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Has anyone actually built/tried any of their designs? I'd like to know more and perhaps get involved.
Linux
MHSJenkins
2 weeks ago
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I'm really glad that you're enjoying Linux, and I'm doubly glad that your hospital found a solution to keep their system running smoothly!
Fediverse
MHSJenkins
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Wow. Thank you.
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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Thanks for letting me know.
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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I may have missed something: what's the issue with Blue Sky?
2600: Hacker Quarterly
Lockbit 3.0 Claims Attack on Federal Reserve: 33 Terabytes of Sensitive Data Allegedly Compromised
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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Further evidence that they don't keep us safe, we keep us safe.
www.redhotcyber.com
This could be the hack that ends all hacks--if it actually happened. Does anyone know more?
www.redhotcyber.com
It's difficult to substantiate claims like this, but even the possibility is important to discuss. If anyone knows more please share that info if possible!
Technology
Visions of a Post-Apocalyptic Internet: The Future of Democratized Information
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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I have an upcoming article about this but: I just slapped together a older desktop machine with a large HDD and made it network accessible via my local network. Add Kiwix and a few other things and you're most of the way there. The difficulty is getting people to use it.
Technology
Visions of a Post-Apocalyptic Internet: The Future of Democratized Information
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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Yes it is and it does my heart good to find it. Thank you all so very much.
You're not hurting the authors/creators by using this--download and access fees for academic publications pay the publisher, not the researcher. If you're looking for an academic citation that's locked behind a paywall, give this a try.
News
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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Facebook has always been first and foremost an advertising platform, and they went where the money is. Some of that's the automated algorithms, some of that is deliberate corporate informationeering.
I offer some thoughts on the decline and fall of the internet here, and I think it's germane to this discussion: https://michaelhjenkins.substack.com/p/visions-of-a-post-apocalyptic-internet?r=26iex9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
Technology
Visions of a Post-Apocalyptic Internet: The Future of Democratized Information
MHSJenkins
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Oh wow, thank you for bringing this to my attention. I'm really glad to know folks are working in this direction!
Technology
Visions of a Post-Apocalyptic Internet: The Future of Democratized Information
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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I'd love to tell you that it was an attempt at visual irony, but the reality is I originally posted this in another corner of the Fediverse and was too lazy to remove the #hashtags. The good/bad news is that I have nothing to sell you.
Technology
Visions of a Post-Apocalyptic Internet: The Future of Democratized Information
MHSJenkins
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That one's gonna haunt us for a very long time, even though it really just made official what had been happening routinely.
Technology
Visions of a Post-Apocalyptic Internet: The Future of Democratized Information
MHSJenkins
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I honestly think that's what we can do: start to build free, parallel structures and attract folks to join us. We can't outspend Google but we can opt out of their ecosystem to some degree or another both collectively and individually.
A Boring Dystopia
Overturning Roe Didn’t Just Cut Off Access. It Sabotaged Science, Too.
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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"Imaginary numbers"? Sounds like that DC fuzzy math . . .
Technology
Visions of a Post-Apocalyptic Internet: The Future of Democratized Information
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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And thank you for bringing that up as it helps me illustrate my central point: the importance of a free internet isn't online life in and of itself, but rather what the open flow of information and communication enable us to do in order to make the world a better place. Thanks for allowing me to clarify.
Technology
Visions of a Post-Apocalyptic Internet: The Future of Democratized Information
MHSJenkins
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It's a real challenge in large portions of the world. So many national governments are perfectly happy with a corporatized, compartmentalized internet--and willing to pass legislation to keep it that way.
Technology
Visions of a Post-Apocalyptic Internet: The Future of Democratized Information
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I absolutely agree, but I don't think it's too much to say that digital freedom and more important access to the internet and the various tools it offers played a starring roll in the Arab Spring.
Technology
Visions of a Post-Apocalyptic Internet: The Future of Democratized Information
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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Thank you for that insightful response. I appreciate you taking the time.
Technology
Visions of a Post-Apocalyptic Internet: The Future of Democratized Information
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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How would you suggest using the internet without search engines, and can that be accomplished in a way that is accessible to the average person?
A Boring Dystopia
Overturning Roe Didn’t Just Cut Off Access. It Sabotaged Science, Too.
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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Everything is going according to plan.
Technology
Visions of a Post-Apocalyptic Internet: The Future of Democratized Information
MHSJenkins
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Stay tuned, as I have thoughts and ideas on that in an upcoming article.
(Make sure to like and subscribe, as the YouTubers say ;) )
apnews.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/23769946 > Car dealerships in North America continue to wrestle with major disruptions that started last week with cyberattacks on a software company used widely in the auto retail sales sector. > > CDK Global, a company that provides software for thousands of auto dealers in the U.S. and Canada, was hit by back-to-back cyberattacks Wednesday. That led to an outage that has continued to impact operations. > > For prospective car buyers, that may mean delays at dealerships or vehicle orders written up by hand, with no immediate end in sight. > > On Monday, Group 1 Automotive Inc., a $4 billion automotive retailers, said that it continued to use “alternative processes” to sell cars to its customers.
www.motherjones.com
Petty Politics Sabotages Science. Details at 11.
anarcho-hackers
Visions of a Post-Apocalyptic Internet: The Future of Democratized Information
MHSJenkins
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Fixed, and thank you. Not entirely sure how that happened as I posted the same link again and it works now.
open.substack.com
My thoughts on the #futureoftheinternet, #digitalfreedom, #freedomofinformation, and #accessibility--with some #FOSS and #anarchy thrown in, of course. I absolutely welcome comments and feedback offered in good will from the informed minds gathered in this particular digital space #Lemmy #Fediverse #keepsmesane
open.substack.com
This is a piece I wrote outlining some (mostly nontechnical) thoughts about the future of tech, the ongoing internet apocalypse, and of course how we can thrive in this digital wasteland. I welcome thoughts and comments of good will from people of good will. As this is a more-than-informed crowd, I figured I'd share it here and let y'all shred it first.
anarcho-hackers
Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined
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And hypothetically what would those streaming services be, that we might avoid accidentally involving ourselves with something beyond ToS or the commandments of the crown?
variety.com
This is the energy we need going forward into the second half of the year. " Five men were convicted by a federal jury in Las Vegas this week for their part in operating Jetflicks, which officials say was one of the largest illegal streaming services in the U.S. Jetflicks, which charged $9.99 per month for the streaming service, generated millions of dollars in subscription revenue and caused “substantial harm to television program copyright owners,” the Justice Department said Thursday."
Technology
Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined
MHSJenkins
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"When a hero comes along . . ."
A Boring Dystopia
Majority of Hispanics Support Mass Deportations
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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It's not a recent thing but there was a pretty serious resurgence of it around waitforit the turn of the millennia back in 1999/2000, with a followup in 2012 when we all thought the Mayan calendar was going to run out for some reason. My observation is that these events had a deeper impact on world thinking than I realized at the time.
A Boring Dystopia
The Delusion of Advanced Plastics Recycling
MHSJenkins
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As someone who's been recycling since the early 1980s, the whole thing is heartbreaking.
www.propublica.org
Turns out even the most "advanced" modes of plastics recycling are bullshit, just as 40+years of plastics recycling efforts before them.
MHSJenkins
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It's really difficult on both an intellectual and an emotional level to absorb the fact that most of the information given to me about recycling has been false for the sum total of my 45 years on this planet.
A Boring Dystopia
Israel presents: Detention without trial for Arabs only
MHSJenkins
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As with our dentention centers on the US/Mexico border, we'll only see select portions of this after they've "addressed the issues" innate to putting people in holding facilities.
An interesting take on the actual role and development of AI and machine learning, and where this godawful cavalcade may be headed.
A Boring Dystopia
Majority of Hispanics Support Mass Deportations
MHSJenkins
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I have long held a theory that so much of the superficial orthopraxy demanded by various activist movements is intentional and designed to disrupt or removed actual action.
A Boring Dystopia
Majority of Hispanics Support Mass Deportations
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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How can we best get involved and support the cause?
A Boring Dystopia
Majority of Hispanics Support Mass Deportations
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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With over a century of vocabulary and terminology around these kind of social issues, it does get confusing in a hurry. That's why I try to stick to plain language and popular terms whenever possible.
A Boring Dystopia
Majority of Hispanics Support Mass Deportations
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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Exactly. Everyone's on the list, eventually.
A Boring Dystopia
Majority of Hispanics Support Mass Deportations
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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Also called Millenarianism, it refers to the belief that a major change/end of an age/apocalypse is inbound.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millenarianism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennialism
A lot of folks felt this way when the year 1999 rolled around and the "new millennium" began. For some it only got worse after September 11th 2001.
A Boring Dystopia
Majority of Hispanics Support Mass Deportations
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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That may in part be an intended consequence. A permanent underclass benefits all mainstream politics in the US.
A Boring Dystopia
Majority of Hispanics Support Mass Deportations
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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A Boring Dystopia
Majority of Hispanics Support Mass Deportations
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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American politics have become a death cult. Millennialism had a much deeper impact on this country than I recognized at the time.
A Boring Dystopia
Majority of Hispanics Support Mass Deportations
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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If you insist.
A Boring Dystopia
Majority of Hispanics Support Mass Deportations
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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The issue is that once the government has the infrastructure and networks to round folks up en masse, they can round groups of folk up en masse. That net will never be precise, so plenty of folks will get pulled in who shouldn't. That net can also be directed where-ever the powers that be decide, which is a real threat to liberty and justice for all.
And that's before we get to the part the ethics and issues behind our immigration policy in the US.
A Boring Dystopia
Majority of Hispanics Support Mass Deportations
MHSJenkins
3 months ago
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The original poll, for those curious: https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/cbsnews_20240609_1.pdf
www.newsweek.com
Start building #community and #mutualaid systems now. It's about to get ugly out there. #election2024 #2024election #immigration #immigrants #PresidentialElection2024 #DonaldTrump #JoeBiden
A Boring Dystopia
Atlanta's water system suffers serious breakdown
MHSJenkins
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Truth
Y'all might wanna start paying attention to our water systems and how incredibly vulnerable they are. Plan accordingly, as it ain't getting fixed soon!
www.cnn.com
Y'all might wanna start paying attention to the #water situation in #Atlanta. Our #infrastructure is crumbling and it won't get upgraded anytime soon. Starting making plans now.
Just installed it via package manager and I'm trying to get my brain around it. Anyone out there have any experience or tips for running WireShark on Linux Mint? Thanks so much!
www.newsweek.com
In short we've learned nothing, done nothing, and will be caught flat again. If you're not ready, get ready, because no one is coming to save you.
www.newsweek.com
The time to prepare for the next pandemic is now. We may not see a massive health risk to humans per se, but disruptions in our food systems, our supply chains, and our ability to gather in groups may be inbound. Just in time for an election!
www.mercurynews.com
Just in time to add more uncertainty to an already fraught #USelections2024 season, a new and more virulent #COVID19 variant. Dollar down says it cross-breeds with #H5N1 and thus brings about the #zombieapocalypse
Due to a dependence on GPS, large scale farms are now hackable/disruptable.
Protip; Ain't nothin' free, nowhere nohow.
www.kesslerrebellion.com
Kessler Syndrome would end space travel and satellite communications for generations. It's worth taking a look at this group and its work.
arstechnica.com
It's not quite enough for me, personally, but this is a small step in the right direction. I think that the real "down near the metal" solution is to own a dumb car, but those are getting thin on the ground . . .
www.notus.org
This has a real "hide the zombie bite from your friends" feel to it, albeit on a much grander scale.
www.notus.org
Folks with cattle are likely hiding bird flu cases from the fedgov. I suspect this will be used as a justification for expanded action against the disease.
I've just been clued into this and I'd like to know if anyone can give me an idea of the quality of the information contained therein. Thanks in advance--I hope you're well today!
Title says it all--a fellow bricoleur just turned me on to the No Trace Project and I'm curious to know if anyone else here has looked into it and the quality of the information therein. Thanks in advance!
www.ghacks.net
The writing is on the wall--I suspect the next Windows OS will be a subscription service. Gather your ISOs while ye may.
It's hard for me to explain in words how disturbing I find this. Here's a manifestation of how we as a culture see "stuff" and how we relate to the material world.
Another sober alcoholic here in the Fediverse, just checking in to see how everyone else is doing. Let me know where you are and how you are if you feel like it. If not, that's ok! I hope you're well and happy!
I've been slowly converting all of my outdoor lighting to solar and adding more rain barrels for my garden. This got me thinking--what are the rest of you working on? I'd love to see and hear about your projects if you feel like sharing them. Thanks in advance, I hope you're all having a wonderful day!
I have a 1TB harddrive on my desktop computer that isn't doing much of anything, so I'd like to dual-boot something "interesting". Suggestions are greatly appreciated, so let me know what y'all find intriguing/interesting/frustrating/innovative. The logo is just for attention, but EFF is a great cause that we should all support.
www.zdnet.com
We have a #ZeroDay in #Chrome's browser, just in case you're still using it.