Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org
Interested in Technology, Science, Chemistry, Education, Fediverse, GNU/Linux and free software.
Joined Mar 2020
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Minority professor denied grants because he hires on merit
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"A large-scale malware campaign on Huawei's AppGallery has led to approximately 9,300,000 installs of #Android trojans masquerading as over 190 different apps"
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Types of Penetration Testing https://thehackernews.com/2021/11/types-of-penetration-testing.html
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Don't miss the launch event of our Public Money? Public Code! brochure now available in Spanish.
We will discuss the future that is ahead for #publiccode in the public sector in Spain.
🗓️ Save the date! December 13, 2021 at 18:00CET
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These two ex-Slack employees want to replace government buildings with GNU Radio
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Kubuntu is a version of Ubuntu Linux using the @kde Plasma desktop. You can follow the official account at:
➡️ @Kubuntu
Kubuntu available for download from the official site at https://kubuntu.org
#Kubuntu #KDE #Ubuntu #Plasma #Linux #GNU #GNULinux #Distros #Distro #OS #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Computing #OperatingSystems
@NGIZero are you able to add your peertube link to your profile please.
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> "[Social media channels] do need to start listening to the reality of how they're impacting people's mental health and the damage that they're causing through their craving for the algorithm to be able to constantly generate content regardless of whether it's good for the users or not," Jack Constantine, chief digital officer and product inventor at Lush, told the BBC's Today programme.
the sad part is these platforms know exactly what they are doing
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook-manipulated-689003-users-emotions-for-science/?sh=4af41a8f197c
> "[Social media channels] do need to start listening to the reality of how they're impacting people's mental health and the damage that they're causing through their craving for the algorithm to be able to constantly generate content regardless of whether it's good for the users or not," Jack Constantine, chief digital officer and product inventor at Lush, told the BBC's Today programme.
the sad part is these platforms know exactly what they are doing
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook-manipulated-689003-users-emotions-for-science/?sh=4af41a8f197c
Lush to stop some social media until it's 'safer'
(Lush is an Online cosmetics shop / company I think)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59380458
This sounds like a really good opportunity for the Fediverse to reach out and see if we can get them on to the decentralised platform.
They are looking for an alternative that is safer, well we may not be perfect but they will have more control with their own instance
Same goes for Youtube -> peertube instance.
#Advocacy, #Opportunity #Lush #Cosmetics #YearOfTheFediverse
I guess on a similar note if some one said "all Nazis were evil" you could try and counter that with the story of Oskar Schindler
https://www.holocaustmatters.org/who-was-oskar-schindler/
And suggest some helped saved lives.
It would be rather controversial or contentious, however if that sparked a good discussion that would be a good thing.
@Sydneykaye01 @pamby1 @Bleukitty
There are similar issues with the current 'cancel culture' someone has branded Winston Churchill racist as he failed to help with a famine during 1943. (it may have been in India)
It seems that fails to take in to account the fact we were in the middle of world war 2. The Uk had rationing and was in immediate threat of invasion.
This is what concerns me, if you take historical figures, sure some are linked to slavery but there are two sides to every persons historical profile. We should be presented with both sides, and decide for ourselves, and others should respect that conclusion.
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@johnabs I cant speak to your wife and in no way claiming her diagnosis isnt real. But I am of the opinion that 99% of high functioning autism doesnt exist. These are just the few mentally healthy people out of the society who dont play into the toxic social bullshit of everyone else.. People considered "autistic" in america would be popular kids in any social circle in europe.
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@stux Because it's entertaining to overthrow people's expectations! This is the fediverse, after all! It's not just Twitter 2 😜
EmacsConf 2021 | Online Conference | November 27 and 28, 2021 (Sat-Sun)
Boosts welcome @fsf @emacsconf
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It's Black Friday deals week and we decided to search for deals on telescopes for the stargazers among our followers. We found 3 great ones!
First up is this 70mm refractor telescope, an excellent, inexpensive telescope for beginners: https://amzn.to/3x0ciO1 -AmazonAfflink
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We are planning to move our Mastodon account to another server: #Fosstodon You can follow it now: @funkwhale
Boosts are very welcome :)
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I love @yunohost
#YunoHost is a hosting service that lets you host, among others, many #Fediverse #instances.
It's really easy, even I can do it and I wrote a guide:
https://write.wien.rocks/paula/how-to-host-your-own-fediverse-instance-for-beginners
You can host:
#Discourse
#Friendica
#Funkwhale
#GlitchSoc (Mastodon fork)
#Nextcloud
#Hubzilla
#lemmy
#Mobilizon
#Peertube
#Pixelfed
#Pleroma
#Plume
#WriteFreely
#Zap
They are also working on:
#Ecko (Mastodon fork)
#Mastodon
#Misskey
#BookWyrm, #GNUSocial, #Hometown & #SocialHome are on the wishlist.
Here is the full app catalogue:
https://yunohost.org/en/apps
And here is their forum:
https://forum.yunohost.org/
Interested in Technology, Science, Chemistry, Education, Fediverse, GNU/Linux and free software.
Joined Mar 2020
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