Mark von Übelgarten @vonubelgarten@mastodon.sdf.org

european friends are pals, american friends are ntscs

Worst Fears About China's Organ Transplants and Prisoners Were Just Confirmed
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20249489
#hackernews #tech

Midnight on the solstice.

Every day is a new day to discover a new fucking privacy-washing organization.

Today, let's meet the "Futur of Privacy Forum", funded by :
- Facebook
- Google
- Microsoft
- Amazon
- Adobe
- Palantir
- Uber
- Verizon
- 23andMe
- Criteo

https://fpf.org/about/supporters/

I don't know if I have to laugh, cry, or throw up!...

Thanks @aral for this discovery

This is how old I am in internet years.

Stablecoin, i.e. sell monopoly money for real money and accrue interest on the stash of real money

password generators are shit because they have to rely on the random number generators in your computers and software that the NSA obviously controls

the most secure password generator is putting a cat on your keyboard because nobody knows what the hell those devils think, not even the NSA

Retail stores use Bluetooth beacons to track customers
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20183968
#hackernews #tech

Möther let me töuch the shinÿ plæse

Do I really want to learn about social media from the people who failed at making a social network?

Smart people are so fucking stupid

A spaceship landed in the park, and an alien emerged.
"Greetings," it said. "Take us to your leader."
A passing jogger stopped. "Uh, I can-"
"We were not addressing you," the alien said, "but the ghosts. They do outnumber you."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

@SDF @smj The SDFARC net has a rather large number of check-ins tonight so far. Hopefully people are listening at anonradio.net

This is insane: You destroyed a pin on your vintage chip while modding the board? No worry! Just decap the chip a little bit with a Dremel and solder a jumper directly to the bond wire! The real component/chip-level repair... #electronics

https://hackaday.com/2019/03/21/a-steady-hand-makes-this-chip-work-again/

A few months ago, Microsoft decided to collaborate with Google and drop its web engine in favor of Google's.

Earlier this week, Google blocked all ad blockers, and now Microsoft has de-listed UBlock Origin (a powerful ad-blocker). Without real choice, monopolies will dictate what you see and do on the Internet.

Real choice comes with Free/Open Source Software.

Imagine if _all_ applications were developed the same way as Fedi apps, part 4:
Bildschirmfoto vom 2019-06-02 1…

Finally, the Pretty Kitty™ seed I planted has sprouted. #Cats #Mastocats

Making these fake screenshots is fun.

Imagine if _all_ applications were developed the same way as Fedi apps, part 3:
Bildschirmfoto vom 2019-06-02 1…

I don't have anything better to do so here's another one.

Imagine if _all_ applications were developed the same way as Fedi apps, part 2:
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