Notices by Rysiekúr Memesson (rysiek@mastodon.social), page 4

America, fsck yeah! https://mastodon.social/media/o--qS2xWAB4Jj3d2NGM

A very valid question. Anyone? #Germany https://mastodon.social/media/ffwdEj5UpONuSz-EynI

GitHub is getting unicorn'd apparently. You know what's working just fine though? Our own self-hosted GitLab instance.

There goes the cloud again.

@gcupc I would be moderately tempted to build an HTML4 noJS Mastodon client, if there were already a lib for it in a language I actually liked working in.

The patches are merged into #Linux: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/00a5ae218d57741088068799b810416ac249a9ce#diff-678874d00bf0df04f6f427f16f1dea36R926

#Spectre #Meltdown

Welp: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/

> A fundamental design flaw in Intel's processor chips has forced a significant redesign of the Linux and Windows kernels to defang the chip-level security bug.

> Crucially, these updates to both Linux and Windows will incur a performance hit on Intel products. The effects are still being benchmarked, however we're looking at a ballpark figure of five to 30 per cent slow down.

> A spokesperson for Intel was not available for comment

Weren't they now.

@chosafine Facebook is already "free traffic" on many providers. Making Mastodon or Diaspora second-rate netizens (since Facebook will be able to pay for the "premium" access to users) is a simple business decision. Which will drive more people to Facebook and make the lock-in stronger.

But sure, nothing to worry about.

A Facebook "bug" silences activists during large protests in #Romania:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/lesterfeder/these-people-say-facebook-accounts-were-locked-for-posting

Bug or a feature?..

@jeffcliff @bortzmeyer "big fuckup"? You mean like Internet of Things? ;)

#EternalSeptember will never be over. The Internet is turning into cable TV. Consider: https://qz.com/333313/milliions-of-facebook-users-have-no-idea-theyre-using-the-internet/

"It is time to call out Google for what it is: a monopolist in search, video, maps and browser, and a thin-skinned tyrant when it comes to ideas."

No shit.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/08/30/zephyr-teachout-google-is-coming-after-critics-in-academia-and-journalism-its-time-to-stop-them/

I can't stress how important it is. Without #GnuPG secure communication would be extremely difficult, and journalists and their sources would be in even more danger.

I #SupportGnuPG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DqfWz-KHSI&list=PLjX3x3GHoOWLvnbryh7pqYHcf8FFwdE5q&index=11

cc @OCCRP @fsfe

Dear #Fediverse, I am looking for good, well-argued texts on discrimination, especially gender-based, in tech communities/companies/etc. Anybody?

#Feminism

@celesteh @pettter @Hamiller @maiyannah @bob this transparency can have many forms: a page available only to users on a given instance; or available on a per-request basis (but there has to be an understanding that requests will be fulfilled quickly).

One of the promises of Mastodon is "if you don't like what your instance is doing, change instance". As a user, I first have to *know* what my instance is doing though.

@xor I agree with all of this, but just to stir up hornets' nest a bit:

1. how about: "if you're not paying for it, there's a good chance you're the product"

2. we really have to start making #FLOSS users understand they *need* to support the software they're using financially even if there is no upfront price tag.

"Electron is flash for the desktop" https://josephg.com/blog/electron-is-flash-for-the-desktop/

Could not agree more.

Dear #Mastodon #Fediverse, we are looking for a #Python developer (back-end, #Django; front-end very welcome too); preferably up for relocation to the Balkans (protip: it's absolutely beautiful). Talk to me.

Please boost!

@wakest @Trev @masklayer @kodo @schlink yes, Diaspora needs to implement OStatus finally