Ghazi @curiousmind@qoto.org

A lot of people who make big decisions in Silicon Valley think that having taken a comp sci class 20 years ago is the same thing as being a commercial developer.

http://scripting.com/2016/07/12/1374.html

Become ungovernable https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/11/crows-and-magpies-show-their-metal-by-using-anti-bird-spikes-to-build-nests

BREAKING NEWS: A 100% unbiased scientific study funded by commercial real estate firms has discovered that by 2028 the average remote worker will look like this:

Who here runs a #lemmy instance and needs better #moderation tools for it? I’m working on a tool suite and would like to know more about what’s needed.

#fediverse

My daughter, who has had a degree in computer science for 25 years, posted this observation about ChatGPT on Facebook. It's the best description I've seen:

We reached a new milestone in ensuring the openness of digital markets.

Last week, 7 companies notified us they qualify as 'Gatekeepers' under the Digital Market Act.

We will check their submission before designating them. They will have 6 months to comply with the #DMA and, among others, be unable to:
- lock in users in their ecosystem;
- decide which apps you need pre-installed or which app store to use;
- treat their own products and services more favourably.

More: https://europa.eu/!H4FQJM

> “Do you work night shifts?”

< “Yeah, why?”

BBC News - #Jenin : #Palestinian boy killed during #Israeli assault was #unarmed - family
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-66153159

“The pen is the tongue of the mind.”
— Horace
#Quote #QuoteOfTheDay

In the early 1970s, Golda Meir's government poisoned the lands of Aqraba in the West Bank to force out its Palestinian inhabitants and clear the way for an illegal Jewish settlement.

https://mondoweiss.net/2023/06/new-report-outlines-how-golda-meirs-israel-poisoned-palestinian-land-in-ethnic-cleansing-operation/?utm_content=buffera6385&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

#Palestine #Israel

#Tunisia suspends salary payments for 17,000 teachers over protests @tunisia

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/tunisia-suspends-salary-payments-17000-teachers-over-protests-2023-07-10/

Salsabil Chelali: #Tunisie : Entre 150 et 200 migrants africains noirs (au moins) ont été expulsés depuis le 4 juillet (au moins) par les forces de sécurité tunisiennes près de la frontière algérienne.
Ils se retrouvent pris au piège, refoulés d’un côté comme de l’autre #Algérie @tunisia @algeria

https://twitter.com/sachellali/status/1678085469077110784?s=12&t=ddo2F5GVelb8_sP-pKUetg

#Lemmy and #kbin seem to be insecure according to #Mozilla's Observatory tool

CSP being lacking is most concerning, as you have to deal with user input all the time. This is just asking someone to do XSS against you

It looks like #threadiverse is not being designed with security first in mind...

#Fediverse #redditmigration #XSS #CSP #cybersecurity #security

people leaving Twitter... ... for Threads

#twitter #threads #fediverse #meme

In 1983, Time Magazine named the computer its “Machine of the Year.” A few months later, radical Detroit newspaper Fifth Estate responded by naming the sledgehammer its Tool of the Year.

“Today the computer promises utopia, reassures us that it will usher in freedom and dreams,” they wrote. “Tomorrow we will be chained to it.”

SNAP only Ubuntu Store, Fedora adds telemetry & GNOME 45 alpha: Linux & Open Source News https://tilvids.com/videos/watch/424eb98d-d636-43f9-83f3-891d98b5eb89

#France #violencespolicieres

Look at my little cat