Mike Babb @mikebabb@mastodon.technology

take me down to parallax city where the back moves slow and the front moves quickly

For one brief shining moment in the 1980s-1990s, it seemed like we the people would own and control our own computing infrastructure.

That we wouldn't ever after need permission from opaque central authorities to process data, send messages, create devices, teach machines ideas. No corporations or governments could put themselves between us and the data bits in our machines. We would be free to think.

That moment is rapidly slipping into a history that feels ridiculously over-optimistic.

I feel like adding something like this to all of the websites I have control over:

"It looks like you're NOT using an ad blocker; you really should and here are some links…"

“Apple’s New Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repair on New MacBook Pros - Motherboard” https://motherboard.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/yw9qk7/macbook-pro-software-locks-prevent-independent-repair?__twitter_impression=true

Tip to new Mastonians: Change your profile picture, write a few words about you AND post a couple of toots BEFORE you start following people!

Otherwise, people you'd follow would only see an empty account and would have no reason to follow back... :/

#GoMastodon #Fediverse #DecentralizeAll #ScuttlebuttsForTheMassesIsMaybeTheNextStep :)

Meanwhile, over at Firefox, somebody knows how to motivate:
“Microsoft has added support for WebP in the Edge 18 Preview Release.”
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294490#c127

This was a good read. I am a user of ProtonMail and I truly view it as a viable alternative to Gmail or any other provider. TL;DR switch to ProtonMail if you care about privacy.

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/9j35ry/i_am_dr_andy_yen_a_particle_physicist_who_left/

#firewall

you know what would be nice? if I could just set my computer/tv to a certain decibel level and it just maintained that regardless of what i was watching instead of me having to constantly adjust the volume. that would be stellar

I got this banana phone as a joke but it turns out it's the best Bluetooth headset I've ever used.

Help, I'm managing an international consulting firm via banana.

‘Eyes Above The Waves: The Danger Of GMail’s “Smart Replies”’ https://robert.ocallahan.org/2018/09/the-danger-of-gmails-smart-replies.html

Noticed that Battery Saving mode was enabled on my Pixel 2 last night, which was weird because I'd just charged it up. Turns out I hadn't switched it on accidentally. Google had switched it on remotely 😒

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/9fkrvw/is_anyone_elses_power_saving_mode_turning_itself/e5xl907/

Article 12a: No posting your own photos or videos of sports matches. You are the audience, your job is to sit where you're told, passively watch the game, and go home. (4/6)

Today, Europe Lost The Internet. Now, We Fight Back. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/today-europe-lost-internet-now-we-fight-back