Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa
Joined May 2019
#windowssucks Got on my work computer (fucking Windows 10) this morning, and I noticed that the fonts in some of the applications (not all) were messed up (really pixelated and faint looking). This kicked off a couple of hours in web searching. (Did you know that fucking Microsoft made it so you fucking have to change the fucking registry to change the fucking system font?)
Finally somehow arrived at "Adjust Clear type text", which is of course WTF? This goes through a virtual eye exam.
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Comrade Malik’s Black August Message https://itsgoingdown.org/comrade-maliks-black-august-message/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
@AspiringLuddite @fribbledom The Pet was used in my higher school's computer science class (1981).
My dad's Osbourne was still working a couple of years ago.
@LeoSammallahti @loppear "only take enough [...] the platform" This assumes the delivery isn't part of the coop, otherwise those time and expense costs have to be captured.
There was a recent USA court ruling against one of the 'gig economy' companies that found the drivers to be employees.
It's an interesting problem. Restaurants that provide delivery can roll the delivery costs into the rest of the overhead, and provide "free" delivery. Not an option for courier.
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On Facebook Banning Anarchist and Antifascist Pages & the Digital Censorship to Come https://itsgoingdown.org/on-facebook-banning-anarchist-and-antifascist-pages-the-digital-censorship-to-come/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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The Common Ground Clinic started after Hurricane Katrina in #NewOrleans. Ebony Gustave interviews Magon Jackson about how the project has developed since then.
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I am not surprised, took them long enough...
A Facebook Account Will Be Mandatory for Future Oculus Devices
https://gizmodo.com/facebook-just-told-oculus-users-to-go-get-fucked-1844765573
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Doomsday Report Author: Earth’s Leaders Have Failed
https://futurism.com/the-byte/doomsday-climate-report-leaders-failed #climatechange #climatecrisis #extinction
@mplammers@fosstodon.org No. Those investors are rich enough to invest in better paying funds. 401k funds are chosen to enrich the fund management house, not the workers.
There is no incentive for the fund management to invest in a company using it's services.
The company I work for had a 12% layoff, not because they were in dire need, but because investors were concerned with current profit levels. #ftfy #fuckcapitalism
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When the US @HHSGov stripped @CDCgov of its control over infectious disease data about patients, it announced plans to collect, use, share, and store much more personal data than CDC ever had. We filed comments in opposition. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/no-expanded-hhs-surveillance-covid-19-patients
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WOW!!!!!
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR:)
A search engine for #peertube
"PeerTube Index is a centralized search engine for PeerTube videos. We run a crawler that visits PeerTube instances to find videos and new instances. All found videos are made searchable by their name. We exclude videos marked as Not Safe For Work (NSFW) for now.
This site is not affiliated to Framasoft, the maintainer of the PeerTube software. "
How Northern California's Police Intelligence Center Tracked Protests https://theintercept.com/2020/08/17/blueleaks-california-ncric-black-lives-matter-protesters/
Massachusetts State Party Leader Told College Democrats to Destroy Communication Records https://theintercept.com/2020/08/17/alex-morse-massachusetts-college-democrats-destroy-records/
Trump Is Trying to Put Us on War Footing with China. It’s Up to the Left to Stop It. - On the dangers of the Right’s new China scare https://inthesetimes.com/article/china-gop-trump-biden-coronavirus-cold-war-sinophobia
@ruff How do we know a trend was being tracked? Why weren't all incoming students and staff tested?
When you swell a population shouldn't you expect a corresponding increase?
I was just commenting that studies have shown that COVID-19 cases may be being underreported by 10x due to asymptomatic cases and a lack of testing.
People who think Trump is end of world but might not be willing to risk voting in person. ???
Postal Service does need protection from GOP, but is it being used as a diversion to foil progressive needs of the country from gaining media time?
”177 cases of the dangerous pathogen had been confirmed among students, out of hundreds tested."
"hundreds" tested
They probably have at least 1,770 cases out of the thousands not tested.
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All the more reason to take control over your own location data and how it's shared, instead of hoping proprietary software funded by your data is operating in your best interests (it isn't): https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/secret-service-other-agencies-buy-access-to-mobile-phone-location-data/ #privacy
I'd like to see a graph of 3GLs vs. software quality and software productivity. My thesis is that it would be two level lines.
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa
Joined May 2019
