“Before Twitter, before algorithmic timelines filtered our reality for us, before surveillance capitalism, there was RSS: Really Simple Syndication … As we move away from the centralised web to the peer web, it’s time to rediscover, re-embrace, and reclaim RSS.”

https://ar.al/2018/06/29/reclaiming-rss/

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**Blaise Thompson** · Jul 02, 2018, 13:45

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**HN Tooter** @hntooter@mastodon.social · Jul 02, 2018, 13:45

How much does a tech bro cost?
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/ng-interactive/2018/jul/02/how-much-does-a-tech-bro-cost

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**Blaise Thompson** · Jun 12, 2018, 23:00

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**Ginny McQueen 🌻** @GinnyMcQueen@kitty.town · Jun 12, 2018, 23:00

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT Show more

**Blaise Thompson** · May 17, 2018, 06:18

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**Diane** @alienghic@octodon.social · May 17, 2018, 06:18

I got my first post solar panel electric bill. It's for -56 dollars.

I can leave it as a credit in case we use more power in another billing cycle or if the credit is over 50 dollars I can ask for a check.

**Blaise Thompson** · May 17, 2018, 16:59

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**satchmoz** @satchmoz@mastodon.sdf.org · May 17, 2018, 16:59

The good work over on the "okreader" project is kind of amazing to me.

They have hacked away at a few kobo readers and made them virtually blob free barring wifi and the eink display controller.

No DRM, no other proprietary software. No vertically integrated store. No gaping spots in the UI begging for other proprietary services to be turned on.

Everything I want in an eReader.

https://github.com/lgeek/okreader

**Blaise Thompson** · May 15, 2018, 13:12

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**æon** @aeonofdiscord@icosahedron.website · May 15, 2018, 13:12

this is security theatre https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/05/nautilus-remove-ability-launch-binaries-apps

**Blaise Thompson** @untzag@mastodon.social · May 14, 2018, 02:24

**Blaise Thompson** @untzag@mastodon.social · May 14, 2018, 02:24

@mallaidh sorry I followed you without asking first I always do that before noticing

I wish my client allowed me to retract a follow request

Anyway you just seem like the kind of person I want to follow---I'm just a lurker tho

**Blaise Thompson** · May 12, 2018, 13:28

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**neil** @neil@social.coop · May 12, 2018, 13:28

Aside from keeping patched and up-to-date, what are your tips and techniques for staying secure on Android device?

#qotd #android #security

**Blaise Thompson** · May 09, 2018, 22:50

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**Resident hypertext crank** @enkiv2@eldritch.cafe · May 09, 2018, 22:50

hot take:
documents should never have an embedded turing-complete language that runs automatically or without the informed consent of the user.

**Blaise Thompson** · May 01, 2018, 18:50

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**josef** @jk@mastodon.social · May 01, 2018, 18:50

Human Brain Users' Group

**Blaise Thompson** · Apr 30, 2018, 18:07

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**Allison Parrish** @aparrish@mastodon.social · Apr 30, 2018, 18:07

wtf is up with this design pattern on web apps where there are huge text fields for username and password on the home page and so you type in your username and password only to realize that the button below it says "Create an account!" and then you have to hunt for the tiny "ˢⁱᵍⁿ ⁱⁿ" button in the upper right-hand corner in order to actually sign in to your existing account?

**Blaise Thompson** · Apr 26, 2018, 23:16

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**ＧＯ！Online‼** @kibi@glitch.social · Apr 26, 2018, 23:16

@natecull i don't know if you will find this interesting or not, but did you know there is currently an outstanding proposal (which looks like it will probably find support) for encoding PETSCII into unicode: http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17435r-terminals-prop.pdf