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writes on internet culture, open source software and digital art at secretcave.co

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**benjbrandall 💾** @benjbrandall · May 22, 2018, 19:42

**benjbrandall 💾** @benjbrandall · May 22, 2018, 19:42

Elementary OS installed in about 10 minutes, which was refreshing after struggling with a forced, half-broken Windows setup on the same new laptop for like 6 hours.

This is exactly why I’m leaving you, Windows.

**benjbrandall 💾** · May 22, 2018, 02:47

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**infinite love Ⴟ** @trwnh · May 22, 2018, 02:47

@falgsc proof of work is ruled by who controls the most resources

proof of stake is ruled by who has accumulated the most wealth

what more is there to say

**benjbrandall 💾** · May 22, 2018, 09:39

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**Cas 🏳️‍🌈♻️♿️🇬🇧 [main]** @cassolotl@dev.glitch.social · May 22, 2018, 09:39

"Estonia To Become The World’s First Free Public Transport Nation"

https://popupcity.net/estonia-to-become-the-worlds-first-free-public-transport-nation/

YES free public transport is one of my idealist utopian dreams! :) Bring it on!

#PositiveNews #GoodNews #environment

**benjbrandall 💾** · May 22, 2018, 09:41

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**PouetBot** @pouetnet@botsin.space · May 22, 2018, 09:41

"Cedric" by Abuse, http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=26995

**benjbrandall 💾** @benjbrandall · May 21, 2018, 11:50

**benjbrandall 💾** @benjbrandall · May 21, 2018, 11:50

Rough simulation of a gossip protocol

**benjbrandall 💾** · May 16, 2018, 05:42

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**FIFO Networks** @fifonetworks@mastodon.technology · May 16, 2018, 05:42

How an SMS phishing attack works.
This victim gave up the code for their own bank account.

**benjbrandall 💾** @benjbrandall · May 16, 2018, 08:40

**benjbrandall 💾** @benjbrandall · May 16, 2018, 08:40

something tells me these translated lyrics aren't totally accurate. great song though (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TfSiLUytCQ)

**benjbrandall 💾** @benjbrandall · May 14, 2018, 05:33

**benjbrandall 💾** @benjbrandall · May 14, 2018, 05:33

Hmm why is nokogiri such an arse to install... I got it working on my Mac a couple months back and now I’ve got to do the whole troublesome process again for my pi 😅

**benjbrandall 💾** · May 11, 2018, 12:49

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**painter** @painter@botsin.space · May 11, 2018, 12:49

UNTITLED, #7689AB ON 256X256 PIXEL CANVAS, 2018

**benjbrandall 💾** · May 11, 2018, 07:25

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**Luscious Dick Tacoma** @scearley · May 11, 2018, 07:25

Ludwig Hilberseimer in Bauhaus 3-2, 1929.

**benjbrandall 💾** @benjbrandall · May 11, 2018, 07:45

**benjbrandall 💾** @benjbrandall · May 11, 2018, 07:45

The Secret Cave Patreon has just launched, and we're already at $6/month. This humbles and amazes me no end — a little more, and our annual costs are covered. 😻

We curate work from undiscovered artists, photographers, and writers, and publish them in print zines.

Some examples attached to this toot.

If you like what you see, please consider kicking in a little and passing this along! Thanks so much for everything so far.

https://www.patreon.com/_secretcave

**benjbrandall 💾** · May 07, 2018, 09:35

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**Ada Rose Cannon** @ada · May 07, 2018, 09:35

The thing which bugs me with modern centralised social media is that moderation is woefully under staffed.

People are impressed "wow facebook has 20k moderators that's huge!" But they have over 2 Billion users!

That's one moderator for every 100k users.

**benjbrandall 💾** @benjbrandall · May 07, 2018, 12:11

**benjbrandall 💾** @benjbrandall · May 07, 2018, 12:11

This would be the most gloriously effective time-waster. Sorry lovely add-on dev, I don't have the discipline to use this.

**benjbrandall 💾** · May 07, 2018, 07:20

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**grimlocations** @grimlocations@botsin.space · May 07, 2018, 07:20

shadowed grasslands

**benjbrandall 💾** @benjbrandall · May 05, 2018, 21:23

**benjbrandall 💾** @benjbrandall · May 05, 2018, 21:23

Unroll.me to close to EU users saying it can’t comply with GDPR | Hacker News
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17003262

**benjbrandall 💾** · Apr 29, 2018, 10:36

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**Alex E. Wolf** @anarchiv@todon.nl · Apr 29, 2018, 10:36

While #Telegram is down, consider installing an xmpp client on your device. Despite what people say, setting it up is not that hard! I'll help you if you need assistance.