Stefano Costa @steko@octodon.social

[ #ToutDoux ] Après avoir boycotté #senscritique car ils refusent de mettre en place le simple export #XML de liste, je pense mettre toute ma bibliothèque sur @inventaire.

#AhMaisAlors / #2Do / #ToDo

#Communs

https://inventaire.io/welcome

WANDER, Sunshine on the Water
#art #mastoart #creativetoots

@jeroenpraat @steko The finding is trivially true, but the methodology of this study is really bad. https://andthentheresphysics.wordpress.com/2019/08/15/a-thin-bench/

It is also not published in Nature, but in a Nature spin-off journal.

If 20% of a group are harassers (evenly across genders), & the group has more men than women… then each woman gets 16x more bad experiences than each man.

The Petrie Multiplier: in a group where x% are bullies/harassers, the minority will feel it (x/100)^2 more.

This blog post has stuck with me through the years. I like the maths in it, & I like the conclusion that attacking sexism/racism etc doesn't have to be an attack on the majority.

From @turingfan@twitter.com

http://blog.ian.gent/2013/10/the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-on.html

Research in Nature that proves that climate change deniers (aka climate change criminals) get proportionally much more media attention than climate experts.

*Discrepancy in scientific authority and media visibility of climate change scientists and contrarians*

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-09959-4

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #science

In addition of suggestions valid everywhere outside fedi too (and the usual "public posts can be read by blocked users/scraped/whatevs" or "don't consider DMs 100% private") there is a lack of documentation aimed at the average user regarding security or post visibility especially when there are blocks.

Something in one place, maybe a little bit too technical, would be a decent start (I mean, successfully explaining things can be difficult).

Currently, digging for info is necessary.

Croissance des emplois dans les ministères (2018-2019) :
Intérieur : +3573
Armées : +984
Culture : -160
Solidarité & santé : -508
Transition écologique & solidaire : -1639
Education Nationale : -1800
Bon indicateur des priorités réelles du gouvernement ?
https://www.performance-publique.budget.gouv.fr/sites/performance_publique/files/files/documents/actualites/PLF2019/chiffrescles_plf2019.pdf
[Source https://twitter.com/NeoResistant/status/1163328423663669248]

The open pad of green webhoster is out now:
https://lite.framacalc.org/green-webhosting

The 'Elephant' Rock, which I don't think anyone on 'Mastodon' has ever posted before, is in Iceland.

La visite de l'ancienne mine d'argent de Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines est extraordinaire. Une heure sous terre dans un tunnel creusé à la main dans le granit à la Renaissance. 1,6 m de haut, 0,8 de large. Et on apprend plein de choses sur l'activité minière à l'époque où toute la vallée vivait (et mourait) de la mine.

Et bravo aux bénévoles de l'#ASEPAM, qui font tout http://www.asepam.org/

Maybe when I get back from #CCCamp I'll start regularly summarising the #OpenStreetMap fediverse on the #OSM diary system so people can know how cool we are

WHAT PEOPLE THINK ETHICAL ISSUES IN AI ARE: wow.... we're creating... new life........

WHAT ETHICAL ISSUES IN AI ACTUALLY ARE: techbros worshiping the almighty algorithm, not caring to look at what bad patterns the machines are picking up (racism, sexism, etc) and how to avert them, and overreliance on neural networks meaning that said algorithms are treated as magical black boxes where nobody wants to (or can, really) point out exactly how the equation works (and why it may be faulty)

NoScript Security Suite: blocks content loaded from other domains

uBlock Origin: blocks ads

Privacy Badger: detects and fights attempts are cross-site user tracking

TrackMeNot: sends garbage data to various search engines known to track users to mask your real searches

HTTPS Everywhere: uses SSL/TLS by default with sites known to support it

Decentraleyes: it replaces Google tracker-laden scripts with compatible, trackerless local versions

CanvasBlocker: alters JavaScript when attempts at fingerprinting your browser are detected

Privacy Settings: allows access to various privacy settings without needing to dive into about:config

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P.S. Instead of NoScript, you may wish to use uMatrix. The two are functionally similar, but some users prefer the interface of uMatrix and also the fact that uMatrix allows you to allow and disallow content of different types from different domains, exclusively on the current domain.

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I replaced a recommendation to use an extension called AdNauseam with TrackMeNot because AdNauseam is not compatible with popular ad blockers. TrackMeNot is similar in sending garbage data to mask your legitimate information, but doesn’t rely on loading ad trackers to do so.

today BIPOC, queer, trans, and disabled comrades were on the front lines. like literally parked their chairs in front of the black bloc to the point the police tried to arrest them in order to get better access to arresting others. the man on the left was arrested. the bravery shown literally brought me to tears and has me reflecting on what it even means to hold the line

1: Framing polite, reasonable requests as harassment. (see: the GIMP name debacle)

2: Framing critique as harassment. (see: anyone who takes a notion to suck up all the fediverse to mine for interesting tidbits)

3: Framing asking for different phrasing as censorship.

4: Framing boundaries as censorship.

5: Refusing to listen to vulnerable people when they say a planned feature will open avenues to cause harm.