aarontyree

The internet is being absorbed by greed and hunger for power. I hope that somewhere in northern Finland, there is an awkward teenager writing something that will later be known as, "The Great Decentralizer"

This is just the opportunity Vancouver needs. They have been laying infrastructure to attract startups, and have been working on plans for a highspeed train between Vancouver and Seattle which are only 2.5 hours apart...

Ive thought the same thing. This is pure speculation on my part, but I wonder if they...how do you say this nicely...I wonder if they are holding on to what they were? In their approach I mean. Like they think they are still fighting with Google? So they make decisions trying to get back to that "leader position" rather than really focusing on who and what they are...which is an awesome, creative, international open-source community with great ideas...that can out maneuver any large corporation because they are smaller and faster. And cooler. Then again, maybe this rebranding is evidence of exactly that realization.

Keybase, Nylas mail plugin. Done. or GPG Tools beta, Mail app, done. or even just the Keybase built in encrypt/decrypt.

I wish I could find the article. I read it about a year ago. It was a pretty lengthy write up on Facebook's offline tracking habits... just disregard until I can prove it!

I was not specific enough with that. I should have said something like, when everything that is collected by different companies and agencies is combined, your entire search history is fingerprinted, associated, shared, and sold. Most are not combining. But some are, and they seem to be getting better at it.

We need sweeping data rights legislation and soon. And as long as democracy hijacking government agencies insist on compiling without cause or consent, a publicly maintained list of the developers that build these tools for government needs to be publicly available. A Hague for the digital age.

"I feel going so far as to say it does not stop websites from collecting info on you is maybe a bit too far."

This is not a personal attack. Just have to address this. If you think that you cannot be identified because you use a "private" window in a browser when you were using a logged in browser 30 minutes before from the same IP with the same OS and the same screen size, with the same background apps making the same http requests, you are mistaken. Your entire search history is fingerprinted, associated, shared, and sold. And this is just scratching the surface. As a mild example, Facebook associates IP's with Facebook accounts, then tracks Chromecast requests from those IP addresses to sell that information to media streaming companies. Everything you do, everything you like, everywhere you visit, is one metadata search away. Duck Duck Go cant fix all that, but they can keep no IP correlated search history. And that says alot considering that in todays market that information is worth millions.

Unless the massive uptick in Tor client connections can be correlated to a massive uptick in Tor client downloads its not a societal event and is more likely government sponsored.

Thank you. I like most of them, most days:) That really is correct. It isn't about being better than every other option is it? Its amazing how easy it is to fall back into the global stage competition thinking. I think its just that my inner Richard Stallman still points an accusing finger at me every time I fire up Photoshop:)

Headline - 4.22.23 - The world banking market continues to struggle this spring. While blockchain financial services looked promising at the beginning of the decade, funneling as much as $12B per year from the human powered Financial Services sector, many viewed this as contributing to continuing wealth inequality. The "Decentralize and Replace" movement continues to grow. Many smaller banks have already folded, while larger banking institutions lobby for stronger regulations against decentralized blockchain technology...

I wonder sometimes if the reason GIMP development doesn't surpass other options is simply not having enough developers, having a user base that is more art centered than programming centered, and having a somewhat bottlenecked development culture. These could just be perceptions. I am hoping that when the transition to GEGL is fully implemented, there will be an acceleration. Its hard to use it for serious work. The stable branch is still 8bit :/

There is very little profanity in these thoughtful and analytical comments. You're all fucking liars.

Youre absolutely right. I read the page post for this and thought "Google fiber prevents servers from accessing their network" this seems dirty to me. Trying to force the public to use Google services... they are starting to scare me...