Shut-in, keeper of weird hours.
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Shut-in, keeper of weird hours.
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The end of Reddit? Why the blackout is still going – and what happens next (www.techradar.com)
FediPact is an Organized Effort to Block Meta's ActivityPub Platform (wedistribute.org)
Elon Musk says Twitter logo to change, birds to be gradually abandoned (www.cnn.com)
What non-FOSS software have you been unable to quit?
For me, Google video search, Google books (Internet Archive is good, but doesn’t always have the same stuff), Adobe InDesign (but in the process of learning LaTeX), and Typewise. As for the Google stuff, I liked Whoogle a lot, but almost all their instances seem to have been blocked or shut down. Also, apologies if this is...
😠Meta just showed off Threads’ fediverse integration for the very first time😠 (www.theverge.com)
Fedi Garden to Instance Admins: "Block Threads to Remain Listed" (wedistribute.org)
‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google (www.theverge.com)
Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it (www.theverge.com)
How to Move from Mastodon to Firefish (wedistribute.org)
This Is Why Tesla’s Stainless Steel Cybertrucks May Be Rusting (www.wired.com)
Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and Tumblr have something in common and it's not good (www.techradar.com)
A lot of Redditors hate the Reddit IPO (www.theverge.com)
Mastodon's Eugen Rochko in talks with Meta?!😱 (news.ycombinator.com)
Tech Job Interviews Are Out of Control (www.wired.com)
That graphic sums up my entire educational experience. archive.is/hvZ5q
Is there anything unsavory about ProtonMail?
For some reason I have it in the back of my mind that they were at one point accused of being a honeypot for US intelligence because of their association with MIT. Probably complete BS, but maybe not. Are they as open source as they claim to be? Looks like they’re on github. F-Droid seems to think they have some Google...
Does enshitification happen because companies are publicly-traded?
Isn’t that a prerequisite for enshitification? Publicly-traded companies are required (by law, I think) to maximize profits for their shareholders, even if that means utterly ruining their original product (Reddit, Boeing, etc.), yes? What do you think?
Is Star Trek’s Warp Drive Possible? (daily.jstor.org)
Parts of Reddit are staying dark. Our search results may suffer for it. (archive.is)
Like it or not, years of insight, experience and expertise live in Reddit threads. But accessing some of them just got harder.
😡Just learned that blocking a caller on android doesn't block their voicemails😡
How fucking stupid is that? Sorry, but not having a good morning. This is like when I found out you can’t set the number of rings either. Sometimes I just want to smash all my tech and go back to rocks, sticks, and leaves.
Hamas accepts cease-fire proposal for Gaza after Israel orders Rafah evacuation ahead of attack (apnews.com)
The Fairphone 5 is a little more repairable and much more modern (www.theverge.com)
You Can Now Follow President Biden on the Fediverse (wedistribute.org)
Um, yay?
Elon Musk rebrands Twitter as X (www.cnn.com)
The return of Gamergate is smaller and sadder (www.theverge.com)
Evidently on a posting tear today. What happens when you’re stuck in a Dr.'s waiting room, I guess…
Threads' New Terms & Conditions Affects the Fediverse (wedistribute.org)