but doesn't show the original post. Mastodon 4.4.7 was the worst (as expected). Akkoma with Mangane front-end looked decent in the general feed, but clicking in on the post causes a glitch where everything is jumping around and everything on the screen moves. I don't have access to Mastodon 4.5 to see what happens there.
The reason Phanpy was the best is because it kept/rendered the cards intact, including profile image, from the first/original post (see image), whereas Akkoma/Sharkey showed the text content of the original post but lost the profile image and the layout of the original post.
@npub1kqc…7wgd (and FYI to @npub1j2m…ngt0)
https://hellquist.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/akkoma/504f1db45e8e2510b8b6e7bcb07f18a1d09017502713df296b6ed7c93fb12583.png?name=image.png

2025-10-16 07:42:54 UTC

@npub1kqc…7wgd
Quote boosting (in Akkoma) a quote boost (from Mastodon) just to see how it renders in everything else.
#note1akk…hea5

2025-10-15 08:24:26 UTC

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As I was saying... https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNbXvCMOpY7/ (and the day when I agree with MTG I thought would never ever happen, but here we are)
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2025-10-15 07:23:45 UTC

New version of excellent Linux distro Zorin has reached version 18.
I normally have at least one machine running Zorin as it...well..."just works". It is a great way to start testing Linux if you are currently using Windows or macOS.
They even have guides for people coming from Win within the actual system, so if you are looking for a specific Win software Zorin quite likely will suggest an alternative, or if there is an web app of the requested software, make that web software feel like it is installed software (when it basically is a wrapper).
Check out the new version of Zorin here:
https://blog.zorin.com/2025/10/14/zorin-os-18-has-arrived/
#Linux #Distro #Zorin #Zorin18

2025-10-14 17:15:20 UTC

Interesting reading.
"A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size"
https://www.anthropic.com/research/small-samples-poison
#AI #LLM

2025-10-13 16:48:35 UTC

I've been saying this since the last Trump administration, but hey, good that more people are catching up, though we have some new names (Thiel, Vought, evil ol' Bannon etc) to the mix in the periphery this time around, pulling the actual strings. But true enough, WITHIN the administration, Miller is definitely the most scary one.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/10/stephen-miller-trump-administration
#US #Pol #USpol #Trump #Miller #Thiel #Vought #Bannon

2025-10-12 21:15:06 UTC

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Seriously, I hope I'm both wrong and paranoid. The alternative would be really bad. Time will tell.
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2025-10-12 13:31:07 UTC

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Ja den var ruskigt smidig. Över förväntan. Då jag redan har en hög andra Ryobi grejer så är det ju lätt/snabbt att byta batteri också.

2025-10-12 13:28:53 UTC

Köpte typ bästa grejen igår. Sååååå mycket enklare att rensa i äppelträd och "för stora" fläderbuskar!
#Ryobi #Gardening
https://hellquist.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/akkoma/7ab63d02b55b6cb8ad3abe41005726730e006ee117ad1467abf499e9e9c8a1da.png?name=image.png

2025-10-12 11:08:43 UTC

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But that is part of my point. As soon as people pick up weapons -> "Plenary authority to POTUS" -> Game Over. Unfettered power to the POTUS. No checks or balances. No house interventions. No need for elections, as the POTUS say so. It will not need a massive amount of rebellion. Just the single one. After that it'll be too late.
The corporations you talk of are already today being reigned in, with the state owning rights to 5-20% of any/all profits, which they obviously pay said companies in crypto/coin that by then is the currency that counts. As they are swapping out the USD for crypto/coin that is how people who work will get paid, not to mention the state is getting rid of an evergrowing debt mountain by swapping the currency (to something which they happen to control).
It is happening already now, but instead of putting all the pieces together the fragmented and highly unorganised opposition is busy lauging at the red blanket being held up as a distraction before their eyes, and all the idiot mis-sayings they do all the time, that the headlines of those things completely obscure the changes that has _already_ happened to set up the stage for the perfect storm.
@npub1qqm…v4e4

2025-10-12 08:58:47 UTC

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Yeah, well, there are multiple passages in Title 10 of the US code that are open for interpretation (and we know this administration interprets to their agenda 100% their way..."_Antifa is an organised opponent_" along with "_anyone we say is antifa is antifa_" etc).
This is why they are setting the stage. They are merely waiting for all the actors to arrive. They will not call this something sad/horrible but instead call it excellent and point at that section to give POTUS "plenary authority".
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/12406
Are there more pitchforks (+ guns) than the military has? Or than ICE, the by now largest US police force, has? Or the combined power of both?
Also, economic power only means something if measured in the same currency. But if **you** measure wealth in USD (which will be devalued) and **they** measure wealth in coins/crypto (that you don't have), it is hardly an even playing field.
And with a POTUS with "plenary authority" proclaiming _what actually is_ the payment form going forward (hint: not USD, but probably USDOne), all whilst they have strategically handed out said crypto/coins (which aren't controlled by the central bank either, one of the main reasons for all of this) to those that have sworn cooperation/allegiance to him (currently happening), it quickly becomes a game of who has it and who will have to work to get some to be able to purchase food and goods for their families.
Ah well. Maybe I'm being negative. I normally am called an optimistic realist though. Maybe I just interpret the signs incorrectly, and lay a puzzle that doesn't exist. Who knows. But it isn't looking good from where I sit.
@npub1qqm…v4e4

2025-10-11 23:27:50 UTC

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...again, which they are trying their utmost to force people in to at the moment. It isn't a coincidence that all the states they wish to deploy troops to are democrat-led states, at the same time as they have declared any and all in "The Antifa Organisation" enemies of the state. This is why Stephen Miller said the POTUS has "plenary authority" by mistake. It is their plan that when there is civil unrest, perhaps even civil war, they don't need to hold any elections.
The combination with "forever power" and "controlling financial global market" is perfect. What they hadn't counted on what that places like Portland, "ravaged by blood, murder and fires" are being filmed wearing animal suits, dancing in the streets. As soon as they manage to piss off people enough that they arm themselves: game over.
Also they somehow unluckily (?) had missed that all the people fighting really frickin hard for 2nd amendment (the gun owners) actually already are on their side. The other guys (the rest of us) simply aren't organised enough, nor armed enough, to even see through what is actually happening, we're busy laughing and pointing at the orange man to miss that Peter Thiel/Palantir has all the time in the world to watch, learn, adjust the plan etc.
I sound like a bloody conspiracy nutter now, but watching it all from the side (Sweden) does give a different perspective on a zoomed out level.
@npub1qqm…v4e4

2025-10-11 23:05:45 UTC

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Given that part of the goal for the current administration (as well as Project 2025) is to unset the USD and the financial market, they actually deem this as a success along the agenda they haven't published, not a failure.
There is a reason to why they (and UK for that matter) have disconnected financial rules of the old, at the same time as they have de-regulated the "coin"-market, whilst at the same time pushing coins they control.
The BRICS countries see this coming, which is _their_ reason for breaking off the USD.
It is just that these things don't get any news space, so when it happens it will already be too late, and it is rather complex questions for "regular people" to understand the implications of.
But they (Trump, Thiel et al) are not worried about the value of USD.

2025-10-11 22:03:27 UTC

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Jag tror jag sagt det förut, men jag fick besök av Wallace & Gromit när jag jobbade i London. Japp, det är dem. Orginalen.
https://flic.kr/p/5U43Dt

2025-10-11 22:01:53 UTC

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Oh, and it was released 11th of Oct, 1988. That didn't stop me from listening to it long in to the mid 90's, or today, though.

2025-10-11 22:00:02 UTC

Quite fun thinking back on things in times of these, and remembering that I used to wake up to the same song for years, playing on the stereo in the living room, really loudly, and the stereo was on timer as I was notorious for killing alarm clocks near my bed.
I give you "Hizbollah" by Ministry. This was the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrmAr4o9Gu0

2025-10-09 18:32:06 UTC

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Om han inte hör av sig så ofta som du önskar, eller ifall han inte bjuder in till besök så ofta som du önskar, så är det troligen för att han helt enkelt inte tänker så, utan tänker att du kommer väl över när du kan/vill och att du alltid är välkommen, utan inbjudan.
Jag pratar av egen erfarenhet. Jag växte upp som ensambarn med min mamma, och vi är supertajta. Jag skickade henne in i depression när jag flyttade hemifrån utan att jag ens visste det, för att jag inte bjöd in henne, som hon förväntade sig, medans jag tänkte att "hon kommer väl över när hon vill!". Ibland går tankarna om varandra och det blir fel utan att någon menade det. 😄
@npub1m3n…hzn9

2025-10-08 16:09:07 UTC

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Kombatantövning? :)

2025-10-06 18:22:33 UTC

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I honestly, sadly, do not think they understand that. Most of them do not know what they are about to do, and/or the implications of it.
Also, if others take the same route as Signal intends to do (just for clarification: which is a stance I applaud) there will be no one else to have a chat with for the politicians either, encrypted or not, unless they conjure up their own service. But that would also remove the "one end is un-encrypted" dilemma.
@[email protected]

2025-10-06 11:46:52 UTC

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If the current proposal\* is formulated in any way _near_ the previous attempts you would find that they clearly understand encryption being so important for privacy that they have made themselves exemptions to the proposal. They are talking about **your** conversations, not their own.
\* = I haven't actually read the current proposal in detail
@[email protected]

2025-10-05 08:59:23 UTC

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Inte för att jag ska gå, men jag blev lite glad när jag såg denna länk och klickade in på den. Det verkar vara ett populärt event, vilket glädjer mitt gamla nerd-hjärta. Klickade vidare och hittade även https://lundsspelfestival.se, även de med vad som verkar vara ett hälsosamt antal medlemmar och många aktiviteter. Jättekul att se.
Jag var med och startade våran förening 1983, och vi brukade vara med att arrangera UppCon och åkte alltid som deltagare till LinCon och GothCon, och även om föreningen som sådan inte längre finns kvar, och vi alla uppenbarligen är 42 år äldre nu så spelar vi fortfarande regelbundet, även om vi inte sett oss omkring efter konvent/kongresser nu i modern tid.

2025-10-03 16:15:41 UTC

So, as Taylor Swift releases her new album I am thinking Max Martin quite likely will break a couple of Billboard world records, both as a producer (he already owns that one) and writer (he's second on that one).

2025-10-02 09:49:52 UTC

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Mycket bra skrivet.

2025-09-30 07:07:32 UTC

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This had me lol-ing IRL. 😆
The bonus funny thing is that the last reply also is entirely true: you can't believe in God without also believing in Satan.

2025-09-29 07:16:20 UTC

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Agreed. Lightroom/Photoshop are the main things that are holding me back from using Linux 100%.
Well, having said that, I would probably need to do some further testing regarding my music production software, but I know my DAW (Bitwig) runs on Linux, so would mainly need to verify my VST's work within it too, something I haven't gotten around to just yet.
@npub1n4n…6ax6

2025-09-27 20:49:52 UTC

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I thought so too! I was actually more in the mood for another cake type, but when I laid eyes on it we knew it was all decided. 😆
@npub1ja5…nlug

2025-09-26 21:28:09 UTC

New video from Atlas, one of the bands who will be opening for Orbit Culture on the new tour in November. Good stuff.
Gorgeous video of course, the two guys running Riivata video production company, who's behind almost ALL fantastic looking new extreme metal videos from any/all bands, both play in Atlas, this is their own band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ9QqvQO-5s
#Metal #Atlas #NewReleases #Riivata

2025-09-26 08:04:26 UTC

Fantastic TTRPG adventure publishers [Raging Swan Press](https://www.ragingswanpress.com) has released their title "[The Dread Dungeononomicon](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/518920/the-dread-dungeononomicon)" as markdown files for [their Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/cw/ragingswanpress) supporters, which can easily be dropped in to for example Obsidian. Sweet!
_"The Dread Dungeononomiconis a System Neutral book compatible with any fantasy role-playing game, particularly ones featuring dungeons and/or dragons."_
and also:
_"Find within 32 fully fleshed-out and lovingly detailed self-contained adventure sites in markdown format."_
Go and support their work either on DriveThruRPG and/or on Patreon, these guys have been churning out quality system agnostic content for years.
#rpg #ttrpg #RagingSwanPress #adventures

2025-09-26 07:59:20 UTC

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Ok, tack. Bra, då har jag inte missat något speciellt. Men nej, vad gäller tex ChatControl så kan man ju knappast hoppas på "oppositionen" då det var S (Ylva Johansson) som lade fram förslaget och drev frågan hårdast i hela EU från första början, en mantel som nu tagits över av Danmark.
De övriga partiernas representanter _säger_ ibland att de är "emot", men sedan röstar de _ändå_ "för", så det går ju inte ens att lita på vad de säger i frågan. "Oj, vi förstod inte att det var _det_ som var frågan..." säger de efteråt, och man blir osäker på ifall de inte förstod när frågan ställdes eller när det röstades. Om jag gjorde så på jobbet skulle jag behöva se mig om efter annat jobb... 🙄

2025-09-25 19:05:51 UTC

Hah. Just filled in a survey from Disney regarding why I cancelled my account a few days ago. It ended in _"Do you have any other comments you would like to share with us?"_.
I picked this:
_"If the First Amendment is intended to protect anything, it's intended to protect offensive speech. If you’re not going to offend anyone, you don't need protection."_ (Larry Flynt) 😆
#Cancel #Disney #DisneyPlus

2025-09-23 13:24:43 UTC

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talking to yourself? 😆

2025-09-23 07:17:31 UTC

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I am in no way questioning you, but what bugs are they? As far as I am concerned, using "all the platforms" with at least a test account, I find this (my Akkoma instance) to be the most full of features and functionality.
Also, in comparison, Mastodon has bugs dating back 9-10 years (regarding backfilling etc) which they don't seem to wish to attend in the slightest, so when Mastodon is getting new features they are merely trying to keep up with Pleroma/Akkoma/Sharkey/Friendica etc, which I still think Mastodon is terribly far behind. Gotosocial seems to have their own issues (but looks somewhat promising). Bonfire isn't a thing just yet, but if they deliver on even half the things promised, in a fashion that can handle the load, it will be very interesting indeed to see.
But that is just my take on it, from an end-user (and instance admin) perspective. I haven't looked at the code base in detail for any of the Fediverse projects.

2025-09-22 22:31:34 UTC

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I have my eyes on those Framework laptops too. Very tempting.

2025-09-22 20:33:20 UTC

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Yeah, there is something special about glass and mirrors that I like. Needless to say I have an "old" DSLR, not the new batch where they are basically mobile phones with extra (proper) lenses minus the phone part. 😆

2025-09-22 20:16:38 UTC

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Back then I had this view that the best photos are taken with the camera you have with you. So I sorted out all kinds of bags, like expensive proper bags, where I always had room for my DSLR and 1-2 extra lenses, unless I used one of my proper camera bags where I could carry "everything". It became second nature to bring the smallest bag, or the slingbag. I kind of lost it when I moved back to Sweden though (well, new job, new house, new baby etc, so a lot on my mind I guess).
I did a serious attempt in getting back in to it a couple of years ago, but...last promo shoot I did with my friends band I brought my DSLR (which isn't brandnew any longer) and my phone (iPhone 14 Pro). 100% of the pics we ended up using came from the phone.

2025-09-22 20:07:16 UTC

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I haven't, but I know they are compatible with my Fjorden back-piece to my phone, so I've been really close a couple of times. They are somewhat pricey though, at least if you like me, would like to get 2-3 of them.

2025-09-22 20:01:54 UTC

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That is where I am too: I am not (any longer) bringing my DSLR. I used to, everywhere.

2025-09-22 19:59:01 UTC

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It is definitely one of those things where you get what you pay for, and I've tried the cheap stuff = rarely worth it. I am looking at these guys though: https://www.shopmoment.com/lenses-filters

2025-09-22 19:52:24 UTC

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Well, these days you can (and have to?) do both. I know from experience that it can be fiddly with the changing of (external) phone lenses though, and it can become a gimmick you do a couple of times and then can't be arsed so you just take the shot with what you have.

2025-09-22 19:23:46 UTC

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Why? Just curious.

2025-09-22 07:55:28 UTC

Great stuff with recognizing Gaza as a state.
Now do Taiwan.
Or do we not care as much about actual democracies who stand for equality and freedom of expression, in the hopes of profit from the Chinese market?

2025-09-18 13:38:10 UTC

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Let's see how long it will take before employers will start to decline job applications based on predicted illnesses/diseases people might get. After that we'll get areas in cities cordoned off with people predicted to not belong to the A-team that have better results.
Westworld meets Minority Report is about to get real. Yay.

2025-09-18 13:06:24 UTC

Westworld Season 3 anyone?
#tv #series #westworld #ai #disease
https://hellquist.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/akkoma/7254a0bf48a2036d4884d17dffc57870f7748d0338f19f38821d56d7253e89ff.png?name=image.png

2025-09-18 08:44:19 UTC

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Now if I could only work out a way to install my (purchased) photoshop add-ons/filters, it might turn it in to an alternative for real. Either that or if Affinity could port their apps to Linux, as I consider Affinity Photo 2 good enough to actually replace Photoshop "for real".

2025-09-17 22:06:05 UTC

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Dito. Been far too long.

2025-09-17 21:03:51 UTC

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Have been house gods here since forever. Their drummer/mixer/producer is Buster Odeholm, who is behind the most of the new interesting new metal coming out at the moment, either as a full/part-time member and/or as a producer/mixer/mastering for them. Quite diverse (within metal) too.
Everything from Vildhjärta, Humanity's Last Breath, Thrown and Allt Band has gone through him, but also the upcoming and heavily anticipated Orbit Culture album soon to be released. Over the years he has also mixed/produced Silent Planet, Hacktivist, Born Of Osiris, Currents, Carcosa, Betraying The Martyrs, Reflections etc.
On top of that he has some of the most sought after mixing/mastering tutorials/videos on NailTheMix (YouTube) and he has created VST plugins for both his unique drum sound and also a Guitar Amp VST for that "thall" sound for which Vildhjärta are the originators of.

2025-09-17 20:12:23 UTC

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Ja det kan ju vara smart. Jag har mest använt den för att testa saker, har annars precis som du mest använt listor, som är såååååå mycket bättre i Akkoma än på Mastodon.

2025-09-17 20:05:48 UTC

If you are anything like me, and I know I am, you would, in your adventures with Linux, at some point feel the need for "photoshop" or "something similar" (you say).
Well, in all actuality, what you really MEAN is "actually photoshop". So you try Gimp, only to realise that holy shit, you might be stuck on your PC/Mac for forever after all...
Enter PhotoGimp: https://photogimp.com which kind of turns Gimp in to a photoshop-like experience at least. As close as you can get, which for now will have to be good enough.
#Linux #gimp #photoshop #photogimp

2025-09-17 18:58:58 UTC

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Det kan tilläggas att man kan lägga till andra instanser än Akkoma instanser också, tex andra Mastodon instanser, om man vill det.

2025-09-17 18:58:14 UTC

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Det kan vara så att man måste ha några instanser i sina "Bubble" inställningar i admin GUI't ("Instance", scrolla ner, finns en rad som heter "Local Bubble" där man skriver in URL för sina bubbelkompisar) innan den tidslinjen hoppar igång. Annars hittar man den här (screenshot).
https://hellquist.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/akkoma/d618f23e79975c362b7cfc241e70a157fbe254ea1a158a3513967658ca430cc5.png?name=2025-09-17%2020.43.23%20thias.hellqui.st.png

2025-09-17 06:32:27 UTC

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Det är ju annars en grej jag gillar med Akkoma, som också är den Fediversetjänst jag använder: den som är admin kan skapa ”bubbles”, som går ett steg längre än att bara posta ”local” (vilket man också kan förstås).
Akkomas ”bubbles” är instanser/servers som är ”närliggande”, eller ”syskon”, men ändå manageras individuellt. Man kan alltså ”klustra” servers man anser är så nära ens egna att de kunnat ”höra till” min server. Sedan får man en ”bubble timeline” som innehåller inlägg från dessa klustrade servers, vilket då kan kännas intimare.
Annars är det, som Samuel nämnt, Friendica eller (snart) Bonfire. Hubzilla kan nog göra det mesta här men har tyvärr ett GUI som kräver tillvänjning.
@npub1zww…wvjz @npub1al5…jn3k @npub1lxr…pg2d @npub1vre…vfwt

2025-09-15 18:31:49 UTC

I saw a YT clip about Kitty, which is an alternative to Alacritty (the default terminal in Omarchy), and I have to say it is really nice in Kitty as it runs off the GPU. This means it can show me previews of images right there in the TUI.
Sweet!
#Kitty #Alacritty #Omarchy #Arch #Yazi
https://hellquist.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/akkoma/af485deb14c4d049c2313278f46e7acfaf3602d07948508036543ed3aedaeab6.png?name=image.png

2025-09-15 07:25:07 UTC

_-"Yes yes yes, I consent to your f**king cookie, just set it already (in, you know, a cookie, which I just accepted) and do NOT ask me tomorrow again."_

2025-09-14 13:38:04 UTC

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On that note (touch) I had no problems with Zorin. Also if you have the Pro version you can easily swap the "feel" of the window manager, to make it feel like "almost like before" regardless if the user comes from macOS or Windows, or prefer some regular Linux versions.
@npub10st…hwx0

2025-09-12 16:38:56 UTC

@npub1swc…y2dn This is me (on Akkoma) quoting your (Pleroma) quote post (original post from Mastodon), just because I am curious to see what happens when I view it on all the different platforms. Yay, we're having fun eh? 😆
#note19ee…qpze

2025-09-03 12:50:41 UTC

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Har du kollat/testat detta redan?
https://discuss.neos.io/t/solved-nginx-403-directory-listing-forbidden/5749/4

2025-09-01 11:42:00 UTC

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Jag jobbar på det, men lite granna low-key då jag relativt nyligen konverterat alla jag känner till Signal (innan jag hittade DeltaChat), och jag vill inte "trötta ut" dem för hårt.
Kör dock ett par grupper med gamla kollegor som är både IT/Security/Privacy intresserade och där vi brukade köra våra grupper i Signal, så jag framställde det som att "vi borde testa?" så att de inte kunde säga nej. 😆
Vi är alla mycket nöjda och imponerade dock, och förväntningarna har överträffats.
Jag har även installerat det som back-up på hela familjens enheter (som kör Signal annars).
@[email protected]

2025-09-01 07:09:38 UTC

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Jag kan även tipsa om DeltaChat, som i mångt och mycket är bättre än alla de nämnda apparna/tjänsterna (möjligen undantaget Matrix/Element). Precis som i Signal man kan ha personliga chattar och/eller gruppchattar. Man kan till och med dela på (köra samtidigt) enklare program/spel i gruppen, tex att-göra listor, dela-notan-app osv.
DeltaChat är krypterat hela vägen, det är distribuerat (då det använder SMTP som protokoll), och väljer man att använda de officiella ChatMail servrarna är de inte centraliserade till USA utan står i Europa (alternativet är att du kör på din vanliga mail, och då står servern där din email provider finns).
Då DeltaChat är helt open-source kan man välja att hosta det själv ifall man vill det. Man kan även välja att använda sin vanliga email adress om man vill det (fast man missar lite bekvämlighets-funktionalitet då, tex får man notiser i den takt som mailservern pollas på nya mail).
De har även genomgått audition som man kan ta del av (tl;dr - de klarar det utmärkt) och sist men inte minst, de är aktiva i Fediverse.
https://delta.chat/en/

2025-04-16 10:53:55 UTC

The art of poison-filling your music files.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMYm2d9bmEA
#MusicProduction

2025-04-15 08:10:31 UTC

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Bra skrivet. Intressant ämne som jag funderat mycket på under åren, om inte annat för att det varit helt eller delvis vad jag jobbat med under en stor del av min karriär (dock inte just nu).
Jag landar alltid på samma sak dock: protokoll, datamodeller, integrationsmöjligheter och valbara (av slutanvändaren) inställningsmöjligheter är viktigare än någon enskild tjänst.
Tyvärr byggs de flesta tjänster idag (och tidigare) baserat på plattformen/teknologin bakom dem, och vad plattformen tjänar på. Det blir något slags egensyfte. I princip inga tjänster byggs för att slutanvändarens krav/behov ska kunna tillgodoses och för att de ska kunna ha det så bra och flexibelt som möjligt.
Det är lite märkligt då vi genom åren egentligen har byggt alla de olika beståndsdelarna som krävs, vid olika "generationer av Internet" (Web 1.0/2.0/2.5/3.0 etc). På något sätt har vi aldrig lyckats med att kombinera de bästa delarna av de olika "generationerna", mestadels för att uppfattningen i olika styrelserum inte ser den bokstavliga vinsten i det, samt att de vet att folk skulle välja bort de saker som ekonomiskt styrt Internet sedan slutet på 90-talet (dvs annonser, och fantasin att "eyeballs-on-ads = profit").
@npub1zww…wvjz @npub1cpw…a6fk

2025-04-14 09:48:05 UTC

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Friendica is really good at interacting with the various other Fediverse services. I would probably say it is the best at inter-service interaction.
It can list Lemmy topics/groups (and you can then obviously reply to Lemmy threads/topics directly from Friendica) and if you follow your own "other" accounts you can tick a box saying something along the lines of "yep, this is also me, please repost whatever that account is posting, but over here too".

2024-09-11 11:02:59 UTC

“I thought that was my best Debate, EVER, especially since it was THREE ON ONE!” the GOP nominee for president posted on Truth Social.
Right. The moderators pointed out that abortions after birth aren't actually abortions, no matter how many times you say they are. How dare they?
The moderators also pointed out that no official record exist that validates haitians eating cats and dogs in Ohio. Clearly biased behaviour, to check actual facts. "That guy on television might have said so" is apparently what should stand as the base for policies.
If that was the best he can do we're in for trouble, as they are simply playing at different games.
#USPOL #Politics

2024-08-30 11:22:33 UTC

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Yeah, not too far off from professional writing I guess.
Yes, if you have the possibility and perhaps skills to record your own music in a way that you yourself have paid for it (you don't owe anyone else anything), that is the better route to go, as you then also own everything up until the point of figuring out how to distribute it.
The record labels usually have contacts with great producers though, and they can always say "_yeah, what you've done doesn't sound bad. But...it sounds dated...it could be soooo much better if..._" and nigh-on promise it will be the difference between millions of listens compared to thousands, and those are difficult things to measure in your own creation. Not signing can be very difficult for some.
Also it is the matter of marketing, but then again, small labels usually do a really poor job of that anyways. Big labels though, they smooch all the right music journalists and radio stations etc, so it is tricky to get in on that unless you are with the big guys, or you already are a big enough name to carry your own torch.
@npub1d7n…yxsc

2024-08-30 10:57:10 UTC

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Yeah, no, it isn't that simple. To confuse everyone completely, the rates are variable to start with. Streams from different user tiers pay the same song differently. Streams in different countries pay the same song differently. It quickly becomes difficult to do any estimate that doesn't involve guesswork.
Secondly, for very (too) many artists the money actually goes to the labels first. THEN the writers of the lyrics and music get split up. Depending on your contracts the label has the distribution as well, but it is more commonly not so, so that money then comes out of that as well.
For people like Rick Beato, who have money and contacts enough to do their own marketing and distribution, the numbers mentioned might apply. For 99.97% of the rest of the musicians, who don't have the money/muscles to distribute physical copies or marketing strength/contacts to "get the word out there", they usually have to pay someone to do it, or more commonly, sign with a label.
If you, via your label, have recorded your music in a quality studio (not cheap), the label will take pretty much 100% of the income from the songs until the studio bill is paid.
It is getting more and more common that artists record "at home" and only sign a distribution deal, but then there's usually less commerce for those songs too. Not many of the "big names" out there are not signed up with labels where they are big enough to dictate their own terms. Most artists cry of joy for getting a label contract that will lock them in for 5 albums (whatever that means in this day and age) and they themselves will get 5% of the money their songs bring in.
@npub16z2…mqty

2024-08-27 11:46:19 UTC

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Fortfarande ett otroligt fult ord, jag förstår varför det inte används nuförtiden (annat än i DN då). Strax bättre än ”fantastik” (mitt favorit-hat-ord, istället för Fantasy), men inte med mycket.

2024-08-27 09:04:42 UTC

"_Att lyssna på Rickie Lee Jones på Nalen 2024 är lika riskfyllt som att jumpa på isflak._" - DN
"_Jumpa_"? Är det ett svenskt ord? Som i att göra gymnastik på...? Eller hoppa, i någon svengelsk variant?
Texten exemplifierar med att man inte vet med säkerhet om man kan ta sig från ena sidan till den andra, så jag får gissar att de menar att man hoppar, i syfte att ta sig framåt. Det borde dock inte vara en rimlig anledning att våldföra sig på språket...om inte skrivande journalister kan uttrycka sig i skrift kommer våra unga inte heller att lära sig det.

2024-06-24 11:38:56 UTC

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En sak som stör mig otroligt mycket är när alla i “kedjan” dessutom vill ha feedback på just deras del av det hela. Om jag beställer något online som kommer hem till mig 3 dagar senare så får jag ju enkätförfrågningar från stället som sålde prylen, firman som tillverkade den, de som körde paketet till utlämningsstället och butiken som lämnade ut det. Hallå? Det var en usb-sladd! Inte ett livsavgörande beslut!
😆

2024-06-17 16:46:22 UTC

He does have a way with words eh? I can totally see how so many go “wow, yeah…that’s my guy!”
https://hellquist.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/akkoma/cf30d4a2c9ef817fcc53f630d7f6ca1509bb930ef242970eaeeb9845819fb00e.png?name=image.png

2024-06-17 08:39:43 UTC

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Yeah, that one (3BP) is done and dusted. Was alright.

2024-06-17 08:34:41 UTC

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The new one. I’ve done another two episodes as I couldn’t be arsed to find something else, but I notice I am mostly flicking through things on my phone for large parts of it. It just doesn’t engage me.

2024-06-16 20:04:01 UTC

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Man kan ju vända på frågan: hur ska ett förbud efterlevas och följas upp? Ju fler orimliga och verklighetsfrånvända förslag som politiker lägger fram desto större blir politikerföraktet, vilket är en fara i sig.

2024-06-16 11:14:02 UTC

Ang "reklam"-inslag: vad ÄR ens "illegala tv-tjänster"? Exempel?

2024-06-16 10:40:10 UTC

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Grejen är ju att man ställer sig ofta den frågan i vilket fall, omedvetet, och det i sin tur påverkar arbetet man gör.
Hur många känner du som gör/ger 100% på jobbet varje timma, varje dag? Inte jag heller. Det går ju inte. Så man justerar och prioriterar så mycket som man kan komma undan med. “Vad är viktigt idag” osv.
Om man istället hade tid för att göra det man dagdrömmer om när man tillåter sig själv att inte vara 100% “på” på jobbet så skulle de timmar man faktiskt är effektiv på jobbet inte påverkas nämnvärt i många fall…man gör det redan, men många sitter garanterat av tid motsvarande 1/5 på sina jobb (om de är ärliga mot sig själva).
Andra saker som kan vara relevanta: <li>Man kan inte tänka snabbare, ens om man övar.</li><li>9 kvinnor kan inte klämma fram en baby på 1 månad. En del saker tar den tid det tar, och måste få göra det.</li><li>Det är i princip omöjligt att tvinga fram kreativt tänkande under långa perioder ifall man inte ger möjlighet till att skaffa ny input/inspiration.</li><li>Kommunikation och koordinering “kostar” massor med tid och energi. Att slänga mer folk på ett försenat problem/projekt gör oftast att det blir ändå senare.</li>
Jag tror att man i många yrken rätt lätt kan ta bort en arbetsdag och att det inte skulle påverka output negativt, och i flera fall tvärtom, bidra till bättre, högre och mer kvalitativ output.