Hey Resorts World Las Vegas: It's wrong to treat all hackers as dangerous, and to attempt to penalize people just for owning the tools of the trade. These tools have productive uses, as demonstrated by the massive convention of professional security researchers taking place. #DEFCON32 https://www.404media.co/hotel-to-search-rooms-during-def-con-hacking-conference/

In my spare time I like to call my friends' employers pretending to be from a rival firm and say my friend has put them down as a reference for a fictional new job. Two have received pay rises and been begged not to leave.

As an archivist, let me say clearly:

Modern copyright law is actively harmful to the preservation and study of our culture.

It harms artists by giving undue power to publishers. It harms artists by limiting remixes. It harms preservation and research efforts.

It's broken. It's bad. It should be massively reformed.

funding for news-- canada tried a link tax (not going well) and now canada trying a tax-- seems more straight forward.

personally I would like to see funding go to open access, non-profit news orgs like propublica.

"Canada Imposes 5% Tax On Streaming To Fund Local News, Diverse Content"

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/06/13/canada-imposes-5-tax-on-streaming-to-fund-local-news-diverse-content/

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 10 apps will mistakenly display an "How do you want to open this file?" dialog box when attempting to right-click on the program's icon and perform a registered task.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-says-bug-causes-windows-apps-to-display-open-with-dialogs/

@eff do you have a question box for inquiring minds? Thanks.

@attoparsec would be cool to mill it into a lighthouse-style fresnel lens, w led’s inside.

I’ve said before that the most precious part of the Web are the pre-Facebook forums run by enthusiasts of specific domains (say, owners of a model of motorbike). There’ll be knowledge there from crusty old riders that means the difference between success and failure at doing what you want to do.

It’s exactly this kind of specific knowledge, like knowing the right steps and way to adjust the valve clearances on a bike, that is threatened by AI content mills, because an LLM doesn’t know if it’s 0.15mm or 15mm, and doesn’t care

THEY DID IT!!!!

My local library built the seed library!

The local Master Gardeners provided a lot of the intitial seeds (oh my gosh we are stocked!!!). They used an old card catalogue to store them. Today's the kickoff!

The idea is you "check out seeds" from the library, plant/grow/harvest, let some go to seed, then "return the seeds" back to the library!

Free seeds for everyone!

Editing to add my library's Seed Library web site: https://www.librarypoint.org/seed-library/

#solarPunk #postScarcity #gardening #mutualAid #seedLibrary #earthDay

@realn2s Stories we all need.

@BleepingComputer enshittification intensifies.

Who are some prime watchdogs over Google’s empire of dirt? They’re getting increasingly desperate and manipulative- who’s charting their course?

@mrbadger42 excellent candidates for some soil/succulents on a step somewhere.

#HustleCulture is negging for entrepreneurs.

EFF interns Dez Peltzer and Colin Brandes helped This Is Reno by mapping the city-operated security cameras for which Reno officials had refused to provide locations.
https://thisisreno.com/2024/02/surveillance-city-reno-officials-would-prefer-you-not-know-where-its-security-cameras-are-view-a-map/

@ml @kzodasnowman sounds like you might find Gene Sharp useful? He looked at upheavals, but also the conditions that alleviate the worst outcomes.

PCC high jumper Nathaniel Curtiss clears 7 feet, unofficially ranked No. 1 in U.S. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/021024_pcc_mens_track/pcc-high-jumper-nathaniel-curtiss-clears-7-feet-unofficially-ranked-no-1-us/
The Pima Community College men’s track & field team competed in the GCC Indoor Invitational on Saturday, and Nathaniel Curtiss cleared 2.14 meters. He's unofficially the top high jumper in the nation.
#Tucson #Arizona

@MildDrop72 @wikipedia @molly0xfff
Excellent thanks.

There is no compelling need for #BenGurionCanal #Wikipedia article deletion, especially when Israel is signatory to the new #G20 India < > Middle East < > European Union trade corridor agreement (September ‘23).
It appears exploratory canal engineering was conducted mid-20th century, which is highly relevant to what regional trade routes may present themselves today.

#NegevDesert #Sanai #SuezCanal

@tumblefeed @wikipedia @molly0xfff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Ben_Gurion_Canal_Project

@wikipedia @molly0xfff where did the Wikipedia page for #BenGurionCanal go? Was there a couple weeks ago…

Thanks gumshoes 👍

Got the safety poster in a protective frame and hung it at the shop. It's from the "Shipbuilding" publishing house in Leningrad in 1972 and reads "REMEMBER! THIS MACHINE DOES NOT FORGIVE MISTAKES"

I've hung it over the pedestal buffer/grinder that came with a wire wheel on one side, a very useful machine that I am utterly terrified of. I'm fairly used to machines that simply want to remove and/or crush my extremities -- this one wants to *flense* them.