byte00 @byte@todon.nl
advance society through technology and direct action
If by "the programmers" Schneier means the employees of capitalist corporations, yes, they need to be hold to account when they mess with public matters.
Individual programmers producing for the commons should work together with the communities they serve and the communities they belong to, they should never respond to the state or to the corporations under any circumstance.
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/02/security_and_th.html
https://social.coop/media/vchlQi-rrpqyiAkz0P4
2005 was a long time ago
> Open source is free like a puppy is free
https://www.zdnet.com/article/open-source-is-free-like-a-puppy-is-free-says-sun-boss-3039202713/
😅👏🏼
"This time it’s the corporations imploding with fear and uncertainty because a bunch of Europeans handed them a big vague unreadable tome of legalese and told them they had to click on it before they’re allowed to do business in the European Union."
Oh wow, this one is old, but:
"India plants 66 million trees in 12 hours as part of record-breaking environmental campaign"
"About 1.5 million people were involved in the huge plantation campaign, in which saplings were placed along the Narmada river in the state of Madhya Pradesh throughout Sunday.
"India committed under the Paris Agreement to increasing its forests by five million hectares before 2030 to combat climate change."
‘The Business of War’:
Google Employees Protest Work for the Pentagon
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/technology/google-letter-ceo-pentagon-project.html
I'm a tech worker building radical systems from the bottom up. I'm new here and still learning the nooks and crannies of the network, but I love what I've seen so far.
I'll admit I'm not convinced that the federated model is best, but it's better than the birdsite and #ssb doesn't run well on a phone (yet).
I'm always down to talk about:
- #animalrights
- #directaction
- #veganfood
- #healthcare
- #mutualaid
- #javascript
- #infosec
- #privacy
- #coops
- #linux
- #p2p
- #sar
nice collection....
Google's 'secret' smart city on Toronto's waterfront sparks row
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43493936
I published:
#DeleteFacebook: Perspective from a platform that doesn’t put democracy in peril
@tbeckett Yet, EFF avoids to recommend to *quit* Facebook altogether!
Sounds like "how to get less bored in prison" rather than inviting people to free themselves... :/
(Is EFF, who receives funding by Google, also by any chance receiving anything from Facebook? :/ )
Whether it was or wasn’t the vision, there now exists the largest dataset of private information in human history, data from which can be forcibly called by the authorities
**US cops go all Minority Report: Google told to cough up info on anyone near a crime scene • The Register**
@elomatreb VLC is a fantastic example of open source done right. I remember being happily shocked when I first started to see tons of regular people using it as their primary video player.
It was awesome that they also did a kind of "embrace and extend" by offering all the proprietary codecs as well as offering open ones, which it seems really helped their spread.
It's also got a lot of geeky options while being perfectly usable by the average user.
So a big win.
@elomatreb Free software is split between:
1. Geeks writing software they want to use, collaboratively, thus often obscure cli stuff, and
2. Geeks wanting to change the world, eg by getting browsers to use open standards, or encryption in email
Often the problem is when #1 requires #2. Eg if you want a command line browser to work, you need the popular browsers to use standards. Encrypted email needs other people using it too. Good Linux gaming requires more Linux users.
*How to say 'thank you' in various European languages*
*Etymological map of the #Netherlands*
Created by Victor van Werkhooven (http://www.victorvanwerkhooven.nl/2016/04/06/etymologische-landkaart-van-nederland/)
Information wants to be free.
But potable water, nutritious food, clean air, habitable shelter, elements-protective clothing, life saving and improving medicine, and time, precious, precious time want to be just as free.
ProtonMail blocked by Vodafone Turkey - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16596181
Earth First: **Seneca Nation Rallies To Defend River From Fracking Wastewater**
"In Coudersport Pennsylvania, over 100 members of the Seneca Nation of Indians appeared at a public meeting to oppose a fracking wastewater treatment facility planned for development on the Allegheny River, known by the Seneca as the O…"
