Bjørn Stærk @bjornstark@octodon.social
I write when I can, and code when I need money. Oslo, Norway. http://bearstrong.net
"Ytterkantene er ille, kom til meg i midten" er en ganske dum klisjé, som er hvorfor jeg prøver å ikke bruke det. Men her er et lærebokeksempel på hvor effektivt grepet kan være, fra en mester i posisjonering. https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/stammekrig-i-norge/69646384
"In the last IPCC assessment, the worst case scenario for sea-level rise this century was about three feet. That’s now about the midpoint of what’s expected; the worst-case has ballooned to about eight feet." https://grist.org/article/climate-sciences-official-text-is-outdated-heres-what-its-missing/amp/
Den beste grunnen til å ha et ordentlig budsjett for privatøkonomien, (prøv #YNAB!), er vel at det gjør det vanskeligere for lifestyle creep å krype umerket.
https://www.dt.no/meninger/spaltisten/oda-rygh/vi-padrar-oss-flottere-vaner-sa-langsomt-at-vi-ikke-merker-det/o/5-57-858088
Medium needs to stop doing this, or people need to stop using Medium.
It's a website that hosts blogs.
That you read.
it doesn't need your Fooglebaceook account.
A term I'll start using more: #surveillancecapitalism. As opposed to traditional capitalism, which, for good and bad, was based on the pretty okay idea of making money from selling products to customers.
"The question is whether we’re ready to exercise our data sovereignty, or whether we’re content to play passive victims while surveillance capitalism extends ever finer threads into every corner of our lives." - The solutions are out there, we just have to use them... Signal instead of WhatsApp, Diaspora instead of Facebook, Mastodon instead of Twitter... You have the choice. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/23/dont-waste-the-cambridge-analytica-scandal-its-a-chance-to-take-control-of-our-data
Does anyone happen to know if there are negative consequences for listing one's title as 'viscountess' for a british airway ticket if one does not technically hold this title?
The Pokèmon Go fad clearly lasted longer than I thought. Spotted this gathering of around 25 players today on the walk home from work.
I should just keep posting this until everyone on mastodon has seen it, and acknowledged it.
"A marine heatwave in Western Australia in 2010 set off a massive “carbon bomb”, damaging the world’s largest seagrass meadow, releasing millions of tonnes of carbon that had been collected for thousands of years below the surface." https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/20/marine-heatwave-set-off-carbon-bomb-in-worlds-largest-seagrass-meadow
"But masculinity, a dream of power, tends to get more elusive the more intensely it is pursued" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/17/the-crisis-in-modern-masculinity
I've just had the worst idea
Run what appears to be a regular numbers station, but occasionally interject with "that's numberwang!" every so often
World's largest bicycle garage, under Utrecht Central Station. https://octodon.social/media/sXAwQ0yYoaMCXvwtK_c
How to change the course of human history (at least, the part that's already happened) https://www.eurozine.com/change-course-human-history/
I'm rereading Chesterton's Eugenics and Other Evils, one of the most enjoyable political books I know of, and surprisingly relevant a hundred years later: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25308
Waiting for Stephen Pinker's Enlightenment https://www.thenation.com/article/waiting-for-steven-pinkers-enlightenment/
Netflix customise the imagery in the app to cater to your personal tastes. Clever tactic to boost engagement but I can't help but think it's slightly deceiving and dishonest. 🤔
https://www.dezeen.com/2017/12/20/netflix-targets-film-artwork-depending-users-viewing-habits-design-technology/amp/ #netflix
Are you using Googles reCAPTCHA on your website? Now is the time to stop. https://theintercept.com/2018/03/06/google-is-quietly-providing-ai-technology-for-drone-strike-targeting-project/
Is there a great FLOSS alternative for this type of thing? Please let me know!
Things I expected to find in #Utrecht: Lots of bicycle roads. Things I didn't expect to find: This road where the narrow middle lane is for cars in both directions, and they have to go out on the side behind the bikes when it gets too crowded. https://octodon.social/media/kozsmPvv8oTzKuOLU7g
