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
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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
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
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.
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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
I'm short on time -- can I just put the Emergen-C *in* the whiskey?
We need your help to advance user freedom on mobile devices -- if you are interested and have a few hours a month to contribute to building a solid organizational base to support the worldwide F-Droid community's amazing work, please nominate yourself (or another willing person) for the F-Droid board of directors: https://f-droid.org/2024/02/28/help-advance-mobile-device-user-freedom-nominate-candidates-for-the-f-droid-board-of-directors.html
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My partner plays drums in a band called E, which is releasing a new album, "Living Waters" on April 23rd, 2024 on the Silver Rocket label. (They're going to be touring Europe this summer, too!)
Check out the video for "Fully Remote" the first single which is now up at https://abandcallede.bandcamp.com/track/fully-remote-3
#BandcampFriday
Starting "Hello, the Roses" by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge #poetry
"Four year old girl" was very influential on me during my MFA program, but inexplicably haven't read anything by her since, until now.
Apparently marijuana is in fact not a gateway drug: https://npr.org/2024/02/26/1233856049/police-dogs-across-ohio-discovered-their-skills-are-obsolete
also sounds like these dogs need a union to guarantee cross-training opportunities when their jobs are made obsolete
When we don't study Seinfeld, we are doomed to repeat it: https://www.npr.org/2024/02/25/1233819686/the-mlbs-new-uniforms-arent-a-hit
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Difficult for a job ad to have a red flag in every sentence, but not impossible apparently.
Finished "Midwood" by Jana Prikryl, for the second time. Good #poems, especially the namesake series within, but I think "The After Party" by her was even gooder.
I wasn't sure I was going to be up for baking bread with my work schedule this week, but I feel suddenly motivated https://www.dailydot.com/debug/king-arthur-baking-dei-competition/ -- King me.
The funniest thing to me about this case is the suggestion that Cox customers had any meaningful choice as to who their ISP was at all: https://www.engadget.com/appeals-court-overturns-1-billion-copyright-lawsuit-against-cox-130810427.html
Cox's defense should absolutely be "our customers didn't choose us because we were soft on copyright infringement -- our customers didn't choose us at all!"
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
