Willow

follow me at @willowashmaple if you're not into technology and civil liberties contents

Willow
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1 day ago
Willow
salixlucida@mastodon.sdf.org

@mattontech Not to mention it is in no small part driven by anti-Chinese xenophobia, or why aren't they also targeting VKontakt?

1 day ago
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Remote education does not require giving up rights to freedom and privacy. u.fsf.org/32h

1 day ago
Willow
salixlucida@mastodon.sdf.org

@ricmac

Centralized identity can also become a single point of failure, a target for hackers, and a tool for government surveillance.

1 day ago
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Richard MacManus
ricmac@mastodon.social

While content is federated currently, isn’t. And while that doesn’t diminish the decentralized nature of the , having a single identity — that a user fully controls — would make it easier to sign up for multiple apps. My analysis of recent discussions here featuring @evanprodromou, @rabble, @deadsuperhero, @timbray, @osma & others. thenewstack.io/one-login-towar

1 day ago
Willow
salixlucida@mastodon.sdf.org

Today is another good day to remind everyone that Ted Wheeler is an asshole.

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Liaizon Wakest
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I wonder if anyone has mapped the remaining payphone infrastructure around

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Ars Technica
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Updating California’s grid for EVs may cost up to $20 billion

Charging electric vehicles at home will exceed most power lines' capacity.

arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/u

1 day ago
Willow
salixlucida@mastodon.sdf.org

we need more censorship-proof tech like right now

1 day ago
Willow
salixlucida@mastodon.sdf.org

Even better if the videos are saved on IPFS

1 day ago
Willow
salixlucida@mastodon.sdf.org

Time to create an , and version of that can be self-hosted.

1 day ago
Willow
salixlucida@mastodon.sdf.org

Until now, the police state powers have been subject to the limitations of human labor, time, and budget. Though every American commits three federal felonies a day, "prosecutorial discretion" keeps most of them out of jail.

AI-driven policing and surveillance can change all this.

1 day ago
Willow
salixlucida@mastodon.sdf.org

Imagine how AI, Big Data, facial recognition, and quantum computing making Trump's plan for the biggest, greatest, hugest, tremendous mass deportation program an achievable goal.

And AI-driven policing and "precrime intelligence" supercharge the mass incarceration industry complex.

1 day ago
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micchiato
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Conservatives: “The government needs to stay out of the free market. The free market fixes its own problems.”

Also conservatives: “We need a law to force the sale of .”

1 day ago
Willow
salixlucida@mastodon.sdf.org
1 day ago
Willow
salixlucida@mastodon.sdf.org

It's January 1, 2040. has severely declined as a nation over the past two decades due to depopulation, low birth rates, dysfunctional government, and economic decline. It has been annexed into:

2 days ago
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2 days ago
Willow
salixlucida@mastodon.sdf.org

apparently (including ) do not index pages on Google Sites at all ...

2 days ago
Willow
salixlucida@mastodon.sdf.org

useless clamav packages are still on debian repo, why not maldet instead, at least it works.

2 days ago