Michael Szell<p>As many people here I'm looking to switch from Gmail, github, etc to more reliable non-US tech/services. I like <a href="https://european-alternatives.eu/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">european-alternatives.eu/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>, but EU countries/companies are not necessarily stable either. So, is there a list that ranks services by *resilience*, like to: govt change, billionaire capture, ddos attacks, new laws, bankruptcy,..? Thx!</p>
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Saber JavanmardIs there anything social, political, or otherwise happening or might happen in the world by those in power that you don’t want associated with your name? <br>
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<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/notinmyname?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#notinmyname</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/politicalart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politicalart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/statement?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#statement</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/typography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/lettering?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lettering</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/art?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a>
evacide<p>I'm just going to leave Freedom of the Press Foundation's excellent guide to leaking to the press right here in case anyone happens to need it: <a href="https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/sharing-sensitive-leaks-press/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">freedom.press/digisec/blog/sha</span><span class="invisible">ring-sensitive-leaks-press/</span></a></p>
Dan Sugalski<p>Turns out that LLM summaries are actually useful.</p><p>Not for *summarizing* text -- they're horrible for that. They're weighted statistical models and by their very nature they'll drop the least common or most unusual bits of things. Y'know, the parts of a message that are actually important.</p><p>No, where they're great is as a writing check. If an LLM summary of your work is accurate that indicates what you wrote doesn't really have much interesting information in it and maybe you should try harder.</p>
Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons<p>For those of you still wanting to access TikTok after Jan 19th, give this a look:</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://privacysafe.social/@bitsontape" class="u-url mention">@<span>bitsontape</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://bitsontape.com/p/sticktock-share-tiktok-videos" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bitsontape.com/p/sticktock-sha</span><span class="invisible">re-tiktok-videos</span></a></p>
Neale<p>You don't need a blog, despite what a lot of Mastodon posts would have you believe.</p><p>It's okay to feel like you don't have something the world needs to read. It's okay to save your stories up for when you encounter people in real life. It's okay to write things down in a private diary.</p><p>What's not okay is recording important information in closed-off spaces like Discord or Facebook. If you have knowledge that could benefit others, please do get a blog.</p>
Simon B. Støvring<p>Apple is knowingly spreading misinformation. Period.</p><p>There's enough historical data to test Apple Intelligence and conclude that it generates absurdly incorrect summaries before launching it. Apple shipped it to millions of people with this knowledge.</p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/13/24320689/apple-intelligence-summary-bbc-news-unitedhealthcare-luigi-mangione" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/2024/12/13/243206</span><span class="invisible">89/apple-intelligence-summary-bbc-news-unitedhealthcare-luigi-mangione</span></a></p>
Ian Campbell<p>Hello friends, I've seen the below image come up a few times elsewhere and am going to expound a little! </p><p>While the hyperlinks in the image display correctly, those aren't actually the addresses of those sites! Instead, they're the Internationalized Domain Name replacements - examples of what are called IDN Homograph Attacks.</p><p>It's incredibly hard to include all characters from all active alphabets in the mechanisms that resolve domain names - so currently that letter set is restricted, and instead uses a translation system called Punycode to move between a visual URL with the correct characters and a domain name your computer can actually resolve to a website. </p><p>So while neurovagrant[.]com is fine either way, nӘ̃urovagrant[.]com isn't! The actually domain would be xn--nurovagrant-rkg322d[.]com.</p><p>Notice that xn-- ! That's what tells browsers and other software that it's an IDN domain, and to try and translate it.</p><p>Attackers use this to their benefit. So:</p><p>xn--mcrosoft-security-teams-1ec[.]com can appear in your email, on your twitter feed, in other places visually as: mícrosoft-security-teams[.]com</p><p>You may think you're signing in to check your retirement at vanguarɗ[.]com but it's actually sent you to xn--vanguar-4cd[.]com</p><p>A link that appears as vḙnmo[.]com actually sends you to the website xn--vnmo-q64a[.]com </p><p>They even target kids! Take a look at xn--rblox-jua[.]com - which looks like röblox[.]com in most settings. Note the diacritical mark above the first o.</p><p>If anything looks off, there's a reason. Always view links with skepticism, don't click on things unnecessarily, and always sign into the sites you use by going to the domain name you know. </p><p>Stay frosty out there, friends.</p><p><a href="https://masto.deoan.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.deoan.org/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.deoan.org/tags/StayFrosty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StayFrosty</span></a></p>
Seedling Games 🌱<p>If you remember the public domain images I was modifying, I put them up on itch. They are also CC0. Hopefully someone finds them useful for their projects, blog, etc.</p><p>I'd also like to put them up somewhere that's a bit more convenient for people to look through without making an account and downloading a zip file - maybe that will eventually be my website but right now I don't have a great way of doing that</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://seedling.itch.io/modified-public-domain-art" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">seedling.itch.io/modified-publ</span><span class="invisible">ic-domain-art</span></a></p>
Niléane<p>This German meme was just brought to my attention and I feel obligated to reshare it here</p><p>Frohe Weihnachten</p>
LMNT<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@grinnerface" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>grinnerface</span></a></span> I KNOW THIS SOUNDS A LITTLE STUPID, BUT ACTUALLY I WOULD LIKE TO RECATEGORIZE APPS IN THE APP LIBRARY. THE CATEGORIZATION THAT THE APP DEVELOPER CHOOSES DOES NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE CATEGORY I BELIEVE IT BELONGS TO.</p>
LMNT<p>I know this sounds a little stupid, but actually I would like to recategorize apps in the app library. The categorization that the app developer chooses does not necessarily reflect the category I believe it belongs to.</p>
sparrows (doll arc) :flaglesbian::neoamazonia::vriskasip:I hope this email finds you<br>Living in a shotgun shack<br>I hope this email finds you<br>In another part of the world<br>I hope this email finds you<br>Behind the wheel of a large automobile<br>I hope this email finds you<br>In a beautiful house<br>With a beautiful wife
Craig Hockenberry<p>Here's something that happened yesterday:</p><p>My wife photoshopped a person's head onto another photo to make a funny image. Many of us have done something similar.</p><p>But here's the thing I noticed: she was laughing and giggling the WHOLE time she was making it. It was 20 minutes of pure fun.</p><p>Could she have made a better image in a fraction of the time using generative AI? Of course.</p><p>But often the journey is the reward.</p><p>And all of the folks who are promoting this technology just don't get that.</p>
Dgar<p>I am sometimes mistaken for an adult because of my age.</p>
Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons<p>This is WRONG. And it should be illegal.</p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/linkedin-is-training-ai-on-user-data-before-updating-its-terms-of-service/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/linkedin-is-traini</span><span class="invisible">ng-ai-on-user-data-before-updating-its-terms-of-service/</span></a></p><p>Check your LinkedIn settings folks:</p><p>Settings > <br />Data Privacy > <br />How LinkedIn uses your data > <br />Data for Generative AI improvement ><br />OFF!!!! (yes, mine was "on" by default)</p><p>(NOTE: If your country DOES have privacy laws, you probably won't see this.)</p>
Glyph<p>Please do not add genAI images to punch up your writing. You might think that it adds a nice little bit of visual pizazz to your content-marketing piece, but what you're actually doing is *making it look like content marketing* rather than a useful resource. To the extent that content marketing is an effective tactic, it is because you build trust with the customer by providing them valuable information. A genAI turd plopped on top of your writing is a signal that it will be worthless slop.</p>
Stephen<p>Reminder that you can finally rate apps again if you've been on iOS 18. Give your favorite indie apps some love 🙃</p>
Sebastiaan de With<p>No need for sci-fi cyberpunk dystopias anymore, these are all real photos from the last few years</p>
LMNT<p>Basically all artists I know of—myself included—neglect so many other important things in their lives so they can make time for making art instead. Artists usually give up quite a lot to be artists. Making art is often not the most lucrative profession, so people who choose that path are doing so almost purely because they love it. They feel—deep down—that they need to do it.</p><p>After all that dedication, having your work stolen, used by companies and individuals... it its gut-wrenching.</p>
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