Jokke @jokke@bantha.tatooine.space

Facebook reverses postelection algorithm changes that boosted news from authoritative sources.

I missed this from December. File under shocking but not suprising behaviour from Zuckerberg.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/technology/facebook-reverses-postelection-algorithm-changes-that-boosted-news-from-authoritative-sources.html

He was calling for death of the Central Park 5 even after they were acquitted and released.

He spent years calling Obama a Kenyan Muslim planted by the Muslim brotherhood.

He launched his campaign saying Mexico was sending it’s rapists and drug dealers.

He got elected on the promise of implementing a total and complete ban on Muslims.

There is a EU citizen initiative/petition to have law makers introduce a proposal for universal basic income. Go sign here if you live in the EU: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/014/public/#/screen/home

Merz will Nutzer durch Corona-Warn-App orten. Er sagt: "Warum kann nicht das Gesundheitsamt wissen, wo ich bin?", plädierte er für eine vergleichbare Lokalisierung der CWA-Anwender durch die Behörden. "Ich hab damit keine Probleme."

Aber ich, weil es unnötig in die Privatsphäre eingreift. So schafft man kein Vertrauen, sondern das Gegenteil.

https://www.heise.de/news/Kampf-um-CDU-Vorsitz-Merz-will-Nutzer-der-Corona-Warn-App-orten-5019618.html

Hi, I'm searching for a libre audio editor, usable on Linux, with LV2 support and preferably with native ADSR editor.

I want some kind of simple program to edit soundclips to improve #0AD sounds.

I would like if plugins can be seen on a rack (as in Ardour).

Do you know any kind of?

@unfa @gcrkrause @zrythm @falktx @rghvdberg @x42

@play0ad

Reading about the EUPL (the European Union Public License). Very cool.

Anyone know off the top of their heads whether it provides the same protections of freedoms for server-side use that AGPL does?

https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/eupl/eupl-guidelines-faq-infographics

Cyberpunk Mazda MX-5 Packs Onboard Cyberdeck

Back in April of 2019, inspired by iconic films such as Blade Runner and Akira, [Chris Watson] embarked on a journey to create his very own cyberpunk roadster from a 1991 Mazda MX-5. After pouring an incredib… https://hackaday.com/2021/01/10/cyberpunk-mazda-mx-5-packs-onboard-cyberdeck/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1348335414831177729

Currently, I am investigating in #collaboration tools or a tool chain for distributed musicians.

Needs:
Sound snippet #arrangement for songs.
Sound snippet file hosting.
Discussion or direct messages.
Mulitiuser (~10)

Nice to have:
raw mix.

Not needed:
Concurrent live jamming is not needed.
Even when I like freedom, decentralized, encrypted, open source self hosting, all that is not a must.

#followerpower #fediverse
To not bias the results, I don't like to share my ideas right now.

I love that this Stanford cryptography 101 course basically teaches students how to add a government backdoor.

“Adding the sending key encrypted under the government’s public key should not compromise the security properties of the chat client.”

http://crypto.stanford.edu/~dabo/courses/cs255_winter20/hw_and_proj/proj2.pdf

😬👍

Well this can't be good. #whatsapp #facebook

I wonder how many new users Signal will get after today

#whatsapp is ending the opt out and making data sharing with #facebook mandatory

#privacy

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/whatsapp-users-must-share-their-data-with-facebook-or-stop-using-the-app/