froztbyte

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[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 8 points 2 weeks ago

last I saw that wasn't really well-insulated from upstream's bullshit

one of the recent things moz pulled ended up enabled in librewolf on basically the same day/timeline

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 11 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

mozilla is having another wee purge on the foundation side

this shit reads exactly like corporate raider playbook

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I can’t stress enough how important it is to be careful who you trust with your life

strong agree

minor upside: it's going to be a good time to make lists of people who suddenly feel comfortable to mask off

fucking fuck this sucks

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 11 points 2 weeks ago

ugh that sucks, I'm sorry

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 13 points 2 weeks ago

anyway post your favorite fuckhead accelerationist here, mastodon’s a shooting gallery tonight

I've intentionally been avoiding feeds the last few days because I just do not have the headspace for it, but I quickly checked on shit now

and

fuck

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Stephanie Kirchgaessner is the deputy head of investigations for Guardian US, based in Washington DC

Hannah Devlin is the Guardian's science correspondent, having previously been science editor of the Times. She has a PhD in biomedical imaging from the University of Oxford.

so is it that both these fuckers are ideologically bankrupt, or are they willing complicit ghouls?

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 2 points 2 weeks ago

I don't mean just raytheon/MICshit but also the broader use of the technique by extraction-grifters

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

yep, and alongside: go-nowhere hype-du-jour businesses are a remarkably good vehicle for pushing money from A->B for many of these people

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 18 points 2 weeks ago

“no no you don’t get it, you’re floating it wrong”

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

[*] and I feel like I have to specify here

and like all C things, the specificities of pointer mechanics might mean any one of a number of things and they're all correct

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 10 points 2 weeks ago

eigen "I'll call it ironic if people call me on my shit" robot

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by froztbyte@awful.systems to c/notawfultech@awful.systems
 

I've been using it for a good while now, but figured it's worth a shoutout incase others don't know it. one of the few pieces of Go-ware I don't substantially hate.

I've previously slapped together a tiny set of shellscripts for my use of it which you're welcome to steal from. also recently seen backupninja as something that can use this, but haven't tried that

 

content: image of google "moderating" (i.e. eliminating, permanently, without apparent recourse) an entry in a user's URL collection/bookmarks. the entry is for kickasstorrents. (archive)

I recall seeing an example of them doing something like this to people's gdocs stuff (and iirc that was on paid account, but I could be misremembering). seems like they're ramping up the where to more coverage of their services/assets

 

The new silicon chips, made by Chicago-based p-Chip, use blockchain technology to authenticate data that can trace the cheese as far back as the producer of the milk used. The chips have been in advanced testing on more than 100,000 Parmigiano wheels for more than a year.

....honestly I don't even know what to say here

the absurdity of it is quite something

the consent problem is another quite something

this is so fucking nuts

 
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