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markhughes

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Boatperson, computer wizard, qualified counsellor, stick twizzler, father, and self enquirer.

Helping those building democratising technology to reverse the corporate capture of online spaces. Ex: #SafeNetwork

Techy self: https://fosstodon.org/@happyborg

Techy blog: https://dweb.happybeing.com

#nobridge

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markhughes, to random
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In other news I just pulled a deer out of the canal.

It put up a hell of a fight but I got it out and carried it to a field.

Doggo seems mystified and disappointed that I let it go.

Living on a boat I don't do much as get close to nature as nature keeps shoving itself in my face.

deflockcom, to TeslaMotors
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confirms intentions to new users a temporary to let them post

This man is a joke who the fall of X

https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/15/musk-charge-new-x-users-fee/

markhughes,
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@deflockcom the "free speech absolutist" is a genius. Um, actually it's another word I'm looking for, help me out here.

scottsantens, to random
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Every single one of us should be in the business of planting trees whose shade we know we will never enjoy ourselves. That shade is for our kids and our kids' kids. So to me, it's profoundly selfish to suggest anyone doesn't deserve having it easier than we had it with stuff like unconditional basic income and universal healthcare because "ThEy DiDn'T eArN iT."

markhughes,
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@scottsantens
Meanwhile the unfairest source of income that people didn't earn - inheritance - is sacrasanct despite being a major driver of inequality and poverty for the many.

glynmoody, to random
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DeSantis Signs Bills To Create 25-Foot Halo Around Cops, Strip Oversight Boards Of Independence - https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/15/desantis-signs-bills-to-create-25-foot-halo-around-cops-strip-oversight-boards-of-independence/ "they continue to pretend they’re the greatest Americans of all, even as they work in lockstep to create a nightmarish blend of bigotry and totalitarianism."

markhughes,
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@glynmoody
Halo= killzone

glynmoody, to Tobacconist
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firms lobbying MPs to derail smoking phase-out, charity warns - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/15/tobacco-firms-lobbying-mps-to-derail-smoking-phase-out-charity-warns "Tactics include proposals to raise smoking age to avoid outright ban, and exemptions for cigars, says Cancer Research UK chief" tobacco companies remain utterly evil

markhughes,
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@glynmoody , not just tobacco companies in particular.

We need new laws that extend the duty of businesses beyond shareholder interests.

markhughes,
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@glynmoody it's a counter productive distraction to focus on them and not the cause.

Use them as an example by all means, but to highlight the cause and it's potential remedies.

markhughes, (edited ) to iran
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I do not support the oppressive, murderous regime in .

I do not support the oppressive, murderous regime in .

I'm angry that I live in a country whose government supports one of them.

I am angry that supports one of them, and will not vote Labour until that and many other things change.

markhughes, to iran
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"More than a hundred drones" launched by against according the (whose claims are regularly found to be false).

That's the usual amount of Russian drones launched against Ukraine, every day.

And who is really the agressor here?

Maybe it is the country that is committing in

markhughes, to Israel
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Only one supporter of 's blocked today 👍

markhughes, to Israel
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has called Iran's attack on reckless.

While offering support to Israel over several months, as it has murdered tens of thousands of innocent Palestinian women and children in , and attacked Iranian territory in the form of its embassy.

In the face of , deliberate denial of food to a civilian population, & in continued defiance of the UN international court, the UK government has chosen evil and lawlessness, and to turn the UK away from moral & ethical justice.

markhughes, to Israel
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Are the 'democracies' of the West going to support 's attacks on , up to and including a nuclear strike, while the people's of those democracies - in both US & UK - abhor their own government's sending arms to a genocidal regime that has murdered tens of thousands of innocents in ?

markhughes, to random
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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,
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@cosmiction I live in a country where those in power are desperate to destroy universal healthcare and have made progress in doing so.

But they still have to convince those who have it that it is unaffordable, which it blatantly isn't - because it's cheaper in so many ways.

If you don't have it, and live somewhere 🤔 where anything socialised is labelled communism you will have a problem with convincing people. But that doesn't mean you should give up.

Others will go ahead anyway.

markhughes, to ai
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What if AI cannot replace people's jobs but is part of a con trick.

Not conning the wealthy corporations who are enthusiastically firing their skilled workers, supposedly to replace them with statistical models that, it seems are not turning a profit for their owners.

What if the con is really about convincing skilled workers that they must accept lower pay and worse conditions.

Where have we seen this before?

eb, to random
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With local software, there is no DDoS
With local software, there is no need to scale your cloud
With local software, there is no XSS
With local software, there is no SQL injection
With local software, there is no SSRF, CORS, and CSRF
With local software, there is no broken authentication
With local software, there is no V8 sandbox escapes

markhughes,
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@eb with #Autonomi you get local software and a p2p cloud: no DDoS, scales with use, unhackable servers (cos there are no servers) and you authenticate locally, no gatekeepers, just you and a secure, private autonomous network.

markhughes, to Russia
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Wasn't Alaska also traditionally part of #Russia?

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

#Ukraine

markhughes,
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@StevenvdV82 lol, but more "one... million dollars".

dangillmor, (edited ) to random
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Is there any way to block, once and for all, the incessant "Sign in with Google" popups in my desktop browers? Even Ublock Origin seems helpless, and I'm forced to block each one individually.

Update: Solutions in comments...

markhughes,
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@dangillmor Read it as a "you're not wanted here" notice.

I hardly ever see them now.

The same for signup popups, cookie shit etc.

They don't want me, they want to abuse me, so I stop visiting.

davidpnice, to random
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A 70 year old fried collapsed and died in the toiet of his private room - on an NHS ward his life would probably have been saved. The only time my partner used his work-provided BUPA, he had a tonsillectomy from a dodgy practitioner, developed bleeding and was told to take a taxi back to the Lewisham practice. I decided we should go to A&E at nearby Charing Cross. He haemorrhaged in the room there. Would have died in the taxi. https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/end-private-healthcare-deaths-invest-nhs#cs=d5c349708a2763b5cf3283cddfe14d73_1712648897_336~cid=630902

markhughes,
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@davidpnice even back in the eighties my friend was studying to be a surgeon, now a Professor of Radiology.

When I asked about private hospitals he told me he'd never use one for an operation because the risks from complications were much higher. Because if anything goes wrong they can't handle it and have to get you to an #NHS hospital.

I never forgotten that and things are much worse now IMO. Profit kills, maims and abuses and #UKLabour are fools to consider using it.

markhughes, to random
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Should I be writing software to give people autonomy, or should I be standing up for earthworms?

markhughes, to random
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@lewiscowles1986 thanks for the follow Lewis (and the discussion).

You might find my tech account more to your taste (or not) as anything goes on this one and I have opinions! 😆

If that gets too much, see @happyborg

markhughes, to random
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Now I'm retired I no longer shift my activity with changes to daylight savings time. I just do what I normally do an hour earlier or later whenever it changes.

onepict, to random
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Personal opinion.

Despite RMS I think of the GPL and using those licences as a gift to the commons in perpetuity.

Unlike more permissive licences you aren't at risk of future releases being locked up in a kinda "Pray I don't alter the deal more" vibe.

There's nothing petty in how I use it.

But then I tend more towards the collective freedoms, than the freedom of anything goes.

I believe future generations should have access to all the code.

markhughes,
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@lewiscowles1986
I don't claim expertise but you may be overthinking this. Lots of GPL code is likely to link with things that aren't GPL.

If I hold copyright and decide to license that code as GPL, I don't see how what it links with or what projects make use of it or whatever is an issue.

My contribution, my code can only be used under the licenses I choose to offer.
@onepict

markhughes,
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@lewiscowles1986
On reflection I think you are right but I'm not going to look into it until the issue arises, and then I'll figure out the best way to approach it. Which might just be to avoid permissive code or projects.

What I believe is that we should shout about this now that we have a clear understanding and a concrete example of why permissive licenses are bad for open source. #FOSS

Thanks for pointing out my error.

@onepict

fulelo, to Israel
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- - latest: and block US call for immediate Gaza at UN - live page:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-68631712

markhughes,
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@fulelo
Did he point out that Israel first attacked Iranian territory in the form of its Embassy?

That's not a claim nor an irrelevant fact.

#Israel chose to escalate this conflict, and to accelerate its genocide.

While the UK & US continue to supply the weapons of #genocide that have - so far - killed tens of thousands of innocent women and children in #Gaza.

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