Colorado! This Sunday is the 2nd Digital Independence Day workshop hosted by Coloradans for Digital Freedom. We'll be at the Denver Public Library (Hadley Branch) from 1:15-2:30. More event details in attached poster and the DI.day website https://termine.di.day/events/3693abca-500a-487b-911f-707dcad130b2 #privacy #colorado #dataprivacy #diday #digitalindependenceday
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I'm pleased that the Colorado Public Utilities Commission has taken steps to ensure data centers on our grid will pay more for electricity than residential customers. It is unreasonable that a large-load consumer of a finite resource would pay the same as a resident. We need the same for water. https://coloradosun.com/2026/04/02/data-centers-xcel-energy-colorado-rate-tariff-consumers/ #climatejustice
Played Container (recent Allplay reprint) for the first time. 4P game. I'd heard good things about Container for 20 years! Overall I liked the economy engine and theme. We made a setup mistake and played with every container (20x) instead of the indicated amount (11x). Our game went waaay too long and entered an awkward zone where players didn't always have meaningful turns. #boardgames
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@scriptkiddie thanks for this perspective! I was recalling Dark Knight while in the theater and realizing what a different message was being offered in Spider-Man 🤮
It doesn't look like Session is going to survive. Session is an encrypted messenger that solves for a few problems that Signal still has. First, users do not require a phone number to sign up. Second, the message delivery network is decentralized, meaning there is no one business entity or country to subpoena for user data.
Now, the Session Technology Foundation is asking for $1M in donations to fund the project for 12 months. https://getsession.org/donate (1/n) #privacy #opensource
Headed to a monthly indie game dev meetup to get feedback on Panthera. It is only the second time I've taken the game out into the wild. Getting player feedback (especially from other devs) is stressful, but I'm feeling good that Panthera is ready for mass testing. #gamedev #indiedev #boardgames
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@profbib@layer8.space @murena@mastodon.social the most notable difference when I moved to /e/OS from iOS was how _quiet_ is the UX. No noise, no upsell, just a phone doing what I expect a phone to do.
Can anyone speak from firsthand experience how is the DuckDuckGo suite of #privacy services? TIL they offer private email relay, VPN, private AI chat, and data broker scrubbing for $10/mo. That's a good deal if the services individually are decent. https://duckduckgo.com/pro Could be a simple recommendation for folks that don't want to move to Proton.
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@glassbottommeg may I please juggle a fascist into the air, quick swap to another character, and spike them down like a volleyball?
I backed this last night. Local designer husband and wife that run a monthly indie game dev meet up in Denver. Arena combat with simple rules that can be played as a one shot, roguelike, solo, coop, or competitive. Let's get them funded within 24 hours! https://gamefound.com/en/projects/waterbear-workshop/diecathlon #indiegame #indiedev #games #gamedev
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@mjlmo@social.vivaldi.net it is an issue with VPNs that service providers may restrict or temporarily block traffic when they get a ton from a single IP or range. Nature of protecting the service from a DOS or other attack. Does your VPN support reconnecting from a different gateway? That often does the trick for me
I've also prepared a player's reference card based on feedback from last month's dev meetup. It was an interesting challenge to select what makes the cut on a 1/4 of an A4 sheet. Some of the streamlined rule grammar might make it back into the rulebook...
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@privacyguides@mastodon.neat.computer five years? If you had dropped that bit I wouldn't have blinked an eye!
@malick@infosec.exchange do you have an example of using local AI to assist devsecops workflows?
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@carlrichell thank you for your time and effort on this issue! I've just recently started getting engaged with our CO legislators on data privacy issues. I have found the process approachable and meaningful
Today's improvements to Panthera come from our illustrator, Adam L, who has replaced my sloppy photographs with clean illustrations! Example of game setup illustration:
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@Troggie@beige.party delightful! Is this a kit that I can find at retail?
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@gregc@mastodonapp.uk Hive is absolutely brilliant! A modern classic
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@QueerMatters@mstdn.social fr. I want a shirt that writes "by filming me without my consent, you agree to pay me $500/minute"
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@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org there exists a contingent of internet users to whom the net is 5 apps. I accept that they are gone. To them, we are akin to strangers standing on the street corner with a bullhorn, screaming about the fiery depths of hell. The race is on to make decentralized tech accessible enough to sway the swayable.