I know things are rough for tech folks right now but wanted to put out there that I will be doing small remote #PHP#testing#online training sessions over Zoom. Small classes (3-4 folks and me) in the evening Eastern US time for maybe 90 minutes a session for 4-6 sessions. US$200. Need to firm up the materials but email me chartjes AT grumpy-learning.com. Might do a version for the same price that is just recordings.
I am a rather #tech-friendly person, and I like to be able to do a lot of stuff #online and with my phone.
However, when services, like transport, payments or dealing with institutions become digital-only, it widens the gap between those, who belong, and those, who don't, extremely.
In a #democracy, it "only" affects the old, the poor, those in crisis or with other issues, in an #autocracy, everyone.
I think, for every service possible, there must be a non-digital alternative.
This time last year, I dusted off some of my marketing knowledge and wrote the longest post I think I've ever written, in a desperate attempt to try and get men on Feeld to sort out their profiles.
Die Veranstaltung soll einen Safe Space für sichtbar & unsichtbar behinderte Menschen, chronisch kranke, taube, blinde, neurodivergente… alle von #Ableismus betroffenen Menschen bieten. Auch Selbstdiagnostizierte & solche die sich unsicher sind ob diese Begriffe auf sie zutreffen sind willkommen 🙂 Der #Austausch wird von den Filmemachenden moderiert, die selbst von #Behinderung betroffen sind.
I'm slow here, I know. But I am just discovering #SoftChalk this summer and am so excited to start using it in the fall! I teach #OnLine#Asynchronous and am having hell's own time getting students to pay any attention at all to the videos I post (lectures) each week and this. This is gonna solve that problem!
Last year The Markup revealed that tax prep companies sent sensitive personal information/tax related info/financial info to #Facebook without clear disclosure or expressed consent. This was primarily happening because of the #Meta Pixel, which collects data on websites that implement it - regardless if you have a Facebook/Meta company account.
Afterall, who files taxes and expects that information get sent straight to Facebook/Meta when using a tax prep software?
Hallöchen meine #Mastonauten, es ist geschafft, mein allererstes #Video ist nun #online und wartet darauf, von euch beäugt zu werden. Ganz traditionell geht es im ersten Video einfach schlichtweg darum, worum es im Kanal so gehen wird. Viel #Spaß damit.
Just had a couple of unusually good games in the sense of team mates that actually worked together, all rotated to objectives, someone actually played support (I played defender), didn't act toxic, etc....
First, deleteme & incogni combo to rid already posted Pii
Second, go to voterreccords.com and request deletion of voting records (stops political spam)
-Third, get rid of credit card and loan offers for 5 years, the num is (888) 5-OPT OUT they have a website but it intentionally sucks, so just use phone or paper form.
Request removal of records from medical offices and pharmacies you no longer go to
Reflecting on the past month, I've decided to make some changes. Farewell to #meta, #google, #X, and even #Microsoft. Transitioning to services like #protonmail and embracing the #fediverse has been surprisingly smooth for me. And it could be for others, friends, and families online. All we need is a spark of conversation, introducing folks to spaces they might not have explored yet.
Mittlerweile dominieren Satellitenkonstellationen wie Starlink nicht nur die Erdumlaufbahn, sondern zeitweise auch unseren Nachthimmel. Aber wie schlimm ist es wirklich, auch für die Radioastronomie? Gyula Józsa vom Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie verrät es uns am Dienstag Abend um 19 Uhr live bei #FragenAnsUniversum
Viele Konsumentinnen merken nicht einmal wie sie auch ausgenutzt werden und dadurch die Ausnutzung von Energie so wie Hersteller und Arbeiterinnen fördern.
»Plattformen beim Online-Shopping: Weg vom Händler, hin zum Marktplatz.
Im Online-Handel geht der Trend zur Plattform. Das hat Nachteile – nicht nur für Händler, sondern auch für für Verbraucher:innen.«
Hatte so eben Tandoor als alternatieve online Rezepte-Datenbank entdeckt und wird ua von @adminforge gehostet. Doch deren Lizenz irritiert mich, denn auf deren Instanzen steht klar ein Copyright-Bestand vom Inhalt aber deren Code-Lizensen sind GNU AGPL 3.0. Was ist es nun oder verstehe ich diesbezüglich was nicht, wie seht ihr es?
It's bad enough that #PayPal stiffs you more than 10% for cash transfers (a particular bugbear for us writers), but they're now also going to enshittify the whole process, selling our personal data to boot.
Which raises the question - why isn't there a #`FOSS equivalent of PayPal? Is it possible?
Anyone ever play Pokemon Unite?
Just had a couple of unusually good games in the sense of team mates that actually worked together, all rotated to objectives, someone actually played support (I played defender), didn't act toxic, etc....
MegaMek (megamek.org)
Does anyone use MegaMek to play? I don't play a lot of classic these days (my in-person crowd plays Alpha-Hexes) but I quite enjoy playing on MegaMek.