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@Efi @amphetamine

N I H I L I S M ™ can have side effects. Talk to your doctor about any of the following: Dyspepsis, enuresis, desperate searches for meaning to try to disprove the existence of the void you have perceived, diarrhea.

ASK YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT N I H I L I S M ™ TODAY

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me: one thing i really love about #linux and #FLOSS in general is that it really helps you learn about your machine, you know? you get to learn all sorts of things about how machines run!

me five minutes later: my god if this random hack from Google to get my webcam to work fails then i'm gonna punch my computer so hard i'll be able to wear it as a bracelet

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timelines and why followbots are good actually Show more

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[it's pineapples all the way down] Show more

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So, Wire (wire.com/) has started opening its server-side code:

github.com/wireapp/wire-server

They had already released a subset of the client code (same location as above) and have committed to releasing both client & server source code in full.

A review of Wire's security by @veorq and @marver can be found here: research.kudelskisecurity.com/

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the only apps left alive are the brand-synergizable ones, the advertisables, the algorithmically curated hellscapes that exist to mine value out of their users and every artifact they generate

and a small but widespread guerrilla network of hackers, queer magicians, animal people, and other pals who make weird noises at each other

together these nerds conspire to overthrow Dark Consuls Shatner and Ulanoff

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@Savagejen @parataxis Brands standing up their own instances is actually really great, because it resolves a principal-agent problem in media along with the free-rider problem you describe. It's a *weird* result of social media's explosion that some people genuinely do want to follow brands, but okay, let's roll with that. Federation means they can.

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@maradydd @parataxis Hey, come on, some brands are really great at the end of the day. I love Hak5, defcon, blackhat, kat von d, etc. Like, I don't think it's weird that I want to see their content.
Let's build a future where people opt into content from brands they want and sending spam and junkmail is a bad value prop as a result.

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AND ALSO< SHOOT VIDEO BY HOLDING YOUR CAMERA SIDEWAYS

damn kids

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oh my god mastodon is a way to be nice but in a chill way to strangers on the internet

this is all i've ever wanted in life time to MAKE SOME MOTHERFUCKERS FEEL GOOD

I CAME HERE TO BE NICE TO PEOPLE AND CHEW BUBBLE GUM AND I'M ALL OUT OF PEPPERMINT BUT NO WORRIES I TOTALLY HAVE OTHER FLAVORS SO HERE HAVE SOME GUM!

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People:
1) pyrokinesis
2) bioluminescence
3) omnipresence
4) eyebeams
5) pine scent
6) robot arm
7) gills

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@virus @quad God damn I love 500 characters to shitpost with

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some other pics I've taken :camera: :heart:

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#mastocats This is Hashes. She's sad she can't go outside (at least not today), I told her it's pouring and outside is dangerous for kittehs. But that's where she came from, she protests - "I got edge, I know the street". She's a sweet soul with sharp claws and is the softest cat in the world. Studying shellcode with me today. Infinity out of 10 would pet often. mastodon.social/media/R1HBmD6-