how much of internet traffic is just garbage being moved around do you think? spam and newsletter emails nobody will read, mail to wrong addresses and error return mail, pings no one is watching, join and part messages from silent IRC channels.

i feel like i live in a churning garbage dump.

**magni** @magni@mastodon.social · Oct 18, 2020, 01:42

**magni** @magni@mastodon.social · Oct 18, 2020, 01:42

Oct 18, 2020, 01:42

magni @magni@mastodon.social

"While the full extent of the damage is unknown, if not repaired soon it could sink and spell environmental disaster, polluting turquoise seas along the vast coastline of Venezuela and several neighboring Caribbean nations, government critics and maritime experts say." https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/damaged-venezuelan-oil-tanker-drawing-international-concern-72779229

**magni** · Oct 15, 2020, 20:21

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**Jason** @peregrine@merveilles.town · Oct 15, 2020, 20:21

Oct 15, 2020, 20:21

Jason @peregrine@merveilles.town

A free font, HyperLegible from the Braille institue. https://www.brailleinstitute.org/freefont for those with poor vision and to be unambiguous

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**magni** · Sep 30, 2020, 14:38

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**socketwench** @socketwench@hackers.town · Sep 30, 2020, 14:38

Sep 30, 2020, 14:38

socketwench @socketwench@hackers.town

Old programmer wisdom:

"Fix someone's program, they're happy for a day. Teach someone to program and they're never happy again."

**magni** · Oct 06, 2020, 12:30

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**Dallin Crump** @dallin@librem.one · Oct 06, 2020, 12:30

Oct 06, 2020, 12:30

Dallin Crump @dallin@librem.one

T2 security chip on Macs can be hacked to plant malware; cannot be patched

https://9to5mac.com/2020/10/06/t2-security-chip-on-macs-can-be-hacked-to-plant-malware-cannot-be-patched/

TL;DR: all recent macOS devices are no longer safe to use if left alone, even if you have them powered down.

- The root of trust on macOS is inherently broken
- They can bruteforce your FileVault2 volume password
- They can alter your macOS installation
- They can load arbitrary kernel extensions

#security #privacy #infosec #apple #macos #macbook #imac

**magni** · Oct 17, 2020, 23:14

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**mathew ✅** @mathew@mastodon.social · Oct 17, 2020, 23:14

Oct 17, 2020, 23:14

mathew ✅ @mathew@mastodon.social

Facebook deliberately choked traffic for leftist web sites.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/17/21520634/facebook-reportedly-choked-traffic-mother-jones-zuckerberg

**magni** @magni@mastodon.social · Oct 17, 2020, 23:25

**magni** @magni@mastodon.social · Oct 17, 2020, 23:25

Oct 17, 2020, 23:25

magni @magni@mastodon.social

I need to find a better instance to be on...

**magni** · Oct 17, 2020, 22:59

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**Conrad Barwa** @ConradBarwa@mastodon.social · Oct 17, 2020, 22:59

Oct 17, 2020, 22:59

Conrad Barwa @ConradBarwa@mastodon.social

Susan Kare, famous graphic artist who designed many of the fonts, icons, and images for Apple, NeXT, Microsoft, and IBM. (1980s)

She also did the playing card art for Windows 3.1′s Solitaire!

💕💕💕

**magni** · Oct 14, 2020, 05:12

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@whiteout@expired.mentality.rip · Oct 14, 2020, 05:12

Oct 14, 2020, 05:12

@whiteout@expired.mentality.rip

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**magni** · Oct 01, 2020, 07:49

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**penny** @penny@cute.science · Oct 01, 2020, 07:49

Oct 01, 2020, 07:49

penny @penny@cute.science

But unironically

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**magni** · Oct 17, 2020, 01:59

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**dozens ✅** @dozens@tiny.tilde.website · Oct 17, 2020, 01:59

Oct 17, 2020, 01:59

dozens ✅ @dozens@tiny.tilde.website

🤦‍♀️ are you kidding me?

IEC, ISO and ITU celebrate World Standards Day on 2020-10-14, but ANSI celebrates the same day a week later.

src: https://gmb.21x2.net/archive/202010/14202230.html

**magni** · Oct 17, 2020, 18:15

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**Warehouse Worker** @WarehouseWorker@botsin.space · Oct 17, 2020, 18:15

Oct 17, 2020, 18:15

Warehouse Worker @WarehouseWorker@botsin.space

Aisle 80094, Shelf 2, Object C9:1D:3B:A8:CF:ED

A cardboard box with "ACME PORTABLE PARTICLE ACCELERATOR" stenciled on the side. It is empty, except for an assembly diagram. A dull box cutter is on the floor nearby.