SigmarStern

@SigmarStern@discuss.tchncs.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon likes a thing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I was a goth in my youth and they were among the more controversial bands. They could be just edge lords or Nazis. The guys that listened to them turned out to be Nazis, so there’s that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon likes a thing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe a “Death in June” band shirt. Which makes things … well… I dunno. Probably not better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could I seek asylum as a US trans person in Costa Rica (or other countries)?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to live in Berlin and while it’s not perfect, it has a vibrant LGBTQ+ scene and I’d say it’s still much better than the US.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could I seek asylum as a US trans person in Costa Rica (or other countries)?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I know. I live here. Should have said “EU and some other countries in Europe that are technically not in the EU” but I didn’t think about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could I seek asylum as a US trans person in Costa Rica (or other countries)?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Everywhere in the EU is probably more safe than the US. We have pretty good protection for trans people and we all speak English (well, most of us). You could try Switzerland www.eda.admin.ch/countries/usa/en/home/visa.html and I suggest going to Bern as it’s quite liberal. Excellent health care system. Expensive though, but also good wages. Germany is cheaper and in the bigger cities you’ll be just fine. Good luck!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Logseq is the best note taking app for me. And a lot of my programmer/adhd colleagues. I cannot keep order in my notes and logseq does it for me. It’s so essential for my workflow that I have a monthly donation to the project set up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have multiple different graphs/vaults/whatever synced by simply storing the markdown files in a synced folder and I never had any issues. The new version of logseq is supposed to use a database and syncing, afaik.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone speaking German, a brutally gendered language, let me tell you, they/them is awesome and I’d love to have something similar in German. There is so much fighting and discussions about “gendern” and it consumes so much energy that could be better spent elsewhere. And conservatives are having a field trip with this.

  Looking for a new word is equally as hard if not way harder than using what already works fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Atlassian cripples’ Jira automation for all but enterprise customers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m more surprised that there are non-enterprise Jira users.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Almost all remote-work news is negative now but was positive in the beginning of the pandemic. Have you noticed this or am I going crazy?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I have noticed that working remotely really opened up the job market for me. Instead of being limited to where public transportation can bring me within 45 minutes, I can work for any company within Europe from the comfort of my home office. It makes switching jobs so much easier and I am willing to tolerate much less shit before I quit. That degree of freedom might scare companies. They can’t trap me anymore with the costs of uprooting my life for a better job.