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으 추워!!!
That last thing is in progress now, and will hopefully be done enough to be useful this weekend.
So!
It would be nice to have a few people who could help to do some interoperability testing, and generally shake things out. Possibly as soon as next week. Preferably, you would be comfortable running a server and a database, and doing testing, troubleshooting, and things like that.
If that sounds like you, and you want to help out with a new fedi backend, hmu
And if this is the first you're hearing about any of this, then you may be interested in https://letterbook.com
If you're interested in doing some (very) early testing with #Letterbook, let me know so I can invite you to our contributor chat!
And, I wouldn't recommend running it on the internet just yet. Especially not on a (sub)domain that you intend to use for real life. I'll be testing in sandcastles for the foreseeable future
I can be angry about rising fascism and also angry about facial recognition built into surveillance glasses at the same time, not only because these things are directly related, but because I contain fucking multitudes and all them are mad all the goddamn time.
87% of video games released in the U.S. before 2010 are technically unavailable for legal purchase.
As of 2026, libraries and archives can digitally preserve, but not digitally *share* games, and can provide on-premises access only. Libraries *are* allowed to share books, films, and music both onsite and remotely.
This is all very messed up.
스팸 의심 계정, 연결되지 않는 계정들을 팔로에서 정리하니 큐 쌓이던 문제가 많이 해결됐네. 한다한다 하면서 귀찮아서 안 하고 있었더니 위험수위까지 왔었음. 😅
"A group of Buddhist monks completed their 2,300-mile, 110-day Walk for Peace [Feb. 10] as they journeyed from Fort Worth, Texas, to the DC-area.
They were led by Venerable Bhikkhu Paññākāra, who walked part of the trip barefoot. They stopped in ten states—through snow and rain, often sleeping outside. They inspired millions with the message that peace is possible."
~ Scott Dworkin
#BuddhistMonks #peace #solidarity #resistance
https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/monks-complete-walk-for-peace-dems
Meta thinks now is a great time to launch facial recognition surveillance tech in their creepy glasses because EFF will be too distracted by fascism to notice.
We noticed.
🌹 Roses are red,
🔵 Violets are blue,
💎 Your data is precious,
🔒 Please protect it too!
This Valentine's Day, let's focus on love ❤️.. and privacy! 🔒
RF 85mm F2를 사야겠다. 박물관, 미술관에서 쓸 렌즈가 필요해.
It finally happened
Someone asked me where the library was in Spanish
I've been training for this since high school
I wrote some words for ~ this week in security ~ about how social media giants (aka: ad tech companies!) track you around the web, even if you don't have an account or use their apps. Follows from a brilliant column in the BBC about TikTok's use of website "pixels" to track people's browsing activity.
Sign up (or RSS) for the weekly newsletter, out Sundays. No email open or link click tracking! https://this.weekinsecurity.com
The good news is that hidden web tracking "pixels" are relatively easy to defeat. It's also why using an ad-blocker is one of my top pieces of security advice for anyone, as ad-blockers help to reduce surveillance and online tracking, while helping to keep you safer from malware.
Here's why: https://this.weekinsecurity.com/why-ad-blockers-are-a-top-security-and-privacy-defense-for-everyone/
놋치 
jnkrtech
Stefano Marinelli$HOME/.config/vim for user configuration.Arborium is AI slopware and should not be trusted: A blog post about my recent experiences trying to make a syntax highlighter work
Feel free to tell realpython whether you want to see them create content on using AI to code.
I told them no:
(i) unethical training process
(ii) less maintainable code
(iii) deskilling of developers
An obsequious “always yes” machine…well, your head might say it’s far-fetched, but the instinct for psychological self-defense won’t let your brain let go of it.
You might say “Don’t they understand [fact about LLMs]???” but often the appeal isn’t factual; it’s emotional.
Ignore that at your peril.
8/
All these breathless articles about people forming weird relationships with LLMs, ruining marriages or going down psychological rabbit holes because of the emotionally compulsion-forming quality of having something that always says yes to you?
I think that’s happening to people in management, too, in their professional lives — and they’re making purchase decisions around it.
9/
미국엔 마가나 파시스트들도 많지만 피부색 다른 동료 시민이나 이민자들을 위해 (때론 한겨울에 맨발에 샤워 가운 차림으로 뛰어나와) 저항하고, 그러다 목숨을 잃기도 하고, 이 분처럼 눈물을 흘리며 시위에 나서는 사람들도 많다.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qcp5rd7n6oky7wxnifuimscz/post/3merygiakas2p
Is there any way linter/type checker for #Python that can find expressions that never will evaluate to anything other than False based on the type information? E.g. checking if a variable of the type `int` exists within a list of the type `list[str]`? I do use #mypy but it doesn't seem to catch this.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Linkletter/116054186543074481
Still looking for this judgment, if anyone has PACER access. I'll cover any costs.
If you have a void gremlin you’re going to lose the tips of a few fingers.
センちゃん
My smart sleep mask broadcasts users' brainwaves to an open MQTT broker
Link: https://aimilios.bearblog.dev/reverse-engineering-sleep-mask/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47015294
Vim 9.2 Released
Link: https://www.vim.org/vim-9.2-released.php
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47015330
Never call them smart glasses,
Always call them creep glasses.
Because that's what they are.
If you wouldn't create an account on
Truth Social, maybe it's time to delete your account on X.
If you wouldn't create an account on
Truth Social, maybe it's time to delete your account on X.
@Em0nM4stodonEm 
did awhile ago! Great feeling
Instead of a WhatsApp group or whatever, my two oldest friends and me have a private non-federated Mastodon instance running on my laptop for some time now 
It's all private and closed so only we 3 use it to communicate and share stories with each other!
You can just disable federation and set everything private so it becomes a little intranet for friends!
#Mastodon is really amazing 
If you own glasses that record people without their consent, we can't be friend, and please don't talk to me.
@Em0nM4stodonEm There is a silent or silenced issue about cameras in modern cars. If the US could force Tesla's compliance, they have a running surveillance fleet in Europe.
I've been really enjoying Strange Relics, a collection of pulp fiction novelas with spooky-archeological themes. The intro by Thornton and Soar is also really good. If you're into this sort of thing, you should check it out. All of the stories were new to me and that doesn't happen very often. #books #PulpFiction
@lcamtuflcamtuf 
not without blockchain
鏡音リン
寝るって難しいよな
"Office of Budget and Management Director Russell Vought killed USAID, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths, and is now using the money he 'saved' to bankroll his security detail.
A Reuters report Friday states that the Project 2025 architect who promised to put federal employees 'in trauma' is spending $15 million of former USAID funding—"
~ Malcolm Ferguson
#Trump #RussellVought #Project2025 #USAID #children #starvation #healthcare #security
/1
https://newrepublic.com/post/206559/russ-vought-usaid-funds-security
@neptune22222Bo Morgan If you're filming people without their knowledge and consent (unless it's in the public interest like recording police work), this is still wrong and creepy.
And even for public interest reporting, your camera should be visible.
@Em0nM4stodonEm Where I live, it's even illegal, it's a crime. @neptune22222Bo Morgan
무슨 마스터요?
Invincible Swordswoman (1977) #KungFuSat stream countdown started on https://miru.miyaku.media 
그러고보니 보안 문제 때문에 화장실 좌변기 칸에 문을 안 다는 곳들도 있긴 하죠. ㅎㅎㅎ;
New repository settings for configuring pull request access - GitHub Changelog https://lobste.rs/s/k5dqmn #ai #practices #vcs
https://github.blog/changelog/2026-02-13-new-repository-settings-for-configuring-pull-request-access/
어제 생일파티 하러 가는데 이런 현수막이 있었다 (차별금지법 발의 감사합니다)
You get a lot of benefits when you support #FreeSoftware with a #FSF associate membership: https://www.fsf.org/associate/benefits
I agree with you, first off.
Also, I have no idea what the laws are like in Canada or anywhere else outside of the US.
That having been said…
Recording Video in Public Places
Recording video in public is generally permissible in places like public parks, city streets, and sidewalks, where there is no reasonable expectation of privacy. This means that if something is visible to the naked eye in a public space, you can record it. This principle extends to filming government buildings and the actions of public officials, like police officers, performing their duties in public.
This right does not extend into areas that, while publicly accessible, are considered private. The key determinant is the “reasonable expectation of privacy,” meaning you cannot use technology to see through the walls of a private home from a public street. The legal framework protects what people can plainly see, not what can be captured with invasive technology.
The Legality of Recording Audio
Capturing audio is governed by stricter laws than recording video alone, due to federal and state wiretapping statutes. The federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), often called the Wiretap Act, makes it illegal to intentionally intercept any wire, oral, or electronic communication. A violation of this act can lead to both criminal penalties and civil lawsuits.
The federal law, and the laws in a majority of states, operate under a “one-party consent” rule. This means you can legally record a conversation if you are a party to that conversation, as your participation implies your own consent. Most states and the District of Columbia follow this standard.
A number of states, however, have enacted more stringent “all-party consent” laws. In these jurisdictions, you must obtain permission from everyone involved in a private conversation to legally record it. States with all-party consent laws include:
- California
- Florida
- Pennsylvania
- Washington
If a conversation involves participants in different states, the best practice is to adhere to the strictest applicable law, which is the all-party consent rule.
Source: https://legalclarity.org/are-camera-glasses-legal-video-and-audio-recording-laws/
Obligatory: I'm not a lawyer.
It seems to me like, at least most places in the U.S., the fact that it records video is a non-issue while in public, at least in the legal sense, but also like the fact that it records audio could very easily make it illegal in public.
@theShoe Bill In Europe, we have the right of personality (different from places). Even as a photographer in a session, I have to ask each one before, if I may take a photo. Best is a written model release as proof, otherwise you can be fined. Also, as a journalist, I may not take photos of several people or children in a crowd, if recognisable. I have to ask. Everything else is illegal and can be fined. It's to protect people. @Em0nM4stodonEm
Humans have a fundamental RIGHT to privacy. @Em0nM4stodonEm https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon/116042189238895808
If you own glasses that record people without their consent, we can't be friend, and please don't talk to me.
@Em0nM4stodonEm 
@Furthering This should go without saying. I will not have a discussion with anyone wearing those glasses, let alone be friends with them. It's a serious invasion of privacy. Who the hell knows where the photos go?
Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) 
