Shamar @Shamar@qoto.org
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DIY Dongle Breathes Life Into Broken Ventilators | Hackaday https://hackaday.com/2020/07/15/diy-dongle-breathes-life-into-broken-ventilators/
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filippodb ⁂ 
Ricordate che se un progetto è gratuito allora pagate con tutti i vostri dati e indirettamente quelli dei vostri familiari e amici, non solo per "mantenere il servizio gratuito" - i vostri dati portano loro un enorme profitto quasi interamente esentasse.
Usate prodotti liberi senza profilazione e se potete donate qualcosa per mantenerli liberi, attivi ed efficienti.
Bastano anche pochi centesimi alla settimana per finanziare un progetto libero come #Mastodon:
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Votes "useless and silly" but as an European, I don't think this explains well my opinion.
I see this as
1. Highly hipocrital
2. Yet another form of American imperialism that strumentalize the pain and anger USA inflicted to its black communities to impose its own culture.
I think that this is a very bad behaviour.
tangent to FOSS Terminology Change Survey
Also with higher latitudes, the amount of daily darkness grows with bad effects on mind's health (and life in general, not only for humans).
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@sjb @g Blacklist and whitelist don't have their origins in racial matters as far as I can tell. Their origins seem to be related to the religious concepts of "black" meaning something bad and "white" meaning something pure or holy. The earliest known uses are from the 17th century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacklisting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitelisting
https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/866ynp/what_are_the_origins_of_the_words_blacklist_and/
https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/14812/alternative-term-to-blacklist-and-whitelist
I had 9999 pref-n.js file in my #Firefox profile folder.
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Famed Archaeology Professor Fired After Photos Surface Of Him Wearing Nazi Uniform
“He’s had close calls before, but the walls are really closing in on him now.”
https://babylonbee.com/news/famed-archaeology-professor-resigns-after-several-photos-surface-of-him-in-nazi-uniforms/?utm_content=bufferbb755&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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@matteoscordino @markosaric @imacrea It’s very much in Silicon Valley’s interests that you interpret it that way. When they spend millions to lobby the European Union for favourable conditions for startups (which put sustainable, non VC-backed small tech businesses at a disadvantage), the difference becomes very important.
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How do we make ironic articles about the loss of privacy on websites that use spy trackers a thing of the past?
The duality of tech journals / online magazines / bloggers that advocate for #privacy yet are using #google #analytics, pervasive ad tracking (offline and online), etc. on their websites is an issue that may demand our attention.
What might help?
+ A code of conduct?
+ More vocal online protest?
+ Sharable “I won’t read your post because...” graphics?
Any ideas are welcome...
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Ennio Morricone and Sergio Leone pose together in their primary school year book, 1937
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The Dutch ministry of justice paid for a #privacy test of Office 365, finding a series of issues. Just one of these: 6 different companies receive user data including file names, without even a privacy policy.
https://www.privacycompany.eu/blogpost-nl/onderzoek-naar-microsoft-office-365-for-the-web-en-apps-microsoft-belooft-nieuwe-maatregelen-om-hoge-privacyrisicos-te-verlagen
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I think it's in Italian.
I didn't read it, but knowing a little the man I'd guess he's a good writer. Anyway I'll wrote him your mail.
Hi @ekaitz_zarraga, how are you? How is it going in Spain with Covid19?
A friend is wondering about publishing a book he wrote and I thought about #ElenQPublishing https://mobile.twitter.com/giacomotesio/status/1281698311393681411
Joined May 2019
