Rochelimit @rochelimit@mastodon.technology
Geek, Linux user, Foss enthusiast. Teacher on the south coast of England.
Computers in action, 1994. Watch “Penn & Teller: The World's Most Expensive Card Trick” on #Vimeo https://vimeo.com/41659935?ref=tw-share
Unixstickers is offering their Pro pack for $1 including shipping! Limited time offer
https://www.unixstickers.com/products/pro-pack
Tweet from Boing Boing (@boingboingbot), at 30 May, 09:40 - 1979 computer shop guy predicts the future https://boingboing.net/2018/05/30/1979-computer-store-operators.html #unevendistributions #computers #Video #Post
Tweet from Boing Boing (@boingboingbot), at 30 May, 09:40 - 1979 computer shop guy predicts the future https://boingboing.net/2018/05/30/1979-computer-store-operators.html #unevendistributions #computers #Video #Post
S11E12 – Twelve Years a Slave - Ubuntu Podcast https://ift.tt/2KSOzGn
if you’re making a mobile app
do not
fucking
override
the system font
if you must, ship an option to use the system font
Modern children have their time controlled and the lack of play harms their development, according to: All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depressed (2011) - All Work and No Play: Why Kids Are More Anxious, Depressed (2011) - https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/10/all-work-and-no-play-why-your-kids-are-more-anxious-depressed/246422/?single_page=true
It's time to #deletefacebook and switch from #WhatsApp to Signal. Facebook monetises your message metadata. Even WhatsApp's founder has left. https://www.wired.com/story/ditch-all-those-other-messaging-apps-heres-why-you-should-use-signal/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/06/whatsapp-founder-sends-facebook-users-coded-message
Stop unjust deportations. Email your MP to oppose the Immigration Exemption in the Data Protection Bill. Immigrants need rights too.
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/after-windrush-row-immigration-data-exemption-must-go #amendment15 #DPA #Windrush
Went looking for which Firefox tab was consuming my CPU. about:performance is a useful tool to help here. Uhoh.
A great clip of the surface of a comet from ESA Rosetta footage. y5V3r42166J3xTCL.jpg (720×720) - https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/988711231442866176/pu/img/y5V3r42166J3xTCL.jpg
Gmail enters the "extend" phase of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish by creating new proprietary features for email then forcing non-gmail users the view the mail through a link with Google Login (and sometimes SMS confirmation!)
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/04/gmail-com-redesign-includes-self-destructing-e-mails/#p3
What Actually Changed in Google’s Privacy Policy
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/02/what-actually-changed-google%27s-privacy-policy
From Open Rights Group
Article 13 is a provision in the draft EU Copyright Reform mandating that automated filters scan your content for potential copyrighted content before posting. It's time to support creators and tell MEPs: vote against Article 13 https://t.co/fGkBeGUYqj
**Biometric Apps Will Soon Be Pushed Across the Web**
This is a bad idea:
1. You can't "reset" your biometrics like a password.
2. Biometrics aren't hashable. The end result is they're less secure than other forms of authentication. (If you don't understand what this means, you're not qualified to have an opinion on this matter.)
3. You can't control what happens to your biometrics once they're in the hands of a 3rd party.
Please re-Toot.
The EU #copyright reform threatens Free and Open Source Software. Sign the open letter and #savecodeshare!
I had assumed this was already done routinely. Why isn't it a thing?
"Reclassify cancers to improve treatment, researchers say - BBC News - http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43659760
An aerospace eng friend once said "stability and maneuverability are inversely corelated". I often think about that in life:
The faster you want things to change, the more uncertainty you'll need to accept.
