evilstevie @evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net

I rarely tell people to throw their devices into the sea, but you should throw your Amazon Echo into the sea.

https://www.wired.com/story/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-march-28/

The New York Times just discovered parallel computing.

I spent a good chunk of my weekend helping people running tiny, low risk, online services complete paperwork about the UK’s Online Safety Act, for zero discernible benefit.

So it is a bit galling that the main headline on the BBC this morning is about the government wanting to “slash red tape”.

I have spent one heck of a lot of time on the OSA, trying to help others with its burden, and it just seems so utterly unnecessary.

#OnlineSafetyAct

Those Facebook posts saying something like, "Only a genius will be able to see the hidden numbers" are a great way to round up gullible people in the same place, ripe and ready for scamming.

That's the dadgum truth, right there.

#disabled #disability #disabilityawareness #spoonie #accessibility #mentalhealth

Since this got so much attention, I'd like to use this moment of sunshine to invite you all to read with us next week:

https://inkican.com/gsbcw

The US Department of State, acting on orders of very questionable legality, destroyed my new, already printed, waiting to be picked up passport for only one reason: it listed my sex as "X".

Please help replace my passport.

Fill this out. Monday is the last day.

https://action.aclu.org/reg-action/hands-off-our-passports-stop-attacking-transgender-americans

that hashtables thing is a good reminder that a whole bunch of research discoveries boil down to someone stumbling across a random paper and making a connection to something else they were thinking about recently and having the time to execute on it.

- So, you finally stopped messing about with clouds?
- What? Oh, aye.
- Really?
- Nah.

#sillyScribbles #cloudCreatures #nonsense

Brick Lane, east London, seen yesterday.

Via random FB profile/page.

#politicalart #artpolitics #london #wallart #posterart #pasteupart #musk #trump #netenyahu #farage #putin

WOW - The French government announced a new OSS project simply called Docs:

“A collaborative note taking, wiki and documentation that scales. Built with Django and React. Opensource alternative to Notion or Outline."

It’s even offline-first, using the CRDTs under the hood (Y.js).

LOL, does this mean I get to roll out the

"Liberté, Egalité, CRDTé”

Dad joke?

I think it does. Link below:

https://docs.numerique.gouv.fr/

V interesting joint project between DINUM (🇫🇷) and Zendis (🇩🇪)

..and a few more

Absolutely love the new Viltrox 25mm f/1.7 Air. Incredible lens. A few recent shots from it and my X-S20. #photography #Viltrox

Little spider dancing. X

Seems freshly pained.

#Art #StreetArt #Paris