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btw if you're planning on protesting a talk, the easiest way is to pull the fire alarm

and if you're at fosdem, you can say "i just saw a vape cloud i guess" if anyone asks why

the thing about pulling the fire alarm to stop a talk, you don't even have to be in the same room, just in the same building, or somewhere on the same fire circuits, it's pretty impossible to stop

that, and with large enough buildings, they can't turn the alarms off without having someone from the fire service check

the more you know huh

it's funny to note that the systemd guy doesn't protested at fosdem because despite the invective, he isn't as despised as jack dorsey

someone has explained "pulling the fire alarm causes problems" and "the event organizers can suffer consequence for it" in what i can only describe as an incredible achievement in understanding a post

the thing about nerds at fosdem,

socioeconomically speaking, it's full of people who had access to computers at an early age, and people who earn well over the median

so, well, there aren't many people who've ever had to fight or protest, which is why you'll always hear "have we tried not causing problems" as a preferred option

it's the same sort of brainrot logic of "blocking a road could block an ambulance" where a theoretical consequence blocks any action with a result

"what do we want" meaningful political change

"how do we want it" without any inconvenience to those in power, or any interruption to the status-quo

same as it ever was

it's pretty funny to see infosec people telling me this is a bad idea

when all i am doing is disclosing a vulnerability and noting that it requires very little technical skill

*casually walking up to a monk on fire* you know that's carcenogenic right

to be clear i'm not going to fosdem, i don't work in open source, i'm only a hobbyist

Gentleman of Leisure 🍉🌈🏴Ⓐ☭☘

@tef I too will not be at fossem 😉. I don't even know how fire alarms work. I am also Spartacus.