Punica granatum @PunaisetPimpulat@qoto.org

Today I filed a formal complaint against #YouTube with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner for their illegal deployment of #adblock detection technologies.

Under Article 5(3) of 2002/58/EC YouTube are legally obligated to obtain consent before storing or accessing information already stored on an end user's terminal equipment unless it is strictly necessary for the provisions of the requested service.

In 2016 the EU Commission confirmed in writing that adblock detection requires consent.

CoffeeGeek is Leaving Twitter.

CoffeeGeek is ceasing its participation on the Twitter / X platform, moving our main social media interaction to Mastodon. Full details as to why, below.

https://www.coffeegeek.com/news/coffeegeek-is-leaving-twitter-x/

Yesterday's toots about serial/parallel hybrid cars vs. trains are really pushing me to make a video about hybrid car tech.

Here's the thing lots of people don't seem to know: the most efficient hybrid powertrains *also* do the trick or keeping the engine at optimum RPM/efficiency *but the engine can still contribute directly to the spinning of the wheels*

It's the technique that makes diesel-electric efficient but even more so because it largely skips conversion losses.

What's your laptop brand?

Please share how compatible is it with your GNU/Linux.

Boost is very appreciated.

See also pinned posts above.

#GNU #Linux #Laptop #Computer #Hardware #FreeSoftware #Poll

In just one month, 1426 people donated € 50,450 (and change) The average gift was € 35.

It's not map data, but we know how data-minded you all, so have a look at these two graphs and tell us what you see:

@runarcn Ah, it worked again after I went to the uBlock preferences, purged the cache, and updated all rules.

One thousand seconds is roughly 17 minutes.
One million seconds is roughly 12 days.
One billion seconds is roughly 32 years.

One thousand minutes is roughly 17 hours.
One million minutes is roughly 1.9 years.
One billion minutes is roughly 1,900 years.

Cortex 145: Problems Are Meant To Be Solved

Grey is in conflict with a thermostat, while Myke has finished his assignment on Mood Tracking. Myke discusses the challenge of juggling the workloads of two businesses, and your hosts take you behind the scenes of a Cortex Brand meeting, revealing their concerns about a significant bet they are about to undertake.

https://www.relay.fm/cortex/145

Transparency has always been key for us, especially concerning our finances.

We're pleased to share that we're in a comfortable financial position currently, and we feel it's the right time to give a little back. We've chosen to support Pixelfed with a donation of 350 CAD.

They're doing commendable work in offering an open-source, decentralized photo-sharing platform that aligns with our values of privacy and ad-free content. Every bit helps in the Fediverse.

https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/110906698763559355

We need your support!

We desperately need to grow our donations or consider cutting costs (like sunsetting non-essential services) to remain sustainable.

Besides Pixelfed, we also run https://fedidb.org, https://fediverse.info and https://activitypub.network

Donations can be made via:
Patreon - https://patreon.com/dansup (preferred)
PayPal - https://paypal.me/dansup (preferred)

Spread the word! #pixelfed

Pixelfed, a decentralized alternative to Instagram, added a migration feature for grabbing your images. I tried it out and wrote a guide: https://www.wired.com/story/migrate-move-instagram-to-pixelfed-no-tracking-fediverse/

Also.

It's apparently impossible for people to take information in before barfing their thoughts out.

Lots of people saying "NACS is a tragedy because it doesn't support three-phase" when, y'know, I'm pretty sure I spent some time talking about how we just flat out don't have three-phase power in homes.

Ugh.

Anyway, I'll shut up. Overall, the response has been much better than I figured. I was very worried about how this video would be received!

Why US Malls Are Dying (And Why European Malls Aren't) https://lemdro.id/post/562436

In July, #LibreOffice's #QA community worked on 500+ issues, making big improvements to the software: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2023/08/10/qa-dev-report-july-2023/ #foss #opensource #development

It's OpenStreetMap's Birthday today!
🎂🥳
#HappyBirthdayOSM #OpenStreetMap #OSM #gischat