Bryan Haskin

@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @LabSpokane@mas.to @douglasvb@m.ai6yr.org @mlanger@mastodon.world so here is the thing about fiberglass. It's almost never the fiberglass that fails. They actually don't know how long fiberglass will last for.

@leerayl@infosec.exchange it's never ending. I have a garage full of boxes that need to go to the dump.

@beeoproblem@mastodon.gamedev.place @sammypanda@aus.social @mattly@hachyderm.io it's because you agreed to it in those terms of services you didn't read.

@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org I wonder how long until people start living underground more.

@kboyd@phpc.social ahh child themes are interesting. It's somewhat of a relic before page builder themes where a thing. But they make a ton of sense when you have a traditional theme with normal templates and not a page builders. Being able to update the parent theme and not wipe out the customizations is great.

@Viss@mastodon.social @Nonya_Bidniss@infosec.exchange a lot of stores have removed the check machines and not longer accept checks.

@ai6yr and it seems like he is itching for it.

@ai6yr was thinking about this a little bit. A little worried he might drop a nuke after the 48 hours to try and get them to surrender. I don't think it will be on a city or anything, but likely as a threat. I hope that isn't the case.

@mlanger@mastodon.world @gglockner@social.seattle.wa.us I will say this though, companies have been sitting on mountains and mountains of data for years, and now they are trying to cash in. But the data centers we should be worried about are the government (and companies with government contracts). They are building them with the express purpose of tracking everything you do, go and say. That is the real danger here, and why there is a huge push for age verification. That will then lead to banning any and all anonymous online activity.

@zetabeta@mastodon.social @don_atoms@hostux.social @marcprux@mastodon.social @fdroidorg@floss.social I agree. I am hoping general Linux phones continue to improve in quality.

@tsherrygeo if you put it in a pot with some water you can grow your own tubes at home!

@tewha that's not what the Mastodon security team says. /s

@don_atoms@hostux.social @marcprux@mastodon.social @fdroidorg@floss.social the best thing you can do is stop using android. There are alternatives out there. They might not be as good as android currently, but android wasn't that great when it first came out either.

@kelson @bloor

@carlrichell@fosstodon.org I think this is a start at least. The issue is what counts as open source? The real fix is to make parents be parents. They need to be held responsible for what their children do. It's crazy that it's not part of the conversation at all. We would charge parents with negligence and neglect if they were to leave their kids alone in a bad neighborhood. That is essentially what happens when you give them an Internet enabled device. We are making corporations arbiters of behavior and actions instead of individuals.

@mra@mathstodon.xyz @leftpaddotpy@hachyderm.io also filters. It would be neat to have some temporary or post level controls on a few things. Like the ability limit post/reply reach. Sometimes a post will be boosted and then you have a ton of people engaging. Would be nice to lock or disable either temporarily or permanently in that instance. But I have a feeling people try to apply the mental modal of other social networks to mastodon. For me I don't care about having a large following or audience. If people follow me then great! But it really isn't a mass communication tool like Twitter was.

@mlanger@mastodon.world @gglockner@social.seattle.wa.us yeah that runs a few checks in JavaScript to try and make sure you are a person, but it wouldn't surprise me if it can be bypassed easily these days for someone who wants to. A lot of times they are checking if they have seen you before and detect mouse movements or other human interactions. They also check network requests to see if you are just downloading the HTML and skipping over things like images and scripts. If something looks off they will usually do a captcha challenge instead of outright blocking. The 'not a robot' check box from Google recaptcha has been doing the same thing for years.

@mlanger@mastodon.world @gglockner@social.seattle.wa.us I bet if you look at the deed information it was purchased by some random company back then and just maintained. All of these projects are NDA at every level of government until they are ready to make it public.

@mlanger@mastodon.world @gglockner@social.seattle.wa.us that is just what they want you to think. I am right in the middle of the data center hotspots and they have owned the land and water rights for years. There is a ton of misinformation going on right now, but they take lots of planning and study to build one.

@mlanger@mastodon.world @gglockner@social.seattle.wa.us yes and no. The issue is it also slows down legitimate traffic, and you can take an SEO hit for having a slow site. Those bot checks prevent legitimate traffic from the effects and saves on resources.

@mlanger@mastodon.world @gglockner@social.seattle.wa.us part of it is also to just slow down things for a little bit. Scrappers become expensive if you start slowing down requests at large scales.

@mlanger@mastodon.world @gglockner@social.seattle.wa.us so the data center thing is interesting. It takes a while to plan and build them. I know in my area the ones currently going up have been in the works for like 10 years. Most of them aren't going to be running or doing much with a.i.

@mlanger@mastodon.world @gglockner@social.seattle.wa.us it isn't illegal for them to do it. The only thing you can do is block known scrappers and then put annoying JavaScript challenges in front of sites. (That is why you are seeing more of them)

@syntaxseed@phpc.social because tech companies lie. 10% churn is pretty standard for those large companies on a yearly basis. But the main thing is they over hired and now have to correct. If A.I. was as great as they say it is then it would be far higher than 10% and they wouldn't be selling it to everyone and anyone.

@KellyLepo if 2015 is recent 🫠 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_the_Eagle_(film)

@nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt it's clear that the government is building a massive database of citizens and everything they say and do online. They are doing this using private companies to get around any direct legal challenges.

@Viss@mastodon.social I wonder how many instances even get reported.

@daniel@gultsch.social thank you for all that you do!

@mlanger@mastodon.world @gglockner@social.seattle.wa.us also keep in mind that most hosting providers don't allow you to easily block or manage block lists. htaccess is one way, but it's pretty much a last line of defense.

@Bredroll@mas.to @marcioaleks@mastodon.social then you would need specialized hardware vs using something already in your pocket.

@tewha@appdot.net can always build a CR box

@akkana@fosstodon.org that's pretty neat!

@kyonshi well they want you to work 7 day.

@tewha brings up a good question is when is a project too big for one person.

@arianvp@functional.cafe that's the neat part, you don't!

@mergesort@macaw.social what do you call a social media post disguised as an ad?

@gglockner@social.seattle.wa.us @mlanger@mastodon.world poorly written crawlers. Bing bot used to crash websites all the time.

@marcioaleks@mastodon.social Its neat, but wonder why they went with gloves instead of computer vision. Seems like Sign Language which is a visual language would be prefect fit.

@gglockner@social.seattle.wa.us @mlanger@mastodon.world it's for sure scraping for AI training. Only thing that makes sense.

@arnan@mas.to my guess is a dealership. Since it explicitly states what it is. Depending on how you bought/lease it, you could be on the hook if it goes missing or is damaged. Always read the fine print.