https://social.lol/@rpm/116202670087358007 For the evening crew, I just published a new article to my blog on how I built a personal ProxMox cluster with dedicated servers to replace all my VPSes. https://robinmonks.com/a-cluster-of-my-own/ #selfhost
For the evening crew, I just published a new article to my blog on how I built a personal ProxMox cluster with dedicated servers to replace all my VPSes. robinmonks.com/a-cluster-of... #selfhost
https://social.lol/@rpm/116167024088417754 It's so cool to see the Batman Forever website back in 1995 and realize how far the internet has come (for better and worse): https://cybercultural.com/p/1995-web-design/
https://social.lol/@rpm/116153221032638620 RE: https://flipboard.com/@sfistnews/san-francisco-bay-area-news-1kqgkdfvz/-/a--9Zsdlb4SC-nC1t-9CcVcw%3Aa%3A3291948573-%2F0
This is my shocked face.
https://social.lol/@rpm/116152712612794004 RE: https://social.lol/@rpm/116151140854700886
A quick report for the night shift: the result of several dozen FOIA requests I’ve filed over the last 6 months looking into local surveillance technology companies.
https://social.lol/@rpm/116151433102836822 RE: https://xoxo.zone/@Ashedryden/116138768523218725
These arguments by flock are, for one thing, bullshit. For another, even if they were legal because of our lack of proper privacy laws that doesn’t make th... https://social.lol/@rpm/116151433102836822
https://social.lol/@rpm/116151412579927260 Good to see more communities making better choices. Remember that it’s just not this one vendor, the entire platform concept is rotten. @ai6yr (https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr) https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/116145963978525427
https://social.lol/@rpm/116151408854787422 RE: https://infosec.exchange/@sambowne/116146356568697684
More and more of this is enabled by ALPR technology. Presumed guilt collection must be barred.
https://social.lol/@rpm/116151288168378782 It’s always annoying as a very part time journalistic writer to have an article you’ve been working on for over a month of evenings and weekends finally be ready, and then you realize you’ll publish it on ... https://social.lol/@rpm/116151288168378782
My latest writing on Flock (and additional similar companies) is out and available for reading and sharing now: robinmonks.com/the-money-an...
It includes some new stuff from FOIA requests, as well as updates from here in Washington where Flock has been having some serious push back.
#privacy
https://social.lol/@rpm/116133432298794547 RE: https://mstdn.ca/@AlisonCreekside/116131814507949799
For these people it’s never about *what* is done. It’s *who* is doing it. What they do is always OK, others even existing isn’t. https://www.the-reframe.com/hating-the-game/
https://social.lol/@rpm/116127867840021156 RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116122837453868052
The Cybertruck has to be the ultimate anti-status symbol.
https://social.lol/@rpm/116127730906978258 RE: https://flipboard.com/@globeandmail/technology-oj8p483mz/-/a-LbPUWZiUQmi36wHx4cdsMw%3Aa%3A729020400-%2F0
Meta would rather support draconian age verification and VPN bans than fix its (incredibly profitable) child-harming business model.
https://social.lol/@rpm/116127360564007019 RE: https://mastodon.social/@eff/116121397295084037
This is the right answer; the right answer is privacy everywhere.
https://social.lol/@rpm/116117603856321715 Wow. People really be doing the least for their customers. @b (https://mrrp.place/@b) https://mrrp.place/@b/statuses/01KJ1S70YVG5CNBV3DRXD5H0TD
https://social.lol/@rpm/116116679481951802 RE: https://cosocial.ca/@mhoye/116110721317021813
This is the thing. Codex cloud announced they were 20-40x increasing their cost just last week. Eventually all of these companies will go from customer acquisit... https://social.lol/@rpm/116116679481951802
https://social.lol/@rpm/116077280791490157 RE: https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/116050837522685245
What folks who think “America First" don't seem to realize (or care about) is the billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs that wil... https://social.lol/@rpm/116077280791490157
https://social.lol/@rpm/116073397807407401 RE: https://mastodon.social/@Lazarou/116071913286099306
We’ll fill dozens of books with stories like this.
https://social.lol/@rpm/116070778500893634 Check your passport; if it's expired, renew it. Renewals are easy and can usually be done online. If you don't have a passport, it's the gift you need to give yourself for valentines day.
There’s usually a way to dampen it
https://social.lol/@rpm/116041976194663917 This applies every bit as much to Alberta and the Conservative party in Canada as it does to the current situation in the US. It deserves a careful read before Canada ends up in the same situation. #cdnpoli https://www.the-reframe.com/hating-the-game/
https://social.lol/@rpm/116038090056882489 Seattle up 0-9 at the half in a very weird game. My engagement continues, half time is a great time for snacks. #superbowl
https://social.lol/@rpm/116037803835908301 1/4 way through the Super Bowl; seems required watching as a Washingtonian this year. I’m still an engineer watching sports though so I’m more interested in the streaming stats #superBowl
https://social.lol/@rpm/116036703864377952 God this is a good article: https://blog.mikeswanson.com/backseat-software/
https://social.lol/@rpm/116032665804779872 Anyone else seeing a bunch of spammers targeting customer support email addresses with spoofed return addresses? I’m getting a ton of “request received” messages from various support emails.
https://social.lol/@rpm/116022730766546523 RE: https://flipboard.com/@lgbtqnation/lgbtq-nation-c65vn37sz/-/a-ZIXB18A3TMiCa5LId9Pr2Q%3Aa%3A3220327925-%2F0
Bull. Shit.
https://social.lol/@rpm/116015309859205620 Every city needs to remove their ALPR systems and cancel their contracts. They are, by their nature, a deep and ongoing invasion of privacy. @uccawx (https://m.ai6yr.org/@uccawx) https://m.ai6yr.org/@uccawx/116015017746211887
https://social.lol/@rpm/116015218824678395 Most obvious thing in the world turned out to be true. @conejoclint (https://m.ai6yr.org/@conejoclint) https://m.ai6yr.org/@conejoclint/116013696385587139
https://social.lol/@rpm/116015213257667562 RE: https://mastodon.social/@AnnaAnthro/116013784300867727
I’d love to see a few less Walmarts and a few more Costcos, ALDIs, and Trader Joe’s myself. Sadly Walmart is too smart to flee from one of their most profitable markets.
https://social.lol/@rpm/116014955032616241 RE: https://mastodon.social/@kottke/116013120934445460
This will be the case everywhere within a decade. It's not a political thing, it's the march of technology. EVs are better (and more fun, honestly, the pow... https://social.lol/@rpm/116014955032616241
