Notices by Jens Bannmann (tynstar@nerdculture.de)

@Em0nM4stodon
That EU law does not require a #CookieBanner unless the web site wants to track your clicks or sell your data.

Because people do not understand this, they think "stupid EU law" instead of...

- "website owner has no respect for consumer rights"
- "website owner has no solid business plan and just hopes for a few bucks from the advertisement industry"

#GDPR

Any experienced C developers among my followers? #BoostsWelcome.

Expat, arguably the world's most popular #XML parser, is understaffed and without funding. As #xz has shown, situations like this are dangerous.

Last month, maintainer Sebastian Pipping put up a plea for help at https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/blob/R_2_6_2/expat/Changes

(I would help myself, but my C skills barely surpass "Hello, World".)

Found via @timbray - https://cosocial.ca/@timbray/112203547801373427

#libexpat
#SoftwareSupplyChainSecurity #OpenSource #OpenSourceMaintainer
#C

@ryanhoulihan
No. The point about infrastructure access shows it's not *fair* or *symmetrical* warfare, but of course it *is* war.

One could say "it's not war, it's far worse" or "it's not war, it's a massacre".

But saying *only* "it's not a war" sounds like you're *downplaying* it, which I hope is not your intention.

@Mrfunkedude
Think I'd go for #Marzipan of Lübeck quality (66% almonds). No, not coated with chocolate. Only the pure stuff.

@Mrfunkedude
Umm... maybe we shouldn't judge Italian spelling, at least not if we're using English for it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti ??

@Mrfunkedude A way to subscribe to a thread so that each new reply to that thread appears in my timeline. (Maybe allow deadlines like with filters?)

Rationale: I often encounter an interesting thread & read all posts available at that time. Ideally, I would now like to "follow" it (similar to GitHub issues or Discourse forum threads).

Workaround: bookmark the starting post & *try* to remember to check by later. But finding the new posts among the old ones is really cumbersome.