swiley @swiley@octodon.social

i just got a card jacked by a skimmer at a local gas station, and when i dialed the fraud prevention number i got put on hold for 5 minutes and then it was a _robot voice complete with fake throat clearing noises_ and i didn't twig that it was failing the turing test until it berated me to read the full name on my card instead of responding to what i'd said and then condescendingly told me "that's better".

the actual cyberpunk dystopia is so fucking lame.

5. Youtube "silenced" John Cage's 4'33" (see pic)

Fun fact: 4'33" *is silent*:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%2733

Looks like silence is now copyrighted.

#CopyFraud

So. Call your MEP or e-mail them, now. The vote in the commission is June 20th. We only need to flip one vote:
https://juliareda.eu/2018/06/saveyourinternet/

@HTHR CRAB Ris Anot BUnix

@technomancy Nah, pretty sure they're both about stimulants.

holy shit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/8hvzja/backdoor_in_sshdecorator_package/
https://twitter.com/x0rz/status/994116668086542336

"The ssh-decorator package from Python pip had an obvious backdoor"

sends host + username + password to an external website

Anyone some a detailed write-up on how the Cloud Act applies to distributed systems and protocols? For instance, does it undermine IPFS, or transport over tor? How about federation?

I'd prefer reading non-speculative content on the subject if you know of any.

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controversial opinion: any "encrypted messenger" protocol or proposal that says "key exchange is out of scope" can go directly in the :wastebasket:

wtf is up with this design pattern on web apps where there are huge text fields for username and password on the home page and so you type in your username and password only to realize that the button below it says "Create an account!" and then you have to hunt for the tiny "ˢⁱᵍⁿ ⁱⁿ" button in the upper right-hand corner in order to actually sign in to your existing account?

(answer: because the only kpi reliably communicated to ux and devs is the number of new signups and they don't actually care about providing the service of the application as much as they care about hockey puck user count graphs and gathering your data for resale and sending you e-mail newsletters)

this is a good instance thanks admins

how to get followers: be nice.

And today's #golang wtf goes to: `for i := range make([]struct{}, 10) ...` 😂

This is what happens when marketing gets a whiff that you have something whimsical in your programming language:

https://blog.golang.org/go-brand

#golang

I for one am glad my family members are unaware of Mastodon so that I can toot without them being able to confirm that I'm awake and ignoring their texts