Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one
Joined Aug 2019
So many #software projects get caught in this trap of adding ever more #complexity as users request more features. When starting out, new software needs to directly solve a problem better than others, then people adopt it. As more people adopt it, they demand more features. Incrementally adding more features works for the existing user base, but makes it harder and harder for newcomers to jump in. Then new software does a key thing better, and the complex old one collapses under its own weight.
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Survey to gather feedback on the native Debian package of GitLab https://lists.debian.org/debian-ruby/2023/04/msg00013.html
#ArsTechnica's article on exploiting #Zimbra is a nice example to work through to understand how an advanced #cyber #targeted #attack works
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/03/pro-russian-hackers-target-elected-us-officials-supporting-ukraine/2/
Does anyone have any examples of advanced #cybersecurity #attacks that were not targeted? I guess the #GreatCannon and maybe #QUANTUMINSERT #FOXACID are examples. I'd love to see a story about a recent exploit like this (those two examples don't really work when HTTPS is used).
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Report on devastating working conditions at dpd Austria. Up to 17-hour days and 350 deliveries per day, €6 hourly wage, no breaks, and subcontractors, of course. And while dpd tracks every move via its 'Predict' system, it claims to have no idea [German]:
https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000145213953/verheerende-arbeitsbedingungen-beim-paketversand-dpd-in-kalsdorf-bei-graz
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In 2020, the Austrian police raided the Amazon fulfillment center near Vienna and found that almost all of Amazon's delivery subcontractors violated employment/tax laws. But nothing happened to Amazon itself, and I'm afraid nothing has changed.
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RT @WolfieChristl
In early 2020, the Austrian financial police raided Amazon's distribution center near Vienna.
Turns out they found 130 out of 133 subcontracting delivery companies, most…
https://twitter.com/WolfieChristl/status/1352399079763038210
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« Honestly, it's probably the phones [The most plausible explanation for teenage unhappiness.] » https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/honestly-its-probably-the-phones
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Looking for an easy read for kids and adults this holiday season? 📚
☑️Check out 'Ada & E. Zangemann, a story about software, skateboards and raspberry ice cream'. And dive into the wonderful world of inventors, tinkering and freedom.
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The website of Reykjavík #Hackerspace, Hakkavélin, just got flagged by #Google Safe Browsing as "deceptive", and anyone who visits this site gets a huge, red, scary warning. Check it out:
https://hakkavelin.is/
Thing is, I happen to manage this site. It's literally a single static HTML file.
This is what we get for allowing shitty journalists to farm clicks by abusing the words "hacker" and "hack" to mean "cybercriminal" and "attack".
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🚲 Pedalling our way towards a greener future!
The summer of 2023 will be a milestone for cycling. We will propose a European Declaration on #Cycling, inviting the European Parliament and the EU Council to sign up for it.
We want to make sure that all our European initiatives, wherever possible, include a cycling dimension; supporting sustainable urban #mobility plans, doubling the number of safe cycling infrastructures, or creating more bicycle parking facilities.
#Varian provides yet another cautionary tale from the #SiliconValley: the founders created a worker owned #coop to make radar systems to prevent mass bombing of cities from the air. They ended up being pushed by #military and #investor money into a typical corporation that made key parts for #nuclear missiles. And the founders were distracted by their new found #wealth. Reminds me of how the #Google founders started out being opposed to advertising.
In reading #PaloAlto by Malcolm Harris, provides good examples of #Keynesian style investment in #military triggering economic growth. In the #EU, this "magic money" goes to propping up big banks that made bad loans. In a democracy, we should be able to decide where those huge piles of "magic money" go. This money could go to #RenewableEnergy and #renaturalizing or so money other things.
Has anyone seen any legal action related to #AI #image generation like #StableDiffusion about the #EU #GDPR Right to be Forgotten? It seems these models can easily reproduce images they have been trained on.
Looks like once #CreditSuisse was forced out of the business of tax evasion and money laundering, they cratered. I'll bet they are not alone in that the main value they deliver to customers is dodging the law.
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And that’s what these models give, at almost unlimited scale. The ability to understand and monitor billions of people with all their complexity, at a super-human level of comprehension. And I’m not talking about tomorrow: the models we have today are good enough.
handy German word: Fachkräftemängel
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Interested to know more about the history of the FSF and free software? Follow the FSF's thirty-five (plus!) years of advocating for software freedom with our timeline project: https://u.fsf.org/3fc #UserFreedom
One of my biggest problems with so many #web projects is that I cannot control when they are upgraded. Sure, this #workflow is easier for devs, but wow, it can really screw users. I was force-upgraded to a whole new rewrite of online accounting software when I was under immense deadline pressure. The upgrade broke my time tracking almost entirely. And the new version has only slowed my work. I was happy with the old version. Controlling #UX change is key to #UserFreedom and is often overlooked.
#Tor Project maintains their tools in #Debian, giving them a base platform delivered with #ReproducibleBuilds and the rest of the Debian users get a better maintained Debian.
https://blog.torproject.org/built-with-purpose-puppet-debian/
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Encryption is the #single #best #tool we have for securing private data. Read @matthew_d_green on why the EU Commission should rethink its hurried schedule for #Chatcontrol: https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2023/03/23/remarks-on-chat-control/
Here are some more facts about the EU Commission's lies: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/eu-csam-scanning
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Up to 37 million tons of plastic waste is expected to enter the ocean annually by 2040.
Do you still think waste sorting is a loss of time?
We are united to fight these global challenges. With the:
🔹 Right to Repair initiative, aiming at reducing waste and allowing consumers to achieve considerable savings,
🔹 rule on single-use plastic products, which tackles their dissemination,
🔹 Farm to Fork strategy, aiming at creating a sustainable food system.
Let's make every day a #ZeroWasteDay!
Joined Aug 2019
