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nunesgh

@nunesgh@mastodon.social

Physicist and Computer Scientist
Físico e Cientista da Computação

Toots in English and Portuguese
Toots em Português e Inglês

#FormalMethods
#QuantitativeInformationFlow
(a.k.a. #QIF)
#ResponsibleComputing
(e.g. #Privacy and #Fairness)

🇧🇷 🇦🇺 🇺🇳 🏳️‍🌈
#AntiFa #BLM #NoToWar
#MakeFascistsAfraidAgain
#fedi22

Header picture: Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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matthew_d_green, to random
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Watching HN downvote and flag the posts on anomalous ocean temperatures is super depressing.

nunesgh,
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@matthew_d_green
HN is a hype generator joke.

theintercept, to random
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Who owns Bluesky? What’s the role of former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey? What’s Bluesky’s business model? And what prevents another Elon Musk from buying and destroying it 10 years down the line?

@micahflee answers some of your Bluesky questions. https://theintercept.com/2023/06/01/bluesky-owner-twitter-elon-musk/

nunesgh,
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@micahflee
If you are correct and every instance is expected to host all the data from all other instances, then:

  1. what a huge waste of resources;
  2. what an incredibly high barrier for anyone trying to create an instance.
    @vegetarianzombie @DemocracySpot @Mastodon
nunesgh,
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@amanda
2.A) As AT Protocol usage increases, the bare minimum amount of storage capacity required to just start a new instance would be equal to the whole amount of data in the federation. This would only increase over time. Suppose Bluesky Social gets as big as Twitter. Then every new instance would be required to at least replicate the entire storage infrastructure of Twitter just to start running.
@micahflee @vegetarianzombie @DemocracySpot @Mastodon

nunesgh,
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@amanda
I don't know what you mean by 'better consistency'.
In any case, I see 2) as an issue for new instances of any size. Consider the following two scenarios.
@micahflee @vegetarianzombie @DemocracySpot @Mastodon

nunesgh,
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@amanda
2.B) Suppose an already existing large network, say Twitter or Facebook, decide to adopt AT Protocol. Suddenly the total amount of data in the federation increases by orders of magnitude. This would mean all the other AT Protocol instances would need to replicate the entire storage infrastructure of the newcomer large network. Not to mention the necessary network bandwidth for the data transfer.
@micahflee @vegetarianzombie @DemocracySpot @Mastodon

nunesgh,
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@amanda
In both scenarios, 2) would be a problem for instances of any size. 2.B) could easily cause Bluesky Social to be unable to federate due to lack of resources.
If @micahflee is correct, AT Protocol will be totally useless for federation purposes.
@vegetarianzombie @DemocracySpot @Mastodon

nunesgh, to random
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"The only way to rebel is to be human and aware, Rushkoff says. 'Be social, get your feet on the ground, make eye contact, have sex, meet people, breathe the air. The more real-life ballast you have, the less this brittle, ideological, abstracted, social media-mediated universe bears upon your daily existence.'"

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/28/artificial-intelligence-doug-rushkoff-tech-billionaires-escape-mode

custodian, to random

We have suspended access to the account associated with Newsmax, a far-right disinformation outlet from the US, and have limited (silenced) the 'newsie.social' instance as a whole for platforming such nonsense, including the rejection of all media from that instance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsmax

https://newsie.social/@newsmax

If you are a news outlet, we strongly recommend that you move to your own instance, as others, including The Markup and the Texas Observer, have already done.

nunesgh,
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@custodian
@DoctorsWithoutBorders
@STAT
@politico
@Forbes
@thenation
@BrennanCenter
@TheConversationUS
@TheConversationAfrica
@TheConversationUK
@TheConversationClimate
@losangelestimes
@freedomofpress
@ProPublica

renato, to random Portuguese
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"Exclusivo: documentos entregues por Carla Zambelli ao TSE têm fraude e assinatura falsificada"

Está chegando a hora 🎶

https://www.metropoles.com/colunas/rodrigo-rangel/exclusivo-documentos-entregues-por-carla-zambelli-ao-tse-tem-fraude-e-assinatura-falsificada

nunesgh,
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@renato https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc83odmvJr0

arstechnica, to random
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Neuralink says it has the FDA’s OK to start clinical trials

Company isn't enrolling patients yet, but has cleared a major hurdle.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/05/neuralink-says-it-has-the-fdas-ok-to-start-clinical-trials/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

nunesgh,
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@arstechnica
Hopefully patient #1 will be Musk, followed by his far-right friends.

chris, to random
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    nunesgh,
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    @chris
    Mate is what Gnome should have always been.

    dangoodin, to random

    Whatever my failings have been as a journalist of 30 years — and there have been many — at least I will be able to exit my career knowing I left Twitter after it became a tool for the far right.

    nunesgh,
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    @dangoodin
    Before, no?

    protonvpn, to random
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    offers a number of protocols to browse the internet privately, but did you know WireGuard is the fastest? This protocol uses state-of-the-art cryptography, making it the fastest protocol – you can connect instantly.

    Learn more: https://protonvpn.com/blog/what-is-wireguard/.

    nunesgh,
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    @protonvpn
    is still unavailable on the CLI tool, though. :(

    nunesgh, to random
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    "Cosmically speaking, if we are all insignificant, then everything we do is almost in defiance of that. It renders the choices we make simultaneously meaningless and also the most wonderful act of living; one more beautiful addition to an already improbable existence."

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/15/biggest-ever-space-explosion-8-billion-lightyears

    nunesgh, to random
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    "We’re not building another self-declared “neutral” platform. We believe that far too often, “neutrality” is used as an excuse to allow behaviors and content that’s designed to harass and harm those from communities that have always faced harassment and violence. (...) We’re building an awesome sandbox for us all to play in, but it comes with rules governing how we engage with one another. You’re completely free to go elsewhere if you don’t like them."
    -- @mozilla

    https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-social-mastodon-private-beta-announcement/

    evan, (edited ) to random
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    Should you get a notification from your server when someone unfollows you?

    nunesgh,
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    @evan
    If ever implemented, this should be opt-in. The same goes for allowing your posts to be 'quoted'.

    shoq, to random
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    BREAKING: The most popular reason to complain about the "Mastodon experience," is now extinct.

    https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/05/a-new-onboarding-experience-on-mastodon/

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    nunesgh,
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    @mike
    It was easier before Mastodon version 4, if I am not mistaken. Back then, there was a follow button that would open a popup window for you to follow the account on the other server. I am not sure why this was changed, though.
    @Jonathanglick @shoq

    jwildeboer, to random
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    In case you want to have a better web on your machine: https://consentomatic.au.dk is a browser plugin/extension that does all the clicks on these annoying consent popups for you. Not by simply clicking "accept" — by doing the opposite. Automated opt-out :)

    nunesgh,
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    @jwildeboer, I have briefly tested the extension on Firefox, but it seems to not work well with uBlock Origin. :(

    mattblaze, to random
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    My decision about whether to try Bluesky depends on what everyone else does. I just want to be where everyone else is, and not be around too many Nazis. My needs are simple.

    nunesgh,
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    @mattblaze
    Wasn't there a person who was the whole on ? I'm not sure their verification method is more secure at all.

    nunesgh, (edited )
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    @mattblaze
    I was talking about this.
    Source: https://chaos.social/@jonty/110307532009155432
    @FinchHaven @jonty

    Flipboard, to random
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    For : News media publishing in English.

    DW English — @dw

    Longreads — @longreads

    On the Media — @onthemedia

    POLITICO — @politico

    ProPublica — @ProPublica

    Rest of World — @restofworld

    Rolling Stone —
    @RollingStone

    STAT — @STAT

    The Conversation — @TheConversationUS
    @theconversationau
    @TheConversationAfrica

    The Markup — @themarkup

    The Nation — @thenation

    The Tyee — @thetyee

    VICE News — @VICENews

    Voice of America — @VOANews

    nunesgh,
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    @iagox86
    It's easier on mobile apps than on browsers.
    @Flipboard

    nunesgh,
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    @iagox86
    It was not you. This was a change on Mastodon version 4, if I'm not mistaken. The previous flow for following on browsers, with a pop-up window, was more intuitive, I agree. But I don't know what motivated the change. Maybe pop-up blocking by browsers? In any case, the flow on mobile apps has always been better, in my opinion.
    @Flipboard

    nunesgh, to random
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    First, is illegal in . You cannot walk around wearing a swastika or be part of a group. You are going to be prosecuted for that.

    Then, in November last year, a teenager killed four people and hurt twelve more in a school-shooting. Earlier in April, a man invaded a kindergarten and killed four children.

    After the second episode, on April 14, the government released an ordinance for social networks due to school violence.

    nunesgh,
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    Do not get me wrong! is bad and I do not support it!

    But this is not what is going on in right now. is clearly trying to play the legal system here. "stand(ing) up for our users in Brazil and their right to private communication" is pure bullshit.

    netblocks, to random
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    ⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show that messaging platform Telegram has been restricted on leading internet providers in #Brazil; the incident comes as a court orders the service's suspension over its refusal to supply user data on far-right groups

    📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/telegram-restricted-in-brazil-after-refusal-to-supply-user-data-to-authorities-JBZxOr86

    nunesgh,
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    @netblocks On the current restriction of #Telegram in #Brazil.
    https://mastodon.social/@nunesgh/110273720735765771

    mastodeck, to random

    Now there is a new GitHub public page where anyone can send all the issues, feedback, ideas, bugs, etc. and keep track of the progress. Please also send anything you would like for @mastodeck to have, add or do in the future.

    https://github.com/barredo/mastodeck

    nunesgh,
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    @mastodeck Are there plans to make the code open source?

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