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Jonathan Lamothe

Okay, because of the decentralized nature of the social media platforms I'm choosing to use these days, I've encountered a greater diversity of opinions, and that's a good thing.

That said, I need to make one thing perfectly clear once and for all: you do not have a "right" to discriminate against others. This does *not* constitute persecution.

Yes, you *do* have a right to express your opinions, but this does not grant you immunity from criticism.

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Jonathan Lamothe

Argh. All next week I have the early shift.

By "early shift" I mean starting at 2PM. I prefer nights.

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subzero

i heard Linux is the dominant operating system on mars

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Jonathan Lamothe

I find that I generally think in abstract concepts rather than words, so much so that often when asked what I'm thinking about, I'll answer "nothing" only because the amount of effort required to serialize my thought process into words is actually burdensome. Does this happen to anyone else?

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Jonathan Lamothe

To help with the boredom of quarantine, I'm thinking of running a weekly open game on Thursday or Friday nights (UTC-05:00). Anyone interested?

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Chris Wiegman

This sums up my thoughts on all too many devices these days.

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Jonathan Lamothe

I decided I wanted to learn more about the protocol. It only seemed fitting to read the docs using the protocol itself.

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The Tor Project

Why should you care about data privacy, even if you think you have "nothing to hide"?

Because our data is being used to push increasingly polarized content and capitalize on divisiveness.

Disrupt surveillance capitalism. Take back your privacy. Use Tor.

vox.com/recode/22250897/facebo

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Jonathan Lamothe

So, their official web site does not have HTTPS enabled by default. Also, when I follow their installation instructions for Ubuntu, I only get the "unstable" packages showing up.

This does not fill me with confidence. A shame too, it looks like a neat project.

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Jonathan Lamothe

Has anyone ever dabbled with ? It looks like an interesting technology, but it's kind of useless unless you know someone else who has it.

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makeworld

gemini://idiomdrottning.org/ge

Good points here @Sandra

But I think even the idea that "Gemini can replace web pages (blogs, news posts etc)" is wrong. Gemini presents an alternative, for when you want things fast and simple, and for when you want to be sure that every page will be as fast and simple as the next. And yes, as you mention, for when you want to tinker and explore in a cool new space.

I don't think Gemini is supposed to make "dev life any simpler", or "decrease the scope of the web". It's just something new, something different, that some of us have taken a liking to, each for our own reasons.

To use your analogy -- Gemini isn't a bike while the Web is a car. Gemini is a pedestrian. There's great value in walking, but I wouldn't want it to be the only mode of transportation.

Thanks for giving me some food for thought 💙

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[FWGS] a1ba :blobfoxspace:
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Jonathan Lamothe

Pro tip: When you call technical support cursing and screaming, then you threaten to take your business elsewhere if you're put on hold, that only makes me want to put you on hold so I never have to deal with you again.

Maybe rethink that tactic?

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Marcel Mehlmann

Please remember: functional cookies (login session, shopping carts) do not need user consent. So every time you see one of this oversized cookie banners someone is trying (often through dark patterns) to make you accept the whole tracking and spying as well. Don't be mad at the legislative for creating the need for tracking consent. Be mad at the websites that are trying to stir you up against that law by annoying you with those banners.

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:babaNams: nams
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Ventronik Is Go *Horn Fanfare*

I hate it. I want it. I hate how much I want it.

The Aurora 7 Is A Seven Screen Laptop Battlestation

WFH Battlestation

tomshardware.com/news/expansca

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Jonathan Lamothe

This video raises some interesting points about the way we treat animals. Something to think about.
youtu.be/oQ1TJ7oUMHg

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Jonathan Lamothe

I've been moving my old vlog entries over to PeerTube. Planning on starting to vlog again in the very near future. tube.tchncs.de/video-channels/

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Queen Ramonda

Gross. Please evolve people. Really. You’re not helping your children, you’re limiting them. Ignorance doesn’t help anyone- let them be inspired and grow and learn and be awesome in the world. We have so much to learn in this country. Do not narrow it even more. #BlackHistoryMonth

Utah school allowing parents to opt students out of Black History Month curriculum:

thehill.com/homenews/state-wat

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James Vasile

@jlamothe Tor takes various steps to prevent enumeration of .onion addresses by HSDirs. Here's Dingledine's talk from a few years ago that might help illuminate the structures and layers at play: youtube.com/watch?v=Di7qAVidy1

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