Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek@v.st

6 hours trying to find a way home to Amsterdam from Den Haag during the train outage. We finally make it to Bijlmer where we can catch the subway … which is packed to the gills because the Harry Styles concert just let out. 😞

I just published: Sunny Caribbean Paradise With a Chance of Surveillance on my substack.

https://zeroclicks.substack.com/p/sunny-caribbean-paradise-with-a-chance

this is the funniest cryptocurrency graph i've seen today

https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/06/01/crypto-venture-capital-harsh-reality-bear-market-tokens/
https://archive.is/ardgp

WHY DON'T WE HAVE STRAIGHT PRIDE??????
#PrideMonth

Wait HECK the reason why that circa 2000 ISO software for like Windows ME or whatever was named "Nero" is because it burns discs. It is burning ROM. I only just now figured that out. This is so upsetting

Concern is growing that a significant climate event is unfolding at the Panama Canal, with the potential of impacting one of the world’s most important shipping routes. Last week, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) said drought conditions in the region persist, affecting water availability for passage through the locks and raising the potential of further restrictions

https://maritime-executive.com/article/panama-canal-s-continuing-draft-reductions-pose-threat-to-trade

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #Climate #Panama

Panama Canal’s Continuing Draft Reductions Pose Threat to Trade

Buried lede: it's due to a drought reducing water availability for the locks. Cause is climate change. https://maritime-executive.com/article/panama-canal-s-continuing-draft-reductions-pose-threat-to-trade

Today marks the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. During my time living in China, I once asked my colleagues about this event, but they vehemently claimed to have no knowledge of it. This is a photograph of the aftermath, it's illegal in China.

Cigarettes are a lot like squirrels. They’re both perfectly harmless until you put one in your mouth and set it on fire.

🇬🇦 ga. : Changed NS
- a.ns.ga.
- b.ns.ga.
- c.ns.ga.
- d.ns.ga.
+ d.nic.fr.
+ f.ext.nic.fr.
+ g.ext.nic.fr.

GLaDOS voice: Congratulations, Homosexuals, your sexual and/or gender preference has been deemed profitable during the month of [June] please enjoy the changes we made to our logo

For example, here are some white space #passwords with 80-bits security. There are 16 white space characters to choose from of varying widths, which means each of these below are 20 characters long, wrapped in quotes:

- "                  "
- "      　             "
- "                   "
- " 　               "
- "          　      　  "

So, not only are there passwords you can't remember, now there are passwords you can't read!

I would find The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife much sexier if I didn't know that octopi had beaks.
#erotica

Man in polyester suit: so what you do is you type any combination of words and it displays the words statistically most likely to come after those words.

Shark Tank judge: Okay... So what is the purpose of your little sentence guesser?

Polyester suit man: It will destroy civilization, obviously.