Challenges in the Decentralised Web: The Mastodon Case
There is the EU talk of Aral Balkan, @aral (https://video.lqdn.fr/videos/watch/861c07f7-7e9b-4e64-9765-cf1de592c8a0) and the first (?) academic publication by folks from Kings College London (https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3355572). Then there are introductory videos on the fediverse, like https://youtu.be/S57uhCQBEk0 Then there are introductory threads on Mastodon, such as this one from James Wilson https://mstdn.social/@jamewils/103136470926031216.
I'd say, join and see :-)
TrackingTheTrackers: A free analysis tool to check if a website is disguising third-party trackers as first-party trackers.
Superhydrophobic metal won't sink -- even when damaged
http://www.designfax.net/cms/dfx/opens/article-view-dfx.php?nid=4&bid=954&et=featurearticle&pn=03
German farmers protesting in Berlin against #glyphosate ban and other "environmental" regulations they criticize as "not based on expert knowledge".
https://www.dw.com/en/german-farmers-protest-against-berlins-agriculture-policy/a-50828932
"Algorithms and digital technologies constantly collect data and evaluate us and sometimes make life changing decisions such as credit, housing and employment.Β Advertisements play a crucial part in this in that they inform us about goods and services, opportunities, products or nudge us into certain behaviours."
Call for Nominations for 2019 Corrupt Person of the Year Award
The messenger #Wire and the web search service #Startpage have been taken over US companies. They are/were popular services in the privacy and #cryptoparty scene. Both companies appear to be interested in the data business. Takeovers like these will happen again. If these events teach us anything it is that we should seek decentral and self-hosted alternatives to take back control. Don't put your trust into centralized services!
#searx #yacy #xmpp #jabber #matrix #fediverse #mastodon #email
A new wave of climate denialism expected from programmers who write lousy code... https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.08354
This is one is really good so I'm reposting it here even though I boosted it already http://www.openculture.com/2017/02/david-foster-wallace-on-whats-wrong-with-postmodernism-a-video-essay.html #postmodernism #philosophy #science
David Foster Wallace on Whatβs Wrong with Postmodernism: A Video Essay
http://www.openculture.com/?p=1031307 https://t.co/HBxmuw0P4A
Carl Sagan Predicts the Decline of America.
Unable to Know "Whatβs True," We Will Slide, "Without Noticing, Back into Superstition & Darkness" (1995)
http://www.openculture.com/?p=1030839 https://t.co/GH8xgFsm0M
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