FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

back in my day we called this spyware

#AI #privacy #Microsoft

@minouette Great details in that linocut!

Whenever I think of Mary Anning, I think fondly of this old comic by Kate Beaton http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=399

Happy birthday to #paleontologist Mary Anning (1799 –1847)! She was the wrong class, sex & religious denomination to gain the education, opportunity to work & communicate her results or garner any respect as a pioneering paleontologist. Further, during her lifetime most people thought Earth was a mere few thousand years old, based on a very literal interpretation of the Bible & found the idea of extinction did not fit in with the story of creation. 🧵1/
#linocut #sciart #womenInSTEM #printmaking

This bit from Microsoft's FAQ about Recall seems especially terrible: "Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers."

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24161029/what-will-microsofts-recall-remember-from-the-faq

oh hey look the icc also thinks starving out a civilian population is bad

https://twitter.com/intlcrimcourt/status/1792511246769570084

"The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is ‘escapism’ an accusation of?" - Ursula K. LeGuin

we need to apply the chaosmonkey approach to national infrastructure. regularly close a randomly chosen major road with no notice for a week. that'll improve preparedness

OH: "oh no, we both know how to use bash arrays, we are very dangerous"

I saw this voltmeter at the electronics flea market. Look at that massive probe! It looks like you need to check your back blast before using it.
Apparently it's for REALLY high voltages? Like, 3kV?

dear twitter should i make my own linux distro

“you mean gnu/linux?”

no, win32/linux

i have a very specific vision for the kind of os i want but idk if it's a good use of my time

We've adopted saying "for morale" rather than "as a treat".

e.g.,

• Having a nap for morale.
• Eating ice cream for morale.
• Spending time relaxing with my wife for morale.

Turns out we do a lot of things for morale.

#AsATreat #ForMorale #MentalHealth