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adam

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I like figuring out how things work. #solarpunk #OpenSource #FOSS #hacker

Open source developer (both software and hardware). If you want tech that is secure, doesn't spy on you, and works without the internet, then we have something in common.

I believe in the https://value4value.info/ economic model and would like to use it to create sustainable, non-corporate, open source projects. This includes giving a portion of donations/profits to projects that projects that they depend on.

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adam, to random
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I'd just like to point out that @jerry runs one of the top 5 Mastodon instances and doesn't block Tor users or treat them differently than others.

This is the privacy-friendly type of web that I want to resurrect from the 90s.

Shout out to Jerry for being the change many of us want to see in the world. ❤️

adam, to Energy
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Remember: fossil fuel companies want people to focus on what uses #energy so we don't talk about the supply side.

They benefit from #environmentalists spending time and energy bickering with one another about whether AI uses too much #electricity, whether to support more #nuclear plants, whether we should mine more #lithium to have grid scale #batteries, and so forth.

That doesn't mean we can't talk about these things, but be #mindful where you spend your energy.

adam, to FreeSpeech
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If you are supporting protestors' right to , you are fighting for free speech.

If you support , you should be supporting the protesters' right to protest. It makes no difference whether you agree with what they have to say.

adam, to climate
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TIL: RFK Jr was arrested in 2013 for protesting the Keystone XL pipeline.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/robert-f-kennedy-jr-arrested_n_2679609

#ClimateChange #environmentalism #CivilDisobedience

djm, to random
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Here's my 2c on the xz incident.

This is the nearest of near-misses. Anyone who suggests this was any kind of success is a fool. No system caught this, it was luck and individual heroics. That's not acceptable when unauthorised access to ~every server on the internet is on the table. We need to find a way to do better.

1/n

adam,
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@djm

I look forward to hearing about how people are going to start supporting open source developers.

Full disclosure: I am a full time, unpaid open source developer.

adam, to random
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I have a question that might be a lightning rod of controversy on the Fediverse: Does anyone have suggestions on how I could do ethical advertising?

I want to get the word out about an open source hardware password manager called Signet (https://hax0rbana.org/signet).

I've talked about it on social media and I think I've reached most the people I'm going to reach there. The people who were interested got out, joined the Matrix channel etc.

1/2

adam,
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I want more people to know about the project, but I'm obviously not going to put clickbait ads anywhere, and I'm not too keen on paying some big ad company to shove banner ads in peoples' faces.

I'm most interested in reaching people who like:

  • freedom
  • open source software and hardware
  • security that is easy to use
  • not being dependent on big tech corporations

It feels really hard to compete with the bombardment of information that comes out from corporate advertising.

2/2

adam,
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@rlux

Not putting clickbait ads anywhere and not paying some big ad company to shove banner ads in peoples' faces while tracking them like we're living in some dystopian sci-fi novel.

But I'm willing to change that definition (mostly in terms of adding to it, but if someone can convince me those things aren't so bad then I'm open to hearing their argument)

adam, to climate
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There's a company looking for methane leaks caused by oil companies and they're finding them.

https://njump.me/nevent1qqsquygfje4yf00r8yy22cr6dszma5hzz3c8catjnkahhskm969wrxcpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqzypnhgg3arvvac929gue6ka2e4n0p6g0a70lfkfjjc33u07kmztqyyqcyqqqqqqg28eyz6

As I've tooted about before, changing the financial incentives is what will get these companies to act. Fines are one lever, for places where the regulators haven't been captured by the industry.

For places where laws/fines aren't an option, there are other levers.
https://hax0rbana.social/@adam/112075365432189605

I feel we should be using ALL of these options!

adam, to random
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Wow, wild news today. M&Ms vending machines have cameras in them and secretly run facial recognition on people.

We only know about it because shoddy programming exposed an error message that tipped off someone who happened to be walking by.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/vending-machine-error-reveals-secret-face-image-database-of-college-students/

I feel like this could be the plot of a dystopian movie.

adam, to random
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Hi. Just dropped in to share a win in defending the right to use encryption.

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/european-court-of-human-rights-bans-weakening-of-secure-end-to-end-encryption-the-end-of-eus-chat-control-csar-mass-surveillance-plans/

Happy Saturday

adam, to random
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Apple says "Given Apple’s extensive privacy disclosures, no reasonable user would expect that their actions in Apple’s apps would be private from Apple."

Tell me again how Apple is the privacy champion of the technology world.

via https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0qnjq6sc4tdy6v9q8nv63asgy3ju26shxdl47qh4xqte2km3vwfqpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmqzyr2f4ypr5gwm5xeusvrv5d5m7vjrmz6yhrctd5gevcrl0vyep75d7qcyqqqqqqg6529f8

adam, to random
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Hey everyone. My desktop just blew up last night (likely CPU or motherboard).

I'm not asking for donations, but if you'd be willing to spread the word about the open source hardware password managers that I build and sell, it'd really help me out.

https://hax0rbana.org/signet

I am an independent open source software/hardware maintainer and my dream is to be able to earn enough doing that to pay for my food and shelter.

jerry, to random

I am trying round 2 of focus stacking and realizing that my laptop is probably not the best choice for big photoshop jobs.

adam,
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@jerry
"We're going to need a bigger laptop", he said.

adam, to random
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Is your child doing any of the following?

  • Supporting open source and free software
  • Promoting sustainable transportation
  • Learning self-sufficiency skills
  • Practicing minimalist living
  • Getting involved with volunteering and activism
  • Saying things like "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle"
  • Using decentralized digital platforms
  • Promoting or getting involved with crowdfunding for social causes

They may be building a post-capitalist world! Know the signs. Get involved.

adam,
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https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/how-to-quit-capitalism

governa, (edited ) to random
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Aside from , what's your main Browser? 🧭 :firefoxnew: :vivaldi:

adam,
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@governa @governa

These poll results make me feel like I am in the right place.

adam, to random
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Award winning investigative journalist and bitcoin skeptic, Ian Birrell, looked into an African village that supposedly got electricity because some Bitcoin miners were installed.

https://unherd.com/2024/01/the-african-village-mining-bitcoin/

Turns out, it was true.

The village gets all the electricity they need and instead of sending excess power to a load bank, they send it to bitcoin miners which fund the operation.

The article also mentions bitcoin helping people with inflation, being a tool for activist, journalists & more.

adam, to 3DPrinting
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meetings tonight. You are invited. The more the merrier.

If you go to one, feel free to ping @2600 or @2600 and let them know if you enjoyed it and what y'all talked about.

Topics at my local 2600 meeting are going to include because I'm bringing some parts I printed for show & tell.

adam, to Battlemaps
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Stop using paper. The paper and pulp industry uses 586 TWh of energy per year!

For comparison, large countries like Germany, France, and Norway all use less electricity than that per year. In fact, there are only 5 counties on Earth that surpass that number.

The government doesn't regulate their energy usage, so it's up to individuals to use fabric bags instead of paper, take notes on electronics instead of paper and so forth.

adam, to random
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@apps Is there documentation on how to see my favorited or bookmarked toots in Fedilab?

adam, to random
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Now Bitcoin apparently uses a swimming pool of water/transaction? These claims just keep getting more and more far fetched. 🙄

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67564205

There are a few Bitcoin mining operations in Illinois and they use solar power and are largely air cooled with one site being submerged in mineral oil for cooling.

Liquid cooling systems are closed loop, meaning it doesn't consume any water after the hose is initially filled. So this "water usage" claim is, quite simply, bogus.

adam, to random
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When you are out black friday shopping, don't forget to pick up a robe and wizard hat so you are ready for cyber monday.

adam, to random
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Are there any former or current checkpoint security employees that would be willing to tell me what it is like to work there? Ideally as a developer, but any inside scoop about experience with the company would be helpful.

Feel free to DM me or, if you're willing to state it publicly, respond here.

adam, to random
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Poeple who strive to be free of the control of big, centralized, for-profit, propritary tech:

How do YOU do it? Avoid tech?

If not, what's your go-to for things like:

  1. Thermostats you can access from your phone (a not-Nest device)?
  2. Password managers (not-Lastpass)?
  3. Mobile phone (that is not trying to scan your pictures/snitch on you)?
  4. Email?
  5. File storage / backups?
  6. Where do you shop online (not-Amazon)?
  7. Calendar?
  8. Videoconferencing (not-Zoom/Teams)?
  9. Chat (not-Discord)?
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