[-] observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 months ago

I just had to coordinate an online meeting with some guy at a company, I had no idea where he's based but he suggested time slots in EST (I'm in Toronto). I asked him twice if he's sure, thinking he may be based outside of North America and doesn't know that Toronto currently follows EDT which is GMT-4h, and he just responded "Eastern Standard Time".

And of course he actually meant EDT. Turns out he is based in North America, just dumb.

Fuck timezones, but more than that fuck daylight saving time. You want an extra hour of sunshine after work in summer? Shift the work schedule, not the fucking clock!

[-] observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 20 points 3 months ago

QWERTY on a cheap Dell keyboard I've had for 12 years.

I'm sure some of the alternatives are objectively superior, but with all due respect to enthusiasts, I'm simply not passionate about it and have yet to be convinced that the time and pain spent on getting used to a new layout would actually be worth it in the long run.

[-] observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 months ago

This is a sign on the road to Budapesht near the border between Ukraine and Hungary. There's the weird insistence in Ukraine to do a one-to-one transliteration of Cyrillic to Latin without much thought, so Ш just becomes SH... Google Maps link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/YyzH7xx7gWNJCcqA6

[-] observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 months ago

Black holes are not merely dense objects, the word hole may actually be a slightly better description. This chart oversimplifies stuff and is quite lame.

[-] observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 24 points 5 months ago

I wonder if the process is open source or we just take their word that it's privacy preserving. Anyway, privacy is not the only problem with online advertising, so I'm not going to give up adblocking any time soon.

[-] observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Someone once told me their grandparents in Brazil were part of a community where Latin was spoken as the primary language, but I can't find any information about it online in English.

[-] observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 25 points 8 months ago

"tell me you fucked your sister without telling me you fucked your sister" - "I can relate to Túrin Turambar"

[-] observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 24 points 9 months ago

While it's a stupid question which he wouldn't have asked a white guy, it's not wholly illegitimate. Shou Zi Chew has major business ties to Mainland China, which is not a secret.

[-] observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 21 points 10 months ago

That's one strong toddler holding 60 kg of beryllium and 6 kg of plutonium with one arm.

[-] observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago

It's not even called incognito in FF.

[-] observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago

I'm very happy with self-hosted Vaultwarden.

[-] observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 year ago

Many, but I would shout-out DAVx⁵ and Bitwarden.

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