danyork

danyork, 12 days ago to Bulgaria

Join the Global Encryption Coalition (GEC) Steering Committee in calling on Ministers in the Council of the EU to reject all scanning proposals inconsistent with the principle of end-to-end encryption, including client-side scanning and upload moderation. Sign the petition👇:
https://www.globalencryption.org/2024/05/joint-statement-on-the-dangers-of-the-may-2024-council-of-the-eu-compromise-proposal-on-eu-csam/

#encryption #e2ee #ClientSideScanning #UploadModeration #EU

danyork, 12 days ago to random

Um.. #Vermont .. what’s up with this 46 F (~8C)? I mean… it’s certainly “refreshing”… and I do understand we’re just 45 minutes south of the Canadian border… but did Mother Nature miss the memo about last weekend being Memorial Day and “the start of summer”? 🤣

danyork, 15 days ago to space

A third Chinese company files with the ITU to launch a 10,000 satellite mega-constellation into low Earth orbit (LEO) - https://spacenews.com/chinese-firm-files-plans-for-10000-satellite-constellation/

If all these LEO operators actually launch their constellations, it’s gonna get pretty crowded up there!

#Space #LEOs #InternetAccess #Internet #Starlink #OneWeb #China

danyork, 15 days ago to random

Anyone use a Blackstone griddle for barbecuing? If so, what do you think about it? Our 27-year-old Weber BBQ grill has finally died, and I have recently been cooking on a Blackstone griddle when I volunteer at the Snack Shack at our local baseball fields. We don’t honestly cook enough red meat where I might want the direct flame of a grill. I feel like the griddle might be better for some of the vegetables and other things we cook - and would also still work fine for hamburgers and hot dogs.

danyork, 20 days ago to random

I was not anticipating that we would need to get out the air conditioners in MAY all the way up here in northern #Vermont ... but I see neighbors doing it... and this just may be the day for us, too!

We seemed to have skipped much of the "Spring" thing and gone directly to Summer.

danyork, 1 month ago to space

The degree to which SpaceX has fundamentally changed the space launch industry 🚀 is truly amazing. As Ars Technica notes "this was the sixth Falcon 9 launch in less than eight days, more flights than SpaceX's main US rival, United Launch Alliance, has launched in 17 months."

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/spacexs-most-flown-reusable-rocket-will-go-for-its-20th-launch-tonight/

#Space #SpaceX #Rockets #Launch

danyork, 1 month ago to random

We have high wind alerts and as I watch the trees blow outside my windows... I'm also thinking about how many old trees we have around... and about how all our power lines are above ground on poles.

So if I'm not online later... there's a reason... 🙂

#Vermont

danyork, 2 months ago to random

My only good shot from totality (after I remembered to take the filter off the lens! 🤦‍♂️🤣). Totality was amazing and so I was drinking it all in. Temps dropped a good 10 degrees F, mosquitoes came out, the birds stopped singing, everyone’s solar lights came on, and it was incredibly dark. Really amazing!
And then it was over and everything started returning to normal!

#Eclipse #Eclipse2024 #Totality #Vermont #SolarEclipse #SolarEclipse2024

danyork, 2 months ago to random

And so it begins in #Vermont !

#Eclipse #Eclipse2024 #SolarEclipse #SolarEclipse2024

danyork, 2 months ago to random

I am amused by the suggestions from Vermont state agencies that people should bring a paper map in case GPS stops working. After 17 years with smartphones and Google/Apple Maps… ** do people even know how to read paper maps anymore? ** 🤣

#Eclipse #Eclipse2024 #Vermont

danyork, 2 months ago to random

That moment when you take your first look at your work messages and remember that for probably 99% of the world, today is just another Monday. 😀

It’s a little different for us here in northwest Vermont (and many other places) because… #Eclipse

danyork, 2 months ago to random

Today’s mission is simple: figure out where the sun will be in the sky starting around 3:00pm-ish so that we can plan where best to watch tomorrow’s big event! (Without actually leaving our neighborhood 🙂)

#Eclipse #Eclipse2024 #Vermont #SolarEclipse

danyork, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

Should I Stay (In) or Should I Go (Out) Now? The Vermont Eclipse Dilemma - what happens when you have 10s or 100s of thousands of people driving to an area where the roads are more meant for maybe hundreds of vehicles??

https://www.danyork.com/2024/04/should-i-stay-in-or-go-out-now-the-vermont-eclipse-dilemma.html

#Eclipse #Eclipse2024 #Vermont #SolarEclipse #SolarEclipse2024

danyork, 2 months ago to random

ABC News has declared that we are in the best spot in the US to see Monday’s eclipse:

• Burlington, Vermont: Mostly clear, best spot to see eclipse

Let’s see if that forecast holds on Monday!

(And how many more people will now come here!)

https://abcnews.go.com/US/solar-eclipse-weather-forecast-see-event/story?id=108756487

#SolarEclipse #SolarEclipse2024 #Eclipse #Vermont

danyork, 2 months ago to random

“The future isn't here, it's just not evenly distributed. Prisoners are the ultimate early adopters of the technology that the richest, most powerful, most sadistic people in the country's corporate board-rooms would like to force us all to use.”

• @pluralistic on the horror that is prison-tech companies gouging the people who can afford it the least. 🙁

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/02/captive-customers/

danyork, 2 months ago to internet

Q - do you know of well-researched articles, or academic papers, that explore the risks to the Internet’s infrastructure due to climate change?

I.e. how do we keep the Internet functioning in the midst of extreme weather and other aspects of climate change? For example, if sea levels rise, what will that do to subsea cable landing stations?

I am building a list of articles and papers, and I have some.. but am looking for more.

Thanks!

#Internet #InternetAccess #Climate #ClimateChange

danyork, 2 months ago to Wikipedia

If you are looking for a summary of what is happening with the terrible Baltimore bridge collapse, the #Wikipedia page about the event is being constantly updated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key_Bridge_collapse

#Baltimore #BaltimoreBridge

danyork, 2 months ago to internet

Go, Woz! On CNN, Steve Wozniak was asked first about Apple's situation but then about the proposed TikTok legislation. He called out the hypocrisy of pointing at one app when so many others have issues. He noted the need for privacy protection that applies to all apps rather than just one:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2024/03/23/steve-wozniak-apple-cofounder-tiktok-lcl-sot-vpx.cnn

#Internet #Privacy #TikTok

danyork, 2 months ago to random

The tale of a snowstorm: 1) yesterday evening: 2) this morning; 3) mid-day; 4) this evening. 🙂

Up to about 10 inches (25 cm) and it seems to be slowing down…

#Vermont #Spring

danyork, 2 months ago to random

As part of the ongoing #eclipse fever throughout northern #Vermont, UVM Health Network reminds us that no all “eclipse glasses” are the same: https://www.uvmhealth.org/healthsource/eclipse-viewing-dos-and-donts

#Eclipse2024 #TotalSolarEclipse

danyork, 2 months ago to random

Waking up this morning to about 4 inches (10 cm) of white stuff, with more falling from the sky. Let’s see where we end the day at!

#Vermont #Spring

danyork, 2 months ago to random

Dear Apple,

Can you PLEASE stop turning my links into “previews” when I am composing an email message? I don’t want that. I never have wanted that. I get that you think you are “helping” me, but I JUST WANT TO POST A RAW URL. That’s it. Just a link address.

And yes, I know in the Mac version I can get a down-arrow to convert it to a plain link, but that’s a pain, and not easy in IOS.

I just want URLs.

Thank you,
An email user (who, yes, has gray hair and has been using email for 30+ years)

danyork, 2 months ago to random

There are some great threads about git and version control systems off some posts by @b0rk - she summarizes the results below (so far) of why people like git, but the threads are worth reading. Some interesting points about why people use git and version control systems in general.

From: @b0rk
https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk/112124224240591092

danyork, 2 months ago to random

Huh... I didn't realize that somewhere along the way X restricted access to public tweets/posts to logged-in users.

I noticed this when viewing X profiles from a browser where I was NOT logged in. Then I went to https://twitter.com/danyork - all it showed me was my one pinned tweet (amusingly telling people I'm more active on Mastodon 🤣)

In another browser where I was logged in, I could see all my tweets/posts.

I did not realized there was this change in behavior.

danyork, 2 months ago to random

Anyone else who uses WhatsApp finding themselves added to a bunch of cryptocurrency investment groups lately?

Pretty much every day I'm hitting "Exit and Report" on another one.