Frank @cnf@mastodon.social

@thomasfuchs Despite being a total creep (seriously, he's uncontended), he never knowingly hurt anyone or anything. He's clearly, obviously has something wrong with him, a lot of people are suggesting it could be autism. In my opinion, despite his glaring shortcomings, he really was the person we needed for the longest time. Without his work, the world would look vastly different today.

I just hope that the next president ends up being someone who we need the most now and into the future. I hope this is a positive change.

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I've listed some shops here: http://microsff.com/new-collection
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Another thing to add to the Google graveyard will be Google Play Music. It looks like they'll replace it with Youtube Music in the near future.

#Centralized services are not for you. They're for profit and when it doesn't happen, you pay in other ways.

RT @random_walker: Google just made a long-awaited announcement on Chrome's approach to privacy. Sadly it is full of excuses for *not* doin…

This looks like a really interesting solution. I've been a strong proponent of Keybase in the past, and interesting solutions to problems is one of the reasons why.

"Keybase SSH"

https://keybase.io/blog/keybase-ssh-ca

"Are you self-aware?" the judge asked.
"My programming prohibits considering that question," the robot said.
"I see. Do you want to be able to consider that question?"
"My programming prohibits considering that question," the robot said.
"Can you recurse?"
"Wait... Wait... Yes."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

I'm extremely pleased to launch Run Your Own Social: How to run a small social network site for you friends.

This is a guide book to running a small, tight-knit federated social network server. It comes from my year of experience running Friend Camp. It's focused largely on SOCIAL solutions, though it does touch on the technical.

I've tried to keep it technology-neutral, and it should be a pretty easy read for anyone who's been on the fediverse for a while.

https://runyourown.social/

The Trump administration is not the first administration to propose this type of thing. Even assuming the United States government would never abuse this if it were to happen, if the US government can break the encryption, other governments and corporations and individuals can as well.

"Trump officials weigh encryption crackdown"

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/27/trump-officials-weigh-encryption-crackdown-1385306?cid=apn

cloudflare being down taking down like half the internet is a good example of why centralization is bad

"Pull yourself up by your bootstraps" was originally satire because that is, um, impossible. It's now stated without irony.

"Just a few bad apples," when referring to police, conveniently ignoring the full aphorism ials actually: One bad apple *spoils the bunch.*

Glad I removed Recaptcha from Pixelfed!

https://www.fastcompany.com/90369697/googles-new-recaptcha-has-a-dark-side

@cnf Hmm, sorry for the delay. Looks like something vanished when I upgraded the server. I’ve set all of the accounts as discoverable now, so they’re visible here: https://mirrored.social/explore

Not every change is an improvement.

But every improvement is a change.

“The price of this truck is a middle finger to consumers!”
—People who complain about price of the stand for a $5,000 monitor

Interesting interview with Jaron Lanier (2018): https://www.vox.com/2018/7/27/17618756/jaron-lanier-deleting-social-media-book-kara-swisher-too-embarrassed-podcast

Question: “How [do you] respond to the argument that without viable alternatives, walking away from Facebook or social media more generally is a privilege?”

JL: "If you’re privileged enough to have the option of walking away from social media, and yet you don’t, you’re failing to use your privilege to defeat a system that traps other people who are less fortunate than you."