Gregory's Server
like idk how this space manages to be 95% computer workers and also unable to fix its own computer problems, but that seems to be a core issue here
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#links2gang would like to get in on this bluesky v mastodon argument thank you for your attention The reason so many firms push so hard to get you to use their phone apps rather than their websites is that the depth of invasive personal data they can gather via the apps is usually enormous in comparison.
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@lauren I have never understood the need for apps over websites, unless the apps really offer something special that the sites don't. Otherwise, it' s alot easier to just go to the site. I usually do everything on my computer, not my phone, but looking at it from that perspective, it does make sense.
@lauren From @pluralistic: "An app is just a web-page wrapped in enough IP to make it a felony to block ads in it (or do anything else that wrestles value back from a company). Apps are web-pages where everything not mandatory is forbidden." https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/24/everything-not-mandatory/ I agree If it will run on a website, I'll avoid installing an app and use it through the browser The only few exceptions are mastodon, my bank and the core calender, mail etc apps that I've replaced with open source alternatives. All the google/pre installed crap got removed Ideally, I'd prefer to have a dumb phone which supports signal and will sync contacts with nextcloud. Everything else is a distraction A couple of days off social media was what I needed. Did a lot of walks and photography. A curious quality of Iceland’s short midwinter day is how it feels like a dawn and a sunset rolled into one with no actual day. The light is born dying. But then again, isn’t everything?  @JVWest I have multiple accounts so that I can keep programming and gaming separate for those who care. But I've also heard people say they're interested in getting to know other people – i.e. all of them, all their diverse interests, all at once. I'm hoping that having multiple accounts (linked from my profile) helps achieve both goals, but I'm not sure how well it actually works for other people. I use Debian stable. It comes with 128.4.0esr (64-bit). I use Sway on my laptop with an external monitor above of it. When I look at my Munin page, I cannot right click on the images to save them. Firefox immediately crashes when I right click on an image. What fuckery is this. I am now using Dillo to save images. Thanks, @dillo! seamonkeyyyy its a browser, detects rss feeds, built-in irc client, built-in full-on htmt editor, mail and newsgroups client:  @m455 I'm using it for the past month! Writing this in it, matter of fact. It's my home for Mastodon in particular just because the copy link right-click context menu works so reliably <3 I don't use any of the rest, though. I had no idea it has a feedreader, html editor and IRC client! I'll be reposting this regularly because we all need to feel its message deep in our bones: Apartheid was "Legal" Slavery was "Legal" Colonialism was "Legal" LEGALITY IS A CONSTRUCT of the Powerful not of Justice
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 @dbattistella It's important to remember these concepts are man-made, and as such, they can be man-unmade. @dbattistella Source and original image: “Legality is not a construct of justice.” by Hannah Müller-Hillebrand; https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ3581PsJDg/ de toute façon même quand c'est illégal, ça continue quand même. L'institution judiciaire dépend de biais socio-culturels. Ou de la géopolitique.  the paper really should be called "People who don't give a shit one way or another react ambivalently to output of billion-dollar machine designed by hucksters to trick people into thinking its outputs are plausible exemplars of textual artifacts in a specified genre" (the study participants were crowd-sourced online and paid less than a living wage) "Concern about the government’s revived push for nuclear energy grew after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit Japan’s Noto Peninsula on Jan. 1, 2024, killing more than 400 people and damaging more than 100,000 structures. The quake caused minor damage to two nearby nuclear facilities, and evacuation plans for the region were found to be inadequate." @bojacobs "Data cover ups and mistakes by the operator" might be common enough in the nuclear industry for the case to be considered "normal" I'm pretty sure Mastodon is the first social network I've been on that didn't immediately ask me to betray all of the people in my address book.
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 I was on some social network before 2005 and they didn't ask that. But they also was on invite only, not searching for business money  @briankrebs Open source innit. If you feel that feature is missing I'm sure you're welcome to code it. Gomphotherium is a Python script that deletes 10 posts or boosts and forgets 10 of the stars you gave. Strangely enough, on my GoToSocial instance, it takes a longer to find those favourites to unfavour. I have questions: Is the survey at https://mozillafoundation.tfaforms.net/100 really a survey by the Mozilla Foundation and why do they need my age, gender and my race? Maybe this is a test? If you answered with your age, gender and race at the bottom but checked "Protecting peoples' privacy online" or chose anything other than "Not at all" in the "I know how to protect my privacy online" question, then something magical happens?  Only one journalist -- @molly0xfff -- did the serious reporting this year on the cryptocurrency industry's successful purchase of politicians who will deregulate the most corrupt crowd since the 2000s real-estate and banking crew stole countless billions from average folks and nearly killed the global economy. They may succeed this time with the latter. You should follow Molly White and subscribe to (and support) her work.
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@dangillmor 7/ Musk made his endorsement of Trump on July 13, 2024. The analysis suggests that Musk did more than merely give verbal support for Trump, but also changed X's algorithm on the same date to systematically promote his own and other prominent pro-Republican acounts. /end Hiding your face isn’t having privacy. Living in a society where you don’t have to hide your face is having privacy.  @aral Rhymes with a healthy, wealthy, pleasant society is one where the rich use public transport.
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