John Sullivan @johns@librem.one
Former shipper and executive director at the Free Software Foundation, now https://alliterativeadvising.com, https://crazyalansemporium.com, and board of directors for https://f-droid.org.
Joined May 2019
@greene Did you check inside the cap?
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China: “Remove all VPNs”
Apple: “Sure thing”
China: “…and podcast apps”
Apple: “Can do boss!”
China: “…and also hand over all iCloud data for our citizens”
Apple: “I mean why wouldn’t we? Here you go!”
EU: “Allow alternate app stores, and do it fairly”
Apple: “Ahhh hell no! This is so unfair you guys are bullies! Malware! Privacy! We have standards! Unlike you we care about our users!”
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For the last time:
Abyss = for staring into
Void = for screaming into
Please stop screaming into the abyss we are not insured for that
The perfect trope doesn't exi--oh.
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I would have a lot more sympathy for Apple's DMA complaint that it may have less ability to shield users from "objectionable or harmful content" if their definition of "objectionable or harmful content" they've been shielding their users from hadn't included
- telling users that things were cheaper outside the app store
- pointing out that you could subscribe to a service through a web browser
- noting the existence of jailbreaking and the ability to turn off parts of Apple's code
@kyle I just learned some people actually call them "cloud kitchens"!
@dneary @mitchellh But I was trying to make a deposit!
(I have had other troubling experiences where banks wouldn't give me my money -- most recently with Santander, who has a secret monthly ACH maximum, does not allow wire transfers online or over the phone, and insisted the only way I could get my money out after hitting the ACH cap was in person -- no branches in my state -- or via paper check.)
Actual words spoken to me at Bank of America today -- "We do not have cash capabilities today."
"ghost kitchen" may be the most overly dramatic term for the most mundane thing
@mjg59 yep, amazing, hard to argue with: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/05/msg01452.html
Also this reminds me of people checking photo ID when signing GPG keys. If you have no training/practice in identifying an official ID (as I'm 99% sure most of the volunteers at the polls do not either), the requirement is not worth much, which means all of the cons of the requirement easily outweigh the supposed benefits.
Had to show photo ID to vote today, for the first time in my life. Lame.
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Best movie soundtrack? If your choice isn't here, reply in comment.
@dneary Last Action Hero on M, W, F; Ghost Dog on Tu, Th; Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs on alternating weekends.
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Hello fediverse.
Quick check in.
Going into year 5 of the age of SARS-CoV-2, to your knowledge you have been infected:
Please boost for larger sample size.
#CovidIsNotOver @novid #COVID19
@xxv might makes right
I'm short on time -- can I just put the Emergen-C *in* the whiskey?
@birdinfire@mstdn.social So who do you vote *for* with your wallet?
But to bring it back to the post, this is an opportunity to join the F-Droid board of directors, which has some influence on policy and strategy for the project. We're not just looking for people who already agree with 100% of what's being done :)
@birdinfire@mstdn.social Well, hopefully we can both agree that reproducible builds (where the binary matches a known good hash no matter who builds or re-builds it) is the best solution here, and F-Droid is helping the effort toward that. Also don't forget that F-Droid is not a centralized technology -- the name does refer to a primary repo, but anyone can stand up their own repo and sign everything with their own key. Besides, which store allows you to pass through your own signature on your upload?
Former shipper and executive director at the Free Software Foundation, now https://alliterativeadvising.com, https://crazyalansemporium.com, and board of directors for https://f-droid.org.
Joined May 2019
