salith @salith@computerfairi.es

Remember the refrain: „There is no data, only software at rest“. NFTs are essentially a weird form of linking to content and - surprise - that content can be malware, stealing your fantasy coins. Via @glynmoody@twitter.com https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/17/in_brief_security/

If my early response to a global pandemic was a murderous attempt to achieve herd immunity at the expense of the poor, disabled, and vulnerable, and was now judged as an unmitigated disaster and the worst public health failure ever (also, murderous and fascistic), I too would not wish to be judged in hindsight

"During his conference speech today – summarised by one wag as ‘spend 17 years getting ready for work and learning to follow the rules, then the rest of your life working and following the rules’ – Keir Starmer quoted ‘the beauty of work’ as a driving force for what passes for his ‘vision’s the UK.

Starmer attributed his idea to Auden – but in fact the ‘beauty of work’, ‘Schönheit der Arbeit’, was the slogan of a propaganda department of the nazi regime from 1934 to 1945"

https://skwawkbox.org/2021/09/29/starmers-beauty-of-work-was-a-nazi-propaganda-slogan/

wow thanks to tvtropes i just learned mr. rogers is the reason recording TV on like a DVR or VCR or whatever isn't illegal

"In a case that made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1984, the TV and movie industries sued manufactures of VCRs on the grounds that recording their programming was copyright infringement. Enter Fred Rogers, who testified on behalf of home recording, saying he didn't mind if people recorded his shows and that it was a very good thing for families to be able to watch programs together whenever they wanted to, rather than being controlled by an arbitrary network. The court specifically cited his testimony in their decision. So in other words if you like not being tied down to Appointment Television, you can thank Mr. Rogers."

source: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AppointmentTelevision

#OTD 30 years ago, 17 September 1991, the open source #Linux kernel was released. #linux30 #linux2021 #computing #tech #history

BTW, #Xenia is the better mascot.

Xenia info: https://xenia-linux-site.glitch.me/

Image source (birdsite): https://twitter.com/Flying_Hyena/status/1385990310141075458

moth pickup line: "sorry for bumping into you. it's just that i think you're the light of my life"

"Well i'll be a horse's ass" he murmured, as he looked over appreciatively at the stallion in bed beside him.

The horse groaned and ran a hand over his face, glancing wearily over his shoulder at his donkey husband. "We've been married six years; are you gonna be doing this EVERY time you wake up?"

His partner grinned, seeing the badly hidden smirk on the stallion's face; "Only until it stops being funny."

Someone pointed out that the dude that pioneered cyberpunk as a genre is on Twitter and I've been never more happy to see someone retweet a very particular post

a reminder of when The Register single-handedly created what remains to this day the apex predator of headline writing