Apparently, the reason the NHS contact tracing app fell over on my fairphone was because some e users got very concerned about their ~privacy~ so the solution that e came up with was to silently kill the app I was relying on.
My best friend has cancer and I thought I would get exposure notifications which is slightly more life and death than privacy fantasies of fossbros.
They ~silently~ disabled the entire covid thing. I am so livid. This was supposed to be better than google, but in this case they've showed way less sense and responsibility
(I'm going to at the companies involved rather than subtoot them:
@Fairphone @FairphoneCommunity @efoundation )
When a gang of space bullies realize that they're not going to out-smart the heroes they fall back on what they do best: Being a bunch of idiots.
#SuperSentai Carranger (1997)
@lapis it turns out not to be true in any case. They’ll hold up to ~400 lbs and were designed to be recyclable, not to be fragile. They’re as sturdy as wooden ones.
The thing that’s going round is exaggerated clickbait.
Because a pair of headphones were unplugged, none of the audio was recorded after the first 5 minutes.
Computers!
Nerdy, #communist, #videogamer #boardgamer, #polyamorous, #softwaredev. The future will be communist and automated and luxurious and queer as fuck. UK based.