Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

#coreboot will be present at #froscon with a booth! And we will do some live hacking :)

We would love to talk with you about latest open source #firmware developments. See you there! 😊

Please buy A.I., it is very stupid. https://brianmcfadden.org/2024/08/09/sam-altmans-a-i-bubble-burstin-blowout/

@jerry did an interesting writeup on patterns of racist and other bigoted harassment on Mastodon: https://social.coop/@jerry@infosec.exchange/112887084723376570

The writeup is gives a description of what the recurring dynamics look like from the vantage point of an instance moderator.

I feel like this probably isn't the complete story of racist dynamics on Mastodon, but it's an important pattern for users to be aware of.

CNN is not a reputable source for reporting on South American elections.

If they are presenting rounding as evidence, that means they don't have any real evidence.

https://dissidentvoice.org/2024/08/cnns-fraudulent-analysis-of-fraud-in-the-venezuelan-presidential-election/

Latest reminder that if you buy something that the maker calls "smart" you are setting yourself up for being ripped off.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/smart-sous-vide-cooker-to-start-charging-2-month-for-10-year-old-companion-app/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

I go out of my way to avoid "smart" stuff -- but it's increasingly difficult to find.

Someone will make a lot of money when they open a store that sells things that purchasers fully own.

Long-term goal: retake the phrase “good enough for government work” as a shorthand for the rigorous standards that government agencies [rarely, but increasingly often] impose on custom software projects' quality.

As in, "sure, your code is good, but is it good enough for government work?”

It’s one of the bloodiest wars of the modern era—but the vast majority of casualties are civilians on one side. You can decide what to call that.

#politics #war #gaza #israel https://journa.host/@fulelo/112968125898624163

Dear universe,

I should not need Adobe software in order to sign a form.

Signed,
Me

P.S. Have you maybe noticed that electronic signatures are kind of a load of nonsense anyway?

According to xenophobic politicians all over, but particularly in America, immigrants are simultaneously lazy freeloading rapist criminals who murder and peddle drugs AND ALSO are taking all the legit American jobs (more than 100% of them if Cheeto Mussolini is to be believed). 🙄

Unrelated but it's a feature of fascism to present its enemies as being both weak and strong, disorganised and mighty, clueless and all-knowing at the same time and depending on the context.

#NoBordersNoWalls

So following Doctorow's links I find in Wilholts comment where he states this law, a statement for the counterpoint equally well stated -
"So this tells us what anti-conservatism must be: the proposition that the law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone, and cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone."

Worth repeating. Certainly reflects our current government -
Wilhoit's law, "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect"
https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/15/private-law/

An old Verizon demo app lurking deep in stock Android creates exposure for almost all Pixel phones. A fix from Google is coming but hasn't been pushed yet. And Palantir says it is concerned enough about the situation to ban all corporate Android devices https://www.wired.com/story/google-android-pixel-showcase-vulnerability/

Apropos to recent events in the literary world, I have written a long essay on why a) you should not idolize creative people, b) come to think of it, you shouldn't idolize anyone, c) holy fuck you really should not idolize ME.

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2024/08/15/please-dont-idolize-me-or-anyone-really/

Harris' (apparent) proposal to make a crime out of grocery "price gouging" could be a major unforced error.

The details will tell us, but we haven't seen an actual plan yet.

What we need is to break up the monopolies and cartels that run pretty much every sector of our economy and restore true competition.

Granular interference with markets won't cut it.

She Wrote an Op-Ed Criticizing Biden on Gaza. The Justice Department Accused Her of Breaking the Law: A federal watchdog ruled that a DOJ employee’s article in The Hill did not violate the Hatch Act.

Story by Shawn Musgrave in @theintercept

https://theintercept.com/2024/08/14/gaza-justice-department-hatch-act/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=theintercept

Remembering Kony 2012