patrickhadfield

Edent, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to fediverse

Here's a #Fediverse brainteaser for you.

Let's say I block or mute @fred

They then perform an account transfer and port their account to @freddy

All of their followers automatically follow the new account.

Does my account automatically block/mute their new account?

patrickhadfield, 10 months ago to random

Criminalising drug use helps no one.

It separates families, gives users a criminal record, removes access to (many) jobs. It is also inequitable, gaming hardest on the poor, people of colour, and others who are unable to access legal representation.

#LegaliseIt

"Scotland proposes drug decriminalisation in Westminster challenge"

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/07/scotland-proposes-drug-decriminalisation-in-westminster-challenge?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

helenczerski, 10 months ago to ocean

This is a horrendous situation to be in. The deep sea is a huge & biodiverse wilderness. These nodules can take two MILLION years to form. We absolutely do not need minerals from the seabed - battery designers are designing them out - and it will be almost impossible to monitor the significant damage that mining would cause. We must say no.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/08/future-of-deep-sea-mining-hangs-in-balance-as-opposition-grows?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #ocean #Seabed

ArtBear, 10 months ago to HashtagGames

The Dominatrix

#MakeAMovieWeird
#HashtagGames

davidallengreen, 10 months ago to random

Threads

I know it will irk some of you that some of us have Threads accounts.

My heart is with open protocols and Mastodon.

But.

The reason I do legal commentary is that I think promoting the public understanding of law is a good thing.

As such the wider reach the better - a public good.

I am also a writer, and the wider I can cast links to my Substack which provides financial means for me to justify using time for commentary, the better for me, as a private good.

I am sorry to irk.

mmasnick, 10 months ago to random

This is hilariously stupid. I mean, just painfully stupid. And, yes, it's real.

sundogplanets, 11 months ago to random

Apparently they just announced my asteroid (yes I really do have an asteroid named after me and it's one of the coolest things that's ever happened to me!!) at the #ACM2023 conference dinner, and I'm feeling even more sad that I couldn't go in person. SIGH.

But I have an asteroid named after me :) And I can watch all the talks online, which is pretty nice. And I didn't have to fly or figure out childcare or farm-sitting (or dump it all on my partner), so I guess this is fine.

Edent, 11 months ago to money

🆕 blog! “Your phone is probably a CDO”

I'm not sure how many people know this, but I thought I'd share something I learned a few years ago when I worked for a mobile phone seller. Most modern smartphones are too expensive for people to purchase outright. At the most extreme end, the iPhone 14 Pro Max costs £1,2001. So a typical customer […]

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/06/your-phone-is-a-cdo/
⸻
#mobile #money #phone

rodhilton, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to random

I want to expand more on the comedy of errors that led to the eviction of #Twitter from their Boulder, Colorado office.

The story that leads up to this building even existing is bizarre and hilarious, so here goes...

A thread 🧵

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/judge-ruled-twitter-must-be-evicted-from-colorado-office-over-unpaid-rent/

patrickhadfield, 11 months ago to glasgow

Renfield Lane, Glasgow.

#Glasgow #mural #Scotland

iangriffin, 11 months ago to NewZealand

Oooh look, oooh look, another timelapse of tonight's amazing aurora. This time through a wider angle lens! #Aurora #auroraaustralis #NewZealand

The Aurora Australis dances in the sky over Hoopers Inlet.

jon, 11 months ago to random

So Nads resigned because she knew her guarding saviour Johnson would resign?

mcnees, 11 months ago to random

Getting this one in just under the wire!

Computer scientist and engineer Tim Berners-Lee was born #OTD in 1955. He proposed a global hypertext experiment at CERN in 1989 and now we all live in it.

So you can blame all of this [waves arm in the direction of the web] on him.

Image: CERN

futurebird, 11 months ago to random

Is there anyone serious who is saying this? Or is this just another way to make the tech seem more powerful than it is?

I don't get this "we're all gonna die" thing at all.

I do get the "we are too disorganized and greedy to integrate new technology well without the economy getting screwed up and people suffering... but that's another matter..."

patrickhadfield, 11 months ago to random

How to make friends and influence people.

Rishi Sunak must have a lot to hide it he's going to court to stop the covid inquiry finding it out.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/01/government-to-launch-legal-action-in-attempt-to-retain-johnson-whatsapps?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Richard_Littler, 1 year ago to random

When you hear a loud noise in another room and rush through to find that your dog has accidentally pulled down the curtains, but is now feigning complete innocence.

patrickhadfield, 1 year ago to random

"A reckless bonfire of every bit of legislation could have cost business billions. But for a long while, Badenoch and her supporters in the European Research Group – and not forgetting Rishi Sunak himself, who made it part of his leadership manifesto – clung to the idea that wrecking the economy was a symbol of national pride. A Brexit bonus worth the cost. The right of the country to self-harm couldn’t be passed up."

John Crace on Kemi Badrnoch.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/11/kemi-badenoch-makes-enemies-with-narcissistic-commons-appearance?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

patrickhadfield, 1 year ago to random

According to the Beeb, the Tories are now past 1,000 losses - a total of 1,012 seat down.

Tory spokespeople were saying 1,000 was the wrost-case scenario!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2023/england/results

Edent, 1 year ago to random

For anyone thinking of building a custom keyboard...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWoDSsCX1S8

futurebird, 1 year ago to random

The drone attack seems pretty fake. But the best case for it not being fake is how ineffective of a propaganda tool it would be. One would hope Russia’s propagandists would be more savvy. A bully wants everyone to feel sad they got bit back? Really? Consider moral boost either way. Either Russia is hitting herself desperate for sympathy— or a tiny nation pulled off something incredible. Win win for Ukraine.

I don’t really care who was responsible. If Mr Putin dislikes it he can easily LEAVE.

juddlegum, 1 year ago to random

Banned books, by topic (July 2021 to June 2022)

futurebird, 1 year ago to random

So I had to crack down on all the fictional "going to the tavern" and "drinking alcohol" in the middle school D&N club today.

They complained that their characters are "all over 21" (never mind what the drinking age is in their strange steampunk, noir, fantasy forest world... ) anyways I explained that they might get "fictionally drunk" so they dropped it.

Some day they may think back on that one and go "now wait just a min!"

xahteiwi, 1 year ago to random

For those of you who have completed some sort of formal management education (like, for example, a degree in any management discipline), please comment below to indicate to what extent game theory was part of your curriculum.

Boosts welcome.