Jean-Karim Bockstael @jkb@octodon.social
I write bugs for a living, pretty cool eh? .be [fr/en]
Some peoples debate about the existence of a 'soul'.
If there was such a thing, apps installed through Google Play would ask for permission to take control of it so it surely do not exists.
Damn GDPR almost made me forget that today is Towel Day.
‘Most GDPR emails unnecessary and some illegal, say experts’
Something timely for the Radar…
“if the business had consent to communicate with you before GDPR, that consent probably carries over, and even if it doesn’t carry over, there are five other reasons a company can cite for continuing to process data.”
Also on our radar: https://forum.ind.ie/t/most-gdpr-emails-unnecessary-and-some-illegal-say-experts/2152
#gaming [FR]
C'est parti pour une heure dans Cities: Skylines, qui vient de recevoir une mise à jour pour la sortie de l'extension Parklife. On va continuer les travaux sur le chemin de fer, d'abord en retouchant ce qui a été fait avant-hier.
En direct sur Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/jkbockstael et les épisodes précédents snt sur YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt7gFx3wHB0rkWv1PewVCb6fwBwY6ma6C
<high-pitched excitement scream>
'Elitist den of hate': Silicon Valley pastor decries hypocrisy of area's rich liberals
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/22/silicon-valley-pastor-gregory-stevens-wealth-liberals
[The Guardian are reading the tea leaves of social democracy brewing among the youth]
A Silicon Valley pastor has resigned from his church after calling the city of Palo Alto an “elitist shit den of hate” and criticizing the hypocrisy of “social justice” activism in the region.
Gregory Stevens confirmed on Monday that he had stepped down from the First Baptist church of Palo Alto
"Jean-Karim, people are looking at your LinkedIn profile" yeah I guess that's what people do, and once again you won't tell me more unless I pay for a "premium service". Don't you host posts that advise against such sale tactics?
#gaming [FR]
Cities: Skylines en direct commenté pour une heure c'est maintenant ! Commençons par une centrale solaire maintenant qu'on y a accès, puis ajoutons du chemin de fer à Saint Bernard.
En direct sur Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/jkbockstael et les épisodes précédents sont sur YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt7gFx3wHB0rkWv1PewVCb6fwBwY6ma6C
The Art of Sci-Fi Book Covers: From the Fantastical 1920s to the Psychedelic 1960s & Beyond https://goo.gl/uNY3A6 https://t.co/xHCUwLkWh0
Software Archaeologist
it's incredible how any project involving cryptocurrency or any blockchain tech just looks like a pure joke for cryptohipsters.
“Capitalism is entirely without precedent, in that it is a religion which offers not the reform of existence but its complete destruction. It is the expansion of despair, until despair becomes a religious state of the world in the hope that this will lead to salvation.”
Walter Benjamin, 1921
#gaming [FR]
J'avais prévu un direct de Cities: Skylines les mardi, jeudi, et samedi, mais avant-hier j'ai dit "à après-demain" donc il c'est parti pour une heure. Aujourd'hui on va procéder à quelques ajustements bien nécessaires.
En direct sur Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/jkbockstael et les épisodes précédents sont sur YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt7gFx3wHB0rkWv1PewVCb6fwBwY6ma6C
Alternative way to represent data in more sentence-like form in a UI rather than matching fields to a database
Via: https://twitter.com/steveschoger/status/997125312411570176
Get that air! 
#gaming [FR]
C'est reparti pour une heure de Cities: Skylines, on va étoffer l'extension au bord du lac entamée lors de l'épisode précédent.
En direct sur Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/jkbockstael et les épisodes précédents sont sur YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt7gFx3wHB0rkWv1PewVCb6fwBwY6ma6C .
a story in two parts
The first peer-reviewed study of Bitcoin's power usage has been published, and it's not pretty : https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/cp-bet051018.php
It's 6 am somewhere :)
#latestagecapitalism
Mastodon could get their blog off medium and @deadsuperhero can get #wedistribute onto the fediverse.
https://github.com/Plume-org/Plume
