Open post Bitter Donald @bitterdonald@mastodon.scot · 4mo ago Replying to @chris@mstdn.strafpla.net @BillySmith@social.coop @colinmford@typo.social We may need to reinvent the search engine, curated lists and webrings. Google’s secret sauce once was page ranking by links pointing to a site, maybe we need something like page ranking by cryptographic chains of human trust. A good result is a result with a source that has a chain of human trust back to me and no ads. For a start: “we count the number of uBO blocked requests on the page, and if too many (threshold is set to 5), we kick it out” https://teclis.com @chris@mstdn.strafpla.net @BillySmith@social.coop @colinmford@typo.social Curated lists and webrings are absolutely essential at this point.
Open post Bitter Donald @bitterdonald@mastodon.scot · 4mo ago Replying to @trib@aus.social <p>Extracted all my audiobooks from Audible and de-DRMed them in about 10 minutes this afternoon. Now I have all the digital book material I ever bought from Amazon in formats I can control.</p><p>If this interests you, Calibre and Libation are your go-to projects.</p><p><a href="https://getlibation.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">getlibation.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br /><a href="https://calibre-ebook.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">calibre-ebook.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amazon</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/audible" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>audible</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Kindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kindle</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p> @trib@aus.social what app are you using to play them on your mobile device?
Open post Bitter Donald @bitterdonald@mastodon.scot · 6mo ago Replying to @overholt@glammr.us <p>It is remarkable to see something like this explained as though it was the technique for casting bronze in Ancient Greece. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/business/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto-identity-adam-back.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZlA.OETP.MPLF9R5oa0F1&smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2026/04/08/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto-identity-adam-back.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZlA.OETP.MPLF9R5oa0F1&smid=url-share</span></a></p> @overholt@glammr.us I'm still on a few mailing lists, but the rise of SPF/DKIM/DMARC has made them all a bit wonky, and for lots of social and volunteer organisations, there's really no replacement that people are willing to adopt.