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aral

@aral@mastodon.ar.al

I make small things.

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#SmallWeb #SmallTech #web #tech #privacy #humanRights #personhood #democracy #aral #fedi22 #searchable

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aral,
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@ernest Shit happens. Thanks for owning it and making it right :)

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Loukas, to random
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๐ŸงตSometimes friends of mine say they feel guilt they aren't recycling more, or swapping out their lightbulbs for more efficient ones.

But those aren't really very important things to do to lower your emissions.

I think it's important that we all have a basic mental map of what really are the effective consumer choices.

This chart from Kimberly Nicholas and Seth Wynes at Lund University (2017) deserves to be more widely known.

aral,
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@Loukas Now do corporations.

aral,
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@SuperDicq

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@Loukas

aral,
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@Loukas (Context: https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change)

aral, to climate
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Whenever someone tells you that the climate crisis is a personal responsibility issue, show them this:

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change

The climate crisis is a billionaires crisis, a trillion-dollar corporations crisis, a capitalism crisis, a systemic inequality crisis.

#climateChange #climateCrisis #climateCatastrophe #climate #corporatocracy #capitalism

aral,
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@SWLABR For the better? I highly doubt it. But yes, it would be nice to have.

aral,
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@LMNOChris @mxtthxw Iโ€™m gonna have to see at least a straw or two before I can answer that.

aral, to random
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Hereโ€™s an idea: letโ€™s build a system where we all suffer the consequences of a handful of jerks fucking everything up to enrich themselves.

aral,
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@lnl Oh, Iโ€™m well aware :)

aral,
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@shoq Damn hipster.

aral,
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@takarybka But with rockets. Has to have rockets.

aral,
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@shovemedia Om nom nom! ๐Ÿ˜‹

fediversereport, to fediverse
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A group of over 40 European organisations have recently released a statement calling for the EU to set up a European Public Digital Infrastructure Fund.

They call for this fund to support Digital Public Spaces, that are, among other things, based in FOSS, and ensure privacy by design. The statement gives three examples: , and , stating that they would benefit from such a fund to further flourish.

Entire statement: https://shared-digital.eu/statement/

aral,
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@yetzt @PrototypeFund They do seem great but, sadly (for us), only for German folks :)

aral,
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@fediversereport Gee, who knows, we might even get some funding from that given thatโ€™s exactly what weโ€™re building. I wonโ€™t hold my breath though given we havenโ€™t received a single euro of European funding today date (and not for lack of trying).

https://small-tech.org

aral,
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@yetzt Oh, wow, if this isnโ€™t limited to German citizens/Germany, it sounds absolutely perfect for Kitten (https://codeberg.org/kitten/app).

Iโ€™ll definitely look into it. Appreciate the heads up :)

dangillmor, to random
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After Reddit's beyond-arrogant CEO dismissed the subreddit blackout as just posturing, moderators of discussions extended the blackout. This is the only sensible response to the company's contempt.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759674/reddit-mods-blackout-protest-extended-indefinitely

Please stay the course.

For my part, I'm canceling my Reddit account and looking at decentralized alternatives.

aral,
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@dangillmor Isnโ€™t the โ€œbeyond arrogantโ€ bit redundant?

Decentralize, to random
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Glad youโ€™re here

aral,
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@Decentralize Shame about the planet, though, huh?

derpostillon, to random German
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Komfortabler bezahlen: PIN-Code-Eingabe kรผnftig nur noch per Spracherkennung https://www.der-postillon.com/2014/06/komfortabler-bezahlen-pin-code-eingabe.html

aral,
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@tom @derpostillon I mean, we live in the age of Apple Goggles. Iโ€™ll believe anything ;)

Jezebelley, to kbin

I decided to go with Kbin over Lemmy. The interface and feature set are better imo. Happy with my choice.

aral,
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@Jezebelley Also, not run by a tankie, from what I understand, which is always a plus.

aral, to random
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Thank goodness at least gaslighting doesnโ€™t have a carbon footprint.

aral,
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@parsingphase True

deightonrobbie, to random
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EU gas prices shooting up again...

source: https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/eu-natural-gas

aral,
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@deightonrobbie Oh, yay.

sammachin, to random
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Its 2023 how are websites still recommending a Browser let alone a specific OS!!!!

aral,
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@sammachin Where do you see that? All I see is a message saying โ€œWe donโ€™t know how to make web sites.โ€

dangoodin, to random

Researchers have devised a novel attack that recovers the secret encryption keys stored in smart cards and smartphones by using cameras in iPhones or commercial surveillance systems to video record power LEDs that show when the card reader or smartphone is turned on.

The attacks enable a new way to exploit two previously disclosed side channels, a class of attack that measures physical effects that leak from a device as it performs a cryptographic operation. The first attack uses an Internet-connected surveillance camera to take a high-speed video of the power LED on a smart card readerโ€”or of an attached peripheral deviceโ€”to pull a 256-bit ECDSA key off a government-approved smartcard. The other allowed the researchers to recover the private SIKE key of a Samsung Galaxy S8 phone by training the camera of an iPhone 13 on the power LED of a USB speaker connected to the handset.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/06/hackers-can-steal-cryptographic-keys-by-video-recording-connected-power-leds-60-feet-away/

aral,
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@dangoodin Excellent article.

(Meanwhile, John from accounting just wrote down the password he uses everywhere on a post-it note he stuck to his monitor.)

PaulSchleifer, to random

Maybe billionaires are created by some kind of parasitic infection.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2377755-life-extending-parasite-makes-ants-live-at-least-three-times-longer/

aral,
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@PaulSchleifer Billionaires are a parasitic infection.

Grandalf, to LGBT

Now THIS is a school board President I respect.

https://youtu.be/vYvt8IIwC2s

aral,
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@Grandalf ๐Ÿ’•

ggpsv, to technology

I'm looking for blogs or online authors that explore the relationship between technology and society/individuals from the lens of philosophy of technology, media studies, or sociology. Any recommendations?

I know of The Convivial Society by Michael Sacasas (active), as well as Real Life Magazine (inactive). Any others?

aral,
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@ggpsv I donโ€™t actively blog about the problem (busy right now trying code up a potential solution) but you can find a few of the things Iโ€™ve written in the past (as well as talks on the subject) at https://ar.al

siusoon, to random

A very simple html page, but behind this is about autonomous servers, feminist values, grassroots communities, collective making n learning, alternative infrastructure using Raspberry Pi with the installation of ssh, tmux, Nginx, and configuration of networks.

'sinternet

Together with brilliant people from communities/institutions include CSNI at LSBU, Creative Computing Institute at UAL, SHAPE at Aarhus University, London-based collective In-grid, Europe-based collective Systerserver, and the NL-based collective Varia.

aral,
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@siusoon Nice! In case it helps: https://codeberg.org/kitten/app โ€“ would love your thoughts/ideas on if/how Kitten can be useful for something like this :)

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