Xeno Danger Evil @XenoDangerEvil@dpw.social

"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly"
Arthur Carlson.

One of the greatest moments in television history.

Seeing intelligence in software is the new seeing Jesus in toast.

@pluralistic favourite quote, 'The choice is never "government regulation" or "no regulation" – it's always "government regulation" or "corporate regulation." You either live by rules made in public by democratically accountable bureaucrats, or rules made in private by shareholder-accountable executives.'

Google announced that starting in June 2024, ad blockers such as uBlock Origin #uBO will be disabled in Chrome 127 and later with the rollout of Manifest V3 (#Mv3).

The new #Chrome manifest will prevent using custom filters and stops on demand updates of blocklist. Only #Google authorized updates to browser extension will be allowed in the future, which mean an automatic win for Google in their battle to stop YouTube #AdBlockers .

#ManifestV3 is deceitful and threatening to your privacy, and now is a good time to switch to #Firefox (@mozilla) and/or #TorBrowser (@torproject) if you haven't done so already!

EFF (@eff) on Google’s Manifest V3:

⚠️⁠https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chrome-users-beware-manifest-v3-deceitful-and-threatening
⚠️⁠https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/googles-manifest-v3-still-hurts-privacy-security-innovation

Chrome Manifest V3 Transition Timeline (2023-11-16)

🚩⁠https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3/

EDIT for clarification: MV3 in Chrome will still allow some ad blocking extensions, but will severely limit their blocking ability and even restricts pre-set filters to 50 MAX.

@js "I don't get fashion" sir you can tell Caterpillar yellow from DeWalt yellow from the far side of the job site and you have opinions about them, please get yourself a fitted shirt, try on something purple, ease into it. "I can't really do math" my girl you bake and you have strong opinions about tile floors, that is the starter kit right there, please go play with some prime numbers and graph paper, see how it feels. "I don't get computers" ma'am if you knit, you're already overqualified.

I don't post on here much any more, or monitor it much, so probably better to find me on Bluesky if you need me.

De gustibus etc. No platform is perfect. But I feel more comfortable there, and less like I'm likely to get screamed at for using Latin without a CW or something.

People of good heart and good character can actually want the same thing—peace on Earth, democracy for all, an end to terror—and still have very different ideas about how to achieve it. The sooner we realize that, the sooner we can understand each other and begin to move forward.

A River Called Titas 1973 ‘তিতাস একটি নদীর নাম’
Directed by Ritwik Kumar Ghatak

An in-depth look at the lives and struggles of the community of fishermen living by the river Titash #Filmsky #India

Have you recently broken up with an abusive partner? Do you need a guide to locking down your digital life afterwards? Refuge has an interactive guide for that:

https://refugetechsafety.org/digitalbreakup/

Watchdog bites back against blockage of $9M fine on US selfie-scraper Clearview AI

Britain's ICO claims tribunal misinterpreted law, wants case revisited The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is looking to appeal against last month's decision by a tribunal that decided it wasn't legally authorized to fine Clearview AI over alleged privacy violations.…
#RSS #theregister #IT
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/11/17/ico_clearview_fine/

Today's #Muppets GIF of the Day is...

I'm bored, but not watch-Frasier-reboot—bored.

What is the first thing you install on a fresh computer? 🤔

me: *screaming into the abyss*

the abyss: who gave you this number

😅😂

You had me at hi but lost me at maintenance.

I can't be friends with benefits unless it includes dental and a 401(k).

why do they call it babysitting and not spawncamping