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briankrebs@infosec.exchange ("BrianKrebs") wrote:

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has written an op-ed published at MSNBC that links to last month's story about companies selling tools that can track hundreds of millions of mobile phones just by the digital exhaust from mobile ad networks.

"Congress needs to finally breach the corporate barricade that has blocked a strong consumer privacy law. I’ve authored my own strong privacy bills, the Mind Your Own Business Act and the Banning Surveillance Advertising Act. And in the coming months I plan to release two new bills: one that will protect Americans’ privacy by limiting how much data websites and apps can collect on Americans and preventing data brokers from amassing and selling that data, and another that will protect Americans from being spied on by their smart TVs and set-top boxes and having that data given away or sold to data brokers."

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/abortion-data-brokers-phones-google-apple-wyden-rcna178479

The Global Surveillance Free-for-all in Mobile Ad Data: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/the-global-surveillance-free-for-all-in-mobile-ad-data/

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Morning ritual completed. This time I even didn't forget the clocks in my old car!

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

Just visited a web page where the HTML loaded immediately, followed by seconds of chaos and layout shift as the CSS and JS loaded in.

This is supposed to be a bad thing.

But after years of staring at the interminable pulsing of dim gray generic UI placeholders, it was positively refreshing.

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

wim_v12e@scholar.social ("Wim🧮") wrote:

Current typical smart phone lifetime is 3 years.
To compensate for the greenhouse gas emissions from production, distribution and disposal, they should last from 25 to 232 (!) years.

https://eeb.org/library/coolproducts-report/

#FrugalComputing

Attachments:

• HOW LONG SHOULD PRODUCTS LAST FROM A CLIMATE PERSPECTIVE? Average lifetime vs optimal lifetime to limit Global Warming Potential (years) Smart Phone: Average lifetime 3; should be minimum 25, optimal 232 Hoover: Average lifetime 6.5; should be min 11, opt 18 Laptop: Average lifetime 4.5; should be min 20, opt 44 Washing machine: Average lifetime 11.4; should be min 17, opt 23 (remote)

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

erosdiscordia@onycha.monster ("Mystery Babylon") wrote:

Prequel novella playlist: concluding this brief excerpt!
:swirl_of_stars:

You know I had to do it to ya

The Darkness, "I Believe In A Thing Called Love"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKjZuykKY1I

#writing #music #scifi

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

added a simple print dialogue

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

robdaemon@tenforward.social ("Rob") wrote:

Thinking about COBOL and the web, now on my blog

https://write.as/robdaemon/cobol-and-the-web

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Out of these, I saw Leprous and TesseracT live at #RadarFestival, Hexvessel, Silver Moth and Avkrvst at #ArcTanGent, and Monkey3 on their own tour this year.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I might be a bit ahead of the curve here in November but I'm bored so... My top albums of the year according to last.fm.

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• 1. Leprous - Melodies of Atonement 2. The Dear Hunter - Migrant Returned 3. Four Stroke Baron - Data Diamond 4. Hexvessel - When We Are Death 5. Unto Others - Never, Neverland 6. Zeal & Ardor - GREIF 7. Hexvessel - All Tree 8. Monkey3 - Welcome To The Machine 9. Heilung - Drif 10. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Night Gnomes 11. TesseracT - War Of Being 12. Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace 13. Silver Moth - Black Bay 14. Haken - Fauna 15. Avkrvst - The Approbation 16. Unto Others - Don't Waste Your Time

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

If you want to see a selection of my work, you can visit my portfolio: https://eugenrochko.com/

lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

I love #rust-lang but I do wish its cross compilation story was different:

> By default, Cargo Lambda uses the Zig toolchain to cross compile your code. This is the most convenient cross compilation mechanism

> ..

> this 'native' effort is unmatched

https://www.cargo-lambda.info/guide/cross-compiling.html#cross-compiling-with-the-zig-toolchain

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

This year I shot 24 rolls of 35mm film and 15 rolls of 120... So far, at least.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Sometimes I wonder if the US will ever truly break from its ignorance on race, and then a European will comment the absolute worst opinion I've ever read and I think, okay we're doing pretty good actually.

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

davebauerart ("Dave bauer") wrote:

Want to hang out with cool people but all the events are in a different state or on a different continent. Don't let that stop you. Creative Weirdos unite. https://davebauer.art/art-and-making/bringing-makers-together/

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

garyodernichts@treehouse.systems ("Gary") wrote:

After my last post, it was pretty clear what everyone wanted to see on the Alarmo. So, here it is - Doom running on the Nintendo Alarmo!

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• Video of Doom running on the Nintendo Alarmo (remote)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Spending all day thinking about what I'm going to do once I get that hour back tonight. :thonking:

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tobestewart@mastodonapp.uk ("Toby") wrote:

What sort of idiot reposts questions?

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jaeger@sfba.social ("Ted") wrote:

Teen Vogue tells the truth, again.
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/kamala-harris-but-a-donald-trump-win-would-be-catastrophic

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

So we susbscribed to #Netflix to watch Queen's Gambit. I know, it might seem a shock that someone hadn't got it already, but we've only been subscribed to Prime until now.

What I want to say is... what a toxic pile of dark patterns! Playing spoilers with audio all the time, anywhere in the app. Automatically starting next episode as soon as you get to the credits. And it costs how much? 25 bucks a month??

Why do people put up with this crap?

Reblogged by pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑"):

Dhmspector ("Dave Spector") wrote:

Speaks for itself…

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• 2b22c228208a25b4.jpeg

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

You better not try eating beaver in Minnesota!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/02/minnesota-has-a-beaver-provision-that-prohibits-the-eating-of-beaver/

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• Beavers love wood (remote)

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Time to look back on the family history of spiders.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/02/a-quick-summary-of-spider-evolution/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW7p1Qb-1F4

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

EdS@mastodon.sdf.org ("Ed S") wrote:

Bit of recent #computerhistory : Matt Pharr tells
The story of ispc
in 12 parts. Very interesting - single person not in the compiler team brings up a new tool, gets great results, is allowed to take it open source. Lots of insight into vector processing and Intel culture

https://pharr.org/matt/blog/2018/04/30/ispc-all

Inside, a bonus link to a history of Larrabee aka Knights chips. By Tom Forsyth
Why Didn't Larrabee Fail?
https://tomforsyth1000.github.io/blog.wiki.html#%5B%5BWhy%20didn%27t%20Larrabee%20fail%3F%5D%5D

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Just had my first encounter with one of this year's crop of fresh Christmas music. Suddenly the year feels over, and I just want to hibernate for a while.

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ne7@icosahedron.website wrote:

Fell asleep at 9pm, just woke up :D starting the day right vibing with Kamasi Washington + Band's superb Tiny Desk Concert <3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8WTPgeVPjg

#jazz #music

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stina_marie@horrorhub.club ("Mother Suspiria :autism:") wrote:

The Cure streamed a free 3 hour concert in celebration of their new release, SONGS OF A LOST WORLD for anyone who's interested:

https://www.youtube.com/live/_aWDlaxvEZo

#TheCure #concert #Streaming #YouTube #SongsOfALostWorld #goth

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

You will address him as SIR Sam Alito.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/02/its-just-a-tiny-violation-of-the-constitution/

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• Cross of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (remote)

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Line is significantly shorter at then second location, but still long.

What a privilege it is to spend my day voting. A privilege that not everyone has.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Last day of early voting 8AM, Deland, Florida— longest voting line I have ever seen, and I voted in Atlanta last time.

Driving across town in hopes that the line is shorter.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Step by step they're enclosing computing. Pick your preferred monopolist gatekeeper.