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

Dark Patterns 😡

https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/fair-trading/dark-patterns

Boosted by jwz:
coolhand.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("luke") wrote:

lol at this response to a “man on the street” interview with protestors at the Tesla diner

jwz wrote:

Fucking Python.

I can't renew my LetsEncrypt certs on macOS 14.7.7 with certbot 4.1.1 from MacPorts, and it appears to be because Python 3.13 has lost the ability to load URLs. This works with 3.12 but 3.13 gets "Bad file descriptor":

import urllib.request
urllib.request.urlretrieve ("https://letsencrypt.org", "/dev/null")

Any suggestions?

https://jwz.org/b/yksR

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

And yes there's a silly and modest easter egg in the PDF schedule.

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

It's a pretty night.

#photography

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
thedarktangent@defcon.social ("Jeff Moss") wrote:

@mattblaze The #DEFCON content for Hacker Tracker is all up to date, and the #Meshtastic configuration guide as well.

Don't want to use HT? https://info.defcon.org is the web version.

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

Where you find one race condition, you're likely to find others... Unfortunately. :blobcatpensive:

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Full schedule with talk descriptions, etc, should be up on Hacker Tracker soon.

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

We are pleased to announce the final* schedule of talks for the 2025 Symposium on Election Security at the DEF CON Voting Village, August 8-10, in quiet, sleepy Las Vegas.

Hope to see you there!

https://www.mattblaze.org/papers/VV2025-schedule.pdf

* -subject to change

#VotingVillage #DEFCON33 #Elections

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
evacide@hachyderm.io wrote:

DEFCON has banned Eric Michaud. You need to be an exceptionally toxic sleazebag to get banned from DEFCON. There are literally only 4 other names on the list: John Draper, Jake Appelbaum, Morgan Marquis-Boire, and Chris Hadnagy. https://defcon.org/html/links/dc-transparency.html#:~:text=Jake%20Applebaum%20%282017%29%20%2D%20Banned,including%20enabling%20Morgan%20Marquis%2DBoire

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

I'll believe we've built "superintelligence" when any of my calendars can show me cross-timezone events *in which I transit across those timezones* in a reasonable way.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
dotproto@toot.cafe ("Simeon.__proto__") wrote:

PSA for Firefox add-on developers

There's a phishing campaign that's using false urgency to trick developers into granting a 3rd party access to their AMO accounts. Stay safe out there!

https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2025/08/01/warning-phishing-campaign-detected/

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Names and dates on docs.* Every time. Don't forget.

*: Yes, in the body, even when there's a version system.

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Packing for Hacker Summer Camp reminded me that I need to start my shopping for Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October early, before all the good cyber defenses are sold out.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
deshipu@fosstodon.org ("ɗ𐐩ʃƕρʋ") wrote:

Any technical solution that is supposed to block teenagers from anything is not going to work very well, because you are facing an opponent that:

* is smarter than you,
* is very dedicated,
* has a lot of free time,
* has an extensive network of friends,
* faces no serious consequences if caught,
* outnumbers you,
* considers you an immoral crook.

You really, *really* want to have them on your side. That means education rather than control.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
pbump@journa.host ("Philip Bump") wrote:

Wrote (and charted) about the BLS revisions and firing. https://www.pbump.net/o/maybe-a-theorized-conspiracy-isnt-the-reason-for-job-number-revisions/

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

I just keep thinking about this ratio. I know we can do better than this.

- **Vacant homes in the US**: ~14,900,000
- **Homeless people in the US (2024)**: ~771,000

that is just absurd

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
denmanrooke@social.coop ("Denman 🔜 Gamescom") wrote:

Are you interested in Worker Cooperative game dev studios?

What about building your own someday with fellow collaborators?

Then pop along to this online panel discussion from game devs in cooperatives doing just that! Details below 👇

https://social.coop/@denmanrooke/114955247340713490

#Coops #GameDev #WorkerCoops #IrishGameDev #IndieGameDev

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
DreadShips@mastodon.me.uk ("Dreadnought Holiday") wrote:

I don't know about you, but I'd find opening my curtains in the morning to be confronted with this quite alarming...

I'd certainly be viewing the contents of my coffee with suspicion.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
DreadShips@mastodon.me.uk ("Dreadnought Holiday") wrote:

In a blow to NATO, a mere eight years into its three-year overhaul, and after sinking in its dry dock, going on fire, having a crane fall on it, losing its entire crew to facilitate an illegal invasion, having most of its reconstruction materials embezzled and going on fire again, Russian media is suggesting that strategic rust reserve and occasional environmental disaster Admiral Kuznetsov might not be returning to "service" after all...

#FailureFriday

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jockr ("Jock Rutherford 🌻🥥🌴") wrote:

At 17, Hannah Cairo Solved a Major Math Mystery | Quanta Magazine

https://www.quantamagazine.org/at-17-hannah-cairo-solved-a-major-math-mystery-20250801/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
davidsirota@mastodon.online ("David Sirota") wrote:

just a reminder that in the last election no significant swath of voters actually voted for this and/or wanted this

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
CNN@flipboard.com wrote:

Tesla ordered by Florida jury to pay $329 million in Autopilot crash
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/business/tesla-autopilot-crash-lawsuit?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Business and Tech @business-and-tech-CNN

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social wrote:

Just think, there are enough vacant homes in the U.S. that every homeless person could have multiple vacation homes, just like the billionaires do... except for the fact that those vacant homes are owned by those billionaires and deliberately kept vacant.

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

[5] Who is homeless in the United States? A 2025 update https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2025/who-is-homeless-in-the-united-states-a-2025-update
[6] How many homeless people are in the US? What does the data miss? https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-homeless-people-are-in-the-us-what-does-the-data-miss/
[7] How many vacant homes are there in the US? - USAFacts https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-vacant-homes-are-there-in-the-us/
[8] How Many Houses Are in the U.S.? - United Way NCA https://unitedwaynca.org/blog/vacant-homes-vs-homelessness-by-city/

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

[9] Vacant Housing Units in the United States (EVACANTUSQ176N ... https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/EVACANTUSQ176N
[10] State of Homelessness: 2024 Edition https://endhomelessness.org/state-of-homelessness/
[11] Despite Housing Shortage, America Has 5.6 Million Vacant Homes https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/cities-with-most-vacant-homes-lendingtree-study/
[12] Debunking NIMBYism: A Closer Look at Vacant Housing Units - NMHC https://www.nmhc.org/research-insight/research-notes/2022/debunking-nimbyism-a-closer-look-at-vacant-housing-units/
[13] Homelessness in the United States - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness%5Fin%5Fthe%5FUnited%5FStates

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

[14] HUD Releases 2024 Annual Homeless Assessment Report https://nlihc.org/resource/hud-releases-2024-annual-homeless-assessment-report
[15] Homelessness Data & Trends | United States Interagency Council ... https://usich.gov/guidance-reports-data/data-trends
[16] [PDF] The 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR to ... https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2024-AHAR-Part-1.pdf
[17] Nearly 327,000 in U.S. Lived in Emergency and Transitional Shelters https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/02/living-in-shelters.html
[18] U.S. homelessness surged a record 18% in 2024 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PghmdwGO5fQ

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

This figure represents a significant increase from previous years.

To summarize:
- **Vacant homes in the US**: ~14,900,000[1][2][3]
- **Homeless people in the US (2024)**: ~771,000[4][5][6]

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

Sources
[1] There Are Nearly 15 Million Vacant Homes in America ... - Realtor.com https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/states-with-most-vacant-homes/
[2] Here's how many homes are sitting vacant across the US https://www.livenowfox.com/news/heres-how-many-homes-sitting-vacant-across-us-where
[3] 14.9 Million Homes Are Vacant in US | LendingTree https://www.lendingtree.com/home/mortgage/vacancy-rates-study/
[4] Number Of Homeless In U.S.: Trends & Top States (2025) https://www.consumershield.com/articles/how-many-homeless-us

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

There are approximately **14.9 million vacant homes** in the United States as of 2025. This figure comes from LendingTree and is based on U.S. Census Bureau data. The national vacancy rate is around 10.43%, which means more than one in ten homes across the country is sitting empty. Vacant homes include a variety of situations, such as homes for sale or rent, seasonal and recreational properties, and homes in transition—

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