#TodayILearned: Closed source is the new carbon!
At least when it comes to #IoT:
German startup Locumi Labs files for bankruptcy, shutting down its servers and turning all of its “Nello one” smart locks into heaps of e-waste.
So... what's our closed source phase-out plan again...?
"We love our phones, but we do not trust them. And love without trust is the definition of an abusive relationship."
https://conversationalist.org/2019/09/13/feminism-explains-our-toxic-relationships-with-our-smartphones/ #feminismus
A.I.nktober prompts are live! Now you have your choice between the official list of reasonable #Inktober prompts, or these entirely bonkers A.I. generated lists.
more on the process here
https://aiweirdness.com/post/187962817292/ainktober-a-neural-net-creates-drawing-prompts
Eventually I received an official certificate with my name on it, which felt like finding the Last Golden Ticket to the chocolate factory: a palpable reservation confirmation for my trip to the moon!
Down at the bottom, in small print, it was signed by the travel agency: #ThomasCook.
So… as much as I feel for the people stuck in their holiday resorts right now – they have no idea what it feels like to be stuck on Earth. For good. 🚀 🌕
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As a kid the #moon was very dear to me.
One day I discovered this article in a magazine, detailing plans about setting up a touristic infrastructure up there, and how you could already be waitlisted for the first civilian flight in 2028.
There were numerous adultist obstacles to overcome, but I moved heaven and hell to get on that list. I knew it would be incredibly expensive, but I also knew that I would become that famous comic artist and that I still had decades to figure that out.
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Pride.com’s priceless advice on how gay guys get a second date:
Find “silly“ and “taboo“ common interests like “still reading comics as adults“.
Nothin’ like a weird-ass kink to bond with one another, right? 🙄
We see cyberpunk as humans having augmentations - but really cyberpunk would be *not* having augmentations in a world where most people do.
Because cyberpunk is rejecting the norm of letting big corps and the powerful few control your life.
Just like today where the _most_ cyberpunk people are those using Tor, coreboot, turning off the TPM, disabling WiFi and blowing open closed source firmware.
Not people with Google Glass & and an Internet connected toaster/car/watch.
German literature: Schernikau
Breaking: Ronald M. #Schernikau's massive and ground-breaking novel „legende“ will finally see (wide-spread) print on October 10th!
My soon-to-be book of the decade.
just look at this panel... a guy making shooting noises to himself while shooting a gun... it's so fucking good
In light of U.S. Vice president Mike Pence’s recent visit to #Iceland to re-establish a military presence there, let me share with you the rusted remains of the WWII naval base in the Hvalfjörður fjord, destroyed by #Elves in 1944 for basically interdimensional imperialism and trespassing.
#TrueStory #PanelPreview #comic #comics #comix #graphicnovels #art #mastoart #makingcomics
Study reveals: Internet piracy boosts sales of completed manga series.
“Piracy decreased the legitimate sales of ongoing comics but stimulated legitimate sales of completed comics.”
https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-boosts-sales-of-some-manga-comics-research-shows-190920/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Torrentfreak+%28Torrentfreak%29
Berlin-based comic artist (he/him, white) trapped in a tech bubble.
Tooting for help in 🇬🇧 / 🇩🇪 about comics, infosec, queerness, and Elves.