Parienve @Parienve@qoto.org

Just saw that #Etsy has had three articles about how they mistreat their sellers in as many days. As an independent #artist myself, I've been struggling to find purchase (and purchasers) on the platform, which is why I started building #magpiemarket - a #federated Etsy-alternative. These articles just go to show how much we need a new space that helps #artists rather than uses them. Please #boost this to help us spread the word.

HP are such scammers

I posted about this very cheap printer before, which strongly suggests that there is No USB, only Wifi. When I first got it I figured out how to print over the network without using the app they try to bully you into downloading.

It turns out it's even easier to print, just use the USB port they try to pretend isn't there!

No company is going to rewrite their firmware to remove the USB stack. It's even more expensive to redesign the hardware to get rid of the USB port physically. They opted for the cheapest option, a little sticker.

They are just trying to store everyone's documents in their stupid cloud service that some teenage extortion group is going to break into and leak one day. Don't give them your data.

Why I don't like C23 "auto" keyword

https://gcher.com/posts/2023-06-18-c-auto/

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://gcher.com/posts/2023-06-18-c-auto/

#cprogramming #programming

If you’re developing web sites that only run in Google Chrome, you are not a web developer, you’re a web destroyer.

#google #chrome #WebIntegrityAPI #WebDRM #web #dev

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Kickstarting a book to end enshittification, because Amazon will not carry it; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/31/seize-the-means-of-computation/

#Pluralistic

1/

web apps stop turning domain-shaped strings into clickable links challenge 2023 [HARD]

If I wanted a link I'd have prefixed with http[s]://

A friend attending #ICML just sent me a photo of this front runner for best poster award.

NASA has a new streaming platform: NASA+

- No subscription needed.

- Available on most major platforms.

- Currently it’s still in beta, so please submit feedback!

More info: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-launches-beta-site-on-demand-streaming-app-update-coming-soon

@lutfulmanan The Open Web is the Web we still have for now.

Someone saw those embarrassing "Best viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer" GIFs and thought that not only was it a great idea, it didn't even go far enough, as it didn't actively block other browsers.

That's "Web Environment Integrity".

@davidrevoy

Fighting for the open web.

#krita #MastoArt #ArtWithOpensource
#Firefox #Privacy #Chrome #WebEnvironmentIntegrity

Any #MariaDB experts not in the meeting, who want to help us investigate this: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg-Infrastructure/techstack-support/issues/9 ?

One thing I like about this perspective ( https://engineering.appfolio.com/appfolio-engineering/2018/4/23/ruby-haskell-culture-is-what-you-dont-say ) is that it simultaneously hits two related points.

1. What assumptions are you making about the people who are in the room?

2. What assumptions are you making about the people who _aren't_ in the room?

How often will these assumptions be encoded in what isn't said as opposed to what is said? What rules are largely just "known" or, relatedly, how do people view those who aren't in "their circle"?

Use an open web browser, or lose an open Web.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/new/

After many years, I still gravitate to languages that combine a very simple core with extensive composability. Languages such as #forth, #sql, #prolog, and #clojure have this quality. Algol-based languages lack it. Non-lispy functional languages lack it. Among OO languages, perhaps only #smalltalk has it.

The FCC is accepting applications for new, low-power, community radio stations the first week of November.

This is huge, you guys, this window rarely opens (the last time was 2013), and as you know, KUZU shows one way LPFM can be a foundation to build valuable community information resources.

The Grassroots Radio folks are holding a conference in West Virginia to help folks out with this.

Please boost and share.

#radio
#community
#local
#journalism

https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/lpfm

This is scary. It's (strong) SafetyNet for websites.

Every now and then I run into another Android app I can no longer run because someone decided my phone, running an official build of my choice of OS, that isn't even rooted, is "not trustable".

Now they want to start doing that for websites.

This kills open Linux on the desktop (including Asahi Linux). It kills alternative browsers. It is a backdoor to kill ad blockers.

No. Just no. Please.

https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/blob/main/explainer.md

“Why do you use Signal and all this Encryption!
Do you have anything to hide? 😡“

Yes! I do!

- The color of my underwear
- My friends’ cats photos
- My failed gym class grades
- My first attempt at "portrait"
- The outcome of my last meal
- The weird mole on my left toe
- How much I cried watching Star Trek
- How much cheese there is in my fridge
- My failed knitting experiment
- The horrible poem I just wrote
- My bank card pin number
- My social security number
- My main password
- The web search history for your birthday gift

Privacy is a Human Right! ✊

Not sharing publicly what you do not wish to share is your right! 🔒✨

#Privacy #Encryption #E2EE #RootForE2EE 🎉

A mobius loop walks into a bar, crying.

The bartender asks “what’s wrong, mate?”

“Where do I even begin??”

#dadjoke #dadjokes

I never thought I'd see the day where I agree with Oracle on some #opensource matter more than Red Hat, but, well... https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/blog/keep-linux-open-and-free-2023-07-10/