kravietz π¦ @kravietz@social.privacytools.io
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Polish expat into UK. Information security engineer. Caver & cave rescuer (thus the bat). NHS volunteer & blood donor.
Joined May 2019
βAny way you cut it, this is going to be bad,β a senior medical adviser at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Dr. Carter Mecher, wrote on the night of Jan. 28, in an email to a group of public health experts scattered around the government and universities. βThe projected size of the outbreak already seems hard to believe.β
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-response.html
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Are you one of those people only using Facebook because it's where people invite you to events? Well, now's the perfect time to #DeleteFacebook.
As we discussed with many people here on what are actual "success criteria" of a political and economic system, I tend to agree that GDP on its own is largely distorted because it does not reflect inequality.
Here's an interesting publication that shows a very strong correlation between GNI per capita and mortality due to infectious diseases. In short: wealthier countries better protect people from infectious diseases.
https://academic.oup.com/heapol/article/33/suppl_1/i14/2996762
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Note this is just an app that implements it, the #g1 theory is explained here https://libre-currency.org/
An interesting implementation of a monetary system similar to universal basic income but driven by a blockchain called Δ1 #g1
Sounds like a great idea to get rid of #captcha - rather than nag people to solve silly riddles on each page separately, have a cryptographic and privacy-preserving protocol specifically for proving you're human. From user's perspective this works pretty seamlessly, under the hood there's some interesting crypto and proof-of-work protocol.
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RT @lrvick@twitter.com
Signal is likely getting burned by their centralized approach exactly as I have predicted for years.
We need -decentralized- e2e encrypted chat servers so there is no central party to strongarm.
@matrixdotorg@twitter.com can be self hosted as a Tor hidden service.
π¦π: https://twitter.com/lrvick/status/1248337479377260544
Pearl Jam fans: On April 18th, Eddie Vedder will be performing in a global broadcast & digital special to support frontline healthcare workers and the WHO. One World: Together At Home, a one-night special event, is a call for collective action to stop the COVID-19 crisis.
https://www.bandsintown.com/e/102225003
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Twitter users no longer have a say in sharing data with advertisers - IBTimes India - https://www.ibtimes.co.in/twitter-users-no-longer-have-say-sharing-data-advertisers-817163
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We have just completed migration of the whole service to a new server in Manchester hosted by @faelix Both servers are operational as long as DNS does not propagate fully, please ping us if you notice any issues https://webcookies.org/contact/
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"Recently, [Google's] security team informed employees using Zoom Desktop Client that it will no longer run on corporate computers as it does not meet [their] security standards for apps used by [their] employees."
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"Earlier this month β¦ SpaceX also banned employees from Zoom, citing 'significant privacy and security concerns.' And on Monday, New York City's Department of Education urged schools to abandon Zoom and switch to a service from Microsoft."
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RT @kr0mbel@twitter.com
If you are interested in how the infrastructure behind http://meet.jit.si looks like:
@saghul@twitter.com from @jitsinews@twitter.com explained it very well on #OpenTechMeetup held by @matrixdotorg@twitter.com
Probably we can enhance http://meet.ffmuc.net with thatπ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APVp-20ATLk&t=972
π¦π: https://twitter.com/kr0mbel/status/1247991784225026048
SWPR: "World Socialist Web Site by the International Committee of the 4th Fourth International" the most *liberal* news out there.
Fking great...
It's not even US "liberal" because they're Swiss.
What next? "Postmodernist" Nature.com?
SWPR: "World Socialist Web Site by the International Committee of the 4th Fourth International" the most *liberal* news out there.
Fking great...
It's not even US "liberal" because they're Swiss.
What next? "Postmodernist" Nature.com?
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- Website
- https://krvtz.net
- Matrix
- @kravietz:krvtz.net
Polish expat into UK. Information security engineer. Caver & cave rescuer (thus the bat). NHS volunteer & blood donor.
Joined May 2019
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