Binary Large Octopus @bloc@qoto.org

Für die Pride-Armbinde bei der WM

https://weact.campact.de/petitions/wm-in-katar-pride-armbinde-erlauben?source=rawlink&utm_medium=recommendation&utm_source=rawlink&share=bea1ec53-d809-4a7a-b993-c0167cf2f7c2

#worldcup2022 #dfb #diversity #pride

In addition to my book recommendation yesterday (https://qoto.org/@bloc/109377741972697407), I'd like to share this gem, even if the original article is in German:

https://www.handelszeitung.ch/politik/klima-auto-schlagt-velo-und-ov-545475

This one is a textbook example of bullshit, although a pretty obvious one. For those not capable of the German language:

A professor of financial and economics tries to work out the numbers showing why bicycle and public transport are worse options going by car in terms of climate effects.
For public transport, he argues that even why those may be powered by green, locally generated electricity, this electricity could otherwise be provided to the power grid, therefore public transport was the reason CO2-intensive power plants could not be taken of the grid.
For bike, he compares the CO2 footprint of a 5 Liter per 100 km (app. 47 mpg) car with 4 passengers (no, this is certainly not the standard here) to the additional food intake a biker would need to handle longer travels (seriously!), which, for the calculation to carry home the point, is assumed to be almost pure beef.

#callingbullshit @ct_bergstrom #climatechange

#book recommendation:

Calling Bullshit, by @ct_bergstrom and #jevinwest (https://www.callingbullshit.org/)

From my point of view, this is perhaps the most underrated topic in #education today. The ability to extract valuable #information and truth out of fake news, propaganda, lobbyism and misleading advertisement is not only critical to personal development, but to the survival of #democracy itself. This bocomes today more visible than ever.
Bergstrom and West give insight into the mechanisms of manipulation and deception using data and provide a valuable toolset to dissect infoation and data to, well ... call bullshit. This is accompanied by lots of examples and additional material.
This stuff needs to be tought in school already.

It's good to see the Internet return to its intended purpose!
As someone with an interest in #distributedsystems I quite like to see the current rise of the #fediverse. With applications like #mastodon #matrix and #nextcloud I'm excited to learn what else the #fediverse has to offer.
Content and ideas from people to people, without opinion-controlling corporal entities in between.

#introduction

I'm a M.Sc. in computer science with a strong background in #networks and #security. Having left academia i'm now professionally taking care of #infosec and #cybersecurity as a consultant.
I'm a #linux (#voidlinux and #gentoo mostly) and #opensource enthusiast with a viable interest in broader questions and discussions in various scientific areas, which lead me to QOTO. Moreover, I enjoy good #movies (with a very specific taste here) as well as good Single Malt Scotch #whisky.
Having never been a social networker before (mostly due to not being willing to acknowledge the terms under which the available platforms operated), I decided to give Mastodon a shot as it seems to make sense both from technical and phylosophical view. Will probably still be more of a consumer than a producer though.
Even though not being a native speaker, I will keep posting in English, as I feel this will make communication easiest.