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Notices by Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net), page 23

  1. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Friday, 05-Jan-2018 06:18:26 EST Bob Mottram Bob Mottram
    Another recruiter trying to persuade me to work on military submarines. Possibly the work might be technically fascinating, but I don't want anything to do with military companies or "cyberwar" or a military chain of command. It would be working against the kind of world I'd like to inhabit, and I expect that soon enough I'd be stuck in a Chelsea Manning, Snowden or even David Kelly type of situation.
    In conversation Friday, 05-Jan-2018 06:18:26 EST from social.freedombone.net permalink
  2. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Friday, 05-Jan-2018 06:00:08 EST Bob Mottram Bob Mottram
    lotr - many meetings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y80ofCkPbdE
    In conversation Friday, 05-Jan-2018 06:00:08 EST from social.freedombone.net permalink

    Attachments

    1. The Fellowship of the Ring Soundtrack-09-Many Meetings
      By dogsrule3444 from YouTube
  3. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Friday, 05-Jan-2018 05:09:37 EST Bob Mottram Bob Mottram
    in reply to
    • kaniini
    @kaniini I'll block instances if they're doing illegal stuff (like child abuse) or block annoying individuals if they're just trying to cause trouble, but apart from that many of these advisories are silly.

    It's probably not a good idea to block instances because some users had some bad takes or bad hair days at some time in the past. There will always be disagreements and drama. If you block yourself off from much of the fediverse because of trivial reasons then you'll be missing out on a lot of the value it contains.
    In conversation Friday, 05-Jan-2018 05:09:37 EST from social.freedombone.net permalink
  4. Keltoi (keltoi@a.weirder.earth)'s status on Friday, 05-Jan-2018 03:29:32 EST Keltoi Keltoi
    • pɹıq ɥsɐɹʇ ǝɥʇ

    @Zero_Democracy https://a.weirder.earth/media/Udvh6nRFronLwMlMZdw

    In conversation Friday, 05-Jan-2018 03:29:32 EST from a.weirder.earth permalink Repeated by bob
  5. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Friday, 05-Jan-2018 04:09:59 EST Bob Mottram Bob Mottram
    in reply to
    • kaniini
    @kaniini Any particular reasons for that? Typically it's financial, or the admin has other priorities.
    In conversation Friday, 05-Jan-2018 04:09:59 EST from social.freedombone.net permalink
  6. Keltoi (keltoi@a.weirder.earth)'s status on Friday, 05-Jan-2018 02:53:35 EST Keltoi Keltoi

    It is an interesting thing being on good terms with your past self, and having your past self be on good terms with your current self.
    The former requires seeing your past self complexly, not just as the idiot you grew out of being but also as the seed of who you are now.
    The latter involves forgiving yourself your mistakes and also keeping a really close eye on your reasons for doing things.

    In conversation Friday, 05-Jan-2018 02:53:35 EST from a.weirder.earth permalink Repeated by bob
  7. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 17:54:14 EST Bob Mottram Bob Mottram
    • Gabriele Lucci
    @gabriele Maybe so. From a Facebook perspective adding a Facecoin would be pretty safe. They could crow about decentralization and so on while also holing on to their pre-mined stash.
    In conversation Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 17:54:14 EST from social.freedombone.net permalink
  8. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 17:25:10 EST Bob Mottram Bob Mottram
    • Nuhnimom-kenobi
    @nuhn Babies are tough to deal with, but it will get better.
    In conversation Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 17:25:10 EST from social.freedombone.net permalink
  9. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 17:12:00 EST Bob Mottram Bob Mottram
    Couldn't people just sue Intel for selling faulty goods? The cost of mitigating these hardware bugs must be significant. Maybe that would incentivize them more. #showerthoughts
    In conversation Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 17:12:00 EST from social.freedombone.net permalink
  10. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 16:41:58 EST Bob Mottram Bob Mottram
    • Antanicus
    @antanicus At present I don't think there's any panacea. All systems have issues. So for example the more powerful ARM boards will be arm64 or aarch64. They all seem to need proprietary boot blobs, and who knows what that does.

    There's also the problem that chip designs aren't verifiable. So ARM licenses its designs to OEMs in China. Chip fabbers can add their own custom modifications, and because this is all proprietary none of it is independently checked. There could be additional chip level backdoors which aren't known about.

    The ultimate solution is free/open hardware designs which are verifiable, but we're still only at the early beginnings of that.
    In conversation Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 16:41:58 EST from social.freedombone.net permalink
  11. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 16:23:12 EST Bob Mottram Bob Mottram
    • George Dorn
    @gdorn Most webcams have an infrared filter for that purpose.
    In conversation Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 16:23:12 EST from social.freedombone.net permalink
  12. The_Gibson {UTC -4} (thegibson@hackers.town)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 15:52:31 EST The_Gibson {UTC -4} The_Gibson {UTC -4}

    Ok, retiring to the countryside... gonna grow grapes and make wine.

    Have some cows,
    Maybe a sheep.
    Nowhere in sight, a cpu.

    In conversation Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 15:52:31 EST from hackers.town permalink Repeated by bob
  13. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 15:57:59 EST Bob Mottram Bob Mottram
    Advisory Circle - Escape Lane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU-nUoqfSOw
    In conversation Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 15:57:59 EST from social.freedombone.net permalink

    Attachments

    1. Escape Lane
      By The Advisory Circle - Topic from YouTube
  14. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 15:40:26 EST Bob Mottram Bob Mottram
    • Aemon
    @aemon These kinds of annual resolutions will be mainly public relations. What he's signalling to share holders is that Facebook is following the latest trends, which currently happens to be decentralization, and that he is going to try to make the site less toxic so that more ads and other BS won't result in user mass exodus.

    I very much doubt that Zuckerberg seriously intends to decentralize anything about Facebook.
    In conversation Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 15:40:26 EST from social.freedombone.net permalink
  15. D Dino (garbados@toot.cat)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 13:25:04 EST D Dino D Dino

    from the mozilla security blog:

    > Our internal experiments confirm that it is possible to use similar techniques from Web content to read private information between different origins.

    https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/01/03/mitigations-landing-new-class-timing-attack/

    In conversation Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 13:25:04 EST from toot.cat permalink Repeated by bob
  16. 💾 sophia_park.dmg (sophia@cybre.space)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 14:56:47 EST 💾 sophia_park.dmg 💾 sophia_park.dmg
    • Askan 🇪🇺

    @askans the internet is far more ephemeral than prior mediums

    In conversation Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 14:56:47 EST from cybre.space permalink Repeated by bob
  17. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 13:33:52 EST Bob Mottram Bob Mottram
    in reply to
    • Bob Mottram
    • forteller
    @forteller https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10104380170714571
    In conversation Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 13:33:52 EST from social.freedombone.net permalink
  18. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 13:32:02 EST Bob Mottram Bob Mottram
    • forteller
    @forteller On his Facebook page.
    In conversation Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 13:32:02 EST from social.freedombone.net permalink
  19. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 13:12:38 EST Bob Mottram Bob Mottram
    Zuckerberg's new years resolution is to "think seriously" about decentralization. If he does this then he'll conclude that monoliths are a bad fit for social systems and pretty much kryptonite to good governance and that he'll have to start a different company making something like federated home servers or mesh systems.

    AI isn't going to be a get-out clause for the antisocial dumpster fire which is contemporary silo systems.

    But of course he can't decentralize without destroying Facebook as we know it. It would knock him out of the top ten oligarch list. This is the glorious part about it all. If he's a smart guy then he'll be able to binocular the iceberg, but he won't be able to stop the Titanic from crashing into it.
    In conversation Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 13:12:38 EST from social.freedombone.net permalink
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