Mauve 👁💜 @mauve@mastodon.mauve.moe

Tech people seriously have no idea what the average person knows about their computer or what they do on the internet and how it effects them.

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Edited: I don't get much attention on Mastodon and it seems like a lot from people I don't interact with normally, so check out my ko-fi and check out my art, and projects?

https://ko-fi.com/bit_form

Definition: mobile app (noun) - a web page wrapped in spyware.

In case folks aren't aware, the Internet Archive now has a scholar version with a huge collection of academic work available.

https://scholar.archive.org/

#academicchatter #academicmastodon #academic #education #open

@djsundog and I are launching a project to build federated, open source, #bandcamp alternative.

We're building this because we need it. We're doing it ourselves because it will become a part of the larger media production and distribution ecosystem we have planned.

We welcome other open source projects, and we might even contribute to a few of them, but for the next several months, this is our full time gig.

Long term vision: https://mountaintown.technology/

Repo: https://code.communitymedia.network/MountainTownTechnology/aural_isle/

How and why: https://ajroach42.com/the-uncertain-future-of-bandcamp/

The wave of new AI tools comes with a ton of new #privacy concerns.

A new website where you can upload a photo to identify people shows it’s not limited to those who use AI themselves. And it shows why you should avoid giving your data to random companies.

Do these developments worry you? They worry us..

https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/controversial-tech-pimeyes-fuels-privacy-concerns/463483

Pedestrians, it should be our right to be distracted. It should be our right to walk and listen to music / look at the sky / cute dogs / snowflakes and not worry about getting killed. Nothing about that is dangerous except for CARS. Don't let them make you believe you are the problem.

@nasser @mauve

It's funny: Both Bandcamp and Patreon had the easiest and most straightforwardly long-term profitable business models imaginable: Sit between indie creatives and their fans, provide some basic services for mediation (comment sections, media posts, semi-global payment) and take enough of a cut of any payments to cover the costs and then some.

But because that business model wouldn't scale forever, they are instead being gutted, because ever _increasing_ growth is the only model capital accepts

Bash history https://bash.cyberciti.biz/guide/Recalling_command_history

It's so fucked that we find it acceptable for specifications to be locked behind paywalls.

Violating paywalled standards by using reserved numbers for off-spec purposes is praxis