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This whole thread, but this Tweet in particular, by @KayJebelli
The goal of EU Regulation is not to help the users, it’s to make the Internet more fragmented, more regulable, more nationalistic, and more protectionist on behalf of nation-state industries: And then there’s this, cutting, observation: just because regulation creates an opportunity, that doesn’t make it a real market opportunity
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Migrating from Google Podcasts to AntennaPod on Android
Like all fun Google applications, Google Podcasts is being axed and its function in this case is being rolled-over to YouTube Music, which I fear will mean less usability in (e.g.) cars, and even more adverts than those already spliced into the content. I want to get away from the extra crap. Podcast players &…
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SIGINT Tours & the Cold War Network
Back in 1998 I proposed setting up a tour of the UK’s major communication surveillance resources: https://cryptome.org/jya/sigintours.htm This is a map of Cold War sites in the UK, which is not quite the same but it resonates: https://coldwarnetwork.co.uk/190-2/
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Satellite mapping reveals extensive industrial activity at sea | Nature
One one hand “yes”, on the other hand I wonder whether ships shouldn’t be permitted to travel un-tracked? We find that 72–76% of the world’s industrial fishing vessels are not publicly tracked, with much of that fishing taking place around South Asia, Southeast Asia and Africa. We also find that 21–30% of transport and energy…
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Has anyone considered running “The Gruffalo” as a D&D campaign?
The mouse is clearly an innate sorcerer that does not understand its magical powers but can accidentally cast Major Image with a set of characteristics that prey upon its mind.
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How Windows uses the TPM | Windows Security | Microsoft Learn
A really nice, clear overview of trusted platform modules: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/hardware-security/tpm/how-windows-uses-the-tpm
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Inside the Premier League unit hunting online trolls who threaten players | BBC News
Online abuse is primarily a social problem, not a tech one: “I was young, and that was an important explanation for why I behaved how I did. It was an outlet – social media. It didn’t feel like it mattered at the time. I’ve moved on and I’m doing OK,” Ng [THE ABUSER] said. “I…
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“After over a decade of struggling with CSS, I have something good to say about it. And to my astonishment, I’ve actually used it to solve some important problems I had! And it’s thanks to Tailwind. I heard many people gush about Tailwind CSS before, but…”
Gene is a solid geek, so on this recommendation I may have to give Tailwind a go:
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Scrap coercive ‘privacy fee,’ MEPs urge Meta’s Nick Clegg in open letter | TechCrunch
Bwahaha… https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/15/meps-letter-pay-or-okay/
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Reminder — from March — that a bunch of vandals in the USA want to split-brain the American people who use TikTok, to remove them from the Global community
This guy explains it rather well; “national security” & “privacy concerns” are all overinflated cover for “we failed to foster this kind of global community for ourselves, and we don’t adequately control it, so we must put an end to it”