Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as
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#Netsec Professional. Whitehat #Hacker. #Demoscene spectator. Nerd.
I'm a fan of #Linux, #FOSS, #Decentralization (not Crypto), Crypto (as in #Cryptography), and #Socialism. Always #Antifascist & #Antiwar.
Seattle, WA
Joined Feb 2021
Data Brokers are one of the biggest threats to your privacy. Until there are better privacy laws in the US (and I'm not holding my breath), the best you can do is find them and request an opt-out. @yaelwrites put together an excellent repo of the worst offenders. Working your way through this list reduces your attack surface significantly: https://github.com/yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-List
One of my favorite things is that fascist "patriot" trolls love to have .us domain names so they can signal how much they love America, and that .us domain names don't allow for whois security and have the trolls' full names and addresses publicly accessible.
It's why we know who LibsOfTiktok is, and where she lives, lol.
Inviting Roko's Basilisk to torture my simulated connectome just to feel something.
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i think im pretty much done with this song. it's a bit repetitive cause it's based on a 4 chord loop, but i can't really change that without starting from scratch so im just gonna leave that as is. lessons learned for next song though
anyway i think it sounds nice. any ideas for what to call it?
anyway i think it sounds nice. any ideas for what to call it?
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spineboughs (of holly)
Spineberg's Basilisk is a thought experiment which states that an otherwise benevolent artificial superintelligence (AI) in the future would be incentivized to create a virtual reality simulation to torture anyone who knew of its potential existence but did not directly introduce it to the music of Steely Dan.[1][2]
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The list of right wing extremists Kavanaugh partied with is so unbelievable it’s worth posting twice. The list includes characters like Sebastian Gorka & Stephen Miller - Nazis (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna742851), white nationalists (https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/24/stephen-miller-white-nationalist-trump-immigration-guru). If you do basic search on others your stomach will churn.
At a time folks are raising alarm about ethics and #SCOTUS this is unseemly.
I asked #ChatGPT to draw a picture of a cat and a dog in an HTML canvas, and uhh...
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Capitalists: you must sell us your labor if you want to eat, also we will get richer than you
Workers: ok I guess, gimme a job
Capitalists: no, fuck you
Workers: hey government can I have a job?
Government: no, fuck you, also we’re arresting you for being homeless
Capitalists: hey government can I uhhh borrow those prisoners for slave labor
Government: yeah sure
Workers: -looking directly at camera-
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RPi meta
The statements to Buzzfeed from RPi are significantly more damning than the fedi behavior imo.
Describing this as a "culture war", making the baseless (and false) claim it was organized and not organic outrage, claiming the cop is good for perpetuating the war on drugs, throwing shade at CWs...
It feels very much like an attitude we've all already seen from the right.
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This strip came out in 1995. What would Calvin’s dad have to say about technology in 2022? 😬🫠 #CalvinandHobbes
Just realized I can get a Concealed Pistol License in Washington State without even owning a gun.
I think I'm gonna do it just because it would be extremely funny to have the license despite never owning or even firing a handgun ever in my entire life.
I absolutely didn't have "Official #raspberrypi Mastodon account has a public meltdown" on my BINGO sheet.
Good thing there are a ton of SBC's out there to play with made by companies that have the good sense not to intentionally insult their own customer community.
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Beautiful illustration of where people are concentrated.
If you squint, you can see Australia and New Zealand.
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It's fuckin disgraceful how some businesses get exempted from labor requirements because they're small. The logic being if we can't exploit our people extra hard, we couldn't afford to exist
you don't have a constitutional right to own a business, dipshit
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if anyone wants to take over ownership of the domain "cypherpunk.social" i am gonna let it expire, would rather transfer it to a good home (for free)
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PSA: Lilies are dangerously toxic to cats. Even one small sniff or nibble can cause kidney failure and death. Rapid vet intervention cannot reliably save their lives.
*Never* keep true lilies (lilium) in the house if you have cats.
Make sure your family and friends know too! There's no warning at the store about the danger of lilies, so they get around in the holidays.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
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#Netsec Professional. Whitehat #Hacker. #Demoscene spectator. Nerd.
I'm a fan of #Linux, #FOSS, #Decentralization (not Crypto), Crypto (as in #Cryptography), and #Socialism. Always #Antifascist & #Antiwar.
Seattle, WA
Joined Feb 2021
