I love this project: a riverbed in Amsterdam was drained and the ~700,000 found objects dating from the 1300s to present were photographed and presented online:
Instead of ‘finding your passion,’ try developing it, Stanford scholars say
The belief that interests arrive fully formed and must simply be “found” can lead people to limit their pursuit of new fields and give up when they encounter challenges, according to a new Stanford study.
https://news.stanford.edu/2018/06/18/find-passion-may-bad-advice/
Wait, what. Windows 10 sends info on USB devices plugged in directly to Microsoft?
And it does that using pure HTTP?
https://pastebin.com/ttYp5rLg
You gotta be kidding me.
When you are willing to pay for a eBook and the publisher does paper only.
Instead of complaining about piracy they should finally use distribution methods of the 21st century.
Neat idea: Brave Browser now integrates Tor in the private tab for truly "private" browsing.
Die von der AfD gescholtenen "Systemmedien" bringen fast nur noch AfD-Themen | Telepolis https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Die-von-der-AfD-gescholtenen-Systemmedien-bringen-fast-nur-noch-AfD-Themen-4091812.html?wt_mc=rss.tp.beitrag.atom #nationalsozialismus #neoliberalismus #journalismus #medien
#Facebook Patent Imagines Triggering Your Phone’s Mic When a Hidden Signal Plays on TV
https://gizmodo.com/facebook-patent-imagines-triggering-your-phone-s-mic-wh-1827176182
MARKETING FIRM #EXACTIS #LEAKED A PERSONAL INFO #DATABASE WITH 340 MILLION RECORDS
https://www.wired.com/story/exactis-database-leak-340-million-records/
Information of American adults and businesses:
Phone numbers, home addresses, email addresses, and other highly personal characteristics for every name. The categories range from interests and habits to the number, age, and gender of the person's children
Now this is why we Europeans should be glad about #GDPR besides all the naysayers.
So jetzt können alle die beschissenen Fahnen abhängen und wieder zum Alltag zurückkehren.
Speaking truth to power comes with a cost, I guess.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/06/15/what-does-it-take-to-get-a-cartoonist-fired/
So many sites do:
“Here are cookie, advertising, tracking policies. Here is an OK button.”
After not clicking the ok button but attempting to continue:
“You must agree to our tracking policy”
That is explicitly not allowed/illegal under GDPR.
American companies including the Washington Post really have a damn hard time wrapping their head around that an agreement means you can decline to agree to it, and GDRP says refusing to be tracked is not grounds for a site to refuse service.
"The Wiretap Rooms - The NSA’s Hidden Spy Hubs in Eight U.S. Cities":
https://theintercept.com/2018/06/25/att-internet-nsa-spy-hubs/
I like that after ~1.5 years of "Trump did this", "Trump did that" media organizations are finally focusing on the agencies again. #NSA #ICE
(although *ahem* this list of "points of presence" is hardly news...)
Zuchtlachs ist eines der giftigsten Lebensmittel der Welt - jetzt kommen Millionen Liter Pestizide hinzu! - Farmed Salmon Is One Of The Most Toxic Foods In The World – Here Is Why You Should Stop Eating It - netzfrauen– netzfrauen - https://netzfrauen.org/2018/05/10/57695/
Zuchtlachs ist eines der giftigsten Lebensmittel der Welt - jetzt kommen Millionen Liter Pestizide hinzu! - Farmed Salmon Is One Of The Most Toxic Foods In The World – Here Is Why You Should Stop Eating It - netzfrauen– netzfrauen https://netzfrauen.org/2018/05/10/57695/ #umwelt
Have you heard of the madman who ran around the market place and cried: "I seek internet! Do you have internet?"
He earned nothing but blank stares. The crowd began shuffling around him uncomfortably as he pierced them with his eyes. "Where is internet?" he cried, "I will tell you. We have killed it, you and I. All of us are its murderers. But how did we do this? How could we download all of it? [...] The internet is dead. The internet remains dead. And we have killed it." #writing
Yoga with Momma
If Facebook's AI ever gets intelligent enough to figure out which posts I am interested in, my newsfeed would be blank.
It's a perpetuum mobile where individuals craving for attention give attention to others just to get some back.
I feel awkward as I am unable to derive pleasure from liking hundreds of narcissistic masturpostings of bodies, food and wisdoms.
Funny how on Mastodon I have far more real conversations without knowing anyone personally.
Wow, FileZilla’s bundled installer includes a malware downloader and the dev defends it horribly.
If using FileZilla, uninstall and find something else. Even if this issue is fixed, the morally ambiguous and defensive response is very concerning.
Another reason to love Italians.
When you consider to buying a coffee machine, get one of these espresso makers instead.
You get a strong coffee that always has a consistent taste and it can be cleaned easily, so it does not get disgusting over time.
Just wanted to put this out there for all the coffee lovers.
I am not affiliated with Bialetti in any way :)
