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Bit pusher. Test Enthusiast. Hydroponic gardener. Noise maker. Grace Hopper is _still_ my hero. Calls out shit software.
It looks like @netflix.com is looking to get cancelled next with the forced phone numbers. I'll be happy to save my $20 / month It's not a more convenient way to login, it's a more convenient way for you to track me. it's an encroachment on my privacy. #privacy The #enshittification continues.
That's a bummer. I was looking forward to watching it. Can't say I'm surprised though. www.tvfandomlounge.com/musk-documen...
After TikTok Suspended Its Account for Two Days, the Elon Musk Documentary is Almost Gone From Theaters, and Musk Reportedly Just Put $1 Billion into the Ellisons’ Paramount
Released on October 9th in four theaters, Musk expanded to 472 cinemas last Friday. One week later, it has vanished from almost every theater in America. You
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Are daily stand-ups actually helping your team unblock work, or are they just status updates for management? #Agile #EngineeringManagement
Can't really say I'm surprised. www.techspot.com/news/114214-... #privacy #creepy #meta
Meta's smart glasses were recording conversations without the wake phrase, company admits
A redditor recently wrote that they'd noticed something concerning with Meta's Ray-Ban glasses: they were capturing conversations when they were talking to other people despite the "Hey...
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Hey @schumer.senate.gov, looks like someone leaked your 2027 strategy to the press. theonion.com/dnc-releases... #incompetent and #spineless
DNC Releases Preemptive Autopsy Into Why They Lost Midterms
WASHINGTON—In an effort to get ahead of the forthcoming criticisms of how they squandered such a commanding lead in the polls, the Democratic National Committee released a preemptive autopsy Tuesday i...
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Safe renaming: how to rename a feature flag that's already in production. Most feature flag services treat the key as permanent. Here is why that is not a good trade-off, and how ConfigDirector lets you rename a flag while old builds are still asking for the old key.
Safe renaming: how to rename a feature flag that's already in production - ConfigDirector
Most feature flag services treat the key as permanent. Here is why that is not a good trade-off, and how ConfigDirector lets you rename a flag while old builds are still asking for the old key.
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Don't let your TV spy on you. Turn off the LG spying. Sounds like I have some TV hacking in my future! #privacy darkmarc.substack.com/p/your-lg-sm...
Your LG ‘Smart TV’ is Spying on You - Here’s How to Stop It Permanently
For the millions of people who own an LG TV, the purchase decision was likely driven by a single factor: it was cheap.
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Hey @mayorkwilson.bsky.social I hope you're paying attention to what @mayor.nyc.gov is doing because he's crushing it over there. Please take some notes.
A salient observation: “The elite meticulously engineer culture wars so the starving peasants violently butcher each other over trivial, fabricated differences. As long as the slaves are completely soaked in each other’s blood, the master’s castle remains completely untouched.” ~ Hunter S. Thompson
“I worked for what I have. I don’t owe anyone anything.” So you paved the roads you drive on? Built the power grid? Trained teachers? Invented the internet? Or did society provide the infrastructure, education and stability that made your success possible? ➡️ No one makes it entirely on their own.
Flock cameras are recording a lot more than just license plates. #privacy www.404media.co/hackers-stol...
Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.
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Good news! You don't even need to be a cop in order to use Flock to stalk a domestic abuse survivor, you just need to be related to one. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
San Jose officer used Flock cameras to help relative track domestic violence victim, chief says
A San Jose police officer allegedly accessed the department’s license-plate tracking system to monitor a victim of alleged domestic abuse and give Flock Safety camera information to his relative.
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Not being able to paste in the password field HARMS security!!! Who came up with this horrid UX pattern?!
Keep planting seeds, and one day you'll wake up in the garden you've dreamed of.
The “risky and haphazard” implementation of President Trump’s March executive order—which granted the postal service new gatekeeping responsibilities regarding mail-in ballots—could lead to a “catastrophic failure” in U.S. voting procedures come November. trib.al/UgOdzQ5
Whistleblower Warns USPS Has Secret Plan to Undo Mail-In Voting
The whistleblower says the U.S. Postal Service has ignored court orders and is moving forward with a plan that could completely “derail” the midterm elections.
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I got tired of GitHub Actions waking up whenever it felt like it, so I timed it against Cloudflare Cron for 10 mornings. Median delay: ~26m vs. 0.30s. One GitHub run was 10+ hours late. That settled it. josephhall.org/blog/small-b...
A Trump official diverted firefighting resources to a fire on his private ranch. He got 9 aircraft for the 7-acre fire while the 90,000 acre Grasshopper fire in Oregon got about the same. These guys kneecapped wildfire prevention and now they’re diverting what few resources remain for personal gain.
Trump official faces inquiry over claims he diverted wildfire resources to his own property
Exclusive: Michael Boren, a senior official overseeing the US Forest Service, is accused by Democratic senators of ‘inappropriate interference’
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48 years ago today Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! is the debut studio album by the American new wave /postpunk band Devo, produced by Brian Eno and released on this day in 1978 #punkrock #newwave #devo #history #newwavehistory #punkrockhistory #otd
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If you can get the *results* of Test-Driven Development without doing Test-Driven Development, then it doesn't matter that you didn't do TDD. The fun starts when you try to get the results of TDD without doing TDD, and realise that TDD is actually the easiest way to get those results.
Well this is damning and explains SO MUCH about why Meta is losing its best engineers; why morale is rock-bottom; and why an engineering culture built up in 20 years was destroyed overnight. Zuck + execs wanted to lay off ~60% of staff. When the business does better than ever.
Life is too short for shit software. I'm looking directly at checkr, the background check service. The end user experience is one of the most painful I've had to endure recently, and pieces are just broken. For the decision makers: there are better products out there.
A round of storms impacted the region on Aug. 11 n.pr/45JabjY
Thousands in northwest Indiana still without power nearly two weeks after storm
A round of storms impacted the region on Aug. 11
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Hello, my privacy curious friends. Have you seen the latest features from Comcast? This is creepy AF "Ordinary WiFi can now identify you with near-perfect accuracy" #privacy #bigbbrother #surveillance #creepy www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Ordinary WiFi can now identify you with near-perfect accuracy
Ordinary WiFi networks could quietly become powerful surveillance tools, allowing people to be identified without cameras, special sensors, or even carrying a connected device. Researchers showed that...
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Keith Lee is heading to Gary, IN. "We’ve been on the phone with the mayor’s office to see if there’s ways could get involved. This should be national news and it’s crazy to me that it’s not being talked about.” | Mary Ginther atlantablackstar.com/2026/08/20/k... #BlackskyNews
'This is Crazy!': Keith Lee Steps in as Thousands in Gary, Indiana Remain in the Dark After Another Blow to Power Efforts
Social media influencer Keith Lee is heading to Gary, Indiana, as residents face another weekend without power and local food resources struggle to keep
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What is happening in Gary, Indiana? I'm seeing posts that they've been without power for 9 days now?
Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plates. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/flock-...
