Notices by Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)
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Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Friday, 25-Dec-2020 22:01:09 EST 
Stephen Sekula
Uncertainty Principle Podcast Episode 1: Isaac Newtons Pajamas Lots of people in history were born on this day. This reading of an article in the Washington Post remembers one of them, Isaac Newton, and his pandemic year. https://people.smu.edu/ssekula/2020/03/16/uncertainty-principle-podcast-episode-1-isaac-newtons-pajamas/ -
Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin@status.hackerposse.com)'s status on Friday, 25-Dec-2020 23:43:37 EST 
Joshua Judson Rosen
Happy !gravmass, everyone! -
Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Thursday, 17-Dec-2020 18:16:04 EST 
Bob Jonkman
I was getting all enraged by Github removing from their site yet more software they don't agree with. It should be perfectly acceptable to have software that enhances privacy and gives users control over what's on their computers. If I want to use software that bans cookies, why should Github care? Cookie banners are perfectly good applications.
But then I get to the fifth paragraph. Fifth! Where it becomes clear the article is talking about the dialogue boxes that pop up informing us about cookies. "Banner", the image. Not "banner", the thing that bans. -
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 17-Dec-2020 15:21:03 EST 
GeniusMusing
No cookie for you The GitHub Blog
https://github.blog/2020-12-17-no-cookie-for-you/
>Good news: we removed all cookie banners from GitHub! 🎉
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>No one likes cookie banners. But cookie banners are everywhere. So how did we pull this off?
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>Well, EU law requires you to use cookie banners if your website contains cookies that are not required for it to work. Common examples of such cookies are those used by third-party analytics, tracking, and advertising services. These services collect information about people’s behavior across the web, store it in their databases, and can use it to serve personalized ads.
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>At GitHub, we want to protect developer privacy, and we find cookie banners quite irritating, so we decided to look for a solution. After a brief search, we found one: just don’t use any non-essential cookies. Pretty simple, really. 🤔
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>So, we have removed all non-essential cookies from GitHub, and visiting our website does not send any information to third-party analytics services. (And of course GitHub still does not use any cookies to display ads, or track you across other sites.)
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>We are also committing that going forward, we will only use cookies that are required for us to serve GitHub.com. GitHub has had a long history of prioritizing developer privacy, often going above and beyond any legal requirement, including extending EU privacy protections to all users regardless of location. Developers should not have to sacrifice their privacy to collaborate on GitHub.
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>That’s all. Have a nice day!
Interesting, also Via EFF. -
Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Sunday, 06-Dec-2020 18:29:39 EST
Bob Jonkman
That article (from 2018!) is just like reading a dystopian #SciFi novel, all newspeak and doublethink: "The chip also supports the Android Strongbox Keymaster module, including Trusted User Presence and Protected Confirmation" https://www.androidauthority.com/titan-m-security-chip-915888/ -
Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Saturday, 28-Nov-2020 19:13:52 EST
Bob Jonkman
Bread machines are great. I haven't bought a loaf of bread in about three years. If #sonTwo's bread machine has custom settings, I recommend 20 min knead time, changing the rise times (1hr, 1.5hrs, 1.5hrs) and at least 60-70 min bake time. A good recipe is 1 cup water, 2.5 cups all-purpose flour, 2 tbsp wheat gluten, 1 tbsp sugar, 2 tbsp oil, and a generous 1/2 tsp dry yeast. Although "hard flour for bread" (with all the natural gluten) is recommended, I use all-purpose flour (with about half the natural gluten removed), then adding about 1 tbsp of "vital wheat gluten". Cake and pastry flour have most of the natural gluten removed, so I've never even tried it. -
Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 27-Nov-2020 19:22:38 EST ![Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]](https://gs.jonkman.ca/avatar/57-48-20210108133413.png)
Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
#sonTwo texted to tell me that his in-laws bought them a bread machine.
Me: Oh, cool! I was thinking the same thing, but it's beyond my current budget.
They can sometimes be competitive, but I'm more of *good, you're helping take care of our kids and grandkids* -
Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Saturday, 28-Nov-2020 17:51:11 EST
Bob Jonkman
I'm near the Great Lakes (about an hour's drive from either Lake Ontario or Lake Huron, depending whether I go South or West). It was 5C for most of the day, about 40F for your USians. Apparently that's normal for this time of year... -
Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 28-Nov-2020 10:09:08 EST
Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
About halfway through today's #YoCo ( #yogurt and #coffee ). Indoor temperature is 60°F, outdoor temperature is 30°F. Outdoor cats' water dish has about 0.5in / 1cm of ice on top.
Very glad I'm not near the Great Lakes right now. -
Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Nov-2020 10:48:57 EST
Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
@vegos I agree. To most organizations, their primary concern is reach. So they congregate on big #corpocentric #socnets, even when the central corporation running things is actively hostile to their point of view.
Then they're butthurt when their accounts are shadowbanned.
Years ago, I tried to persuade some local Black churches and ethic-focused organizations to join !GNUsocial and #Diaspora, but was unsuccessful. I think they all joined #Facebook, where their posts are hidden by the algorithms. -
Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Nov-2020 11:23:01 EST
Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/24/australia-spy-agencies-covid-19-app-data/ [techcrunch com]
#Australia spy agencies caught collecting #COVID-19 app data
#surveillance
Source: https://mastodon.social/@glynmoody/105266051824700682 -
Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Friday, 02-Oct-2020 22:02:37 EDT
Bob Jonkman
There's also Megablocks, the precursor to Duplo. And there are also Micro Megablocks, the same size as LEGO. The kits for Micro Megablocks were much better than the LEGO kits, making slightly larger models but using only standard bricks. The LEGO models were smaller, depending on many custom pieces specific to the kit, which were pretty useless for general brick construction. -
Claes Wallin 🇸🇪🇭🇰 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 02-Oct-2020 13:12:12 EDT 
Claes Wallin 🇸🇪🇭🇰
Not only are Duplo blocks *like* Lego blocks, they *are* Lego blocks, and I don't just mean that Duplo is a Lego brand and produced in the same factory, the two systems are actually compatible.
A Lego 2x2 block fits and sticks to the underside of a Duplo block, and the nob on the top of a Duplo block fits with the pillar in the middle under a Lego 2x2 block.
That's the reason the Duplo nobs are hollowed-out circles rather than the filled-in circles Lego blocks have! And it's why Duplo undersides have little tabs along the inner edge -- they're not necessary for fitting with Duplo nobs, but they're essential for grabbing Lego nobs!
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