In the we'll buy anything they're selling us department, it looks like the company I work for is moving from TFS to Azure DevOps, which appears to be TFS in a new wrapper. #microsoftsucks
Saw an article on trust and autonomous devices that stated, 'hence, why we're supposed to keep our hands on the wheel of self-driving cars and follow traffic laws'. Considering how oversteering probably makes most accidents worse, this sounds like a bad premise. Maybe just having a steering wheel as placebo is the better tactic. On 'follow traffic laws', shouldn't a self driving car already do that?
Five of 2020's Top Climate Grifters
https://earther.gizmodo.com/five-of-2020s-top-climate-grifters-1845803712 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate
Where can I buy DRM-free e-books?
If you're wondering where you can browse amazing e-books that don't need additional software, devices, or accounts to read, here's a list!
"We, as a society, need to stop criminalizing poverty, addiction, and mental health issues - we need to stop sending people into institutions that we know exacerbate these and other issues. We can come up with other systems that are not born out of racist ideologies and capitalistic strategies to profit off of mostly black and brown bodies in cages. That is part of the effort of The Compost #Cooperative"
https://geo.coop/articles/pathway-meaningful-work-former-inmates
#BC: Power Lines Feeding #LNG Facility Sabotaged -- A statement from a few who aim to shut down #Canada - Read more: https://enoughisenough14.org/2020/12/08/bc-power-lines-feeding-lng-facility-sabotaged-a-statement-from-a-few-who-aim-to-shut-down-canada/ #shutdowncanada #decolonize #antireport
Naomi Klein article, The Great Reset Conspiracy Smoothie. "The Great Reset is an attempt to create a plausible impression that the huge winners in this system are on the verge of voluntarily setting greed aside to get serious about solving the raging crises that are radically destabilizing our world." https://theintercept.com/2020/12/08/great-reset-conspiracy/
The curse of 'white oil': electric vehicles' dirty secret https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/dec/08/the-curse-of-white-oil-electric-vehicles-dirty-secret-lithium
Think Donald Trump's popularity is an oddity? Think again.
Nearly 70% of smart TVs and 46% of game consoles were found to contain hardcoded DNS settings - allowing them to simply ignore your local network’s DNS server entirely.
On average, Smart TVs generate an average of 60 megabytes of outgoing Internet traffic per day, all the while bypassing tools like PiHole - and DNS filters.
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Taken as a whole, these orders do nothing short of breaking the Internet. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/wechat-case-us-government-doesnt-care-if-it-breaks-internet
The vaccine must be free. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/04/lengthening-patent-terms-10-years-exactly-wrong-response-covid-19
Amazon Asks Its Advertisers to Consider Being a Bit More Invasive
https://gizmodo.com/amazon-asks-its-advertisers-to-consider-being-a-bit-mor-1845812027 #amazon #bigtech #privacy #security
Watch Live TV on Linux With Hypnotix: New IPTV App from Mint
https://itsfoss.com/hypnotix-iptv-app/
Tell the Senate not to bankrupt Internet users and enable copyright trolls. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-the-senate-don-t-let-a-quasi-court-bankrupt-internet-users-03509896-af6c-4f29-9f1c-e13782b1ef16
#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