bobgosane99 @bobgosane99@librem.one

i used to be really into having the newest computer gadget. now i use refurbished hardware. it's so much cheaper. it lasts. it reduces landfill waste. it's great, and i don't really feel like i am missing out on much tech-wise.

here are some tips if you need tech stuff but don't want to spend a lot of money, support horrible companies, and such (1/n)

My new bot, @SecretlyPublicDomain, highlights pre-1964 books that entered the public domain because their copyright wasn't renewed.

Until May, it wasn't possible to find these books on a large scale. Now it is: https://www.crummy.com/2019/07/22/0

Amazon quietly removed a line from its transparency report saying it had "never participated" in the NSA's PRISM program.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/01/amazon-prism-transparency-data/

Hierarchy of Failures in Problem Resolution

So you've got a problem to solve. That can go wrong at any one point. Or, conversely, you've got to get all of this right:

Failures of awareness. "The first step is admitting you've got a problem".

Failures of diagnosis

Failures of etiology

Failures of objective

Failures of redress

Failures of communication

Failures of execution

Failures of assessment

https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/2fsr0g/hierarchy_of_failures_in_problem_resolution/

#BigProblems

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I discovered my first hidden camera at an AirBnB last week in Yerevan, Armenia. Always scan the wifi when you get to a new place!! #surveillance #nmap #privacy #dystopia #security #badposture

Facebook Messenger still scans all messages, even with end-to-end encryption. Scanning is done locally on the device before text messages are sent and after received messages are decrypted.

Facebook privacy lol

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2019/07/26/the-encryption-debate-is-over-dead-at-the-hands-of-facebook/#3e1668c45362

@notreallyremus @dredmorbius
4. The failures of capitalism and the lack of any compelling theory for what comes next.
5. The software reliability problem.
6. Overpopulation and the need for another doubling of agricultural output in the next few decades.
7. Soil erosion/depletion.
8. Aquifer depletion.
9. Resource depletion: sand, oil, rare earth minerals.
10. The rise of pandemics due to climate change.