Joseph Nuthalapati @njoseph@social.masto.host

The darkest of UX patterns. Interrupt what people actually want to see (their feed) with a thing that sounds like it’s good, with a big obvious blue button that will make it go away, while uninformed users are actually “opting in” to invasive, privacy-destroying tracking.

RT @chrismlacy@twitter.com

Is this a question? Because it doesn't seem like I'm able to say "no".

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/chrismlacy/status/1152157191652048896

The second talk about #FreedomBox at #DebConf is titled, "Running your FreedomBox over Tor" and is by Nathan Willis.

This talk will teach you how to "combine the user freedom of FreedomBox with the anonymity of the Tor network." Check it out!

Details: https://debconf19.debconf.org/talks/38-running-your-freedombox-over-tor/

The clock strikes five... #pinebookpro

Just did a quick writeup of the first functions I wrote in #Elixir! Just standard #fp / #FunctionalProgramming stuff, but it's a beautiful language!

https://nora.codes/post/simple-elixir-functions/

If you want to give Rust & GTK a try, here's a simple template boilerplate for you. Bonus: it uses Meson to build the application, Flatpak to bundle it and has a Gitlab CI to create nightlies for you and a bunch of nice stuff.

https://gitlab.gnome.org/bilelmoussaoui/gtk-rust-template

@sir just out of curiosity, why this and not build out from an existing free code Minecraft clone like #Minetest? I presume you have reasons and I'd love a peek into your thinking here.
@Wolf480pl

Good morning! I'm Gerrit. #intro #introductions

I'm into decentralized networks, open source hardware, modular design, distributed manufacturing, appropriate technology and solarpunk.

I spend most of my time liberating data from diabetes devices like insulin pumps and blood glucose meters, writing open-source software for tidepool.org.

I would like to spend more time growing food and building hardware to support that, and I hope to find inspiration here in the Merveilles.town community.

Crap Wifi in hotels makes you appreciate text media and ignore images and avoid websites that take long to load. If you can’t display shit after three seconds I guess I’m not the target audience after all.

"When Eugène Poubelle introduced the garbage can in 1884, he was criticized in the French newspapers for meddling with the ragpickers' livelihoods."

This is what happens when you tie survival to labor.

Hey, please, stop using Captcha or Recaptcha or whatever the hell its name is. Why would you compromise access to your site to a third-party technology?

Statewide Man-In-The-Middle - The government of #Kazakhstan introduced a new security law which forces its people to install a state owned root certificate, effectively subverting all https-connections: https://www.zdnet.com/article/kazakhstan-government-is-now-intercepting-all-https-traffic/

I'm making an #ActivityPub compliant (and #IndieWeb friendly) web server for myself in #Elisp, by-the-by:

https://emsenn.neocities.org/suros.html

#Emacs /is/ a fine operating system.

Physicians make a strong case for official low-carb advice to the advisory committee for the Dietary Guidelines for Americans https://www.dietdoctor.com/physicians-make-a-strong-case-for-official-low-carb-advice

#FreeRadical blog: "Dropping weedis.life"

The weedis.life domain seems to be a ghost ship that is intent on DoSing users by sending them a million follow notices. I’ve suspended them.

https://blog.freeradical.zone/dropping-weedis-life/

(posted at Sat, 20 Jul 2019 15:08:17 +0000)

#Sandisk ultra A1, class 10 32gb microsd doesn't work with #raspberry pi 4. For everybody's information.

If you want to have your own #PixelFed instance but don't want to do any of the technical stuff, there's a managed hosting service you can use called #Spacebear:

https://app.spacebear.ee

You can follow Spacebear on here:

@support

(They also provide #PeerTube instances.)

#Instagram #Alternatives

Why is software created using taxpayers’ money not released as Free Software?

* Tax savings: Similar applications don't have to be programmed from scratch every time.

* Collaboration: Major projects can share expertise and costs.

* Serving the public: Applications paid by the public should be available for everyone.

* Fostering innovation: With transparent processes, others don't have to reinvent the wheel.

#democracy #democratic #politics #freesoftware

https://publiccode.eu/

This is a fantastic long read from Valentina Pavel via @privacyint

"If we keep our focus primarily on figuring out data ownership, we face the risk of sidetracking the discussion onto a very questionable path. This is an open invitation to develop new language for clearer conversations and to better shape our demands for the future we want to see." #scenario4 #datarights

https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3088/our-data-future

Pro-tip: If you want to read something later either:

1) Print it to a PDF and drop that into a read_review folder
2) Add the link into your next actions list
3) Make a bookmark

in order of usefulness / ease of use.

Honestly, if I came up behind you and closed your browser you shouldn't want to kill me for closing your tabs. Give yourself the mental break from seeing all of that crap in your face at all times.

#productivity #firefox #chrome

criminalize DRM