Dmitry Borodaenko @angdraug@mastodon.social

Variables don't. Constants aren't. The unlikely is certain.

Evidence: the less press freedom there is in a country, the less noise there is in the country's #SARSCoV2 daily infection counts. This is statistically significant at the p < 0.05 level.

Interpretation: less press freedom => more faking of "open" governmental data: SARS-CoV-2 counts.

Comments welcome on draft revision (81da1ae): https://upload.disroot.org/r/30FUcbz0#UMQDmAL99KVMezwpSP8MvfU44cp9Ma4Tui0l52DhICc=

https://arXiv.org/abs/2007.11779 = https://zenodo.org/record/4432080 = https://codeberg.org/boud/subpoisson

#OpenData #OpenScience #FreePress #RSF #COVID19 #Epidemiology

here's a MASSIVE post with a great collection of telemetry guidelines in Free/Open Source Software:
https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/835#issuecomment-835513964

"The opacity of the larger supply chain for computation in general, and AI in particular, is part of a long-established business model of extracting value from the commons and avoiding restitution for the lasting damage."

(from "Atlas of AI")

All requests handled by #keyoxide now kindly tell google to #floc off!

https://cleanuptheweb.org

Leonid Volkov explains what is happening to Navalny organisation after it was declared "extremist" - local branches will stop being "Navalny branches" and become 100% independent political organisations.

I think importance of this transition cannot be overstated - Navalny movement already holds on thousands of local activists, who are very close to the people and highlight issues such as infrastructure, roads, waste management, spatial planning etc.

https://tvrain.ru/teleshow/fishman_vechernee_shou/volkov-529229/

@isagalaev Consider this as an analogue of discussions in other domains.

We know that the influenza virus exists. We know that there are non-human reservoir pools (it co-evolves in birds and swine, if not other animals as well).

What we've determined here is that if you disrupt the conditions necessary for it to propagate among humans you can virtually eliminate it within the human population, and reduce deaths by 97%.

As an analogue, we know that the viewpoints, thoughts, and expressions that occur via algorithmic social media exist without it. But somehow the addition of that highly-effective and "engagement-generating" distribution system has overwhelmingly toxic effects.

(Both viruses and memes are information transmission under selective pressure with behavioural consequences.)

@kravietz

Realization: Blockchain tech isn't actually decentralized. It's so staggeringly wastefully inefficient that it can't run on less than millions of machines, but the result is still a monobloc of data outside of individual users' control.

"Installation: we recommend that you use Docker."

what I'm supposed to see: "hey, it's a simple one-liner! Such clean install, much wow."

what I actually see: "we couldn't figure out how to install this thing on anything but our own machine, but hey, here is a well-compressed image of our entire disk, use this instead so that we can stop trying"

Debian Installer Bullseye RC 1 release https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2021/04/msg00011.html

Comparison of Russia Today coverage of Derek Chauvin trial for international and internal audience by @zanyfen@twitter.com

Some great advice in this article on @conservancy's site by @sagesharp:

"When you apologize, invest substantial time and consideration to determine what part of your behavior caused harm, and what similar behavior might also cause harm."

https://mastodon.technology/@conservancy/106098823559260765

Delete Chrome. Now.

Google is using its exceptionally powerful position to make *the browser itself* analyze your browsing behavior and serve that on a plate in the form of "cohorts" to anyone interested.

They are transforming Chrome into a "browsing-history-passport" - right now.

If you care about your intellectual freedom even a little bit, you must put Chrome out of your life as soon as possible. Support others doing the same.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/03/google-testing-its-controversial-new-ad-targeting-tech-millions-browsers-heres

#DeleteChrome

Thread 🧵 of 501(c)(3) public charities you can support instead of the FSF, if you care about its mission: