Bright Circuit

@Jackha
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101 Following
31 Posts
An 🇼đŸ‡Ș Computer Science student interested in the fediverse and technology more generally, politics, public infrastructure, science and gaming.
PronounsHe/him
Blueskyhttps://bsky.app/profile/brightcircuit.bsky.social
Pixelfedhttps://pixelfed.social/BrightCircuit
Bright CircuitOct 28, 2024
internetarchiveOct 28, 2024

Update—Bringing more services online: https://blog.archive.org/2024/10/28/internet-archive-services-update/

More services & features coming soon. Services may be interrupted for ongoing maintenance as we continue to secure systems.

Thank you for your patience and ongoing support.

Internet Archive Services Update | Internet Archive Blogs

Bright CircuitOct 20, 2024
internetarchiveOct 18, 2024
"Why kick the cat?" - @brewsterkahle, speaking to Daniel Wu of the Washington Post about the attacks against the Internet Archive âžĄïž https://wapo.st/4f998w2
The world’s largest internet archive is under siege — and fighting back

Hackers struck the Internet Archive, leaking millions of users’s data and causing founder Brewster Kahle to take a sprawling library of online history offline.

The Washington Post
Bright CircuitOct 7, 2024
Cat đŸˆđŸ„— (D.Burch) â Oct 7, 2024
There will be a slight delay in your departure 
Bright CircuitApr 10, 2024
TechAltarApr 10, 2024
Would be really embarassed right now if I had Dbrand as a sponsor. I get brands wanting to be edgy, but racist name jokes being your brand are a yikes
Bright CircuitFeb 29, 2024
MastodonFeb 28, 2024

In our latest #Mastodon for Android release, we're making it easier than ever to share profiles using QR codes, among a number of other usability improvements:

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/02/mastodon-for-android-update/

Mastodon for Android update

In our latest Mastodon for Android release, we're making it easier than ever to share profiles using QR codes, among a number of other usability improvements.

Mastodon Blog
Bright CircuitFeb 21, 2024
Les OrchardFeb 21, 2024
I beg of you, web site designers, just let me scroll through a page and stop trying to make my scroll-wheel the hand-crank of your obnoxious hurdy-gurdy of a marketing presentation
Bright CircuitFeb 17, 2024
Electronic Frontier FoundationFeb 17, 2024
Don’t give in to privacy nihilism. Instead, share and celebrate the ways we’re winning. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/privacy-isnt-dead-far-it
Privacy Isn't Dead. Far From It.

Welcome! The fact that you’re reading this means that you probably care deeply about the issue of privacy, which warms our hearts. Unfortunately, even though you care about privacy, or perhaps because you care so much about it, you may feel that there's not much you (or anyone) can really do to...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Bright CircuitFeb 12, 2024
Electronic Frontier FoundationFeb 12, 2024
“Banning Flipper Zero devices is tantamount to banning a multi-tool because it can be used for vandalism, or banning markers because they can be used for graffiti,” EFF’s @legind told @Motherboard. https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a388g/flipper-zero-ban-canada-hacking-car-thefts
Feds Want to Ban the World’s Cutest Hacking Device. Experts Say It's a ‘Scapegoat’

Canada is moving to ban the TikTok-famous Flipper Zero, claiming that it contributes to car thefts. It doesn’t.

Bright CircuitFeb 12, 2024
Eric LathropFeb 8, 2024

Some cool #Firefox add-ons for improving #Mastodon:

Simplified Federation: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mastodon-simplified-federation/?ref=upstract.com
Automatically take you to your home instance when you try to follow people from a page on another instance.

StreetPass: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/streetpass-for-mastodon/
Automatically discovers mastodon accounts on any web page you visit. Keeps a list so you can browse accounts at your convenience.

Substitoot: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/substitoot/
Fill in missing replies, boost/favorite counts, profile pages.

Mastodon – Simplified Federation! – Get this Extension for 🩊 Firefox (en-US)

Download Mastodon – Simplified Federation! for Firefox. Simplifies following or interacting with other users on remote Mastodon instances in the Fediverse. It skips the “Enter your Mastodon handle” popup and takes you to your own “home” instance, without entering your Mastodon handle on remote instances.

Bright CircuitFeb 11, 2024
Hylke Bons đŸ„œJan 16, 2024

saying "I was wrong" in meetings: boring. puts the blame on you.

"I hallucinated": modern. shows you're using the latest tech. it's not your fault you're wrong.