FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

NTFS, the New Technology File System, has been windows' default file system since 1993

"high definition" refers to 720p and above, with 1080p being Full High Definition and 2160p being Ultra High Definition

USB full speed was superceded by USB super speed, which was superceded by USB super speed+

using superlative names for tech products is always a terrible idea

SSL/TLS (Secure Snuggle Layer / Transport Layer Snuggling)

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i just looked up the thread and they weren't just suggesting that jimbo uses blockchain, but specifically the bitcoin blockchain

jeez oh man

one of my favourite twitter events is when someone pinged jimbo wales (the co-founder of wikipedia) and said "hey you should use the blockchain for wikipedia instead, it's really good for storing data" and jimbo literally replied "we already have a place for storing data. it's called a database"

the conversation started low and moved further downhill very quickly into this person saying "but the blockchain can do this" and someone else saying "but the database they already have does it faster and more efficiently" and then PUBLIC LEDGER and ugh

@lynnesbian @loke >Think of the savings!
I love that someone answered with this

@lynnesbian Neoliberalism is the juggling act between human rights and making a shit-ton of money, but also being really bad at juggling 😛

some of the tech articles on wikipedia read like

[technology] is a means by which companies can more effectively accrue data about their users

PRIVACY
concerns have been raised that this practice is not only incredible immoral but also highly illegal

LEADING IMPLEMENTATIONS
the following is a list of companies that exist solely for this purpose:

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God save the green screen !

SSH is a spiritual experience

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Introductions day on mastodon.snek.

https://www.gocomics.com/bird-and-moon/2020/04/06