Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

@sydneyfalk hey, the most important thing in this life is how much fun you can get out of the time you have

@sydneyfalk ooh, fun weekend project!

@sydneyfalk also please tell me where you can buy a rocket launcher for a grand, that sounds like a fun afternoon

@sydneyfalk it's more jurisdiction than actual legal things, I'm wondering about solutions for when they're in orbit

@sydneyfalk I mean, there will be like, 5 minutes after someone does it, but as it is, not that I'm aware of

@sydneyfalk well, it's gonna cost a lot more than a thousand to send a new one up, so it might be worth doing on principle

And as far as I know there aren't any laws about shooting down satellites yet

Facebook: Would you like to check in to this location?

You: What the fuck? I wasn't even carrying my phone while I was there

Facebook: We're watching you from space, Dave, we can see EVERYTHING

I mean, large governments already have this sort of capability, which is bullshit in and of itself

But this is opening it out to fucking enterprise clients

Oh for fuck's sake

https://gizmodo.com/bill-gates-backs-plan-to-surveil-the-entire-planet-from-1825391325

Anyone got any bright ideas for taking out surveillance satellites on a budget of 5 bucks and a bit of string?

@squirrel ooh, that's hella neat

@noelle same, but 5 hours ahead of you

@squirrel *pets*

@dumpling@octodon.social nice

@squirrel plep

Oh hey, neat

Nintendo have released the templates for all the cardboard Labo stuff online

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/labo/parts/

Still need to buy the game thing to use them, but hey, really cheap/free spare parts!

"somebun": the new, exciting way to subtoot the @squirrel

I don't like weed, y'all can smoke my share

@cypnk @TheGibson this'd be my first idea

Huh, apparently the King of Swaziland has decided to change the name to "The Kingdom of eSwatini"

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43821512?

Which, despite looking like a pre-dotcom crash company name, is in fact the correct orthography in Swazi