Christopher

@Crito
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Been in IT for ages, took a few years off and co-designed an award winning audio speaker for Ohm Acoustics. Before that I pitched a story to John Gaeta's company and it got turned into a movie called The Matrix.
#AI #UBI #SGI #CancelCancelCulture #TheMatrix #Japan #P7P #EFF #StopPTC #FTP

Detachable Lenovo laptop is two separate computers, runs Windows and Android

The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid combines the best (?) of both worlds.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/detachable-lenovo-laptop-is-two-separate-computers-runs-windows-and-android/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Detachable Lenovo laptop is two separate computers, runs Windows and Android

The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid combines the best (?) of both worlds.

Ars Technica

Texas paid Wynne Transportation $75 million to facilitate human trafficking of migrants

This means TX paid $12000 per passenger which is over 10x the greyhound cost - aside from the illegality of trafficking

* More than 916,000 Texans have lost their Medicaid coverage since March with more planned removals coming

* Wynne Transportation is owned by a close friend of Greg Abbott

Android phones get PC webcam capabilities in the latest beta

Connect an Android "webcam" to Windows, Mac, Linux, or even another Android phone.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/android-phones-get-pc-webcam-capabilities-in-the-latest-beta/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Android phones get PC webcam capabilities in the latest beta

Connect an Android "webcam" to Windows, Mac, Linux, or even another Android phone.

Ars Technica

Fuck you and your password field Transamerica!

Coders: If your password field disables copy/paste then you are doing your users a disservice and likely making it less secure. Stop it!

“The new ‘inverse vaccine’ removes the immune system’s memory of one molecule. While such immune memory erasure would be unwanted for infectious diseases, it can stop autoimmune reactions like those seen in multiple sclerosis, type I diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, or Crohn’s disease, in which the immune system attacks a person’s healthy tissues.”

https://scitechdaily.com/new-vaccine-can-completely-reverse-autoimmune-diseases-like-multiple-sclerosis-type-1-diabetes-and-crohns-disease/

New Vaccine Can Completely Reverse Autoimmune Diseases Like Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, and Crohn’s Disease

Researchers from Pritzker Molecular Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. Jeffrey Hubbell, demonstrated that their compound can eliminate the autoimmune response linked to multiple sclerosis. Researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have developed

SciTechDaily

Behold, the Peter Pepper. You'll never guess how it got its name...

It's not just a novelty, though. It has a crisp, sweet heat that is fantastic as a topping pepper. We'll be growing these next year for sure.

#peppers #hotpeppers #GardeningMastodon #gardening #growyourown

Decided to hop on for one quick game of #ApexLegends on my lunch break - bad idea I guess, game was ruined by cheaters.

Personally, I hate video game cheaters more than any other kind of criminal scumbag and I think prison is TOO GOOD for them - they deserve something far worse.

Perhaps we should bring back "drawn-and-quartered", at least until cheating can be stopped? (I am usually strongly anti-Death Penalty BTW).

Since I've seen a lot of chatter about people switching to #Firefox as Google ramps up the enshitification of #Chrome, let me tell you about a killer feature for people who (a) need multiple accounts on the same websites (eg. devs) or specifically (b) have to use multiple Google accounts.

Firefox has an official addon called Multi Account Containers that lets you trivially set up color coded tabs that have separate sets of cookies. Log into your dev account in one, and your test account in another. Log into your personal #gmail in one and have another tab next to it with your work Gmail. I'm actually not signed in to any Google accounts in most my tabs, I just have containers for the specific tasks I do on Google products.

It'll take you 30 seconds to set up.

Add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/

Mozilla's explanation: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers

Firefox Multi-Account Containers – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download Firefox Multi-Account Containers for Firefox. Firefox Multi-Account Containers lets you keep parts of your online life separated into color-coded tabs. Cookies are separated by container, allowing you to use the web with multiple accounts and integrate Mozilla VPN for an extra layer of privacy.

When I make decisions about my own actions I usually ask myself: "will this make the world a better place?"

I think I've done alright, because I once overheard someone say this about me: "Where Chris walks, flowers grow."

It's like a light (or a security blanket) I can carry with me through all the darkness, hate, negativity, and abuse hurled at us online.

It's remarkable how unpleasant the Internet can be, even when you're trying to find nice interesting parts of it to hang out in...