b6 @b6hydra@qoto.org

"This Is Why You Shouldn't Interrupt a Programmer (2013)" 😂

http://heeris.id.au/2013/this-is-why-you-shouldnt-interrupt-a-programmer

Why blocking unwanted content is a right that needs to be exercised and defended. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Tips-and-tricks-waterfall

Jen Psaki Accidentally Tells the Truth About How Expensive Covid Rapid Tests Are in U.S. https://theintercept.com/2021/12/07/jen-psaki-cant-explain-americans-dont-get-free-home-covid-tests/

#UnitedNations, #USA "balks at legal agreement" for outright banning of "killer robots", instead asking for 'non-binding' agreement.

🕵️🤖🕵️‍♀️

#KillerRobots #Autonomous #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Drones #Defense #Technocracy #MiC #Military #Industry
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/02/us-rejects-calls-regulating-banning-killer-robots

Photo https://friendica.produnis.de/objects/6036f0c53ca9c29f3edab4111b80f60da7d316d4

We just noticed that Android 12 includes a much stricter implementation of "app-links": https://developer.android.com/training/app-links/verify-site-associations

Afaiu if you don't control a domain your app will never show up in the app chooser for a link to that domain. The user needs to explicitly setup your app for said domain deep in the settings.

This is super inconvenient for all the 3rd Part apps out there (i.e. NewPipe) or even alternative builds of 1st Party apps (F-Droid build of Wikipedia app).

Interesting article on #decentralization and the problems to tackle in distributed system to maximize the amount of "user sovereignty".

https://scribe.rip/swlh/a-unified-theory-of-decentralization-151d6f39e38 (medium via scribe)

Cries in Millennial

Trump's social network (Truth Social) is now open source due to pressure from the maintainers of Mastodon.

I have now mirrored the code on Codeberg and GitHub to keep track of changes, ease public examination, and ensure a copy stays public.

https://codeberg.org/TruthSocial/truth-social
https://github.com/justjosias/truth-social

I have also generated a basic diff between Mastodon v3.4.1 and Truth Social's latest code. https://codeberg.org/TruthSocial/diffs/

#TruthSocial #mastodev

Visualizing physical decentralization of #Fediverse servers

https://fediverse.observer/map

Neat way to see all the big, popular data centers (hello, Hetzner Helzinki)

Or to explore smaller, less popular hosting providers.

👍 to @poduptime for this great map!

the entire rust mod team just resigned https://github.com/rust-lang/team/pull/671

I was thinking hard about what point or takeaway i wanted to give everyone as we all celebrate Men's Day. I think on days like this its good to do two things: celebrate the good things, and also be more aware of ways in which men can be the target of sexism, regardless of how that might compare to the oppression of women which is a topic for the other days out of the year.

I think one of the most important examples of sexism against men is the way they are treated when seeking help as the victim of physical or sexual abuse. In the vast majority of cases they are either turned away or appalingly often accused of being the abuser themselves if you can beleive that. The problem is massively common as the graph below shows.

Im not sure what we should do about it but i am sure we shoukd be aware of it.

#mensday #men

Unusable #friends

Microsoft Edge (even on Linux) caught automatically syncs bookmarks/passwords to cloud, even urging uploading of passports/other personal data. ☁️ Reminder that passwords can fingerprint you - choose unique for each login.

#Microsoft #Linux #Edge #Windows #Browser #Web #Cloud #TheCloud #News #Infosec

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/11/is-microsoft-stealing-peoples-bookmarks.html