Notices by Billy Smith (billysmith@social.coop)

@cwebber

There are times when I feel like we are living through a Peter Watts story.

"Maelstrom" has this, the 2nd book in the Rifters trilogy.

Content Warning:

It's a Peter Watts story.

"Sometimes when I am feeling optimistic, hopeful, and, feel like the universe is a wonderful place, I read a Peter Watts story, until it all goes away." :D

@pizzapatch

Some of the anti-hacking insurance policies require you to use an ad-blocker, as ad-blockers stop drive-by malware installation.

One of the categories that advertisers use to calssify their potential victims is OS version.

Malware writers buy adverts that are only shown to un-patched machines, where the advert automatically re-directs to a malware installation site.

@cwebber

TY! :D

I needed that belly laugh... :D

@cwebber

And will they pass that money on to all of the people whose work was stolen to create the training data?

@cwebber

It sounds like a good time to short Cloudflare stock. :D

@MediaActivist @Em0nM4stodon @ophiocephalic @kat @text @da5nsy @gaffen @mattjhodgkinson @nick @privacydingus

I'm definitely interested. :D

Will also be worth talking with the people from @autonomic and @coopcloud as they are working in a similar vein. :D

I just emailed my MP asking them to attend Monday's briefing on Palantir and the NHS contracts.

If you are in the UK, please ask your MP to attend.

More details heree:

https://www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ask-your-mp-to-attend-the-past-present-and-future-of-our-nhss-330m-contract-with-us-spy-tech-firm-palantir/

#Palantir #NHS #TheyWorkForUs

@cwebber

I always found this to be a normal way of working.

If I have a network-connected machine, I get far too easily sidetracked to get much work done... :D

This conversation is a case in point... :D

#ADHD

@Raccoon @emilymbender

Do the mansplainers come from instances with un-moderated joining and un-moderated posting?

eg. the bots and trolls that come from Mastodon.social, or the right-wing trolls from some of the FLOSS-dev instances?

It's a PITA to deal with.

Please keep posting.

@cwebber

It would be difficult to do that and do all of the other things that you want to do. :D

@neilk @feoh

It's correct legal advice in the UK.

It was the procedures I learned about from a couple of friends who worked in the Cty Of London.

While they had standing, they didn't have the resources, but the bank's insurance did. :D

It's why some of the insurance companies covering the finance industry in the City, require the insured company's staff to be provided with devices-for-work-only, as it reduces their risks.

@feoh Talk with your lawyer, as you may have a good case.

@neilk @feoh

This is the right way to do things.

The bank's IT department will be liable for all of her extra expenses, and the Bank's HR department should be involved, as well as the bank's insurance company.

No proper off-boarding procedure, which means that they cannot confirm that everything was done properly.

If the banks IT department are screwing up like this, then where else are they failing to do their job.

Report them, and act as whistleblowers to the insurance company.

@mattl

You will also need to have another email address.

Gmail doesn't inform you when their mail server bounces emails from third-party providers, so you never even know that someone was trying to get in touch with you.

Yes, I can see how this could be gamed by spammers, which is why they say that they do this, but it was used as evidence in the FTC's anti-trust lawsuits of cartel behaviour.

@mattl

Have you tried contacting CoTech?

https://www.coops.tech/

Also, one of the spin-off projects can be found here:

https://sepheo.co/

For more USA-focused approach, try Shareable:

https://www.shareable.net/

@mattl

Yes. :D

One to read from, and one to make on. :D

@mattl

I chose the "Both On Screen" option, but i'm using more than one monitor. :D

Some excellent news! :D

https://newatlas.com/infectious-diseases/hiv-prevention-fda-lenacapavir/

They're licensing out the drug at cost-of-manufacturing, so everyone on our planet will be able to afford it. :D

#goodnews #science #vaccine

@cwebber

Will they accept reduced payments, as "ChatGPT told me that i should pay you less..."? :D

@cwebber

What happened this time? :D

@derek

Have you read "Metrophage" by Richard Kadrey?