Notices by Bob Mottram π§ β β (bob@soc.freedombone.net), page 28
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Bob Mottram π§ β β (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Thursday, 24-May-2018 03:19:33 EDT 
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@rysiek I remember that. It's the most awful solution to the problem. Plus keep in mind that FB started as a way for Mr Z to stalk fellow students. The creepyness was there from the beginning. -
Bob Mottram π§ β β (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Wednesday, 23-May-2018 17:14:30 EDT
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@diodelass I've seen things evolve from the early days of personal computing, and yes over time things have been becoming increasingly scammy. It's not that there weren't scams in the past, there just seem to be a lot more now, and scamming people, spying on them or generally creepy behavior has moved from something socially unacceptable to fairly mainstream.
A lot of this is just driven by capitalism. In the early days you have the dreamers and visionaries who aren't focussed on the bottom line, but over time the people with ideas get driven out and replaced by cubicle drones or "yes men" ready to follow the bosses orders regardless of ethics. -
Bob Mottram π§ β β (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Wednesday, 23-May-2018 11:25:46 EDT
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:anarchism2: Top Trumps -
Bob Mottram π§ β β (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Wednesday, 23-May-2018 10:23:39 EDT
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Zuckerberg's EU appearance doesn't really add anything which the much more lengthy congress hearings havn't already whitewashed. The questions were all quite similar and Zuckerberg delivers his set piece describing his strategy like a school master delivering a speech to an unruly classroom.
I'm not a great fan of Mr Zuckerberg, but here he looks like more of a statesman than the bumbling EU bureaucrats who seem to have little grasp on the complexities of the internet or any idea of what appropriate internet governance might be. There is no questioning of the centralized strategy and no critical faculties are exercised. Theirs is merely to render unto Caesar what Caesar desires to implement.
What this tells me is what I already knew anyway. That the EU institutional structure isn't fit for purpose and the people who inhabit it are creations of the pre-internet era. They can only think in terms of Big Everything. Zuckerberg's appearance is more of a performance than an attempt to resolve anything by meaningful dialogue. -
Bob Mottram π§ β β (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Tuesday, 22-May-2018 04:40:05 EDT
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GDPR email reads:
"We are sure by now you have had your fill of GDPR emails so we want to make this as brief and pain free as possible for you"
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Bob Mottram π§ β β (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Saturday, 19-May-2018 18:41:55 EDT
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@h There has been a lot of commentary like that. Novara posted a picture of a guillotine.
I'm not in favor of the French solution to aristocracy. Terror results in more terror and the royals themselves are more like tragic figures living meaningless or dysfunctional lives than ruthless overlords. -
Bob Mottram π§ β β (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Saturday, 19-May-2018 18:33:05 EDT
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The aristocracy are a good example of how people get trapped in roles and systems which are not of their choosing and how traditions which don't make much economic or other sense can persist nonetheless.
The aristocracy represents the worst aspect of the society. The nepotism. The bowing and scraping to self-appointed authorities. The unearned but conspicuous wealth which actually comes from the population at large. The political correctness of the BBC who will never utter a critical word. -
Bob Mottram π§ β β (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Saturday, 19-May-2018 18:07:25 EDT
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Added Smol RSS to #freedombone https://freedombone.net/app_smolrss.html -
Bob Mottram π§ β β (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Saturday, 19-May-2018 16:39:20 EDT
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You Can Jail A Revolutionary, But You Can't Jail A Revolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEwv6-SgL0M -
Bob Mottram π§ β β (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Saturday, 19-May-2018 16:30:07 EDT
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Damu The Fudgemunk - Movin' On https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvFVUjgzi-g -
Bob Mottram π§ β β (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Saturday, 19-May-2018 16:08:30 EDT
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@sina There is Tiny Tiny. Now there is Smol. -
Bob Mottram π§ β β (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Saturday, 19-May-2018 16:06:16 EDT
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Smol RSS https://github.com/bashrc/smolrss -
Bob Mottram π§ β β (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Saturday, 19-May-2018 14:12:35 EDT
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@maiyannah I assume this means gnusocial. -
Bob Mottram π§ β β (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Saturday, 19-May-2018 13:49:49 EDT
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Bob Mottram π§ β β (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Saturday, 19-May-2018 13:25:08 EDT
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@maiyannah I havn't watched any of it, but I can predict what the BBC will be saying.
Despite nauseating BBC coverage it's these kinds of events which I think keep the aristocracy going, or at least at some level of popularity. It's an excuse for a party on a sunny day and everyone likes a bit of escapist respite from the daily grind. -
Bob Mottram π§ β β (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Saturday, 19-May-2018 13:04:57 EDT
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Damu The Fudgemunk - Overthrone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Thin8j6INo -
Bob Mottram π§ β β (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Saturday, 19-May-2018 12:41:41 EDT
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If only it had USB3 this would make a nice server at a low price point. RAM is a bit low, but you can still run a lot of things on 1GB. -
Bob Mottram π§ β β (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Saturday, 19-May-2018 12:37:29 EDT
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Scorchio! https://forum.armbian.com/topic/7260-quick-review-of-nanopi-fire3 -
Bob Mottram π§ β β (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Saturday, 19-May-2018 10:23:34 EDT
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@maiyannah It was Mastodon wot invented it. -
Bob Mottram π§ β β (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Saturday, 19-May-2018 09:43:04 EDT
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@maiyannah In the UK mainstream media they will be spazzing all day. The BBC has a predictable formula for such events. It's top brass are appointed by the aristocracy and so you will never hear anything bad about the royals on the BBC, unless it's in comedy or on a late night show which nobody watches.
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