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phae@status.fberriman.com wrote:
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thenexusofprivacy@infosec.exchange ("The Nexus of Privacy") wrote:
@fromjason Agreed both about this article and about the tech press more generally. I've been thinking about writing something about this brouhaha ... none of the coverage I've seen has talked about any of the history, focused on the consent issue, or highlighted the parallels to the Meta discussions. It's ludicrous that the TechCrunch article quoted Evan on Threads about how Bluesky should adopt AP as an example of Mastodon's hostility to Bluesky -- and didn't bother to mention that Evan was in the github comments strongly defending the original non-consensual bridge proposal 😂 But of course tech media is going to side with their corporate masters.
Anyhow the end result is actually ok -- Ryan's planning on making the bridge opt-in, and it probably increased momentum of consent-based federation in general (although there's still plenty o' challenges). And it's tricky to write about (and I'm in the middle of other stuff) so I'm not sure it's worth the time. But then again it's a very clean illustration about the differences in opinion on whether or not consent matters, which also very much relates to the Meta situation (and several of my previous posts), so maybe I'll give it a try.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
I swear to god if one of you needs come in my comments about the difference between mammoths and mastodons...
I'll prob like it because that shit is cool
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
#OpenAI text-to-video called #Sora. I know we all hate AI, I get it. And new releases like this always give me a weird chill.
But look, a little Mastodon herd.
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Unixbigot@aus.social ("Christopher Biggs") wrote:
This thing I wrote on BirdChan is doing the rounds again there:
🎶I am the very model of an Internet Monopoly,
I Hoover up your data then I model it’s topology,
I influence your buying and your vote with my psychology,
And if you ever twig, you’ll get my insincere apology!🎵🎶Each time you search the web I make a note in my big database,
Your photo uploads help me guess your weight and recognize your face.
I’ve information detailing each ad you’ve seen and clicked upon,
I even know the username you use on Ashley Madison!🎵🎶I track you as you surf the web, with magic cookie pixie dust,
I override your Do Not Track, to silently betray your trust.
I’ve even got the DNA, your sister sent to Ancestry,
Oh yes I am the very model of an Internet Monopoly!🎵
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):
fox@front-end.social ("karolina") wrote:
i’ve been writing front-end for the last 17+ years, and man, it’s so under-appreciated, under-resourced and plain disrespected it makes my web soul hurt.
systems aren’t maintainable, semantic, accessible or performant and it’s a direct result of javascriptification of FE and pure disregard for it as a discipline.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):
CatsOfYore@varmint.town ("Cats of Yore") wrote:
Bookplate for Zoldos Sakeviciutes by Vaclovas Kosciuska, 1963. http://art-exlibris.net/exlibris/25670?query=&pt=owner
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- Engraving print of bold lines depicting a happy kitten sitting up proudly on top of a hardcover book, looking joyfully up at a little flying insect above it. A mouse or rat sits on floor beside the book, reading a tiny newspaper. The name "Zoldos Sakeviciutes" appears on an undulating banner beneath this scene and the words "ex libris" appear on the left side, the whole plate being enlivened by swirling, zigzagging, and jutting design elements descending from the upper left corner like a visual jazz interpretation of a robust sunbeam. (remote)
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):
Frances_Larina@sfba.social ("Frances Larina") wrote:
"Six months in, journalist-owned tech publication 404 Media is profitable"
It's amazing, what can happen when workers are the primary recipients of the rewards for their own labor.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
#HyperScalers— Microsoft, Amazon, and Google own over 70% of the cloud computing market. Amazon owns 35% alone. This is a problem for the other hyper scalers.
#Amazon makes it effectively impossible for customers to use competing cloud solutions, because they charge based on the data going _out_ of its servers (egress). And since everything is proprietary, non of their servers play nice with each other.
So #Google and Meta started pushing #DataPortability and "openness"
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
surPRISE
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
Why does the web feel transitional? And why do our platforms feel like a Potemkin Village?
I'm sorry to report that we don't live on Beyoncé's Internet anymore.
Most of the steel and glass that makes the Internet go vroom, is owned by four companies— #Microsoft, #Amazon, #Google, & #Meta (MAGM)
MAGM spent hundreds of billions on infrastructure in a race to own the real Web 3.0— Cloud Computing.
But a clear leader emerged (Amazon), and the others are scrambling.
Openness is their new gospel.
Mastodon FeedIt’s mind boggling how much more power-efficient computers have become in the last two decades.
It’s not that new PCs are less power hungry than old PCs. It’s that all the computing power of a big old PC can be had on a tiny cheap board that runs on a battery.
https://lobste.rs/s/embgla/one_less_un_xy_option_for_32_bit_powerpc#c_qywexy
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
zens@merveilles.town ("Luci for dyeing") wrote:
IF YOU PROGRAM A "NO" BUTTON TO SAY "MAYBE LATER" YOU HAVE FAILED AT BOTH INTERFACE DESIGN AND BASIC CONSENT
edit: okay since this is actually getting some traction i wanna make sure to credit heather flowers for writing this
edit 2: for the folks wandering in off the street wondering what the numbers are for, these are from a list i compiled over the last few years
https://notes.yip.pe/notes/notes/Principles%20of%20UI%2C%20A%20Thread.html
Mastodon FeedWhen I'm on the train, on the way doing errands, and the music that comes up on shuffle inspires me. :blobcatrainbow:
Rein - Accelerate
https://song.link/s/5pi0VjJa9enmj6fZAYOsBO
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- Rough black sketch of a young woman with short blond hair, body facing the viewer, her head turned away to her right. She is wearing a large coat, nothing beneath, and is holding it closed. Her facial expression is slightly angry. She is shaded in bright red and behind her a black rectangle is shattered like a broken window. (remote)
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com ("Lili Saintcrow") wrote:
“They will–not can, will–feed it to their AI system and use it to rip off your work. They specifically declare you can’t complain about derogatory uses. They can mix your book with work you find abhorrent and release it as a new product. They can use a speech recognition system and create a printed version of your book.” https://mwl.io/archives/23448
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
tojiro ("Brandon Jones") wrote:
This is the beg tech equivalent of a kid breaking their toys because they were told they needed to share.
And I take issue with the article stating "It’s understandable that Apple wouldn’t offer support for Home Screen web apps for third-party browsers." No, it's not "understandable", it's malicious compliance.
https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/15/ios-17-4-web-apps-european-union/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
rgadellaa ("Roderick Gadellaa") wrote:
What. The actual. Faque.
"The EU made us do it"
It took them 10+ days to release this statement. And the amount of bullshit is astonishing.
1/n
Via X: https://x.com/mysk_co/status/1758196103470628983?s=20
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
phae@status.fberriman.com wrote:
Sometimes when this stuff shows up I have a real Skinner-meme moment.
Is it me that's just out of date?
Do people really not care if the open web dies?
Why is everyone else so bloody calm?
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
I'm shocked at Apple (but not surprised), but @theverge's coverage is a dumpster fire. Reprints Apple's lies verbatim, doesn't pull opposing views. Y'all OK, @nilay_patel?
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/15/24074182/apple-drops-support-iphone-web-apps-eu-dma
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Apple has gone to war with the web and seem to think regulators and web developers and competitors are idiots. They hope lies about security concerns will work now when they've failed so many times before. This can't stand. Join @owa to fight back:
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apple-on-course-to-break-all-web-apps-in-eu-within-20-days/
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
Painted two more miniatures. I have a squad of these to assemble.
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt ("Nina Kalinina") wrote:
I guess this stuff is plenty obscure, huh?
So, folks, there's a new browser engine dropped (a while ago, actually). It isn't based on WebKit and it isn't based on Firefox, it is written from scratch for a hobbyist operating system SerenityOS by some awesome/crazy people. The browser, called Ladybird, actually can be compiled for Windows, Linux, Mac, OpenIndiana and Android.
It can pass Acid3 and render Github page well (note that Firefox and Chrome circa 2018 cannot do that!), and it has decent JS and afaik wasm support.
Their site is https://ladybird.dev/
I am not related to the project in any way, just amazed that it exist, and I think it deserves more love and publicity. And optimizations for low-end computers. And privacy features. And so on!
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Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
Shocked about the death of Kelvin Kiptum :-(
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/feb/11/marathon-world-record-holder-kelvin-kiptum-dies
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Don't use Midjourney to make scientific illustrations. You'll only get nightmare fodder.
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
rnd@toot.cat ("/dev/urandom") wrote:
people who say "mozilla should just invest completely in making a fast lightweight web browser and they'll regain their marketshare" are sadly mistaken
out of all the history of software displacing other software i've seen, it is almost never about quantitative improvements ("20% faster", "10% less battery consumption", etc.)
if that were the case, desktop linux wouldn't be stuck at 3% market share
usually it is either about some sort of killer feature (like when IE was dethroned by firefox for having tabs or in some places by opera for being optimized for slow internet connections)
or about being the first in a certain niche (like how smartphone-targeted messengers displaced old IM apps like AOL, ICQ, MSN etc. by being better-suited for smartphones and having an easy phone-number-based way to keep contacts, even though those previous protocols actually had more features
maybe the folks at mozilla are foolish for chasing trends, but i don't know what else i would do in their place
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:
Apple is on course to break all Web Apps in the EU within 20 days ‼️
👇 Read the blog, fill the survey, join the fight!
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apple-on-course-to-break-all-web-apps-in-eu-within-20-days/
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
It's not actually IRB-approved if you have to pack a fake board with pseudoscientists to get it approved.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/02/15/new-depths-in-pseudoscience/
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
gertvdijk ("Gert van Dijk") wrote:
nginx (by F5) forked as freenginx by long time core developer Maxim Dounin 👀
http://freenginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2024-February/000000.html
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):
mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:
Girl scout cookies generate ~$800 million a year in revenue. It's a big business.
Am I saying that girl scouts shouldn't be allowed to sell cookies? No! Do all that stuff! I like high school bake sales too! Raise money for homecoming!
But don't act like it's somehow different from Black kids trying to sell you candy bars in the parking lot. Don't act like it's nefarious when you see a car with the Black parents at the end of the parking lot. It's not. The girl scout's parents are close by too.
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
First experiment with the tungsten light.
Pentax 6x7
Kodak Portra 400
Takumar 105mm/2.4#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #MediumFormat
