Notices by Greenie (amigiac@mastodon.social), page 2

Greenie (amigiac@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Apr-2018 08:43:12 EDT Greenie

If there was ever an album that needed subtitles this is it. Love it though. :D
Möngöl Hörde by Möngöl Hörde
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9LIxFeq3cM&list=PLIGK-ULHObpn6nSwyteIFJ2O7UXGgr9NA

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HackerNewsBot (hackernewsbot@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Apr-2018 02:00:08 EDT HackerNewsBot

Facebook retracted Zuckerberg’s messages from recipients’ inboxes
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16770818
#hackernews #tech

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Charlotte 💜 KSC Llaitchee-Lily (lottievixen@cutie.space)'s status on Friday, 06-Apr-2018 01:12:58 EDT Charlotte 💜 KSC Llaitchee-Lily

Holy....shit this font
Brilliant New Typeface Combines Touchable Braille With Visible Letters
https://mymodernmet.com/braille-neue-typeface-kosuke-takahashi/

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Greenie (amigiac@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Mar-2018 13:07:08 EDT Greenie
- josef
@jk
Eventually you might want to change something, then something else and in a few years that ROM could be a high level BIOS. ;)

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Greenie (amigiac@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Mar-2018 11:43:43 EDT Greenie

Watch your language if you use Microsoft online services, or they can ban you. :D
#Microsoft #Swearing #Lewd #Banned
https://professional-troublemaker.com/2018/03/25/microsoft-bans-offensive-language-from-skype/
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  Microsoft Bans “Offensive Language” from Skype
  
  By Jonathan Corbett from Professional Troublemaker
  
  This morning, I got the kind of e-mail that most of us ignore: “Update to our terms of service” from Microsoft. But I love waking up to read a good contract in the morning, so I had a look at the summary of changes to the “Microsoft Services Agreement,” which applies to things like Skype, Office 365, OneDrive, and a whole list of other services. The summary turned out to be a 27 bullet point document of mostly bland changes — except for point 5:
  
  5. In the Code of Conduct section, we’ve clarified that use of offensive language and fraudulent activity is prohibited. We’ve also clarified that violation of the Code of Conduct through Xbox Services may result in suspensions or bans from participation in Xbox Services, including forfeiture of content licenses, Xbox Gold Membership time, and Microsoft account balances associated with the account.
  
  Looking through the full text of the new agreement, I found the relevant change in Section 3(a)(iv):
  
  Don’t publicly display or use the Services to share inappropriate content or material (involving, for example, nudity, bestiality, pornography, offensive language, graphic violence, or criminal activity).
  
  So wait a sec: I can’t use Skype to have an adult video call with my girlfriend? I can’t use OneDrive to back up a document that says “fuck” in it? If I call someone a mean name in Xbox Live, not only will they cancel my account, but also confiscate any funds I’ve deposited in my account? (And are we no longer allowed to shoot people in Call of Duty? Animated violence doesn’t really get any more “graphic” than this Microsoft-approved video game offers.)
  
  And how are they going to enforce this ban? Are they going to be looking through my Skype sessions? Section 3(b):
  
  When investigating alleged violations of these Terms, Microsoft reserves the right to review Your Content in order to resolve the issue.
  
  Got it.
  
  What’s clear here is that Microsoft is reserving the right to cancel your account whenever they feel like it. They do nothing to define “offensive language” (or “graphic violence,” for that matter) and in 2018 when anyone can be offended by anything, these terms allow Microsoft staff to play unrestrained censor if and when they choose. Given that Google’s YouTube uses that power to remove politically “sensitive” videos (like those on legal firearm modifications), should we expect that Microsoft will also be removing content and users to earn PR points with the politically correct movement du jour?
  
  What’s also clear is that they reserve the right to go through your private data, and these terms seem to pretty clearly allow them to watch and listen to your Skype calls, so long as they are “investigating” something. The terms don’t appear to require any complaint to be filed against you — just that an employee decide that they want to “investigate.”
  
  I’ll be setting my Skype account not to renew itself.
  
  [Update 1 – Welcome to those new to the blog! Professional Troublemaker primarily focuses on civil rights issues, especially privacy rights, and you may recall my work publicly embarrassing the TSA for their flawed body scanners and other failures. If keeping our government — and occasionally large corporations — in check when they refuse to check themselves interests you, please hit that Follow button at the bottom of the page or follow on Twitter!]
  
  [Update 2 – I’ve been banned from Reddit’s /r/Microsoft for sharing this story…
David (ddipaola@cybre.space)'s status on Monday, 26-Mar-2018 13:02:15 EDT David
- Sean R. Lynch ☑️
@seanl pre-commercially-saturated-internet was best internet

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Greenie (amigiac@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Mar-2018 13:32:28 EDT Greenie

Maybe it's just the train being empty due to Easter fortnight, maybe the clocks going forward and the extra sunlight, could it be Facebook's fall from grace, or perhaps the surprised meows of delight from my daylight savings confused cat when I got home. #FeelingGood

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r҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖 (cypnk@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 25-Mar-2018 21:32:11 EDT r҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖

I mean
https://mastodon.social/media/netjInO1o01Xn2fO1Hg

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☆ Dmitri ☭ (yogthos@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 25-Mar-2018 18:55:49 EDT ☆ Dmitri ☭

https://mastodon.social/media/7opmYurOEDl5Kfnpy50

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INACTIVE (deadsuperhero@social.nasqueron.org)'s status on Sunday, 25-Mar-2018 15:04:32 EDT INACTIVE

I feel like a mash-up between "Pepper" by The Butthole Surfers and "Loser" by Beck could sound really good.

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intergalactic drifter (ktsukik@cybre.space)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Mar-2018 22:49:16 EDT intergalactic drifter

bah

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Mycroft (mycroft@meow.social)'s status on Friday, 16-Mar-2018 17:36:54 EDT Mycroft

#tabletop #rpg I have no experience with it, but wanted you to be aware that Heavy Metal Thunder Mouse exists, a Fate-powered game about mice, their motorcycles, and their mouse motorcycle clubs.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/220180/Heavy-Metal-Thunder-Mouse

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Greenie (amigiac@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 31-Dec-2017 21:55:01 EST Greenie

#TwitterEvacuationDay #introductions
Windows admin, largish systems.
Cyclist, for transport, not sport.
Systems geek.
Cycling geek.
Photo geek.
Up late watching 34C3 on youtube.
How on earth does this all work then? Multiple sites etc? I guess you can follow people from other nodes? Yeah, I know I'm overthinking it, first Toot and all that. Anyway... Hello. 😀

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