⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@social.cleverlibre.org

Them: What about the latest new syntax that isn't ubiquitous in browsers?

Me: What about it? Isn't production stability more important than code aesthetics that likely will change?

Them: Less typing is faster!

Me: Not having to re-write code or re-build deps is faster than having to do that. Way faster than saving a few characters. Typing speed is never the problem.

We thought the internet would advance civilization by providing instantaneous access to all of human knowledge. Instead it enabled the loudest most wrong people on the planet to build a world in which facts are subjective.

My weekend project:

"Turning a Raspberry Pi Zero W into a travel media centre."

I'm impressed with how usable Kodi on a Raspberry Pi Zero W is. *Really* impressed.

https://neilzone.co.uk/2023/03/turning-a-raspberry-pi-zero-w-into-a-travel-media-centre

With many thanks to @SimonJohnGreen for the Pi Zero W!

#Linux #RaspberryPi #Kodi

The UK government recently told the BBC that its Online Safety Bill does not represent a ban on end-to-end encryption. So I fact-checked it. https://untidy.substack.com/p/fact-check-the-uk-and-its-online

The EU’s “chat control” legislation is the most alarming proposal I’ve ever read. Taken in context, it is essentially a design for the most powerful text and image-based mass surveillance system the free world has ever seen.

Those looking for a one-stop summary, this is a great, well-researched piece on the UK's Online Safety Bill, why Signal, WhatsApp et al are raising the alarm, & the serious threats to privacy & (ironically) safety the current Bill poses.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/10/uk-osb-e2ee-warning/

Create safe internet spaces for children instead of making the internet unsafe for everyone.

Read the full story at https://mullvad.net/chatcontrol

#StopChatControl #EU #privacy #openSource

via: @mullvadnet

Our open letter to the UK government says it loud and clear: the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill will seriously weaken data protection rights in the UK and harm people from marginalised communities. The government must scrap the Bill and engage with civil society.

✊ Take action to save our privacy: https://action.openrightsgroup.org/stop-data-discrimination

💡 Find out more about the Bill: https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-data-discrimination-bill-attacks-our-data-protection-rights/

#DPDIBill #GDPR #dataprotection #privacy #ukpolitics

It is wintertime! Lets get outside with your AT-ATs to play a little bit.
They love it!
#lego #bricks #blocks #Klemmbausteine #starwars #hoth