Xeno Danger Evil @XenoDangerEvil@dpw.social

Pro-tip for the privacy-conscious community: Apple enables "Listen for" Siri by default with the iOS 17 update— regardless of your existing preference. Moreover, the onboarding modal that informs users that this feature is (re-)enabled is automatically skipped because there's no call-to-action button. This means that most users will have to go out of their way to a) read the notice and to b) disable the microphone-is-always-on version of Siri

#iOS17 #privacy

alien graffiti can be pretty hurtful

I've come full circle in my procrastination . . .

Lemmy and Squiggy

#MashUpOddCouples
#HashtagGames

How I feel every time someone pops up in my inbox saying AI will make my life better.

"I keep seeing folks saying that a trans lifestyle is being shoved down their throat. I have never had a trans person knock on my door and try to convert me. I have never had a trans person leave lit on my car. I’ve never had a trans person threaten me with fire if I don’t agree." - Jess Piper

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

How much for the angry fruit?

I miss Microsoft being the most evil tech company

I like to close the set with “Daydream Believer.”

@LoganFive By this logic, AIR BUD implies AIR FOE.

"Huh. Nothing in the rules says a golden retriever CAN'T join ISIS."

@TimWardCam @corbin

Yep. Driving fewer than 8K miles per year, I'm not going to buy an electric car anytime soon: the carbon debt of its manufacture wouldn't be paid off before it was substantially obsolete again.

Frankly I'm hoping never to buy a car again. The 20th century was fun, but it's over.

This week I went to an event where they had this amazing machine that demonstrated the workings of a heat pump: taking a unit of heat from the right side and transferring it to the left side, the beers are cooled and the (vegan) sausages are warmed. I think it's brilliant and should be used to overcome any doubts or resistance to heat pumps, especially in Germany. Maybe they should be mandatory in every beer hall?

#HeatPumps #HeatPump

The book The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow @pluralistic gives an important view of the polycrisis. “The fight for a free, fair and open digital future isn’t more important than any of those other fights, but it is foundational. Tech is the terrain on which our future fights will be fought. If we can’t seize the means of computation, we will lose the fight before it is even joined.”

Every blanket can be a weighted blanket if you have enough cats.

My girlfriend left me a Dear John letter calling me dumb. We dated for 2 years and you thought my name was John the whole time? Now who’s dumb, Brenda?

If you wear a wedding dress on your first date you can easily weed out anyone with commitment issues.

¡Viva!
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Great piece from @pluralistic One part:

“Today, we are in a war over signals. The actors and writers who've trudged through the heat-dome up and down the sidewalks in front of the studios in my neighborhood are sending a very powerful signal. The fact that they're fighting to prevent their industry from being enshittified by plausible sentence generators that can produce bullshit on demand makes their fight especially important.”

From: @shimon
https://kolektiva.social/@shimon/111025766699364713

Me: I’m here for the hookers and booze!

Librarian: Sir, this is a library.

Me: *whispers* I’m here for the hookers and booze.