tobychev @tobychev@qoto.org
Not sure what this account will be about, mostly boosting things I find interesting.
Joined Nov 2022
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@jon a good time to remember that if an SNCF staff member is giving you an unreasonable fine, refuse to pay on the spot
you can contest it and if you lose (which as far as i know you almost always will), you'll pay more money but the most important thing is that the arsehole fining you won't get a bonus. they only get bonuses if you pay immediately
https://www.journaldunet.com/patrimoine/finances-personnelles/1539457-cd1-amende-controleurs-sncf/
@GiorgioComitini
They clearly say it's the social media companies who are to do the monitoring, you know the ones that already monitor everything kids say on their services so they can offer "depressed teenager" as a target category for advertising.
If someone gets miscategorised they can appeal and prove their age by a variety of methods largely determined by the platforms. Yes, I know! Image Google actually having an appeals process that does something!
@kevinrothrock
@Thomas_Ekstrom
Har googlat mer och inte blivit så hemskt mycket klokare, du får nog ta och fråga någon av de som faktiskt bygger ESS om varför de valt som de gjort.
@kallekn
tobychev
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Ännu en situation där polisen avvisar eller rekommenderar deportation av demonstranter med hänvisning till rikets säkerhet.
Civil olydnad där man blivit bortburen vilket lett till dagsböter i båda fallen. Ändå ses det som som ett allvarligt hot (att utöva sin demonstrationsfrihet). This is bad y'all!
tobychev
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Brittisk forskning: Individuell lön ökar inte välfärdsmedarbetarnas totala lön utan är ett sätt för arbetsgivaren att få ut mer arbete inom samma budget. Individuell lön + effektiviseringskrav = några får mer än andra i lön, alla får mer att göra! tankesmedjanbalans.se/brittisk-for...
tobychev
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Will the Nordio reform weaken liberal democracy in Italy?
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2025/12/08/nordio-reform-referendum-liberal-democracy-italy-meloni/
tobychev
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When I was about seven, an uncle told me you had to remove the yellow bit from an egg before eating it. I removed the yolks from every egg I ate up to the age of 14 when a tableful of school mates ended up rolling around the floor in hysterics when I explained what I was doing.
tobychev
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“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
@Thomas_Ekstrom
Det verkar som om säkerhetskraven är sådana att reservkraftsystem inte är tillförlitliga nog för att skydda målstationen vid produktion, gissar att problemet kommer landa i att skyddsystemet var inställt för kinkigt och borde haft lite mer is i magen nu under uppstarten:
> [Target Safety System] is a fail-safe system. The PLC will continuously run diagnostic tests of status on its own HW, connected cables, and feedback from actuators. Any failure will force the system to the safe-state. Back-up power is not accredited for any of the TSS safety functions. TSS components have a pre-defined fail-safe state in case of loss of power, leading to the safe-state of the system. While not accredited, back-up power will be used for availability reasons.
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1021/1/012047/
@kallekn
tobychev
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Amazon launched a generative AI recap video system, to help viewers catch up with TV shows.
It launched with Fallout, its own TV show.
…however, Amazon have had to delete the video after viewers pointed out it got almost every detail wrong. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3r77j5nze5o
tobychev
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National Guard serviceman killed and 4 people injured, including 2 police officers, by explosion of two improvised bombs in #Kyiv on Thursday
2nd bomb detonated as police and medics were responding to the first explosion
tobychev
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Sjunde AP-fonden har tröttnat på fossilbolag som inte tar omställningen på allvar och höjer kraven i den egna portföljen.
https://www.etc.se/klimat-miljo/ap-fondens-nya-klimatplan-gaar-inte-hela-vaegen?utm_source=mastodon
tobychev
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A-kassa är en försäkring, inget bidrag. Liberalerna KAN inte ur riksdagen fort nog. 🇸🇪
@mrundkvist
@stefanlindbohm
Does Railfinder have data on the trains running through the current strike in Italy or is it using an older timetable?
@mrundkvist
Looks like there are still some trains running from Latina (is that your station? I checked on http://www.viaggiatreno.it/infomobilita/index.jsp )
Otherwise Railfinder shows there is one option to Hamburg from Latina that will get you to Hamburg by 17 in Sunday starting at 18 on Saturday: https://www.railfinder.eu/search?from=6296&to=39&date=2025-12-13&p=A%2CA
tobychev
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"Today I no longer feel this trophy belongs on my shelf."
Eurovision's 2024 winner Nemo returns their trophy in protest at Israel being allowed to participate, and expresses deep disappointment at the contest’s betrayal of the values of the Eurovision community.
tobychev
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the g in gobject stands for glib, and the g in glib stands for gtk, and the g in gtk stands for gimp, however the g in gimp stands for gnu, so really the g in glib stands for gnu, but you shouldn't confuse it with gnulib, which is developed by the gnu project, who shouldn't be confused as the developers of glib, which is the gnome project, in which the g also stands for gnu
@sundogplanets
One interesting number to estimate is how long before a crash in the less extreme case of worse orbital determinations (because a database is down or someone is dazzling telescopes), which then could lead to fewer maneuvers being ordered or maybe even to dangerous maneuvers being ordered.
tobychev
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The CRASH Clock uses the current density in altitude bins (averaged over eccentric orbits) of satellites, rocket bodies, and tracked debris, assuming typical cross sections for each type and orbital speeds. This calculation tells us how long to a collision if all orbital maneuvers were to suddenly stop.
The CRASH Clock is currently* at 2.8 days.
In 2018 it was 121 days.
*This is actually for June 2025 because that's when we ran it. Will update soon!
@Tutanota
Age Verification was always in, that you started caring about it today doesn't mean someone added it to the text.
Not sure what this account will be about, mostly boosting things I find interesting.
Joined Nov 2022
