@pluralistic had to link to enshittification for my blog post on the state of IT work, looking back over my 30 years doing it, would love it if you gave it a read. https://medium.com/@bobthomson70/the-real-skills-shortage-in-it-tech-186fd4d08ef1
Just published my second game on itch🎮 , this time a collaboration with my good friend, Filippos Pappas. [**Just as I thought**](https://gioypi.itch.io/just-as-i-thought) is a weird little puzzle game about loss, featuring an original soundtrack by Nick Vlachostergios of Medusa Media Studios.
You can download it for free!
NEW: In a leaked EU document detailing 20 countries' opinions on a proposal to scan people's private messages for illegal material, which WIRED obtained, officials from Spain said they would like to ban end-to-end encryption in the EU. "It is imperative that we have access to the data," they wrote. Full story here: https://www.wired.com/story/europe-break-encryption-leaked-document-csa-law/
Current Climate: Report Finds That Replacing Coal Plants With Renewables Saves A Lot Of Money
#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate #USA #US
For those curious it seems one person claimed this was due to a conversationn i had where asked about if we would block child porn... I said it isnt something we ever faced and didnt have set rules on it, but i am pretty certain we would block it.
Anyway shortly after that I had the conversation witht he mods and as expectted agreed we would block it, our TOS was updated accordingly with the following:
"Offending servers will only be silenced, not blocked, blocks will be reserved for technical assaults only such as DDoS attacks, or legal issues such as sexual abuse and child porn."
But of course whoever handles tthat directory did absolutely **no** due diligence and didnt even once reach out to us to fact check.
The 2021 Global Estimates indicate there are 50 million people in situations of modern slavery on any given day, either forced to work against their will or in a marriage that they were forced into.
That does not include soldiers that are in the army against their will, so the real number is even higher.
Source: https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@ed_norm/@ipec/documents/publication/wcms_854733.pdf
Russia is sick: Russia burning off $10m worth of gas every day - BBC News
Aerial images have shown a Russian energy facility near its border with Finland burning off supplies of natural gas worth approximately $10m US dollars.
It's said the plant has been burning off gas, which would have previously been exported to Germany, for months.
The burning has also triggered a warning from climate change experts with its close proximity to the Arctic Circle.
Any audiophiles looking for new software tools?
I developed an #AI program that identifies mp3 transcoding in lossless music.
It’s [open source](https://github.com/gioypi/penthy) and there’s also an [online demo](https://penthy.eu/) to scan your flac files.
If going full vegetarian/vegan is too much for you, consider reducing a little your beef consumption.
According to a new study, if everyone ate 20% less beef, global deforestation would be cut in half from the projected values for 2050. Microbial protein is the way to go.
Computer scientist with a passion for open-source projects.
Always interested in AI and game dev. Withal, a music enthusiast. 🤘☮️