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joeo10, 1 day ago to random

Pour one out to #ICQ, which is being killed off on June 26th. One of the true original messaging apps for sure. https://icq.com/desktop/en#windows

joeo10, 6 days ago to DOOM

Non-Euclidean #Doom, where the value of pi is not 3.14159
https://boingboing.net/2024/05/17/non-euclidean-doom-where-the-value-of-pi-is-not-3-14159.html

This is one hell of a gem!
h/t @bstuf for this one.

#notPi #games

joeo10, 8 days ago to random

A brief shout out to every help desk IT agent who's doing the good work despite being underpaid and underappreciated, amid their livelihoods being under threat due to AI among other things.

Consider unionizing. It'll be a good thing in the long run.

joeo10, 8 days ago to random

Stop using #Slack folks as they too have jumped the shark yet again. https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/17/slack-under-attack-over-sneaky-ai-training-policy/

There's plenty of open source alternatives out there. #Mattermost being one of them.

joeo10, 11 days ago to searxng

Meanwhile, Gahoogle just basically enshittify their search product even more than it already is. https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/14/24155321/google-search-ai-results-page-gemini-overview

Again, it's best to use a #SearXNG instance or whip up one of your own because it's going to get even worse as other search engines will follow suit.

#Google #enshittification #search

joeo10, 12 days ago to internet

A group of Congresspeople just unveiled a bill to completely repeal #Section230, thus fundamentally misunderstand how the law works and what the consequences of repealing it would be especially on the #internet's future. https://www.techdirt.com/2024/05/13/bipartisan-bill-to-repeal-section-230-defended-in-facts-optional-op-ed/

h/t to @mmasnick for the analysis of this one.

joeo10, 16 days ago to random

Yeah, Stack Overflow truly deserves their "fuck 'em" moment after their moves lately. Even banning users in the process. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/stack-overflow-bans-users-en-masse-for-rebelling-against-openai-partnership-users-banned-for-deleting-answers-to-prevent-them-being-used-to-train-chatgpt

joeo10, 18 days ago to privacy

Once again, I ask and beg of you to buy a 2012 or older car since these automakers don't give a shit about your privacy and peace of mind. You can thank me later. https://sherwood.news/tech/how-to-opt-out-of-the-privacy-nightmare-that-comes-factory-installed-in-new/

#privacy #enshittification #cars #trucks

joeo10, 18 days ago to security

Nearly all VPNs are reportedly affected by this 22+ year old vulnerability per researchers at Leviathan. https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/novel-attack-against-virtually-all-vpn-apps-neuters-their-entire-purpose/

I sent my preferred #VPN service in ProtonVPN (at @protonprivacy) an email about this and hope they respond to this serious claim. You should do the same for your preferred service (consumer, enterprise, self hosted too).

#security #privacy

joeo10, 25 days ago to random

Great piece on the series of pieces on paywalls from @mmasnick. https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/30/read-all-about-how-paywalls-are-bad-for-democracy-right-behind-this-paywall/

"I have always argued that it’s best to make the core reporting free. You can then charge for other things and see if you can get people to support you."

joeo10, 27 days ago to photography

If you have a #EyeEm account, please read this and delete your photos one by one, then your account by May 1st or your photos are going to be sold to AI models. https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/26/photo-sharing-community-eyeem-will-license-users-photos-to-train-ai-if-they-dont-delete-them/

I didn't realize that they were bankrupt and then sold off. They used to be a nice alternative that crashed and burned. I went ahead and deleted my account today.

#photography #app #SocialMedia

joeo10, 1 month ago to retrocomputing

Here's a very good read on #PalmOS and the devices that ran such a iconic OS. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/palm-os-and-the-devices-that-ran-it-an-ars-retrospective/

#retrocomputing #tech #history #mobile

joeo10, 1 month ago to random

It's basically a very bad time for any person to be online to be honest. https://infosec.exchange/@malwaretech/112326972674917086
https://mstdn.social/@littlerachyb/112326997536638401

joeo10, 1 month ago to fedora

Fedora 40 is not out. Looks good! https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-40/

#Fedora #linux #distro

joeo10, 1 month ago to ghost

Encouraging news that #Ghost is going to federate via #ActivityPub. Let's just hope they don't screw it up like WordPress did with theirs since this has lots of potential. https://activitypub.ghost.org/