Cooper @cooper@fosstodon.org

Oil Prices Jump Most on Record After Saudi Strike - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-15/oil-prices-jump-19-after-attack-cuts-saudi-arabian-supplies

What could this be...

#mastodev

10 years ago I started using ad blockers because I thought ads were annoying. Now I think that's the _least_ important reason to use them.

I think we should call them "browser firewalls." That more accurately describes their purpose.

@jeremiah more fuel for the fire.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/08/five-concerns-about-amazon-rings-deals-police

QUIT BUYING RING.
Quit buying Internet of Stupid Shit shit.
https://gizmodo.com/everything-cops-say-about-amazons-ring-is-scripted-or-a-1836812538

There are some serious concerns with Firefox's plans to turn in DoH. I, for one, am not happy with all Firefox DNS traffic being sent to a US companies servers. See this article for more info:
https://ungleich.ch/en-us/cms/blog/2019/09/11/turn-off-doh-firefox/

Nextcloud 17 scales up and improves data protection with Remote Wipe, collaborative text editor, 2FA updates, IBM Spectrum Scale support and Global Scale improvements https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-17-scales-up-and-improves-data-protection-with-remote-wipe-collaborative-text-editor-2fa-updates-ibm-spectrum-scale-support-and-global-scale-improvements/ #nextcloud #pressrelease #security #release #events #news

@selontheweb @socialskeleton

most of my contemporaries have this hilarious disdain for facebook and then say "yeah, i'm mostly on instagram these days."

as if the problem of social media are solved by simply moving your presence from one platform where your parents are, to a shittier platform owned by the same sociopaths.

I'm reading a report about "21 IT jobs that will emerge in the next 10 years." Will I be a 'Data Trash Engineer', a 'Chief Purpose Planner' or maybe a 'Machine Risk Officer?' 🛃

https://www.cognizant.com/whitepapers/21-more-jobs-of-the-future-a-guide-to-getting-and-staying-employed-through-2029-codex3928.pdf

1995: Computers are "anything machines". You can create music, write programs, do word processing, and network with anyone all over the world. And you can do them all simultaneously.

2019: In order to even think about using our web page you'll want to download the app onto your phone so we can track the living shit out of you and make sure you keep your full attention on US.

Librem 5 shipping starting 24 September 2019 https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-shipping-announcement/ #purism #linux #linuxphone #linuxmobile #gnome

In search for a privacy-friendly mobile OS jlelse.blog/thoughts/2019/09/privacy-mobile-os/

Fuck offfffff! I get this shit every time I open the #YouTube app. Doesn’t matter how many times I dismiss the message, it just keeps coming back.

Hey, if you’ve got background in GIS,

OpenStreetMap is helping fill in the outdated Bahamian maps to aid first responders

https://tasks.hotosm.org/

i am not going to name who this person is.

there is this person here who does these incredible motivational introductions to people who have just joined the fediverse.

each person who adds this person gets an incredible personalised greeting and introduction to mastodon.

they aren't paid, there's no selfishness in it...

NOTHING like this exists on facebook

they're kind of like if morpheus from the matrix was your grandad

Long, long ago, a mentor pointed out that I was on a career track that I didn't really like, and that I wanted to be a computer scientist instead. Today, he wrote to congratulate me on a recent promotion. I replied to let him know how important and literally life-changing his advice had meant to be, and how he was my model for the mentor I wanted to be.

Friends, be good and honest advisors to those who listen to you. You never know how much of an effect it may have.