Whole-known-network
<p>The German language often seems so austere and fact-based.</p><p>But actually, there are some very cute ways of saying things:</p><p>- Staubsauger (dustsucker) = vacuum cleaner<br />- Kopfkino (head cinema) = making up a story in your mind<br />- Luftschlösser bauen (to build air castles) = to follow unrealistic dreams<br />- Purzelbaum (tumble tree) = somersault o. t. floor<br />- Schnapsidee (booze idea) = idea that sounds as if you're drunk<br />- Herzlichen Glückwunsch! (heartly joywish) = Congratulation!</p><p>Enjoy our language!</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@ovid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ovid</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cstross</span></a></span> That reminds me of a story someone told me many years ago, so it's not first-hand but I can certainly see how it's true.</p><p>The company that the person who told me this worked for (or consulted for) was unable to run the program they had been using for ages. This happened after the machine was rebooted (or IPL'ed as it's called in the IBM mainframe world).</p><p>When they analysed the problem they realised the program itself was no longer on the disk. It had been deleted, and since it was already loaded, no one noticed until they had to reboot which cleared memory.</p><p>They didn't have any media for it, so eventually they had to contact the vendor. Turns out the had gone out of business years (10 or more?) prior. The application had been loaded by a representative of the vendor, and the machine hadn't been rebooted since then.</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kev" class="u-url mention">@<span>kev</span></a></span> you can also tail logfile.</p>
<p>Every time I post a link to my site on Mastodon, it locks up for like 30 seconds or so.</p><p>My theory is that because I have a quite a lot of followers (👋 hii!) the post hits a lot of instances and they all poll my site at the same time, effectively DDoS'ing it for a lil bit.</p><p>One day I'll run a packet capture and prove this theory…</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FediTips</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://gts.superseriousbusiness.org/@gotosocial" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gotosocial</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@MF_Dume" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MF_Dume</span></a></span> Not just advising on ai, specifically advising ai companies that are getting sued by creators.</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FediTips</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://gts.superseriousbusiness.org/@gotosocial" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gotosocial</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@MF_Dume" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MF_Dume</span></a></span> Not just advising on ai, specifically advising ai companies that are getting sued by creators.</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@wolfxyz" class="u-url mention">@<span>wolfxyz</span></a></span> I **hate** the design of Startpage. The colours are just horrible; horrible enough to prevent me from using it.</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@starborn" class="u-url mention">@<span>starborn</span></a></span> No. I like DDG.</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@PamCrossland" class="u-url mention">@<span>PamCrossland</span></a></span> Yeah, but it should be off my default IMO. If they added a banner saying “hey we have this new thing, here’s how to turn it on…” I’d be less frustrated. 🤷♂️</p>