Ethan Black @golemwire@librem.one
Hello there!
I boost a lot of posts, but I have a few things to say every now and then.
I am largely fine with boosting posts from people I disagree with even on significant, dividing issues. I usually don't, however, if they actively advocate for these ideas... so it goes :/
#Christian #coding #HaikuOS #Linux #privacy #FOSS #Fediverse #SmashBros #SSBU #LegendOfZelda
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Kinda useless idea (I don't make movies?)
@CM30 I didn't know you coded in assembly... awesome.
@royal Thank you!
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Fascinating footage of a human white blood cell chasing a bacterium captured through a microscope.
Credit: David Rogers
https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Movie_-_Neutrophil_chasing_bacteria
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PC/Computing - September 1996
https://archive.org/details/pc-computing-magazine-v9i9/page/n103/mode/2up
@redoak I appreciate you advocating for what you believe, but hashtag abuse is a good reason for everyone scrolling the hashtag to block you
@royal The Instant Pot (or just pressure cookers in general) is pretty remarkable.
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I have not historically been one of Hixie’s fans, but his goodbye-to-Google note is clear-eyed, humane, matches up with my own experience there, and sticks the dagger into a few places that seem to deserve it. Recommended: http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1700627373&count=1
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Hey look, Sony is about to ship C2PA on a bunch of cameras: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/21/sonys-in-camera-authentication-technology-passes-aps-tests/
@timbray I could be wrong, but couldn't you defeat this authentication system by taking a picture of an #AI -generated image? Yes, you'd have to wire a video out into where the camera sensor is supposed to be or something, but powerful, determined actors such as governments could definitely make it happen.
This just seems like #DRM for cameras to me — too defeatable and good for controlling the market.
@kyle Thanks for writing it!
@kyle Nice job! Has to be a bit cool to drive the non-power tools you used back to where you got them in the car you fixed with them ;)
(I finally got the The Best of Hack and / sysadmin book by the way :) I like it!)
@tokenizer With how schoolwork prevents me from coding all the time, I end up engineering my software better, because I get to mull over my design more and code less. So sort of the opposite effect for me (as I might over-engineer *more* when forced to stay away from the text editor terminal and compiler).
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Instagram blocked the #joinPixelfed hashtag not long ago, and Twitter too.
Don't forget that 😉
@alexcg Me and some of my siblings have been working through OoT. It's an adventure for sure. I got frustrated in some of the dungeons, but found that this game requires you to really think. (Unless you google solutions which we did a little :) )
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Talking publicly about any cryptocurrency investments you may have -- let alone bragging about them -- strikes me as a very risky flex. We're starting to see more reports of people outside the cybercrime scene getting robbed at home, and forced at gunpoint to give up their crypto accounts or wallets. There is a LOT of room for growth here, and there are a wealth of targets or "targs" as the thieves call them.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/canadian-police-warn-crypto-investors-home-robberies
These attacks expose a fundamental risk of crypto: At the end of the day, YOU are the bank. For criminals, there is certainly a risk that someone can get hurt or killed in these robberies and home invasions, but the up front investment needed to carry out these muggings is practically nil, while the potential payoff is astronomical.
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Am I the only one who finds questions like “what are your favourite [subject]?” impossible to answer?
I just can’t avoid overthinking these types of questions. Same with things like “if you had only one [thing] to watch/read/play on a desert island/for the rest of your life, what would it be?”
Again, I end up thinking of every possibility into the most literal sense possible, and can’t answer.
@CM30 One thing to watch/play/read on a desert island... how about a large dictionary so I could use the pages as a fire starter to help me survive ...?
@mnemonicoverload @ActionRetro That's neat, thanks :)
Hello there!
I boost a lot of posts, but I have a few things to say every now and then.
I am largely fine with boosting posts from people I disagree with even on significant, dividing issues. I usually don't, however, if they actively advocate for these ideas... so it goes :/
#Christian #coding #HaikuOS #Linux #privacy #FOSS #Fediverse #SmashBros #SSBU #LegendOfZelda
#fedi22
Note: social.librem.one doesn't support DMs
Joined Jul 2022
