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A magical girl in the wires.
pronounsshe/her
Still one of my favorite memes.
@Owlor I don’t really pay attention to that sort of thing, but do they do that? Gross.

Things I DON'T want in my tech  

• Spying
• AI
• "AI"
• Lies
• The thinnest touchscreen
• The largest touchscreen
• An app that is 15 apps
• An app that does things I don't know about
• A popup asking "Now?" or "Later?" without a "Never!" option
• An update that makes it all worse
• Exploding batteries

Things I DO want in my tech  

• Privacy 🔒
• Security 🛡️
• Repairability 🛠️
• Pretty interfaces  
• Buttons  

#Tech #Enshittification

There is a lot of demand for digital privacy and security advice out there right now and lots of people are giving advice and writing guides. I beg them to do a few things:

1. Be explicit about the threat model your advice is meant for.

2. Do not give advice you haven't tried implementing yourself. Eat your own dog food.

3. Get feedback on your guide from your target audience before publication.

4. Incorporate that feedback. This is not an optional step.

@nixCraft There’s a pipeline from computer science to anchorite somewhere. If you’re not careful, you — yes, you, the person reading this — will fall into it.
@mjdxp ed! ed! ed is the standard text editor!

What the fuck. Stop finding ways, nature. At least not into the living room.

#Nature #OldHouse #WTF #Fail #Homestead

@tk John Mastodon turned me into a newt!
@catsalad I remember being on IRC with some folks from Japan when the January Declaration was issued, back in 1868.