Zero Trick Pony @zerotrickpony@mastodon.technology

'Everyone Should Have a Moral Code' Says Developer Who Deleted Code Sold to ICE
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mbm3xn/chef-sugar-author-deletes-code-sold-to-ice-immigration-customs-enforcement

uncanny

Milo Y just got deplatformed at a furry convention, and I figured this would be the appropriate venue to pass my thanks to the furry community

Wired, 1993: Rebels with a Cause - Your Privacy. "On the cover were Eric Hughes, Tim May, John Gilmore, holding up an American flag, faces hidden behind white mask, their PGP fingerprints written on the foreheads. Gilmore even sporting an newly-founded EFF T-shirt. (from Thomas Rid, CS Monitor)"

Wired, 2019: YOU'RE IN PRIVATE MODE. To continue using a private window, sign in or subscribe. The title of the article being denied reads "It's Time to Switch to a Privacy Browser. Ad trackers are out of control".

r: "do you think this cabinet smells?"

me: "yes... i would have thrown away half the items in here, if i were allowed to."

r: "what?! what do you mean?"

me: "like this jar of expired peanut butter..."

r: "oh, you're not allowed to eat that or throw it away."

me: "see?"

privacy starts with entering your email address
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Well I dreamed there was an island
That rose up from the sea
And everybody on the island
Was somebody from TV
And there was a beautiful view
But nobody could see
Cause everybody on the island
Was saying: Look at me! Look at me!
Look at me! Look at me!

(Laurie Anderson "Language as a Virus", predicting social networking)

This is my favourite git commit message I have had to review today: "don't shorten 'cumulative time' to 'cumtime'..."

Totally Straight Navy sub recruitment, US, 1943

This rebuttal of all the points in Google's privacy gaslighting post yesterday is a really excellent read.
https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2019/08/23/deconstructing-googles-excuses-on-tracking-protection/

Metapun!

tickles me that sites still use those popups "please disable your ad blocker. we use ads to pay for--"

honey child, i don't care if your blood money feeds orphan moon kittens, it's still unethical

"Heard of a cool tech-bro-weeding interview technique the other day. A male and female engineer conduct the interview session together. If, when the female engineer asks the candidate a question, he directs his answer to the male engineer,then he's out.They said it happens a lot"