Sidepocket @Sidepocket@mastodon.social

@AvvieLanche @volt4ire Might be easier to get the EU to do some antitrust enforcement.

Also people donating to Mozilla probably need have a vote in electing a board of directors.

“a huge part of the reason for Google’s ‘investment’ in Mozilla was antitrust insurance. Mozilla continuing to exist made Chrome not the only remaining web browser, and that kept certain wolves at bay. Google has decided that they don’t need to buy antitrust insurance any more“ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2020/09/this-is-a-pretty-dire-assessment-of-mozilla/

the best thing about having a dual xeon and rx580 computer is i can once again relive the days when i had a pentium 4 3ghz and use it as a space heater in the winter!

yes i really used to do this

yes it really worked

yes this computer can dissipate nearly 600w under load which is just shy of what i run space heaters at anyway

Here Is Everything We Know About Dangerous Asteroids As of Now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72396ikRbgM

at least the dinosaur killers have almost all been found and they only hit the Earth between 1 and 300 million years.

Apparently Israel has its own version of Kim Dotcom https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israeli-streaming-site-is-a-bastion-of-pirate-politics-and-a-pro-bibi-stronghold-1.9073106

Windows Defender can now no longer be disabled. Didn't want to run a power, memory, and disk hogging AV that doesn't catch much? Too bad. Why is "double down on everything awful" always the Microsoft policy? I'm sure there will be hacks, but come on.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/malware-can-no-longer-disable-microsoft-defender-via-the-registry/

I am really regretting not buying a pine tab or phone when they were in stock.

You made it to Friday, congratulations!

Let's celebrate this evening at the 'Emperor Norton Coffee Hour' that kicks off our pre-weekend #CircusInPlace video chat.

The #clowns will be there with their #coffee at 7pm (UTC-5), and at the request of some international friends will remain awake far past anything that could sanely be called a bedtime.

Come say hello, and see the tricks we've been working on!

https://meet.jit.si/CircusHomeGym

i MAY have a fix for jellyfin's inept handling of DBZ...

had another jellyfin user post screenshots of their formatting and the result in jellyfin so in going to try that

Sounded like Blackhawks just flew over toward Bowman Field or Downtown.

There were multiple, maybe 2... no visual. Way bigger than the normal choppers around here.

Man, I miss Hunter S. Thompson at times like this.

Is there a bail fund for Detroit, MI folks?

/me needs to spread some ❤️

Our newest webinar on COVID-19, harm reduction and safer sex is out now! https://youtu.be/uH2Koj1sJPA

It turns out that the 'hacking attempt' claimed by Georgia's governor in 2018 was a security test the state requested itself https://news.slashdot.org/story/20/05/30/017257/2018-hacking-attempt-claimed-by-georgia-was-a-security-test-theyd-requested-themselves