keverets @keverets@librem.one

I need a bunch of historical weather data. After some dead ends, I've found Open-Meteo:

- years of data
- hourly observations
- all the metrics, even weird ones
- downloadable as CSV
- API available
- free for non-commercial use

I'm in total shock. This is the greatest service of all time, and it's been right here all along --> @openmeteo

Canada, let's get real: restricting access to devices like the Flipper Zero will hamper development of strong, secure technologies, and won't solve the problem of car hacking. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/restricting-flipper-zero-accountability-approach-security-canadian-government

How many people do you know that have lost their messaging history on Whatsapp or Signal, photos etc during mobile phone transitions or breakage or through other shenenigans?

With #deltachat you can:

- export "everything" to a file and import it on any of the many different devices

- or just setup a second device through a QR code scan -- which was happily discovered here after an accidental factory reset https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-2066-0695-ca24-081964494389

xz-utils was backdoored by its upstream. Tracked as CVE-2024-3094 and thoroughly documented by vuln discoverer Andres Freund on oss-security@: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4

Raise your hand if you ever made a paper snake out of tear-off tractor-feed margins.

Not only should you NOT provide amazon with your palm print, you should be doing everything you can to keep your finger- and palmprints out of high resolution images, as a whole. (Also your keys, but please tell me you know that already.)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/28/24114499/amazon-one-palm-scanning-mobile-app

Good.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-school-boards-sue-social-media-giants-1.7158033

It me! https://www.whec.com/top-news/consumer-alert-its-time-for-spring-cleaning-and-that-includes-your-digital-footprint/

Dear Excellent Fediversian Who Recommended Timer Pill Bottle Caps: a thousand times thank you! These things are genius. SO many times (just now, for example) the timers have saved my brain-fogged ass from double-dosing. All technology should be this useful.

"I don't like these old sewing machines, they can only do straight stitches. How are you gonna do button holes?!"

Well, 1950's tech had a solution for that.

#sewing #antiqueSewingMachines #antiqueTools

Lyft's new policies should be illegal.

You cannot manage your account, including cancel your membership, or delete your account without the app. The website will log you in, but then tell you that you must use the app.

I decided to cancel my membership and delete my account, because the app also will not work without Google Play Services either. The app will open, show you a notice that you need it, then close.

But putting that aside, you should at least have access to your account without your phone by visiting their website. I had to use someone else's phone just to log in, cancel, and then delete my account.

#Lyft #LyftPink

#Whatsapp is updating it's Terms and conditions again. The problem with #centralized services where everyone from your work or school is on.. There is basically nothing one can do, beside quitting or accepting whatever they come up with.
That's one of the biggest problems with #centralized services, and one of the reasons why I prefer #xmpp and the #fediverse

A stainless steel carbonation cap, used to carbonate liquids in PET soda bottles.

@grimalkina I was having a conversation some years back with someone with a neuroscience PhD and a psych background. I acknowledged that I was feeling real insecurity about having recently joined “a really high performing team”.

She says to me “You know who else is high performing? Dogs in dog shows.”

I will never stop thinking about that.

If your security can be cracked open by a toy the problem is not the toy and the solution is not to ban the toys.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/flipper-zero-makers-respond-to-canadas-harmful-ban-proposal/

There is now an easy-to-use managed hosting service for making your own XMPP/Jabber server. It's run by @snikket_im and is at:

➡️ https://snikket.org

XMPP is a federated instant messaging platform (it looks like Whatsapp but it's federated like Mastodon). It's also end-to-end encrypted as long as everyone in the conversation is using an XMPP app with support for the "OMEMO" standard.

The pricing depends on your region but it's similar to Mastodon server costs.

@xmpp #XMPP #Jabber