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nrdgrrrl··on PinePhone Pro [GNU/Linux smartphone] has been discontinued
You say that, but they're discontinuing it because they didn't sell enough of them. It may be the device we need, but it's not the device we're buying.
nrdgrrrl··on First randomized trial of Ozempic for alcoholism shows big drops in drinking
Seeing the types of things this helps with, I wonder if there is any effect on impulse control issues for people with ADHD in general. Would love to see some studies done on this.
nrdgrrrl··on Carmakers Will Give Your Location to Police Without a Warrant, Senators Say
Surely you can find the GPS antenna and disconnect it?
nrdgrrrl··on Digital Telecommunication in HF band - WWWAN - World-Wide Wireless Area Network
There's also SSTV. Surely images, voice and text counts as multi-media?
nrdgrrrl··on Gravitational-wave detector LIGO is back
Feel 9 times as far?
nrdgrrrl··on Companies save billions of dollars by giving employees fake “manager” titles
This happened to me at a non profit - everyone had a manger title even though very few (myself included) didn't manage any people. I found out later on that I couldn't get overtime, and this was the reason.
nrdgrrrl··on Show HN: Remove unwanted objects in photos simply by dragging boxes
That's welcome to Hill Valley you're likely thinking of. https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/106917/1368185/Hill%...
nrdgrrrl··on Be careful with that thing, it's a confidential coffee maker
Oh the old days at IBM... I almost got a security violation once for wearing shorts on a "casual" Friday, but my boss let me go home and change.
nrdgrrrl··on Speaking Freely: Why I resigned from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
I'm transgender and this business of putting pronouns everywhere bothers me too. If I'm in a group that usually doesn't do pronouns but does when I'm in the room it's like they're pointing a finger at me saying "you're different and we're afraid of offending you, so we're going to act differently around you".

No. I just want to be a human being. If you wonder about my pronouns, ask and I'll happily answer. If you get them wrong I'll happily correct you.

If you're an ass to me I'll report you to HR, but putting my pronouns at the bottom of my email isn't going to make you any less of an ass.

nrdgrrrl··on The James Webb Space Telescope has passed the final mission analysis review
They've spent almost 10 billion dollars on this telescope so far. What's another 0.5 billion for a repair mission?