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ZacBelado

@ZacBelado@hachyderm.io

Just some guy from Edmonton

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ZacBelado , to Firefox
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Giving @librewolf a try. I like the idea of a browser specifically hardened against browser fingerprinting and tracking. Runs all of my existing Firefox plugins with no problems

kottke , to Random stuff
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So, I saw Civil War last night and while it’s well-made with good performances, I don’t quite know what to think of it. Have you seen any good reviews that might help me make sense of what, if anything, the movie was trying to say? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDyQxtg0V2w

ZacBelado ,
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@kottke He isn't saying anything which appears to be the main critique so far. How you can have a movie where the president is a white-nationalist that executes reporters and try to stay apolitical is beyond me. Seems like a truly wasted opportunity

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    ZacBelado ,
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    @samlitzinger @lisamelton Sure... And why did they all just 'happen' to have fox costumes?

    Bing_Chris , to Random stuff
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    Google calls out spyware firms and advocates for tighter regulation https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/google-calls-out-spyware-firms-advocates-tighter-regulation-2024-02-06/

    ZacBelado ,
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    @Bing_Chris That seems self-defeating

    thetyee , to Random stuff
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    Hey Mastodon users, are you also on Bluesky? Or do you have Bluesky pals? ☁️

    Good news — The Tyee is officially trialling the platform!
    Follow us here! 👇🏽

    https://bsky.app/profile/thetyee.ca

    ZacBelado ,
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    @thetyee Why? You already know how it ends. It is the same team that turned Twitter into a cesspool

    ZacBelado , to Random stuff
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    Fun independently produced RPGs and roll-and-write games. And cheaper than any 50th Anniversary garbage WOTC/Hasbro will produce.

    https://d-r-games.itch.io

    dangoodin , to Random stuff
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    20 years on with no more than a Facebook place holder account (no friends, no followers, no posts), I continue to feel smug and wonder how/why anyone who values privacy would use this site.

    https://themarkup.org/privacy/2024/01/17/each-facebook-user-is-monitored-by-thousands-of-companies-study-indicates

    ZacBelado ,
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    @dangoodin If you try to buy and sell things locally you may need one as Facebook has destroyed other sites with Marketplace.

    molly0xfff , to Random stuff
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    finally! i've always wished i could look at my on [checks notes] the dashboard of my mercedes

    ZacBelado ,
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    @molly0xfff WTF?

    I know people joke a lot about uninformed VPs and CEOs making ‘hand wavy’ decisions about things but this clearly looks like someone saying “we need to add NFTs” without any real details or understanding

    ZacBelado , to Random stuff
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    No new podcasts given the season so I was working through older episodes I missed. The Tech Won't Save Us episode with @emilymbender was excellent. @parismarx lets his guests talk and knows how to move the conversation. I learned quite a lot from the episode. That said, I could listen to @emilymbender talk any time.

    ZacBelado OP ,
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    @parismarx I take too many walks and churn through my podcasts. :-)

    parismarx , to Random stuff
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    got a gandalf statue made by weta as a little gift to myself and i love it so much 🥰

    ZacBelado ,
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    @parismarx Quite nice. They do nice work.

    FediFollows , (edited ) to Random stuff
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    picks of the day:

    ➡️ @coffeegeek - Website & blog about coffee, espresso, coffee-making equipment, accessories etc

    ➡️ @ImbibeCoffeeRoasters - Indie coffee roasters in Dublin, Ireland

    ➡️ @CoffeeOutside - Weekly outdoor coffee meeting for cyclists in Calgary, Canada

    ➡️ @martijn - Gardening, food & coffee

    ➡️ @Brewing_Tales - Barista from Ukraine (in Ukrainian)

    🧵 1/2

    ZacBelado ,
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    @FediFollows @lisamelton @coffeegeek @ImbibeCoffeeRoasters @CoffeeOutside @martijn @Brewing_Tales You're killing me. I had to give up coffee this year

    ZacBelado , to Random stuff
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    @marthawells Please tell Tor to get their own e-commerce site for ebooks. I'd rather give them money for a digital copy of an ebook that I can backup and always have access to.

    ZacBelado OP ,
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    @marthawells Thanks!

    marthawells , to Random stuff
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    Witch King ebook is on sale today (Saturday, 12/23) in the US for $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/Witch-King-Martha-Wells-ebook/dp/B0B9KVV7JH -- https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/witch-king-martha-wells/1141976525?ean=9781250826800

    Map for Witch King, map art by Rhys Davies, map design by Greg Collins

    ZacBelado ,
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    @marthawells Also for sale in Books on Mac/iOS

    https://books.apple.com/ca/book/witch-king/id6443361841

    molly0xfff , to Random stuff
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    really disappointed by and their recent statement about nazi content on their platform.

    evaluating alternatives.

    statement: https://substack.com/@hamish/note/c-45811343
    good read on said statement: https://popehat.substack.com/p/substack-has-a-nazi-opportunity

    ZacBelado ,
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    @molly0xfff Don’t find a platform. Build your own. :-) Host a site on Wordpress and then look for service providers for things like newsletters and payment processing.

    I actually can’t believe that the smaller service providers aren’t trying to work on marketing to take advantage of these frequent Nazi outbreaks at Substack.

    ZacBelado ,
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    @molly0xfff From what I have read recently, having your email go through something other than Gmail or a similar large mail provider is fraught with peril. I’ve even had issues using Proton. I would not try to host my own email any more.

    Which saves you the unnecessary chore of slogging through mail daemons and log files. :-)

    taylorlorenz , to Random stuff
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    This Verge package on Twitter is so fantastic and beautifully designed, it's a must read https://www.theverge.com/c/23972308/twitter-x-death-tweets-history-elon-musk

    ZacBelado ,
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    @taylorlorenz And yet it still here and all the Verge writers are still on it

    ZachWeinersmith , to Random stuff
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    Go here for the bonus panel and because by God it's the dcecent thing to do: http://smbc-comics.com/comic/ding-dong

    ZacBelado ,
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    @ZachWeinersmith Adding that to my to-do list right now

    eunews , to Random stuff
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    Israel-Hamas War: This viral image of a baby trapped under rubble turned out to be fake

    The war between Israel and Hamas has generated so much false or misleading information online that even fact-checkers and analysts are having a tough time keeping up. Social media is flooded with misleading posts and AI is making things worse.

    https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/10/24/israel-hamas-war-this-viral-image-of-a-baby-trapped-under-rubble-turned-out-to-be-fake

    ZacBelado ,
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    @eunews @cstross My social media purge must be working because I haven't seen that photo until now

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