Tim @timp@x0f.org

- can i copy this thing to your computer? you have a modem right?

- hem haw no not directly, we don't do that anymore, you have to set up a cloud account first

- wait, what about this new Internet thing i heard of. computers can connect to each other there right?

- well, yes but no, see, we already broke it, you can't reach computers directly...

- okay, i see. clunky but okay, cloud service, how do i set that up

- which giant corporation would you like to keep your data with?

- i don't like the sound of this. can i just mail you a floppy disk?

h/t @pete

I thought the argument in this article was really interesting, although I don't completely understand it (gist: lockdowns change the relative selective advantage of more virulent/less virulent strains, but I'll let the article say more than that)

https://thecritic.co.uk/mutant-variations-and-the-danger-of-lockdowns/

https://pl.thj.no/objects/ec279b05-0cd7-4038-8df6-dfd225bbc567

looking at this I had the thought:

"what if gravity was an emergent property of space somehow due to the reduced degrees of freedom from massive objects taking up more information on a holographic plate in a given region"

after googling I found this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropic_gravity looks like there are similar ideas

I am not a physicist so it's cool to see that my thoughts might not be completely crazy.

"The first" 🤡

Altcoin devs: "We'll just make our mining scripts inefficient for ASICs so that people have to use normal graphics cards to mine."

Nvidia: "We'll sell you 'graphics' cards without display outputs for mining."

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2021/02/18/geforce-cmp/

looking for a DevSecOps Consultant who has experience building and deploying CI/CD pipelines in the cloud and is an expert in automation using Terraform or Ansible.

Also looking for someone with in-depth Cisco Networking experience, as well as expertise working with Cisco Firepower firewalls. You must be proficient in creating and writing firewall rules, and have in-depth knowledge of network security.

you wouldnt trust a keyboard

Any early-career space folk after a job with ESA, the YGT positions for 2021 are out! Around 28K a year after the arcane ESA tax magic, for those just finished or finishing an MSc and from an ESA nation (including Canada I think).

You can apply for ONE

https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Careers_at_ESA/Apply_now_for_the_2021_YGT_opportunities

https://career2.successfactors.eu/career?company=esa

At 2021-01-29 at 21:35 UTC Google suspended #Element from the Play Store without warning or notification.

Element is a generic chat app for connecting to the global Matrix communication network, just as Chrome is a generic web browser for connecting to the Web - and just as #Google does not control the content on the Web, Element does not control the content on #Matrix.

https://element.io/blog/element-on-google-play-store/

#privacyMatters #FreeSpeech #opensource #Federation #Freedom

Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech (2019)

Link: https://knightcolumbia.org/content/protocols-not-platforms-a-technological-approach-to-free-speech
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25942632