spelk @spelk@linuxrocks.online

The recording of my talk today on the future of Internet regulation at the European Parliament is now available to watch.

Starts at 01:14:00 at https://web-greensefa.streamovations.be/index.php/event/stream/the-future-internet-regulation

#DigitalServicesAct #SurveillanceCapitalism #Mastodon #SmallTech #GDPR #EU

CC @Mastodon @Gargron

For those of you who’ve asked about a recording of my talk today on the future of Internet regulation at the European Parliament today, I’ve been told that there is a recording and that it will be released shortly.

I will update you once I have a link for it.

Absolutely amazing man
https://invidio.us/4FeC1SITxA8
https://invidio.us/MnPIhI3I718

The idea of an insect wearing a hat that keeps insects away resonates strongly with the kind of game I'm making #HiveTime #gamedev #indiedev

Just finished preparing my presentation for the European Parliament on Tuesday. I’m representing @Mastodon and small technology there on a panel to discuss the future of the Internet and I hope we can get the regulators to at least not fuck things up for our ethical alternatives.

My slides (not hugely meaningful without the narrative but in case you’re curious) are here:

https://small-tech.slides.com/aral/dear-regulators-dont-throw-the-baby-out-with-the-bathwater

Remind me again why I let you talk me into this, @Gargron? ;P

It's that time again! A new podcast episode!

Fireside chat with @TheGibson

https://purplesquadsec.com/episode/106de6dcd5ed4c9e/episode-65-fireside-chat-with-the-gibson

This one was a lot of fun, and we definitely heaped a bunch of praise about the fediverse on this one, amongst other things.

Enjoy!

#UOMF: Linking #Emacs #Orgmode Headings
https://karl-voit.at/2019/11/16/UOMF-Linking-Headings/

This is how I am using Org as my personal #wiki.

#publicvoit

I like how Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup's gnoll player species is more or less what it's like to have AD(H)D

always boost anything with Leonard Nimoy.

This moment in tonight's Morrowind multiplayer stream with @HexDSL and @uoou made me chuckle.
https://share.tube/videos/watch/3fb28d1a-11dd-4542-b144-fdcf4e009f85

I'm a lot more into songs having lyrics if they're in a language that I cannot understand at all

Will attempt to switch to #emacs ... once again. Will see how long I will endure.

Religion aside, Org mode alone is reason enough to install #Emacs!

https://orgmode.org/

The Matrix, 1999: Morpheus inserts a giant TRRS plug into Neo's head

The Matrix, 2019: Morpheus tries for 20 minutes to pair a Bluetooth neural interface to Neo's head before finally giving up

"The crux of the plan is for the voice assistant to move from passive to proactive interactions. Rather than wait for and respond to requests, #Alexa will anticipate what the user might want. The idea is to turn Alexa into an omnipresent companion that actively shapes and orchestrates your life. This will require Alexa to get to know you better than ever before."

https://qrius.com/amazons-roadmap-for-alexa-just-may-be-the-scariest-thing-big-tech-is-doing

The ultimate goal of #SurveillanceCapitalism is manipulation of human behavior to profitable ends.

@nhr If we're talking about a backup solution, I'm using borg against my own server at home via VPN, but if you don't want to maintain that I've heard borgbase.com is cool. Backups are encrypted by default so storing things on the "cloud" shouldnt be a problem.

@nhr If you want some folder on your computer to be synced with a provider (another computer or set of computers) you can try syncthing. It works p2p and using relays if a direct connection is not found. You can run your own relay if you don't trust the public ones. All traffic is encrypted e2e. You can leave a server at home running and your computer will keep "syncthing". syncthing.org (I use it to sync folders between different computers)