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"We didn't tell McDonalds, 'You need to figure out how to feed schoolchildren'—we had schools do it. The way to fix the problem of connecting people is to focus on local orgs & governments with incentives to connect them, not by asking Comcast to solve it."youtube.com/watch?v=rl8_F3TVwv

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inb4 google doing embrace extend extinguish with feeds. 💁

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PineDio + FemtoStar Satellites: "PineDio gateway can service the neighbourhood with text messaging, while a FemtoStar gateway can service an entire continent with data speeds fast enough to make phone calls or browse the web"

pine64.org/2021/05/19/femtosta

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Last week the UK Govt published a new draft of their #OnlineSafetyBill, making UK corps liable for jail time unless they censor "harmful" content (without defining harmful). Targeted at Big Tech it instead directly threatens Matrix. Read matrix.org/blog/2021/05/19/how & raise the alarm.

TFW you open your profile on hackernews in private mode and see your most recent comment gray and flagged.

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Everything I write until 9:00AM tomorrow should be completely ignored.

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Now that cars have become rolling smartphones, it's been pretty disappointing to see them copy some of the worst practices from the smartphone world. I wrote an article that talks about some of those problems. [CW: Tesla negativity] puri.sm/posts/locked-in-a-remo

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Defendants have the right to examine the source code of DNA forensic software—especially one where an inspection 6 years ago revealed errors that created false positive matches in dozens of cases in one Australian state alone. eff.org/deeplinks/2021/05/eff-

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Many people turn a blind eye to Apple's absolute control over products and how they restrict a customer's freedom, because they trust Apple won't abuse that power.

That control takes on a new significance when it's handed over to the Chinese government.

nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technol

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The Maine legislature is now considering a bill that would defund the state’s intelligence fusion center. This could become a national model for rolling back the mass surveillance apparatus that’s been growing since 2001. eff.org/deeplinks/2021/03/eff-

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Zoomers this zoomers that.

Maybe you're just become old and grumpy?
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The City of Fullerton was pushing a dangerous and flawed interpretation of California’s computer crime law. We’re relieved that the city has dropped its lawsuit against journalists and admitted that they did nothing illegal. eff.org/deeplinks/2021/05/vict

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"this escalator is currently not running":
- boring
- defeatist
- negative

"this escalator is currently used as a staircase":
+ unexpected
+ creative
+ forward-thinking
- I like my PSAs boring and honest

And the reminder that all my options expired OTM is pretty sad.

Man I remember being annoyed I had to fill out a 1040 EZ in college. Now I have to do the whole 1040 and attach these long 8949 forms and crap and takes forever.

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