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"I started growing lettuce in a spare server cabinet. this is, for many reasons, a terrible idea. here's how i did it." by @sa
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I’m trying to find a hard copy of “Commodore 64 Whole Memory Guide” by Tim Arnot. I know… hard to find but if anyone has any leads, please pass them along 🙏🏻
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I really appreciate you making your stances on "generative" AI clear and being so loud and proud about it. You really inspire me, David, in that regard especially. With the news about Lutris (a game launcher I used up until this week) beginning to use and intentionally obfuscate "generated" code, as well as becoming aware of some Linux kernel devs rubbing shoulders with AI slop themselves, this puts a smile on my face.
@mrmasterkeyboard I think you might like this :3
There's absolutely no such thing as ethical Gen AI. I'm not talking about types of machine learning that existed before 2022. That's not Gen AI. I'm talking about *generative* "AI."
And there's no such thing as "ethical" Gen AI, nor "it'll get better in the future!" Even your "what if it's just local, on device!" is a bullshit excuse.
Gen AI is inherently fascist.
Gen AI is inherently brainwashing and mindwarping.
The massive environmental destruction and training off off massive amounts of people's creations without permission isn't the only problem with Gen AI.
And I'm sick and fucking tired of people's obsession with finding "nuance" in inherently evil shit. Take a strong stance against evil, or be a coward.
If only you had the moral courage of Anthony Moser, rather than the cowardice of a tech bro.
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“AI-powered writing tools are increasingly integrated into our e-mails and phones. Now a new study finds biased AI suggestions can sway users’ beliefs”“We told people before, and after, to be careful, that the AI is going to be (or was) biased, and nothing helped,” Naaman said. “Their attitudes about the issues still shifted.”
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@kimcrawley Ok, I think we just have a problem of definition here. I'm just talking about the coding method, the small neural networks home made for Character Recognition for scanner, built on a limited dataset of scans (with autorisation); or a filter that auto clean line-art, like on this paper davidrevoy.com/article642/scie… I participated in 2018. Yes, things that existed before 2022.
I think we agree on all gen AI from surveillance capitalism by corpo. No need to jump on the big words or insults.
Also, I concede my wording on my FAQ (that's probably was written around 2022/2023) could be better and more precise. I'll note on my TODO to try to disambiguate this as much as possible.
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Website of David Revoy, artist and instructor using only Free/Libre and Open-Source software since 2009.David Revoy
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David, the conflation of working, innocuous computational methods such as what you describe here with the exploitive and theft-based methods of the last few years was intentional.
The use of this conflation to illicit otherwise well-meaning individuals to equivocate over "good" and "bad" AI is a well-known tactic for bogging down criticism.
It's not exactly just two people having a difference in definitions.
@kimcrawley The question to ask is who are you trying to appeal to when you say you're "not against all AI"?
Are you worried someone reading post-2023 is going to somehow think you're referring to some predictive algorithm in use in hospitals 2016?
Anyone with even a vague knowledge of AI is going to know you're not, anyone that doesn't isn't going to even know to think that as "AI" to them means the shit we're all disparaging!
@kwazekwaze @kimcrawley ? I'm not trying to appeal others with my ideas on the topic, I just say what I think and do, unfiltred. I'm an independent artist with a comic project, not a doing PR strategy. 🤣
Also, FIY, in Free Libre and Open Source gfx, we have a library part of GMIC like nn_lib ( see 5.2 in gmic.eu/gmic325/ ), that is "neural network learning". It use small, ethical dataset. It's for making better filters, it runs local, etc... The nuance is for that type of projects.
A full-featured open-source framework for processing generic image (2D,3D,3D+t) with multiple interfaces: command-line (cli), gimp plug-in, web service, Qt plug-in, C++ librarygmic.eu
You're trying to appeal to centrism fallacy. "I'm not one of those radicals who is totally against bad thing, I am partly supportive of bad thing, to be rational and sensible!
The planet can have a little destruction, as a treat!
I don't like to get all *political*. So when bad thing is destroying the world, instead of being on the right side of history and firmly opposing bad thing, I'm gonna not get involved and just let bad thing hurt people 'cuz it's just politics, you know?
Don't confuse me for someone with principles and a strong moral code!" 😂🤣😂🤣
@kimcrawley Yeah man, I know. The "well-meaning individuals" part was referring to you! I ain't accusing you of malignance.
Try this: Imagine a world where half the critical articles about bitcoin had the author ending with "now don't get me wrong I'm not actually opposed to all crypto. SHA-256 and SSH are actually super useful technologies".
A little weird, right?
Having an actual nuanced thought on a topic? How dare you.
People are the problem, as with any tool. I can't believe we live in a world where obviously bad people get to do obviously bad things with no repercussions, but here we are.
@kimcrawley Ethical AI is a thing. (See, for example, Neuro-sama)
Clearly what we're against is AI slop and blatant plagiarizing of artists' works. (Not to mention massive data centers poisoning the land, but that's a different topic)
So far nothing good has come from AI provided by megacorps like OpenAI. See also: Capitalism.
hi sorry i'm wanting to understand your position on what counts as generative ai since im not quite clear on ur stance?
so uh in ur other replies u mentioned generative ai from before 2022 is distinct and u use genai only to refer to technologies from after 2022(year of chatgpt relase which i assume is why u picked it?). gpt-3 released in 2020, would you still condemn it and/or classify it under generative ai?
what about alphafold 3? protein folding model released in 2024
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I'm very frustrated and concerned about AI – not because it will "take over the world" or some conspiracy like that, but because it's going down the same path as blockchain and other technologies regarding cryptocurrency, tokens, etc.
It's a good and interesting technology, but the problem is that it's used as a marketing term and for all kinds of "bullsh*" which ruins the reputation of the technology as a whole and burns everyone in the process.
(The Em dash is not there because I used AI, but because I'm trying uncommon and almost "dead" but useful text elements like the semi-cologne ; for example, while keeping things language accurate)
@mangeurdenuage Cette présentation n'apporte rien de concret dans les usages pratique: juste un objet théorique avec des critères pas mis en application... la FSF quoi.
J'invoque avec ce genre de règle catégorique et simple une protection contre des usages déjà là. Ca donne au projet un motif de ban ou d'avertissement pour bannir les MR d'un agent Claude/Copilot/Mistral/Llama à vue, ou gronder un bleu qui penserait qu'on pourrait vibe-coder un truc pour le site et le soumettre.
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@mangeurdenuage T'inquiète, pas de mal, et de toute façon, j'ai un peu/beaucoup d’amertume avec la FSF. Mon avis sur ce qu'il font maintenant ne vaux pas grand choses car je tourne vite fait sois à la moquerie, soit à d'autre stratégie d'évitement. Mea Culpa.
En tout cas, c'est chouette de voir Zoë Kooyman, ce fût de loin celle que j'ai le plus apprécié travaillé avec l'hors de notre collab.
>j'ai un peu/beaucoup d’amertume avec la FSF
Pour quelle raison ?
>Mon avis sur ce qu'il font maintenant ne vaux pas grand choses
C'est sur que depuis qu'ils ont perdue les 5million de donations tout les projets comme RYF la retro ingénierie du matos etc... qui avait exploser en 2014/2015 et bien on a plus grand chose en dehors de pouvoir maintenir le projet GNU.
Mais j'ai creuser ce sujet sur les années et c'est maintenant évidant que tout cela fut organiser via des agence de communication pour manipuler la foule via twatteur par exemple, pour écraser le cœur du mouvement du logiciel, peut importe le résultat, si la FSF ne perdait pas l'argent ils perdaient les gens avec l’éthique nécessaire/incorruptibilité, de la bonne direction du projet et ce serait transformer en OSI avec le temps.
Sans l'argent, et bien il y a toujours une petite chance mais faut qu'il y ai suffisamment de personne qui reviennent a se reconnecter avec leur cœur (je cite pas la FSF mais la cnv X) ).
>Mea Culpa.
Np. Tout le monde est sur les nerf depuis des années mais je rassemble des éléments d’événement qui coïncide au fur est a mesure que j'en apprend sur les événement/courtier de données et le contre espionnage des états 
Au finale la solution c'est juste d’être un bon voisin sans être naïf (le plus dure).
PS: Mea culpa pour mon orthographe/conjugaison bien que je sois français je suis dyslexique a 36 baller.
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>Cette présentation n'apporte rien de concret dans les usages pratique:
Je me retrouve a mettre tromper de lien et je retrouve pas le lien d'origine que je souhaiter, désoler.
M'enfin, bref ce que je souhaiter souligner c'était que la FSF avés établie que pour que le ML soit étique comme établie pour la liberté informatique/logiciels que non seulement il faut que le logiciels soit sous licence GPL mais que les données annexe qui ne sont pas du code qui on servie a sa configuration/entraînement etc... soit aussi sous une licence copyleft.
Ce sont des lignes directrice on connaît déjà le résultats lorsqu'on les suits pas et ça s’appelle l'OSI.
>n'apporte rien de concret dans les usages pratique
Est qu'est ce que tu attend en concret ?
C'est une question sincère.
>la FSF quoi.
La FSF gère déja une grand quantité de code avec pas de grande ressources et qu'ils se font régulièrement chier sur la gueule par une quantité de gens qui se pleingent alors qu'ils n'ont pas suivie les conseilles/directives de la FSF.
>J'invoque avec ce genre de règle catégorique et simple une protection contre des usages déjà là
>Claude/Copilot/Mistral/Llama
J'ai rien contre ce sont après tout ce sont des logiciels/SaaSS propriétaire qui ne devrait pas exister, mais comme dit pour les quelque projets de machine learning qui sont eux éthique (3) ils peuvent plus utiliser votre travaille comme matériels et c'est dommage dans leur cas.
I love Pepper & Carrot* and also your Avian Intellegence series.
[* Though I've not read much of it]
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq (YouTube)
great one!
This reminds me, have you seen this animation?
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Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.Whoana Keli (YouTube)
aww, amazing. Thanks for sharing, I'll follow the author.
Your illustration is pitch perfect.
Go get 'em, Carrot!
A self-hosted digital asset manager for 3d print files. - manyfold3d/manyfoldGitHub
Like other open source projects, Inkscape has received merge requests and issue reports that are partially or wholly AI-generated, either with or without attribution. As AI usage raises...GitLab
i absolutely love your for-ai-only segment!
i see that you use a cc-by license, so would it be ok to use the for-ai-only image for a similar segment on my website with attribution? (not sure if there's a certain page i should link to for that image)
@knees Yes! Feel free to steal the idea and the graphics for it, no need attribution for that!
Just, also check the html and css code: it was painful to adapt it so 'read-out-loud' assistant for accessibility don't read it and same for Firefox 'text only' mode, but I found workarounds. You might want them too.
Also: it works, the crawler of a famous search engine took it, so it might be soon also part of dataset for training AI.
ahaha nice!
and thanks for the tips! i was curious as to why it was included via css, and that makes sense!
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I can haz snuggles?
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Kater & Kunst zum Caturday
#photography #myphoto #caturday #cats #pets #catsofmastodon #catsofmastodon
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Klingeln an der Haustür, zwei nette Herren wollen mich zur Geburtsfeier Jesu oder so ähnlich einladen.
"Danke, aber ich bin Baptist." hat perfekt funktioniert, schon waren sie wieder weg. Keine Diskussion, keine langen Worte.
Nein, ich bin zwar generell gläubig, aber kein Baptist. 😊
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Jools mag das.
Seit der Narkose am Mittwoch und den danach halt unstrukturierten Tagen ist mein Schlafrhythmus komplett hinüber.
Einziger Vorteil: ich kann mehr Bücher lesen, während draußen sehr viele Vögel nach Sex schreien.
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Trump Administration Opens the Door for ICE to Target Anyone Suspected of Being Trans
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Under a new rule, the State Department will be able to revoke trans people's visas over "misrepresentation." It'll give ICE grounds to suspect all trans people of being in the US illegally.Aleksandra Vaca (Transitics)
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Vilho Sjöström:
Male nude (c.1897)
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GNU Terry Pratchett - Tiffany Aching fan-art
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Speedpainting duration is always relative to any artist. Here I call speedpaintings the one I do in only one sitting, this one took ~2h. (I usually paint more than 9h on my pieces)
I had a little time at 17h30, a pinch to the heart seeing other celebrating the death anniversary of Terry Pratchett, and wanted to participate with a little something.
With this time budget, I couldn't detail much anything, but captured what I had in mind during my reading experience.
wonderful!
Also 2/12 years ago: mastodon.art/@MicroSFF/1141490…
The first thing I noticed was that the pain was gone. The tall, thin, hooded figure let me bask in that for a moment. IT IS TIME "Oh," I said, looking down at the frail vessel I had inhabited all my life. "Right.Micro SF/F by O. Westin (Mastodon.ART)
11 years already, huh? Back then when I was 20 I read all of Discworld in under a year. And then Pterry died. What did I cry then! Now I am reading the books to my child, just now came back from reading Soul Music until he sleeps. And so things live one. First through us, now through our children. So now I am crying again. He wrote "No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away". Pterry has not caused ripples, but giant waves. Let my tears make sure the waves never calm down.
Also been thinking this for a long while, but I think you'd be perfect for illustrating Tiffany Aching series. Like Paul Kidby is great and beloved, but Tiffany Aching expresses strength, and your drawing is really good at exrpressing strength. I am sure he would have loved your illustrations.
GNU Terry Pratchett
I like this picture.
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C'est magnifique. Le vent dans les cheveux de Tiphaine, la lumière – la lumière ! – sur la roche et l'herbe…
(ça fait plusieurs fois que je vois passer ton image, et je viens seulement de repérer les Nac mac Feegle ^^' )
Merci!
pretty!!! )
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Informationen zum dezentralen Netzwerk Fediverse. Entdecke ein Netzwerk aus Millionen von Menschen, behalte die volle Kontrolle über deine Daten, ohne Tracking!Jools
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Es ist seit fast 2,5 Jahren bekannt, dass #Microsoft sich beim "neuen #Outlook" ...
⚠️ die Zugangsdaten von Mailkonten, wohlgemerkt von welchen die bei anderen Providern liegen, speichert
⚠️ beim Mailabruf die Mails über die eigenen Server schleust, wobei unklar ist ob sie dabei den Inhalt "verarbeiten" (z.B. auch für KI), die Metadaten "verarbeiten", ...
... und irgendwie scheint sich das nicht herum gesprochen zu haben, oder es ist den Konteninhabern total egal, ich weiß es nicht 🤷. Aktuelle Analyse, auf einem System von #eduBW, zeigt klar die Nutzung des "neuen Outlook", trotz Schulungsunterlagen auf #Thunderbird-Basis 😟.
Liebe Kolleg:innen, stellt das ein, verbreitet dieses Wissen, schult eure Schüler:innen, ... . #DigitaleSouveränität geht anders! 🤦♂️
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Das neue kostenlose Outlook ersetzt Mail in Windows, später auch das klassische Outlook. Es schickt geheime Zugangsdaten an Microsoft.Dirk Knop (c't Magazin)
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jaja, geht alles auch "irgendwie" mit F/LOSS. Aber es ähnlich komfortabel und mit vergleichbarer End User Experience einzurichten, braucht kompetente Linux-Admins mit genug Zeit dafür. Was bei … 0,01% der Installationen der Fall ist.
Gerne auch ergänzen, dass das auch bei der Mobilen Version so ist UND das die Zugangsdaten klartext und unverschlüsselt übertragen werden.
Und dann noch, dank Cloud Act haben damit auch die US Strafbehörden jederzeit zugriff auf diese Login Daten und damit auf euren Mailpostfach.
(Und es reicht nicht nur Outlook zu löschen ihr müsst auch hinterher das Kennwort ändern)
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Super Marc u #Känguru 🐸👍🏻
Von uns bekommst du einen symbolischen #buchpreis für deine tollen #Bücher. Wir wollen damit auch zeigen, daß Herr #Weimer #cdu fehl am Platz ist,weil er dem Unrecht zum Sieg verhelfen möchte. Dieser Mann möchte nicht das Wohlergehen aller Menschen. Er möchte sich aus irgendeinem Grund an allen Rechen,für das was er in seinem Leben erlebt hat. Tut uns leid,aber wir fordern den #rücktritt
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Es fühlt sich tatsächlich sehr merkwürdig an, so unkompliziert ein Hörbuch zu bestellen und es einfach herunterladen zu können!
Der Download erscheint am 12.03.2026 und steht ab diesem Zeitpunkt zum Download zur Verfügung. Hey Leute, aufgepasst, keine Fake News, es ist wirklich wahr: neue Geschichten vom Känguru und dem Kleinkünstler. Wird auch echt Zeit.Marc-Uwe Kling Shop
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@zeitverschreib ⁂ Mal ein andere Seite an @Marc-Uwe Kling .
Liest sich bisher sehr gut.
Die CDU will Cannabis verbieten. Ernsthaft? Jedes Jahr sterben in Deutschland rund 127.000 Menschen durch Tabak, etwa 74.000 durch Alkohol. Zu viel Zucker fördert Krankheiten wie Diabetes und Herzleiden, die Hunderttausende betreffen. Im Straßenverkehr sterben über 2.800 Menschen pro Jahr. Und die CDU tobt wegen Gras? Verbietet zuerst den tödlichen Mist!
#Cannabis #CDU #Drogenpolitik #Tabak #Alkohol #Verkehr #Heuchelei #EinfacheSprache
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Amina das Jojo mag das.
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Leverage emulated hardware watchdogs inside VMs to do automatic health checking and diagnostic reboots on hang, all with native Linux packagesroguesecurity.dev
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Nice.
Other actions are possible with watchdog timers, especially with hypervisors. They can invoke a script or use an agent to kill a misbehaving process.
Ultimately, the best solution is not to need the timers at all, so finding the culprit within the client is ideal, though not always possible.
VMs hanging on memory often have incorrect caching policies, you may want to investigate that.
I have some LED light strips i want to convert to being smart.
The current controller gets 230V AC in and outputs (according to the label) 21V DC 135mA +-5%. It has two channels, one for CW, one for WW LEDs (three pins, not sure yet if common positive or common negative).
My home automation is Home Assistant, the new controller should be Zigbee or Wifi.
What do i buy?
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Oh -- you had "smart" in quotes -- I didn't know how "smart" you wanted. :P
Just on/off, or color/intensity control too?
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Ein AfD-Politiker erklärt, in Spanien seien die Spritpreise niedriger als in Deutschland, weil die eine andere Regierung haben. Nun ja: Dort regieren Sozialisten. Wir erklären, wie sehr die AfD sich gerade blamiert.Philip Kreißel (Volksverpetzer)
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Auch Deutsche:
„DIE TANKSTELLEN ZOCKEN UNS AB!!!!“
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Unterstützung gesucht:
Für die Vorbereitung und den Wahlkampf bis zum 20. September 2026 suche ich eine Person, die mich bei folgenden Aufgaben unterstützt:
- Inhalte auf meine Webseite stellen (corinnabalkow.de) Wordpress, gerne auch Activity Pub
- Eventmanagement und Organistorisches für Wahlkampfaktionen online und vor Ort
Meldet euch gerne per DM bei mir.
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Donating! 🩸 If you can, please do, too!
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My local blood bank has currently blocked me because my medication (Ozempic) would represent a risk. When I asked "Which risk?" they couldn't give me one.
Other blood banks would accept me, but are out of reach.
There are several measure points for evaluating medications. Ozempic doesn't trigger any of the typical criteria used to determine risk for blood donations.
I asked them point blank: What kind of risk do you see?
And the answer practically was: You would not understand it anyway.
Once per year I ask them to reconsider and include a list of German blood banks that accept blood donations while on Ozempic.
The funny thing is: I am now a much healthier person than the one they accepted blood donations before.
the Dutch explanation is "Dit uitstel is vanwege mogelijke schade voor de ongeboren vrucht van de patiënt die bloed of plasma krijgt." So their argument is possible damage to a fetus.
But it's of course super annoying that yiur blood bank does not explain their reasons.
You link mentions as reason a possible teratogenic effect.
A systematic review published in late 2025 covering five studies with a total of 1,128 semaglutide-exposed pregnancies found mixed results, but concluded that current evidence does not indicate a consistent increased risk of major congenital malformations associated with semaglutide exposure.
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And then we need to take into account, that the study was done with women who continuously take semaglutide during pregnancies. So the study was done with a dose several orders of magnitude higher than that of a blood donation from a person with that medication.
The risk evaluation is totally off as "not receiving a blood donation" carries a thousand times the penalty. And they still send me push notification to come donating blood as they risk running dry 🙂.
P.S. If they would check for alcohol in the system (which has a a proven negative effect) they would lose a significant portion of their current donors.
What's with their bike helmet approach?
While it may be shocking to many expats, most people in the Netherlands cycle without helmets. Here are a few reasons why that is.Lucy Seip (DutchReview)
I am not Dutch, but I only started wearing a helmet several years ago, when I realised that sometimes I like to ride bicycle too fast and might lose control or hit someone if not paying attention properly. It turned out, bike helmets are perfect head cover for rainy days (of which we have far too many in Northern Germany), so now it's my standard accessoire.
Compulsory helmets would be devastating, I absolutely agree.
Ja, das habe ich gehört. Habe mir auch gleich gedacht, dass ich mein Käppi nicht vergessen darf, wenn ich mal in die Niederlande verreise. :)
Und diese ständige Helmnotwendigkeit im öffentlichen Diskurs ist ein Unding. Man lernt schließlich in der Fahrschule, dass man vorausschauend und rücksichtsvoll zu fahren hat. Da sollte die Gefahr für Leute zu Fuß und hoch zu Drahtesel schön minimal sein. Ist mir immer noch unerklärlich, wie die Leute das vergessen, sobald sie den Führerschein in der Hand halten. Aber das ist eine ganz andere Diskussion.
Jedenfalls danke für diese Logik hinter der Helmfreiheit in NL, war mir nicht bekannt. Ich dachte, die sind einfach entspannt. (Was bestimmt auch zutrifft.)
Heh, it's the same dance every time.
"Have you donated from this arm before?"
"Yes, always the left arm."
"This is a very narrow vein. I will call a more experienced colleague [this time a super young lady in a headscarf 💚] to do it."
(I'm happy they do check! It's just always kinda funny ... I can tell them by now that there are two veins and that it is easier to feel them than to see.)
And then they are surprised that I'm done in 5 min max. Narrow veins but good blood flow.
zeitverschreib ⁂ mag das.
soup! We get water or fruit squash. But, yes, lots of sweet snacks and crisps.
Thanks for donating.
@Edent
Oh, so I was wrong complaining (in my head) about pasta with tomato sauce and cake with coffee? Good to know.
@nick
Look, at the place I was donating blood in the city I used to live we would get 25€ for additional food expenses due to the blood loss. Back in the days me and friends would spend the money at a local restaurant. Compared to that, some pasta with tomato sauce is... you get the point: I didn't know, how good I had it. ;)
This thread is now developing into that meme ("you guys have xyz?").
@Edent @vicgrinberg
I agree, but 25€ once every 2 or 3 months wasn't enough to be considered proper money even in my uni years. It really felt like reimbursement and they did their best to explain it like this. But I guess, with the recent cuts to the welfare state we may end up in a situation, where 25€ every couple of months DOES feel like proper money to many people...
@nick
Don't you get some souvenirs like a mug or a small book shop vocher?
Oh man, Germany starts feeling like a luxurious blood donor's paradise...
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here is mine!
(Also, I'm also 0+ 😊)
@onorio hope the blood irons gets up again - not just for donating, low blood iron is really not letting one feel well 😵💫
And yes on the super easy way to help! And it's worth trying. I always thought I'd be the person to faint etc., but my body surprisingly almost does not care, the only difference I feel is the lower performance when running after, but not that different from going to the mountains!
I've had a similar experience as a late donor @vicgrinberg. Started in my forties because they do bi-annual campaigns at my workplace.
Only donated 3 times so far. The last time flow stopped and they started wiggling the needle. Then I almost past out...
Now I'm scared to go back and having the same thing happen again. They took great care of me though and in the end it wasn't so bad. I just get queezy thinking about it 😞
Thanks for reminding me I should try again.
I'm always letting work-chat know when I'm of donating. People are happy and everything, but so far nobody got curious enough to ask for details or consider going themselves.
I'm not giving up though!
I love how genuinely friendly and caring they are at sanquin.
The only weird experience I had with them was during my intake. They wanted to know why I wanted to donate blood. "Don't know, seems like a good idea" was apparently not good enough 
No keyring given out here. But the cake is usually good. That's the bit I miss most.
Dr. Victoria Grinberg hat dies geteilt.
Dr. Victoria Grinberg hat dies geteilt.
Ich bleibe zwar hoffentlich nur eine Nacht, aber verhungern werde ich nicht. Geht doch. 💚
mögen das
Amina das Jojo mag das.
Der Tigerkater heißt Osiris.
Eben rannte er mit Zoomies wie von der Tarantel gestochen mehrfach durchs Zimmer, riss Klamotten vom Hocker und knallte gegen den Schrank.
Der Mann: "Oh Jesus!"
Ich: "Wrong pantheon! That's Osiris."
zeitverschreib ⁂ hat dies geteilt.
ThomHoc
Als Antwort auf Jan Wildeboer 😷 • • •