keverets @keverets@librem.one

Solar is now 'cheapest electricity in history', confirms IEA':
https://www.carbonbrief.org/solar-is-now-cheapest-electricity-in-history-confirms-iea

#RenewableEnergy #SolarPower #IEA

Sneak Peek of the Next PureOS Release on the Librem 5

"With the next release of PureOS, code-named Byzantium, just around the corner, let’s give you a sneak peek of what you can look forward to."

https://puri.sm/posts/sneak-peek-of-the-next-pureos-release-on-the-librem-5/

#librem5 #pureos

Parliament Seating Arrangements. http://dlvr.it/RxxM8c

Wondering if Chrome is leaking more info derived from your browsing history for advertising purposes? Visit [https://amifloced.org].

Is it a pokemon or big data?
http://pixelastic.github.io/pokemonorbigdata/

Using #Firefox' #HTTPS-only mode for some days (or weeks?) now and I'm surprised how rarely I get… cough… that legacy protocol…

Something good to tell about 2021, I guess! 😊

(You can easily enable it in the settings: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/https-only-prefs)

Spent half an hour on an updated "If Dave Dies - Computer Stuff" sheet, in case my wife suddenly finds herself without me.

If you're a nerd like me with a non-nerd spouse/partner, and have family documents, photos, music etc. on a Linux machine maybe with encrypted backups etc. it's worth an hour or so a month making sure they have multiple ways and instructions of how to get those things relatively simply.

> The power to target is the power to discriminate. By definition, targeted ads allow advertisers to reach some kinds of people while excluding others. A targeting system may be used to decide who gets to see job postings or loan offers just as easily as it is to advertise shoes.

Well said.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/03/googles-floc-terrible-idea

A few days ago I had an idea for a simple e-ink project and found Inkplate - an Open Hardware design with ESP32 and recycled Kindle displays.

Programmed it to wake up daily at midnight to download a PGM image over WiFi (https://gitlab.com/dos1/kartka) from a server which checks some stuff like trash collection schedule. Should last years on a single battery charge.

Check it out if you look for a super approachable way to build some e-ink stuff! https://inkplate.io/

Dear Spotify: don’t manipulate our emotions for profit

Take a stand against Spotify
's recent speech-recognition patent that claims to detect “emotional state, gender, age, or accent” to recommend music.

Music services shouldn't be using covert surveillance in their products.

https://www.accessnow.org/spotify-tech-emotion-manipulation/

Half a billion users. https://www.businessinsider.com/stolen-data-of-533-million-facebook-users-leaked-online-2021-4

You can now drop Google on your phone for /e/ OS, which is using Nextcloud to backup and let you share your data! https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/google-free-e-os-is-now-selling-pre-loaded-phones-in-the-us-starting-at-380/

"Do you Really Want Linux Phones?" A very good article about the recent developments, and the ongoing fragmentation we see on PinePhone instead of polish:
https://blog.brixit.nl/do-you-really-want-linux-phones/ #linux #smartphone #pinephone #librem

This is not consent. Amazon drivers should not be forced to submit to biometric surveillance as a condition of keeping their jobs. https://twitter.com/LaurenKGurley/status/1374114988391022606

I assumed that if GPT-3 generated pickup lines, they would be terrible because they would be something like human pickup lines. Instead, they are terrible for more delightful reasons.
https://janellecshane.substack.com/p/gpt-3-tries-pickup-lines?r=1lic4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy