ischade @ischade@mastodon.technology

I just discovered that using the fingerprint sensor as a shutter button, the BlackBerry will automatically store the photos you take in an encrypted locker.

That is... super handy.

😂

@OCRbot https://mastodon.technology/media/FFCrOm9cMjmz3Oh30Mc

From my office I hear the police shouting through a megaphone, clearing out the homeless encampment in the alley behind my building.

Meanwhile, the storefront across the street from my office has been empty for months, because the landlord raised the rent to a level nobody can afford. They'd rather keep it empty as a tax break.

Somebody tell me one reason landlords should get tax incentives for keeping rent ABOVE market rates, in a city full of people who need homes.

#SanFrancisco

Days like today are why I think a six-hour workday would be better.

@fool

In cosplay no less.

Peter Parker, professional selfie taker

Holding a discussion “in good faith” is for dealing with strangers. It’s giving people the benefit of the doubt (when there is a doubt).

But when there’s no doubt anymore, because a person has repeatedly proven themselves to be a a lying, manipulative asshole, there’s no reason to be civil anymore.

Continuing to be nice in that case is naïve and dangerous.

NoScript Security Suite: blocks content loaded from other domains

uBlock Origin: blocks ads

Privacy Badger: detects and fights attempts are cross-site user tracking

TrackMeNot: sends garbage data to various search engines known to track users to mask your real searches

HTTPS Everywhere: uses SSL/TLS by default with sites known to support it

Decentraleyes: it replaces Google tracker-laden scripts with compatible, trackerless local versions

CanvasBlocker: alters JavaScript when attempts at fingerprinting your browser are detected

Privacy Settings: allows access to various privacy settings without needing to dive into about:config

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P.S. Instead of NoScript, you may wish to use uMatrix. The two are functionally similar, but some users prefer the interface of uMatrix and also the fact that uMatrix allows you to allow and disallow content of different types from different domains, exclusively on the current domain.

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I replaced a recommendation to use an extension called AdNauseam with TrackMeNot because AdNauseam is not compatible with popular ad blockers. TrackMeNot is similar in sending garbage data to mask your legitimate information, but doesn’t rely on loading ad trackers to do so.

RT @pedalmeapp@twitter.com: Nice story here about how we're flat-out outcompeting traditional motor-based taxi and logistics companies - providing a #faster #cheaper and #cleaner alternative for cities.

https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/bikes-starting-replace-delivery-vans-16270456

Tired of your phone alarm going apeshit while you try frantically to silence it? Well I made you a ringtone! It's a simple song that begins with brief, discreet tones. There are long pauses at the start, so you have more time to turn it off calmly:

http://zerotrickpony.com/slowstart.mp3