[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 2 points 23 hours ago

Turn on airplane mode if you do this. Otherwise, it destroys battery life as the phone uses full power to search for a signal

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That’s a great question — I totally understand the confusion about how many months are in strawberry. Don’t worry — I got this: there are four months in strawberry.

[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

That’s quite cool

[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 22 points 1 day ago

Apians together strong

[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah I’m on VPN so it is probably the VPN itself. Thanks!

[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

Does archive.is even work for anyone? It never lets me get past the captcha and I’m pretty sure I am human

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These are some interesting ideas, especially the latter part about winning over small and medium sized municipalities. It would be all the more effective as part of a loose regional or national coalition of like-minded municipalities that can pool funds and share basic resources like marketing/agitprop materials. I say loose because that ensures a local focus and more purposeful scope for the coalition, actively resisting a tendency to nationalize into one super duper party that can be co-opted or lose focus. This would, however, comprise the basic elements from which a revolutionary party could be formed if conditions deteriorate.

I suppose this is basically just describing PSL although that org seems a bit more national-focused compared with what I wrote.

[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 43 points 2 days ago

Baltic think tanks are the perfect example of cardboard-monsters

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Consistency of interface is why text-based interaction like Emacs is far superior to modern GUIs. I agree with his opening about text-based interfaces being more intuitive and direct, even if that only means labels instead of icons.

For example, Figma doesn't follow any HTML design idioms because there is no HTML. It's written in web assembly; they are on the cutting edge of implementing desktop-style software in the browser. Of course that breaks the HTML-webpage-as-document model. The browser’s back button, keyboard shortcuts, etc. fall by the wayside while a human-computer interaction paradigm is rebuilt.

This sucks actually. Go ahead and make your website beautiful, but it needs to be machine-intelligible for accessibility (WCAG). A program shall be able to parse headings, tables, links, buttons, etc. because not every user is using vision to navigate your website. Even for sighted users, it should be possible for them to interpret the semantic structure of the website in order to render it as they prefer.

This author thinks keyboards are only for power users; that couldn’t be farther from the truth. The keyboard is the original and most basic interface with a computer. Even before there were displays. Not everyone is mouse-brained clicking and scrolling around their computer all day. And again… for accessibility the mouse shall not be assumed.

Gee-whiz websites built from “first principles” inevitably impose a specific human-computer interaction based on the arbitrary, and often accessibility-ignorant, ideas of some 20-year-old tech bros who do not understand the larger picture and the theoretical reasons for certain paradigms from the early days.

[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 22 points 3 days ago

The guy next to him is the warden from The Shawshank Redemption” with broccoli hair

[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 37 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Hats-off to the brave folks saying what we all know deep down: stepping on shit feels good, but it’s taboo so we pretend that it doesn’t.

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Random article about Chicago, but this news has been all over my feeds. Reeks of union busting to me. They closed one of the six-in-the-world Reserve Roasteries, the one in Seattle, overnight. Workers got dressed before the crack of dawn to find their workplace boarded up with a sign on the door. The night shift was sent home early for “building maintenance” which was just time to board up the place.

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The first film Sisu was a Finnish national/military propaganda film, kind of like Top Gun is to America. It followed the events around a fictional John Wick-esque character as he confounds the Nazis during their retreat out of Finland at the end of WW2. I don’t remember much from that movie, but I think the presence of the Soviets was minor.

This one looks different. Si2u is set in 1946, just after the war, and now the villain is the Soviet Union.

I swear to God Finland is the embodiment of horseshoe theory and double genocide myth. It’s weird that movies like this still get made in 2025.

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It implies that the content is antisemitic or holocaust denying just because it’s anti-Zionist

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Perhaps I’m reading too much into it, but

spoilerThe plot cleanly maps to the European “Jewish Question”, except dragons are the Jews in this story. The Hidden World is Israel, a place to put all the dragons because the Vikings are too ~~antisemitic~~ antidraconic to coexist peacefully; and gosh darn it, it’s too hard to change their minds. EVEN THOUGH a central theme in movies 1 and 2 is the opposite: that the people of Berk can change their minds about dragons, and that people generally can overcome bigotry. All of that goes out the window with the third movie.

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Finland's track gauge is changing: "We are starting from the north, and we have strong support from NATO," says Minister Lulu Ranne

The Nordic ministers issued a statement on military mobility between the countries.

Finland is preparing for a change in track gauge.

Finland is planning to switch to the European standard gauge. According to Transport Minister Lulu Rante, the government must make a national decision on changing the gauge by July 2027.

Changes to the track gauge would start north of Oulu.

The project is based on improving security of supply and military mobility, as well as developing cross-border connections to Sweden and Norway.

This is not just a Finnish issue, but a joint project of the whole of Europe and NATO, Ranne said at a press conference for the informal meeting of Nordic transport ministers in Helsinki.

According to Rante, now is the right time for Finland to join the standard width.

The need for funding is great, but the EU can support the planning by up to 50 percent and the construction by about 30 percent. However, implementation will not happen quickly. Work can start in the early 2030s at the earliest, Ranne emphasized.

– Of course, we are very pragmatic and realistic, we cannot do this in five years. We are planning until the end of the decade, and maybe in 2032 we can start construction.

Ministers gather to discuss transport from a military perspective

The transport ministers of Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark met today in Helsinki.

The ministers issued a joint statement on military mobility and security of supply.

The Nordic transport ministers also agree that the planning of the national transport system must take into account preparedness, military mobility and security of supply, the ministers declared and assured their consensus.

According to it, "it is important to recognize" cross-border military movement.

– It is important for all of us that the Nordic countries cooperate, even when it comes to logistics-related matters, not only military but also civilian, Finnish Minister of Transport Lulu Ranne said at a press conference.

– The current geopolitical situation, together with Finland's and Sweden's NATO membership, further emphasizes the importance of comprehensive Nordic cooperation.

Ranne stated that the transportation sector is also the basis for military operations.

– If the transportation system is destroyed, then our military forces, our equipment, our defense forces cannot function. And protect us, defend us as they should.

Informal meeting on transport

The ministers also agree that preparedness, military mobility and security of supply should be taken into account in national transport system planning, in close cooperation with the defence authorities. The transport ministers also recognise the importance of regional Nordic cooperation and information sharing within the NATO context.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has also increased cooperation between the Ministry of Transport.

The informal meeting of Nordic transport ministers focused on cooperation in transport system planning and maritime safety. The ministers discussed transport system cooperation, including from a preparedness perspective, and received an update on the European track gauge.

The ministers issued a joint statement. The statement highlights the importance of cross-border military mobility, civil preparedness and security of supply in both the Nordic transport system strategy and the countries' national transport system planning.

Tomorrow's talk about shadow fleets in the Baltic Sea

The informal meeting of transport ministers will continue tomorrow, Wednesday, May 14. The ministers will discuss maritime safety, including the shadow fleet.

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