There is a really good privacy feature on Mastodon and the rest of the Fediverse:
When you post a link on Mastodon etc, it remains exactly as you posted it. There is no analytics or tracking going on, no one is monitoring clicks on links.
By contrast, on Twitter/X and Bluesky the links people post are redirected so clicks can be monitored. We don't know exactly what Musk or Bluesky do with this info, but they do it by redirecting all links to sites they control (t.co & go.bsky.app).
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Cuba, who we have placed sanctions on for 60 years, has a higher life expectancy than the United States.
Why?
Healthcare.
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Well, you're full of yourself, since Wikipedia is the source, but I'll even provide screenshots, along with URLs.
Cuba's life expectancy at birth is 79.87 years
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba#Hea…
American life expectancy at birth was 78.4
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_S…
Healthcare make a difference.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
This is one of those things where if the left had the capacity to practice messaging discipline and media coordination they could repeat everyday for the next two months with brutal consequences for the right-wing administration.
But this will be forgotten about by tomorrow
Seems I've ran out of 'HCT00s... Will have to search for one to validate the board with it.
I just released the files for my #Commodore #C128 #SRAM adapter, as it seems to work well with everything I threw at it.
Have fun with it, you can order it from PCBWay or from anywhere you like:
github.com/hkzlab/C128_310381r…
I guess this can be adapter to newer boards with 4x 4464 DRAMs. As I have a motherboard for a C128DCR around, I suspect I'll get around to that too.
GitHub - hkzlab/C128_310381r7_sram_adapter: Static RAM replacement for the DRAMs on a C128 with a 310381R7 motherboard
Static RAM replacement for the DRAMs on a C128 with a 310381R7 motherboard - hkzlab/C128_310381r7_sram_adapterGitHub
The Viral Embarrassing State Supreme Court Mistake
UPDATE: Louis' Nana speaks out about how the mistake happened.Kathryn Rubino (Above the Law)
Can't even spell properly the name of their own State : LouisianaNA
Is there still a Department of Education in LouisianaNA ?
Sigh, Red States 🤢🤮
Is there an account you follow that boosts other people too much? Do you like reading their own posts, but you don't want to see their boosts?
In Mastodon you can hide an account's boosts by doing the following:
1. Go to their profile page
2. Click the ⋯ button on their profile
3. Select "Hide boosts"
You will still see their posts, it will only hide boosts. If you change your mind, go to ⋯ and select "Show boosts".
They will never know you have hidden their boosts 🙂
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I prefer a formal language to describe “contracts” in the type system and static analysis.
BUT, I think it would also be funny to use embeddings to find out what a function does just reading its declaration.
For instance
void x_destroy(struct X * p)
What this functions does?
I will try do to that for fun.
New approach punishes AI companies that ignore "no crawl" directives.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/clo…
Cloudflare turns AI against itself with endless maze of irrelevant facts
New approach punishes AI companies that ignore “no crawl” directives.Benj Edwards (Ars Technica)
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Hydrogen Powered Trucks
SwRI has successfully created a hydrogen engine for 18-wheelers. Now what?
A San Antonio-based research nonprofit built a hydrogen engine that could power commercial semi-trucks — and potentially lower emissions.Lindsey Carnett (San Antonio Report)
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Three Cup Chicken - Jo Cooks
Three Cup Chicken - Tender chicken cooked in a sweet and savory glaze made with sesame oil, soy sauce and Shaoxing wine. Easy and delicious!Joanna Cismaru (Jo Cooks)
One angry sheriff takes on the FCC.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
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Prison CEOs Predict Jackpot Off Immigration Crackdown
On earnings calls, corporate leaders at for-profit detention companies are predicting a jackpot off Trump’s agenda.The Lever
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To VPN or Not VPN
Why VPNs are a WASTE of Your Money (usually…)
Commercial VPNs probably hurt your privacy and security more than they help. Behind the layers of marketing sits a darker side of the industry. Ask yourself ...YouTube
New instance, new #Introduction !
My name is Jürgen, and I translate old German folk tales into English - not just tales from the Brothers Grimm, but from the hundreds of other 19th century German folklorists out there.
To date, I have translated more than 700 tales. You can learn more about my project here (and you can get a free ebook version of my first book if you subscribe to my newsletter there):
#Germany #folklore
sunkencastles.com/
Your guide to German folklore! - Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles
Your guidebook to German folklore!Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles
I should point out that my interest is less in traditional "fairy tales" than in local local legends. The former tend to be more universal in their narratives, while the latter are deeply embedded in local geography, history, and culture.
I've even put most of these tales on an interactive map - either the town where they come from, or the actual place where the legend supposedly took place. You can see them for yourself on this interactive map!
sunkencastles.com/german-folkl…
German Folklore Map - Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles
The German Folklore Map showcases the locations of the various legends I have translated, as well as links to both my translations and the original German source material.Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles
Not So Sensitive Content Contemplation
I am not sure why. Some users go crazy with labeling everything as Sensitive Content. I guess they do not realize if you highlight everything on every page then essentially nothing is highlighted? Well, let them be them and I will be me. From here on out if it is labeled Sensitive Content I am ignoring that post. Not because it has sensitive content, rather because I am sure it does not. I will also start ignoring users that post everything they post as sensitive content.
I know it should not bother me. It does though so I will just make it go away.
Is Concern Over Security Overrated?
The average user may believe that all the hype they read about security on the internet is overrated. To be honest some of it is and some of it is just to sell you a product you do not need.
In the case of Internet Facing Services this is not the case. If you have an internet facing service then you have to be sure your server is secure. This is why I insist on SELinux on my servers. AppArmor is easier to configure though not as configurable as SELinux for as many cases. I would also strongly suggest you never disable SELinux (or AppArmor if that is what you are using) to ease installation and implementation. It is not worth the risk. Just learn to use your Gnu/Linux Hardening system to its fullest extent. Do not disable it.
I have attached a screenshot of an ssh session to my VPS. As you can see every few seconds an attack fails. This is why the security is required.
I just do Friendica and Matrix at this point. I checked out Mastodon though I am way to verbose, as you might have noticed, to live with only 500 characters 😀.
Yes, I kind of figured that though I do not see the point of running both a friendica and mastodon instance. I cannot afford another VPS and I would rather not divide up the resources further than I already have. Friendica really uses a lot of memory too.
Server Down
I am not sure how long the Server has been down today. I went to login and got a 503: Service Unavailable. I am looking into what caused the issue.
After discovering that I could not connect to my instance, though the server was still up. I did the most reasonable thing ;). I rebooted it. That seems to have fixed whatever took the service down. I am looking into what caused the issue and how to prevent it in the future.
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Jelly Roll & Kelly Clarkson - I Am Not Okay (Live on The Kelly Clarkson Show)
PH Company. #JellyRoll #KellyClarkson #IAmNotOkayContinue in the world of music on other PH Company networks. TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@phcompanysgInst...YouTube
Rogue Project Friendica Instance Terms Of Services (TOS) & Rules
I have updated the Terms Of Services and Rules of Rogue Project's Friendica Instance.
Please keep in mind , if you use this Instance, that it is your responsibility to keep up with updates. I will however post when I do make any updates. You can find the TOS & Rules on the main menu of this Instance.
ImageMagick
One of the most frequent issues with my Friendica instance is that the scripts using php-imagick are not handling exceptions. This is not a huge issue though it is an example of how a lot of the code base, in my opinion, is rushed and loosely implemented. I decided to learn more about ImageMagick in order to address some of these issues. I know it is a small issue, though we start small and work up to larger tasks right 😁.
I have used ImageMagick in the past to do some quick batch processing on files for the web. I love how it has grown in version 7. I will be testing soon. Will post any significant issues I find/ resolve.
2xfo
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Fedi.Tips
in reply to 2xfo • • •The problem is Bluesky hides this redirect domain. The links you click on look like normal links, you can't see the redirect domain in any way, not even by hovering the mouse over it. Most people probably don't realise they are being redirected.
The only way you know about it is because the redirect URL very briefly flashes on the screen after clicking, and because Bluesky itself said they had introduced this.
Louis Ingenthron
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •@RnDanger Wow, yeah, that's a new one for me too... They're using plain <a href> tags. Must be hooking into the onclick event at a global level or something.
But, since it only applies to the mouse click events, you can right-click there and choose "open in new tab" and that bypasses their tracker.
2xfo
in reply to Louis Ingenthron • • •Does this tracking only function on bluesky pages then? That doesn't seem like something that would carry over with the original link
(I'm assuming plain text, maybe that's wrong of me)
Fedi.Tips
in reply to 2xfo • • •@RnDanger @louis
Yeah, it's just on the pages and embeds etc. If you copy-paste the link it works okay.
But most people won't bother doing that, they won't even see why they should do that because there's no direct clue about the redirect. 😦
Ruud Steltenpool
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •TheHCJ
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •The angry scav
in reply to TheHCJ • • •Fedi.Tips
in reply to The angry scav • • •@khaleer @TheHCJ
I think HCJ means the redirect on Twitter/Bluesky is not great for privacy?
Alan
in reply to TheHCJ • • •@TheHCJ
There's nothing to stop Bluesky giving publishers a useful Referer [sic] and legally binding themselves from using that information for marketing.
They just don't.
(They also don't strictly need to use a redirect to track links themselves. But maybe the other way is not as good, idk).
TheHCJ
in reply to Alan • • •Alan
in reply to TheHCJ • • •@TheHCJ
I didn't remember that. For privacy-trap purposes, I think it's fair to be cynical. It'd be great to see a non-ad funded model, but it's fairly novel (ignoring user donations).
I was reading the privacy policy. They do allow themselves to use "personal information" for marketing.
Though, it doesn't explicitly say they can share it for marketing purposes. AFAIK, "partners with whom we jointly offer products or services" is not an accepted euphemism for 3rd party ads.
Fedi.Tips
in reply to Alan • • •SpaceLifeForm
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Does this still work?
It is all about Elmo after all.
t.co/elon
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)
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in reply to SpaceLifeForm • • •@SpaceLifeForm
Pretty good 😁
Dsens
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •@PolGM
pour Bluesky on peut y échapper en faisant un glisser-déposer du lien vers un nouvel onglet, au lieu de cliquer dessus
(par sur Twitter, le lien est raccourci et passe forcément par leur serveur)
stony kark
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Cecelia
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •I’d always assumed it protected the user from having their profile or group leaked to websites they visit (which is good IMO for privacy if there’s not another way to achieve that). Hadn’t considered Facebook using it for tracking and did not look into getting more website-related metrics from them.
The most blatant tracking, of course, is when social media sites try to map your network of contacts with share IDs tacked onto URLs (or just unique URLs) you share.
Fedi.Tips
in reply to Cecelia • • •@helianthropy
Clicking on a direct link doesn't show your profile to websites? I've not heard that before?
Whatever info leaks to a website, it's the same whether you click directly or via a redirect. The redirect just leaks additional info to whoever controls the redirect site.
Cecelia
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •I didn’t mean that direct links don’t show your profile to websites, of course that would happen if following a link from someone’s profile (at least on the web).
Looking at Google analytics for Facebook referrals in the past, I only saw a redirect URL as the referrer, not the URL of anyone’s profile (same with Twitter). Facebook offered a more private experience by default, so it seemed to make sense to me that way. But it’s quite obvious now that they have nefarious uses for that data with tendrils that spread across the web to collect an entire profile about you.
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