Notices by Gabe (gabriel@mk.gabe.rocks), page 2

(Intending to start a flame war)
Does rust actually solve all the security problems?

I've now got a vanity address on my site's Tor service.
gabriel262me3lgv3w7xohtesg3laoojmtye644pwirhdm73qmedmsqd.onion

What's a neat tech project that you think was a cool experiment regardless of how it goes?
For me my short list would be:
Manyverse
ZeroNet
Termux

Right in the feels

@djsumdog@djsumdog.com Also, all those 20-something kids running it.I have nothing against people starting their careers, but if I wanted to do borderline (or actually) illegal or unethical things... recruiting young and unexperienced hires just makes sense.

I did see a story on one of them who was a Palantir intern but can't confirm at all ofc.

MFW DOGE is already giving AI the nuclear codes.
:ablobpopcorn:

RE: https://mastodon.social/users/flexghost/statuses/114417028738713573

👀

RE: https://fosstodon.org/users/curiouscat/statuses/114416231257911302

Note that what until a couple of years ago would have been called “a zombie device infected with nasty malware that turns it into a botnet member at the mercy of whatever the best paying customer wants to do with it” has now been repackaged as a legit business product with its own business jargon. They are now called “residential rotating IP addresses that form an insightful peer-to-business network”.RE: https://manganiello.social/objects/9e8330c4-cb63-48cf-943a-fc9ac302aa68

People will let BS like this slide then blame the kids when they enter the workforce.

We're not far off from "I use Free Software because I don't have time to fiddle with computers" and most proprietary tools will be seen as the make-work exercises in futility they are.

RE: https://mastodon.pirateparty.be/users/surfhosting/statuses/114379020672804571

The White House Covid page is fascinating to me on many levels.
The most obvious is the degree in which it is a blatant limited hangout. (Imagine if something like this was published about 9/11 in 2005)

I've noticed a problem in politics/activism these days where instead of trying to do the meaningful work of actually "winning hearts and minds" the goal seems to be to simply secure enough power to tell others what they need to think. This is what makes this particular example stand out to me.

Is anyone going to change their mind because the Trump administration put out a new web page? Is that really going to change anything in the grand scheme of things? If anything I can see how it would discredit genuine and important lines of questioning that were omitted by the release.

But there's a reasonable counter-argument. The government is always going to have some statement or another on a particular topic, and so it makes sense to at least try to make sure it represents something approaching the truth. If we don't participate in that negotiation, the state stance will represent the interests of those who do put that work in.

Confirmed via elections Canada
https://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35020&EV=62&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1

You may not like it but this is what peak democracy looks like.

The internet police realizing they're full of bootlicking cowards :surprisedpikachu:

RE: https://infosec.exchange/users/jerry/statuses/114359781034154345

Dead Internet as a service.

RE: https://masto.ai/users/unusual_whales/statuses/114342858574544048

At least I can reach now!

This would be a LOT better if people cared about newsletters on something other than email. Would be cool if podcasting 2.0 also kindled interest in premium RSS feeds.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/users/molly0xfff/statuses/114319870485786053

"Conspiracy theories are just to give people comfort that the world makes sense" Is a funny way of denying cause and effect on a philosophical level.
If we can't draw conclusions from patterns why are we bothering to measure reality at all?
I won't deny that many tall tales are woven to oversimplify complex behaviors, but that's not the same as saying there are no driving forces.

Took me longer than six weeks, but I think I've gone from a 1 to a 4 over the last year 😆

Reality lacks a believability filter