Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one

@rysiek If the Japanese cannot run them safely, then no one can, IMHO. Chernobyl and Fukushima will be no go zones for humans for thousands of years. Pretending that nuclear power is now alright will only serve to reduce the pressure that is needed to force through the real solutions.

"Generally speaking, warring parties do not like neutral states. Russia complains about the sanctions, and Ukraine wants Switzerland to allow the re-export of our ammunition from Germany. But criticism is a sign that a neutral state is doing its job well" https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/-there-is-no-such-thing-as-an-altruistic-state-/48103724

I'm happy to see our Natural History Museum Vienna start to acknowledge the historical wrongs that it has been a part of, and to start doing something in response: they have finally returned the remains of 64 people that were literally stolen from New Zealand in the name of "#science" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/04/rage-but-also-joy-and-completeness-bringing-new-zealands-stolen-ancestors-home

@RianQuenlin@mastodon.world @confusedbunny Global warming means we don't really have snow any more in Vienna, but luckily kids still learn cursive in school here 😉

@SylvieLorxu Addictive things are part of life, all human societies use habit-forming substances like alcohol, caffeine, coca, nicotine, etc. Video games now fit into that spectrum. And we enjoy using them, even when we know they can be quite destructive to some people's lives. With video games, most people still believe they are harmless, that's what needs to change. I personally stopped playing pretty much entirely because I could not manage the addictiveness. Caffeine and alcohol I can manage

@SylvieLorxu I've also been sucked into games. The Bard's Tale and Loderunner in the 80s. Then Duke Nukem, Civilization, and Age of Empires in the 90s. I think it is OK to make a game so good it is addictive. The problem now is that companies are putting addictive design first and foremost, putting aside the artistry of game design, to extract as much profit as possible. Indeed, public corporations like EA, Microsoft, Tencent, etc. are legally required to extract as much profit as possible.

#Software can be made to be just as #addictive as drugs, and that the companies that produce should be held accountable, just like companies that make tobacco and opioids. It will be interesting to see where this court case in Canada goes https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/fortnite-class-action-1.6678687

@al We have quite a bit of paid time, don't get me wrong. But most of the work is volunteer time, especially when it comes to communications.

I work on #FDroid because I believe in #FreeSoftware. One of the hardest things about working on a project like F-Droid is when someone decides to publicly campaign against our work, and its only loosely based on fact. We get a constant stream of inquiries from people who just found out, asking the same questions again. Now I understand why companies hire PR staff. Communications can require a ton of work and stress. And when a project is mostly volunteers, no one is keen to take on that stress

"The most fashionable american dolphin wearing a ball gown" - generated by Stable Diffusion AI

@tsiolkovsky@infosec.exchange @SwiftOnSecurity I see this as a central goal of #Debian. It is a collection of integrated services with defaults that just work for most cases. Many if not most Debian Developers work for small organizations, oftentimes with high security needs (including me). Debian also has a great track record there. You might criticize Debian for being too hard to learn, that is not because we want it that way. It is only because of lack of resources.

@ErinInTheMorn The hard part of this question is that testosterone improves performance in certain physical tasks related to sports, and people with testes tend to have a lot more of it. Anyone can get performance benefits by taking more testosterone, which is of course rightly banned. So I think it is clear that some kind of separation in sports is helpful, but the hard part is drawing the line. I thought this #Radiolab covered it quite well: https://radiolab.org/episodes/dutee