Dropsafe

by Alec Muffett

Category: uncategorised

Why it will take at least another “generation” – 20..30 years – for online communication to fix itself, if we stop chasing legislative mirages and get started now.

2021/04/28
As a friend described it: A Wikipedia entry from the year circa 2080; #scifi short, well worth reading in full…

2021/04/27
We mustn’t let it go unremarked that #SaveAnonymity appears to have successfully hushed the #TrackATroll & #HarveysLaw efforts from @KatiePrice – for the moment. Here’s what we also learned re: #AgeVerification #AgeAssurance & #VoCO

2021/04/27
I have a lot of sympathy for @ByDonkeys, but in the light of their current campaign I have to ask: what WOULD have happened in Northern Ireland if we had closed the borders due to Covid?

2021/04/27
When the Soviet Union collapsed, the “.su” domain died not long after; if Ireland reunifies then perhaps “.uk” will go the same way, leading to the restoration of “.gb”?

2021/04/26
Z85m: a proposal for padding odd-sized inputs for the Z85 (Ascii85 / Base85) encoding system, with good space-efficiency

2021/04/26
Today I am 3D printing my first #OpenSCAD design for a Coffee Redistributor

2021/04/26
I sincerely hope that I never lose my sense of humour thusly; it is possible to kick arse AND have fun

2021/04/25
Linux bans University of Minnesota for sending buggy patches in the name of research [Update] – Neowin

2021/04/21
#Privacy Activists: please never forget that UK Gov’t, Parliamentarians, Quangos & Officials will turn and mock you for your cause if it means that they can continue to surveil the populace via social media. “The Altar of Privacy”, indeed.

2021/04/21
TwitterSearch #endToEndEncryption

2021/04/19
I 3D-printed a small stand for my #Aeropress #coffee filter, so I can more easily rinse filter papers with boiling water

2021/04/16