Tom Maszerowski @tommasz@mastodon.technology

Who would have guessed?

https://gizmodo.com/tumblrs-porn-filter-flags-its-own-examples-of-permitted-1831151178

Even if you don't use Firefox, you can donate to mozilla.org.

https://donate.mozilla.org/en-US/

"Google isn’t the company that we should have handed the Web over to"

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/12/the-web-now-belongs-to-google-and-that-should-worry-us-all/

I'm on LinkedIn.com and uBlock Origin is showing 234 blocked items.

The coffee is certainly waking me up, but I remain otherwise unmotivated.

So, bitcoin spammers are emailing in bomb scares now?

Hmmm.

https://fossbytes.com/taylor-swift-used-facial-recognition-to-scan-her-stalkers-at-concert/

When I want to get things done, I put on jam band bootlegs. The long instrumental sections don't encourage you to enage with them and fade nicely into the background.

Another day, another Google+ data leak. This time in data set to "private".

Yes, they're accelerating the shutdown, but why wait? Is there anyone left who depends on Google+ exclusively?

https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/10/18134541/google-plus-privacy-api-data-leak-developers

I really like Visual Studio Code, more than I expected to. Looks like I'm not alone.

https://triplebyte.com/blog/editor-report-the-rise-of-visual-studio-code

Um, I just signed for an account on GitHub and my profile picture was autofilled? How did they do that, all they have that's personally identifiable is my email address.

Just putting a word in for Firefox, especially its containers for Google and Facebook.

So Micrsoft really is rebuilding Edge using Chromium. And they're bringing it to Macs, too. But why? Why would I choose Edge on my Mac and not Chrome (or Safari or Firefox)? What's the value add over Chrome?

Glad I don't live in Australia.

Has Microsoft really given up on Edge? Or are people interpreting their contributions to Chromium as capitulation?

Ever go to click on something on the screen but because your screen is so large you run out of room on your mouse pad and then you just decide not to click on it?

The trouble with things like MagicMirror is there are always things to tweak.

Don’t quit your day job. I did and I have nothing but regrets.

Not sure what to say about this.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.21-Streebog-Crypto