SWE focused on #privacy by day, too many things at night.
Interests include hiking, cycling, photography, good {coffee, beer, food}, theatre, amateur radio, gardening, trains, planespotting, ...
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| Pronouns | he/him |
Despite the partly cloudy skies, I can confirm that an #eclipse happened!
I was also pleasantly surprised by how well my makeshift filter worked.
attention #bayarea #railfans of #Caltrain :
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Starting September 25, 2023, Caltrain will begin electric train testing on weeknights between San Jose and Mountain View. Testing is expected to continue until Summer 2024. Each trainset must be tested for 1,000 miles before being placed into service, which is planned for September 2024.
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I've seen 2 or 3 posts in my TL re: App Store privacy info for Threads vs. Mastodon. https://mastodon.social/@jsq/110653072170221591 for example.
I feel like people greatly misunderstand the App Store privacy labels. They're not at all a ground truth you should read without careful interpretation.
- Entirely self reported
- No consistent auditing or data quality enforcement by Apple
- Very vague, both on the scope of categories and what's "collection"
- "May be collected" is a "worst case" statement.
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I was today years old when I learned that the French pronunciation of the letter y is more or less literally "Greek I".
Why was I never taught this in school?
Pierre Bourdon