markhughes

markhughes, 4 months ago to cryptocurrency

If a #cryptocurrency was more, not less energy efficient than the incumbents, faster and able to handle transactions at scale with less cost, would that make it desirable?

Another way of asking this is whether you see any other significant problems, with the principle rather than the #Bitcoin implementation?

I have long criticised Blockchain but am not opposed to decentralised electronic cash, and interested to learn if those critical of #Blockchain are fundamentally opposed.

markhughes, 3 months ago to random

The interwebs are unusually quiet tonight.

All watching Liverpool? 🏆

#LFC

markhughes, 7 months ago to random

@thatprivacyguy welcome Alexander, what took you so long?!

I'll probably follow you with my more tech/ privacy oriented account @happyborg I follow quality privacy, infosec and related accounts there.

markhughes, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

Poll:

markhughes, 10 months ago to mastodon

I could do without large text, or in fact any text under links (technically cards) displayed in #Mastodon. Recently added and visible on Mastodon.social and other instances as they upgrade.

I want to focus on what the tooter writes not the linked page title and such large text makes this impossible.

The text is often duplicated, or inappropriately long and the very large font makes this #UX #fail ten times worse.

markhughes, 10 months ago to chrome

With Google already dominating web browsers with #Chrome and now attempting to lock it down to access only approved websites using #DRM...

...before long secure open internet will mean not only hosting your own services like Mastodon, email etc, but hand rolling your own apps and web browser.

Unless...unless somebody can build a truly open peer-to-peer storage and communications platform that has no gatekeepers.

👉 #SafeNetwork #p2p

markhughes, 10 months ago to mastodon

Anyone else find #Mastodon's enlarged card title (the text below a link) way too big?

markhughes, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to nature

OMG this sounds good:

"8 Out of 10 Bats" new #nature show on YouTube...

#ChrisPackham said: “My main thrust is making sure all these youngsters have got some space and airtime. A young bloke called Rufus made a film about wall lizards, edited it on his phone and sent it to us. It’s just brilliant. Another film-maker made a minute-long film about what happens to an apple when it falls off a tree. It’s absolutely fantastic and beautifully shot.”

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/oct/23/chris-packham-launches-shoestring-wildlife-series-on-8-out-of-10-batsyoutube
#Wildlife #8OutOf10Bats

markhughes, 17 days ago to Eurovision

Every artist performing tonight while ignoring the presence of a genocidal nation on the same stage is guilty.

Just like the appeasers of the Nazis before they committed #genocide. Only this time the genocide is already happening.

#Eurovision #Eurovision2024 #Gaza #Israel

markhughes, 6 months ago to Israel

#Israel's murderous #genocide in #Gaza is escalating by the hour.

They have told the largest hospital in Gaza to evacuate. Where to? How? With no communications, fuel, transport, how can sick people be moved?

The blatant criminality of the #IDF and #Israel's government, officials and politicians is evident and all those involved, at every level must be pursued by the #ICC and face the consequences.

The same for those still supplying the military equipment and weaponry being used, inc. UK & US

markhughes, 10 months ago to threads

I welcome @Gargron's faq post on the implications of #Threads should it federate, but he glosses over and ignores key issues IMO.

"You can host your own server" is such a poor response to users seeking control over federation that I'm amazed he's repeated it.

Same with being able to move your follows, while losing your identity, profile, posts and join date. These all represent barriers to moving, and moving is rickety and hard. I've done it.

So those are not effective mitigations. 1/2

markhughes, 1 month ago to Russia

Wasn't Alaska also traditionally part of #Russia?

What would #Trump say to #Putin claiming it back?

#Ukraine

markhughes, 10 months ago to sweden

In the authoritarian state known as #Sweden, what a policeman says is #law. 🤦‍♂️

markhughes, 7 months ago to mastodon

@Gargron #Mastodon feature suggestion: a filter based on the number of hashtags in a post.

I'm seeing increasing spamming of hashtags, commercial and other, and this seems a way to penalise: silently limit effectiveness. Rather than a fixed limit, though that is also worth considering.

I'd also like to be able to block without leaving the timeline.

markhughes, 6 months ago to random

Is being a Tory a lifestyle choice or an affliction?

markhughes, 9 months ago to random

Reports #WagnerPMC are forming up and #Belarus has cut comms in the area. 🤷‍♂️
#Prigozhin

markhughes, 5 months ago to journalism

An actual prince, second in line to the throne of UK being more willing to stand up to the unaccountable power of tax avoiding #press oligarchs than the leader of the so called #UKLabour Party was not on my bingo card.

#KeirStarmer should not be allowed to lead the UK - we must empower the smaller parties on the left and not give in to centrist blackmail.

Starmer's lost my vote on several issues and Labour are now sliding in the polls because they are anti #NHS! Can you believe it.

#ukpol

markhughes, 5 months ago to fediverse

I've always said that the #fediverse was vulnerable to corporations in the long run.

What I hadn't bargained for was the willingness of the most informed people, particularly instance admins to be oblivious or complacent about this danger, and for so many here to literally welcome federation with malevolent corporations like #Meta / #Threads and #Medium.

#Fedi is the lifeboat but #p2p will be the shore folks.

markhughes, 4 months ago to Israel

UK government is about to go to war in #Yemen in de facto support for #Israel's #genocide in #Gaza, putting UK service personal at risk and increasing the risk of attacks against UK citizens.

#RushiSunak

markhughes, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to random

Yevgeny #Prigozhin plane crash was...

We'll it wasn't a window, a balcony or a poisoning 🤷‍♂️

markhughes, 9 months ago to random

Brexit delayed again to reduce #brexit harms.

Brexit is still not done. 🤦‍♂️

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/03/uk-brexit-checks-fresh-food-eu-delayed-fifth-time-reports

markhughes, 1 month ago to random

We need #UniversalBasicIncome more than ever.

It breaks all these unsustainable practices and con tricks, AND IT SAVES MONEY.

Oh, and it doesn't funnel money to offshoring wealthy sociopaths.

Money for UBI ends up in the pockets of people who need it to live, who spend it, and will spend it in their communities reducing the need for centralised support, means testing and other inefficiencies.

#UBI

markhughes, 7 months ago to random

How do right wing US politicians square book bans with their extreme view of free speech?

I mean, if money is speech surely books are. 🤷‍♂️

#USpol

markhughes, 8 months ago to privacy

UK government creating authoritarian state through total #surveillance of innocent citizens going about their daily business.

"Senior officials at the #UKHomeOffice secretly lobbied the UK’s independent privacy regulator to act “favourably” towards a private firm keen to roll out controversial facial recognition technology across the country, according to internal government emails seen by the Observer"

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/02/home-office-accused-of-secret-lobbying-for-facial-recognition-spy-company
#authoritarianism
#conservatives
#fascism
#privacy
#ICO
#ICONews

markhughes, 8 days ago to drama

If you have access to BBC #iPlayer and like a bit of Le Carre, there are seven episodes of A Perfect Spy waiting for you.

These old BBC dramas are gold. Go dig. Oppenheimer was another treat.

Let me know any gems you uncover.

#UKTV #drama