In case you have not yet done so:

https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/privacy/settings/recommendations

Click the switch OFF

#paypal #surveillance #Privacy

(Note, people in CA, NV, VT, and Europe: your government already took care of this for you)

https://cdn.masto.host/sciencemastodoncom/media_attachments/files/113/278/293/002/878/580/original/36c57005c3be925d.jpeg


I swear by my life
And my love of it
That I will continue running a #tor node
Independent of any government’s approval

This is my chosen responsibility as a citizen of the #internet

https://www.whathacked.com/post/tor-trouble-government-targets-whistleblower


nostr:npub1je7rpfxdtl82xa5zgq3s9vc9wl3lfw023gmlt7tmffa2d6nh642sha0rgu The cryptocoin died years before the short-lived canine


nostr:npub184j3qdr59elz4g7y3mq8nc77npj2d22kxnc9fyacu849lt4ck90sdv7dha I look forward to Bunanov feeding bits of Putin to his frog


nostr:npub1sm286kym3c4x9k439cvah66kwfaylvvt2uyczulwlnm7zvmqldmqnf66gx I wonder if this kind of attack will work against a Constitutional AI like the new Claude

https://constitutional.ai


nostr:npub1zyvyrwaqz7gg7ds7c5aekftsrpnvlvpvfc3xln9kl9cuczy80tys336fc0 nostr:npub1dgsrtum45we57dd9zs6r9967fxxheqvruy86c2z0gy0ftv4ll6jq60nfw8 nostr:npub18c7wjmr8txk9u3xzrxl5rsx8mpt4dr84nyluufn4qg4x9xnar52qller9d
Huh . I did a few seconds of searching just now.

1. If you have Ashkenazi Jewish heritage, be even more concerned: https://www.wired.com/story/23andme-credential-stuffing-data-stolen/

2. A class action lawsuit has been filed in CA. You might want to check on this https://www.nbcnews.com/healthmain/23andme-faces-class-action-lawsuit-california-2D11691043

3. OFC it's already for sale on the Darkweb https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2023-10-06/hackers-advertise-sale-of-23andme-data-on-leaked-data-forum


nostr:npub1dgsrtum45we57dd9zs6r9967fxxheqvruy86c2z0gy0ftv4ll6jq60nfw8 nostr:npub18c7wjmr8txk9u3xzrxl5rsx8mpt4dr84nyluufn4qg4x9xnar52qller9d nostr:npub1zyvyrwaqz7gg7ds7c5aekftsrpnvlvpvfc3xln9kl9cuczy80tys336fc0
The ~4MB of private data you can never, ever change... not even with a good password manager and hours talking to customer support.

And once it's out there, it's out there.

And extended family will now have less privacy as well. In direct proportion to how closely they are related to you.

And many in that database are vulnerable people with diseases that submitted to 23&Me on the premise that science might help.

Damn. I hope they get restitution. LOTS.


nostr:npub1ke68qh59qkyeel06lqg32kr29yud4tk6dm4lxp7624lefqr74xdqazz7av Done! My message:

> Please oppose this bill. NH understands that privacy is important, especially for victims of abuse. That is why we rejected the REAL-ID act, and why our RSAs allow privacy-friendly physical driver's licenses that do not show face, home address, or SSN. Unfortunately, hacking happens, and giving every website access to personal ID is a guarantee of *less* privacy and less safety for some of our most vulnerable citizens.


HOW TO MAKE A PROGRAM:

1. Tell an #AI it is the CEO of a software company
2. Tell a few AIs that they are coders at the company
3. Tell more AIs that they are testers at the company
4. Start the simulation and tell the CEO what kind of software his top customer wants
5. Seven minutes later... get your program.

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Zlgkzjndpak

"ChatDev, a virtual chat-powered #software development company"
https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.07924


HOW TO MAKE A PROGRAM:

1. Tell an #AI it is the CEO of a software company
2. Tell a few AIs that they are coders at the company
3. Tell more AIs that they are testers at the company
4. Start the simulation and tell the CEO what kind of software his top customer wants
5. Seven minutes later... get your program.

"ChatDev, a virtual chat-powered #software development company"
https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.07924

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Zlgkzjndpak


nostr:npub10m64tke0zv389ykxrvrta2fxerkkcfdezfk7ksm9q63zmz5svnjqvd62cc Have you been subjected to Slack?

Be careful what you wish for


nostr:npub154v9wdxhqjvadn4esk94htm2x7xhxhtcsjwl448whc5fj4gapsxst6aefh Other editors nearly always perform the deadly sin of being either (a) EMACS, or (b) a GUI


nostr:npub154v9wdxhqjvadn4esk94htm2x7xhxhtcsjwl448whc5fj4gapsxst6aefh

vim


Fascinating talk! Using the CMB as a totally independent measure of gravitational lensing gives excellent agreement with λ-CDM models, strongly suggesting the "Hubble tension" is purely smaller scale and/or systemic bias, *not* new physics.

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=xhB_8DXkwdE


nostr:npub1x0knr9e07pwxjsjxmkpmm9rdqgflhlk9n45hymmqx7k8vy72eq7qgx99j7
> 57.4% of the users found GPT-4 generated feedback helpful/very helpful and 82.4% found it more beneficial than feedback from at least some human reviewers


nostr:npub16g4zyvkd5qemd5vra9kynywz5rtxpcrhhya384cvv843ny4c5z6qy8tv3l nostr:npub1vrr43x8q9nws5nu270szr04xsqzlhk7y3xdtx02jp0laf6hq88kquz78k6 as it's unpowered, best it can do is shift down to more photons at lower wavelengths


nostr:npub13d8khmk0egptu8f0r6hraxet8y3h46rg2qhx60g9yuefjgggrc8qlmycpx Don't disinfo campaigns violate Rule 1?

How many 100s of 1000s of civilians died in the US alone because Prigozhin trolls convinced them that masks don't work & vax isn't safe?


nostr:npub1vrr43x8q9nws5nu270szr04xsqzlhk7y3xdtx02jp0laf6hq88kquz78k6
> constructed from a black plasticized material that resembles a camping tarp. It is capable of shielding the heat signal

It must be (a) redirecting heat to dissipate in inconspicuous "hot spots", and/or (b) more evenly distributing heat

Energy has to get out, or the guy boils.


nostr:npub1td0cds3wvcqpxs2lxvkgyqzffyy4w25zgeqa3ds5rp4ach02er5swv05z4
“You can twist perceptions; reality won’t budge” -Neal Peart

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=jFNaq1x6mqk


nostr:npub1td0cds3wvcqpxs2lxvkgyqzffyy4w25zgeqa3ds5rp4ach02er5swv05z4
Projects are like advertising budgets.

You know half is wasted Red Herring, but a priori you can’t tell which half.


nostr:npub1hverte66k9km8a46cam7qqu8h86rk22ugrxn9dajz9xwh374ydgszxlgwc
Literally go on Amazon or Ebay and search for "batocera SD Card retro games" or "SD card preloaded retro games" or similar. Looks like they are selling for ~$20-50. Some come with FTP access to Literally Everything, every game for every emulator


nostr:npub1zle9nhxsw0wr6s3enc0tc23drjaqv3wt60mzast4pen59q4y4kgq3738k8 Humira/adalimumab?


nostr:npub10yqvu46dxdke0rvear4p7x56muzrapacm070prj3u3r3wtpygd6sp6tcgm nostr:npub1l747g0w0983cvtmk4vs88ddr2dwc6emwx9agz7297srrzvsu9ecs6nfjfv IPv6 is great for evading firewalls… that’s why I block it at home, and allow it on my VPS servers


nostr:npub1l747g0w0983cvtmk4vs88ddr2dwc6emwx9agz7297srrzvsu9ecs6nfjfv If you really want to host from home, consider using a .onion #tor address. The IP can change, all the network cares about is that your server has the private key for the address. And I guarantee you won’t hit those pesky bandwidth limits, ha ha


nostr:npub1l747g0w0983cvtmk4vs88ddr2dwc6emwx9agz7297srrzvsu9ecs6nfjfv Dynamic IPs are a mixed bag and the inheritence of IPv4, not a conspiracy. If I were an ISP, I'd want upload/download limits of *some* kind, so I could plan infrastructure outlays.

Do you have a vigorous local market in last-mile internet providers? I'd look at that market for root causes of poor options.


nostr:npub1l747g0w0983cvtmk4vs88ddr2dwc6emwx9agz7297srrzvsu9ecs6nfjfv
Anyone can host a #PeerTube instance for $~10/mo

If, like me, you despise #youtube/#gafam advertising, consider joining me in using #invidious exclusively.

Be the change you wish to see in the world.


If you’re still running #windows , today is a good day to plan your migration to a user-friendly OS.

Or, maybe you *like* being watched by the AI of #Microsoft ?

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2023/09/21/announcing-microsoft-365-copilot-general-availability-and-microsoft-365-chat/


nostr:npub1rc6rwel853j89g9pax3ea5j0v06crtszrt3h470qs0hgklefjz8qgpg7hx
Your hashtags are wrong. Civilized nations buying anything from #Russia is bad news, but burning more #LNG than #oil is *good* news.

> Burning natural gas for energy results in fewer emissions of nearly all types of air pollutants and carbon dioxide (CO2) than burning coal or petroleum products to produce an equal amount of energy.

https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/natural-gas/natural-gas-and-the-environment.php


nostr:npub1pykyg0phwxf0r6p68uhc6qeqcyr44s07px7d872j82f2xtsddm6qpywecq you should post this as a poll


nostr:npub1zle9nhxsw0wr6s3enc0tc23drjaqv3wt60mzast4pen59q4y4kgq3738k8
It’s called Kodi and it doesn’t care about intellectual property
https://kodi.tv/


nostr:npub1td0cds3wvcqpxs2lxvkgyqzffyy4w25zgeqa3ds5rp4ach02er5swv05z4 We have to be honest about the perils inherent in a Democracy.

Such as the notion that everyone can have an opinion, and they should all be of equal weight.

No! Some opinions are based on bad data and poor analysis. Some opinions are simply tripe. Some people really should *not* vote.


nostr:npub1vh3taefvn3mpd0n3fahq3yg2mkku9hl5np3vsmchq9426sd23gtszg8mkp There is a reason some of us use #Monero


Yesterday I got the COVID booster, the seasonal flu shot, and Shingrix all at the same time.

The nurse said today would be a little rough. She was right. I feel like I have COVID, flu, and shingles, all at the same time.

I am very glad humans invented cannabis gummies, and that civilization in my geographic area was enlightened enough to make those legal for me to consume.


nostr:npub1ke68qh59qkyeel06lqg32kr29yud4tk6dm4lxp7624lefqr74xdqazz7av
#tangerinedream  Their entire discography has been the background of a significant fraction of my programming (and therefore waking) life.

You must listen to EVERY ALBUM THEY EVER MADE, but here is a good place to start

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=2vOFt6DUi4k


nostr:npub1fmxatuguvfqrzjrj2d6rftvl0un37syd9np02fn0f874ngkkn9xq6zrhhz Hopefully, what happens now is people start using #opensource #godot

https://godotengine.org/


nostr:npub1uuh76krgslv0dqdkdc4r6m6tesp56swr0kywmc88nv37jd9890hqcq6c94 it’s a hail-Mary fallback for any file for which one doesn’t have “the app”


nostr:npub1wvs02jresmh0hms7kgmpqsx5mw7c5pc0v06ak4r54evtmesd0tlsmspaam Maybe we’ll have more peace when people stop believing their Invisible Friend in the Sky speaks absolute unquestionable truth


nostr:npub1uuh76krgslv0dqdkdc4r6m6tesp56swr0kywmc88nv37jd9890hqcq6c94
strings foo.pdf | more


nostr:npub10lrdxqjg0uukvlrwx0p2h967qhgh5geuyqtd0j752zqgvfwmr6aqm47ucq

https://cdn.masto.host/sciencemastodoncom/media_attachments/files/111/075/349/988/161/658/original/9ee9f76458d93d6b.jpeg


nostr:npub14adxj7wkt4r3ee3x9cpqlcqgm29r839trzya9vp4aagqeysdrc5q0ur96n
1. CRITICAL THINKING
2. Concise written communication
…
527. Knowledge of router tables, filesystems, and *nix commands

(Not an SRE, but I hire them sometimes)


nostr:npub1ke68qh59qkyeel06lqg32kr29yud4tk6dm4lxp7624lefqr74xdqazz7av Have you tried Valerian root? Or Kratom? Both excellent options


nostr:npub14cqpgj6a3u4cy0lz2e3dk96j0whv9xfc6m356a7a0jap8sgnmulsk6k7mw LOL, cameras are definitely not the only concern

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=9fAnRkJ6N3s


nostr:npub1hk4mlaam68ftq2fcrs0nkppn83h76njah5plwty3vpxc0f35zqcql0578k I was impressed by all of the US government officials at #defcon

This guy was impressively insightful, humble, and smaht

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=MdNZC_CdHJA


The #defcon talk on #AI #ML by Dr Martell from the US Department of Defense is now up. Highly recommend.

Bonus: I ask a question at 32:00 Inaudible in the vid. I pointed out that some researchers (Hinton, among others) are optimistic that the hallucination problem will be solved, and asked Dr Martell why he doesn’t agree.

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=VLqu06vVDGA


nostr:npub12rwse898adw7ed00uk00t7959ecfdjefgdx949gnw32yzvfycp3saw9x8g
> Trumpet Winsock

Ah, yes... the times Before Linux. When we could not *nix at home.

<hagrid>Dark times, Harry. Dark times...</hagrid>


nostr:npub1d5wae3eg4m263urn7wdg99t8emzvydpjq2pcl565kr7ygf9f6c4sdqxt38 why on earth would you need adblockers to watch video in the modern #invidious age?

https://invidious.io.lol/watch?v=rimtaSgGz_4


nostr:npub1sw9efut6vqpehjdke6n78lhu70zj0fqrpveeuj7ygg7ashs7a3gsny5qq3 With AI-weaponized social media, slow-witted men have become the tools of men who are using intelligent tools.


nostr:npub1lvwkm54vrpgwurcz8g2gyhekkd65v058ash9q9etl4hwez7nsgcsv6fuem

https://cdn.masto.host/sciencemastodoncom/media_attachments/files/111/070/558/631/998/752/original/72dc4e235cf80630.png


nostr:npub1f0qmlssvmr0x30s5kxmmfwqlq3ah3dlgg2qgs2qw3zca2pne3kdqp7932v nostr:npub1su4t3c2h2fl2ws6hfcnn5r7jdn87qvhvaafe5uv3hcwygxz3rjssf6a0dw Hopefully they are using an #opensource alternative; those don't have a perverse incentive to tie the app to an account managed by a member of #GAFAM

There are several such options; #FreeOTP is my favorite https://freeotp.github.io/


nostr:npub1u699crv55ehtf000p4l3k0jhm0awdr0el5ukn88gga6aykppyc8s05qfp9 #pihole FTW!


nostr:npub12rwse898adw7ed00uk00t7959ecfdjefgdx949gnw32yzvfycp3saw9x8g I am a veteran of the Browser Wars. I know the modern Internet was won by an army of techies like myself *demanding* open interoperable standards, and *refusing* to accept the idea of a “Microsoft Internet”


This gets me in the feels. I hate when someone tells me to "just download the app, it's on iOS *and* Android!".

Sorry, I am an abnormal person. The loss my privacy and my freedom bother me. Like the way an irritating sound or pungent smell may be ignored by neurotypicals, but absolutely unbearable for an Autist.

#opensource #Privacy #tolerance https://sfconservancy.org/news/2023/sep/14/fossy-videos/

https://cdn.masto.host/sciencemastodoncom/media_attachments/files/111/064/545/102/173/287/original/b52455578b80d9da.jpeg


nostr:npub1kcverapw235t8f9xpuu3tnqk4gfrjq53wjsa0mckue4lnj4wuq7qcqtx2q Russia is losing its conventional warfighting ability. But its disinfo/psyop game has been crushing the West.

"We are in a race between education and oblivion"


"Change Control Board" sounds much more professional and less creepy than "Sprint Grooming"

#software #agile


nostr:npub1xrxx6t0483f4ay9923gufrw24ftptudum8lsvlkjmyyseq2pwfws6qv92t
At present, it is "non disponible"/not available :(
https://www.panini.it/shp_ita_it/topolino-3527-1wtopo3527-it08.html

Fortunately, I was able to snag a copy on eBay!


The purpose of strong #cryptography isn't to be "unbreakable", but rather to remain unbroken until you personally are taking the dirt nap.


nostr:npub1vrr43x8q9nws5nu270szr04xsqzlhk7y3xdtx02jp0laf6hq88kquz78k6 Beautiful, beautiful pr0n


nostr:npub1td0cds3wvcqpxs2lxvkgyqzffyy4w25zgeqa3ds5rp4ach02er5swv05z4 We are rapidly diverging into a species that creates rotating nature habitats in space... and a species that flings poo at the visitors to their habitat.


nostr:npub1su4t3c2h2fl2ws6hfcnn5r7jdn87qvhvaafe5uv3hcwygxz3rjssf6a0dw  Just because it’s overhyped now, doesn’t mean it won’t take your job in 18-24 months #AU


nostr:npub1pqrv8p5rlc0ql9kxwclchmtzwplpl3dqzutzp57mdjtc66w7cg6s8rgc4r fun fact: scraping social media tends to happen the moment you post, and is scraped to a separate database.

The only reason your public-but-deleted mastodon posts aren’t as easily searchable as the not deleted ones, is because Mastodon hasn’t attracted the necessary attention yet.

See eg, Unddit and Reveddit. Similar sites will appear for Mastodon, if they haven’t already.

If you want privacy on the Internet, use Tor and don’t post personal info on *any* social media


“Multicellularity was not specifically the advantage; what was selected for, was the ability to change form”

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=LtszBsMydZE


nostr:npub1a960u5dxm49cn9aele4ky0fkvp4xp7he96wtjxzqdwmczfm7u5hq59ut9r someone introduce him to a Yubikey and blow his mind


nostr:npub1f6gqv5389psyah25nf3kqgur5sknwy0yq0jullvr46qzepksf2fqdk9nhx nostr:npub1dzv5n3kypy77e83p7hxk4dvn6d4dwd9yqsw924rgplx3z0pkqupqga5v2p AFAICT, this bug affected *only* iOS 16.6.x so your old phone actually should be safe
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213905


nostr:npub1qpfxe7q3qkhr6t70h9qq3qqn5zwud250vqhvxwnghuhnkafg7rtqjjnsrp nostr:npub1dzv5n3kypy77e83p7hxk4dvn6d4dwd9yqsw924rgplx3z0pkqupqga5v2p Thank God's God for PinePhone!


nostr:npub1td0cds3wvcqpxs2lxvkgyqzffyy4w25zgeqa3ds5rp4ach02er5swv05z4 For US schools? The Pledge of Allegiance

The Pledge is itself abhorrent from a moral standpoint. But it is also a *complete* waste of 10-15 minutes every single school day.


nostr:npub1td0cds3wvcqpxs2lxvkgyqzffyy4w25zgeqa3ds5rp4ach02er5swv05z4 http://three.sentenc.es/


nostr:npub1zdp33shl69xr0uq3x8n5gsjykq9upycwh6nqm02c3f6x0frrn0dq42vqv8 I would show them the incredible diversity, beauty, and creativity of our collective vast pr0n treasure trove


nostr:npub1hyp0snlqyw66uwuep7tnkwqhgpg7qspvf928v0mm8d9penuwee0srvaehm ... like when people keep eating beef and factory-farm chicken


Dragon-sided D

Software Engineer by trade, scientist at heart, homeschooler of STEM.

As a kid I learned assembly language so I could make my Space Invaders program run faster. Now I am one of the army of people that make the Internet happen.

"If man chooses oblivion, he can go right on leaving his fate to his political leaders. If he chooses Utopia, he must initiate an enormous education program - immediately, if not sooner."
-R. Buckminster Fuller


nostr:npub19yyj2ksn40n6a8ds0lfep4e75dkujelm4s8lv5ex2n42c2y7w5nsludlez

Multiple independent lines of evidence strongly suggest insects experience emotions not unlike vertebrates’(!) Many staggering implications, including moral ones.

Quoth the authors:
“To live, to eat, we almost inevitably kill other living things [...] to the extent that the affected creatures are probably sentient, we have a moral obligation to minimize their suffering—whether in research labs, on feed-and-food farms, or in agricultural settings.”