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Gargron, 5 days ago to BelieveInFilm

I’ve got a new camera! Pentax KX. Unlike the Canon Ae-1 Program, it’s fully mechanical. Everything seems to be in working order, except the focusing ring being misaligned and rotating past infinity.

#BelieveInFilm

geekmomprojects, 8 days ago to random

Had some custom temporary tattoos made to hand out at #Teardown. 😁

madeindex, 8 days ago to mastodon

#Mastodon feed right now:
#Trump Trump Trump 🍊 😅

madeindex, 9 days ago to email

Just got this Meta Ai #update:

A beautiful #email informing that they will update their privacy #policy for the 100th time?

Thank you #Meta for your amazing #Ai and for completely ignoring peoples #privacy over and over again 😂

Please please go ahead use all our #data as you want:
"...on the legal basis called legitimate interests for using your information to develop and improve AI at Meta."

#German #guide on how to op-out:
https://www.verbraucherzentrale.de/aktuelle-meldungen/digitale-welt/ihre-daten-bei-facebook-und-instagram-fuer-ki-so-widersprechen-sie-95646

#Satire #FCKmeta #MetaAI #software #tech

Gargron, 9 days ago to BelieveInFilm

Redwood trees in Big Basin Redwoods State Park.

📷 Canon AE-1 Program
🎞️ Kodak Vision3 250D
🔭 Canon FD 28mm

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #SFBA

madeindex, 12 days ago to environment

If you haven't yet you should probably watch #Koyaanisqatsi 👍

• Doesn't matter if you care about the #environment or not, this #movie offers a stunning perspective on modern society. It's a groundbreaking #film that pioneered many things! 🎞️
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koyaanisqatsi

#GodfreyReggio the #director is an extremely interesting person as well:
He used to be a #monk who "...spent 14 years in silence and prayer during his training." & went on to become a #documentarian 🎥
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_Reggio

madeindex, 13 days ago to Germany

#Germany (& others) should get a .gov #domain for their governmental websites e.g. ".gov.de"

Would help:

1. #Authentication as #government both nationally & internationally
2. Unification of domains & easier discoverability of #gov institutions (especially for foreigners)
3. Ranking on search results

Examples:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.gov#International_equivalents

Summary:
@Bundesregierung @bsi
CLICK HERE 4 .gov.de:
https://www.denic.de/ueber-denic/kontakt/ 😂

Image: CC0 https://madeindex.org

#web #internet #Deutschland #satire #tech #it

madeindex, 15 days ago to microsoft

#Microsoft wants to take #screenshots of our #screen every few seconds now? 📸

This wonderful #AI "feature" for #Copilot+ #PC is called #Recall.

"Recall is currently in preview status. During this phase, we'll listen to customer feedback..."
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy-and-control-over-your-recall-experience-d404f672-7647-41e5-886c-a3c59680af15

Here is our Feedback to the beloved #MicroScreen #Corp:

#FCKMicrosoft & #FCKWindows 11 😘

More about this soon 👍

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/microsofts-new-recall-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/

#Satire #Privacy #design #tech #technology #software #computer #Humor #snapshot #spyware

madeindex, 16 days ago to privacy

From 100 people I try to talk to about #privacy, maybe 1 wants to 😅

Many know or suspect the issues with the #corporations collecting their #data but they try their best not to think about it, because they seem to feel helpless against it anyway.

Best way to change minds seems to be - living with privacy and answering questions when people notice your behavior & promoting / supporting alternative #software & #hardware.

#Mastodon has a big #userbase that cares about privacy, glad to be here!

warandpeas, 17 days ago to random

Friendly Reminder 🐙

madeindex, 17 days ago to opensource

Why doesn't #Tor use an #opensource #searchengine such as #searx by default?

Does a pretty good job & has 80+ instances available at:

https://searx.space/ 😀

That should ensure a better uptime & reliability than #duckduckgo & of course - way better everything - than #bing 👍

More about it at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searx

@torproject

#torbrowser #metasearchengine #search #torproject #software #ddg #program #metasearch #privacy #searxng #free

nixCraft, 17 days ago to random

DuckDuckGo, Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT's web search, Ecosia, and Qwant all stopped working this morning because of Bing API. 😂 And they want Microsoft Copilot deeply integrated with Windows OS. Imagine someone is unable to book emergency medical appointments because Microsoft Copilot is down or you can't withdraw money or transfer funds through netbanking because AI and screenshot services are down. This is a good example of why we must not trust someone like Microsoft for anything serious.

dansup, 18 days ago to Pixelfed

I'm experimenting with new profile layouts in the new Pixelfed app.

Which one do you prefer?

(current, alt 1, alt 2)

#pixelfed #askFedi

Alt 1 design
Alt 2 design

gamingonlinux, 19 days ago to linux

Sounds like a privacy nightmare. You should consider #Linux 👍

One day this will type of stuff will end up mandatory, and even if it’s local it’s being fed into an AI. This stuff will get abused.

appassionato, 20 days ago to brazil

A drone view shows Coca-Cola boxes and bottles floating in the water near trucks, amid flooding in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

@photography
#Brazil
#flood
#polution
#CocaCola

derpostillon, 20 days ago to random German

Nach Absturz im Iran: Weltweite Trauer um schönen Hubschrauber https://www.der-postillon.com/2024/05/rip-hubschrauber.html

appassionato, 20 days ago to astrophotography

Aurora Dome Sky

The image was captured on May 10 during early morning hours from Arlington, Wisconsin, USA. The panorama is a composite of several 6-second exposures covering two thirds of the visible sky, with north in the center, and processed to heighten the colors and remove electrical wires. The photographer (in the foreground) reported that the aurora appeared to flow from a point overhead but illuminated the sky only toward the north.

@photography
#astrophotography
#APOD
#aurora

nixCraft, 1 month ago to random

This is funny. OpenAI, who scraped the entire internet to build its product, is now enforcing copyright via notices. They still don’t give credit for stealing content from everyone, yet now acting like holier-than-thou https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1cnvyzp/

melroy, 1 month ago to random

#caturday Luna in clothing rack. I don't think this can be comfortable. Also my cloths are dirty again. 😬

dansup, 5 years ago to random

"We have enormous freedom. That’s not a gift that was given to us, it’s a legacy that was left to us by centuries of struggle. By centuries of people that most of whose names are completely forgotten, the ones who created the freedom and the rights we now have, and that will be taken away unless you constantly defend them."

• Noam Chomsky