Notices by Garrett LeSage (garrett@mastodon.xyz), page 15

biggest advantage of transhumanism is that maybe eventually I'll have enough hands with enough middle fingers to adequately express my feelings on some things

Today is my birthday, so you're getting the last main narrative episode of chapter one of the History of #gnome a bit earlier: https://www.bassi.io/articles/2018/11/22/history-of-gnome-episode-1-5/

More than 60% of Facebook users are entirely unaware of any algorithmic curation on Facebook at all #UKIGF18 [PDF] http://www-personal.umich.edu/~csandvig/research/Eslami_Algorithms_CHI15.pdf

As someone who knows little of virtualisation this is what I imagine a hypervisor is

This is a scary Reddit thread about Facebook and privacy invasion and tracking and stuff. D:

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/9z1205/facebook_suggested_that_i_friend_a_person_that_i/

So many sites do:

“Here are cookie, advertising, tracking policies. Here is an OK button.”

After not clicking the ok button but attempting to continue:

“You must agree to our tracking policy”

That is explicitly not allowed/illegal under GDPR.

American companies including the Washington Post really have a damn hard time wrapping their head around that an agreement means you can decline to agree to it, and GDRP says refusing to be tracked is not grounds for a site to refuse service.

It's nice to see an #Android phone Maker release the kernel source code for a phone on the same day it was launched. #OnePlus #6T

https://www.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t-kernel-source-code/

As a company releasing a product based on Linux, they're _supposed to_ release kernel code. However, so many others take a long time — sometimes several months (or longer).

Releasing code the first a day should be applauded. 👏

The burden always falls on disabled people and other marginalised people, doesn’t it. Always. People with privilege never pull their weight.

I just saw that the EU have approved a ban on disposable plastics, and I have mixed feelings!

I take my spork and a clean hanky with me everywhere. Turning down disposable forks and napkins feels right every time. But a ban *will* hurt disabled people disproportionately.