What's working for me is to filter ruthlessly. If someone is disruptive, ideological, insane, or crazy-making, I'll block them without thought (I used to agonize over that, I don't any more).

High signal is rare, but odds of missing out by blocking idiots are low.

#BlockFuckwits

https://web.archive.org/web/20180303151553/https://plus.google.com/104092656004159577193/posts/drLZV8sm7Tq

**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** @dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud · May 07, 2019, 11:53

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**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** @dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud · May 07, 2019, 11:53

May 07, 2019, 11:53

Doc Edward Morbius ⭕ @dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud

My present Recaptcha policy:

Request audio.

Respond "Fuck you Google"

Repeat until access granted, or the joy fades.

Bonus: All audio AI parsing tends to "Fuck you Google".

**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** @dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud · Jun 18, 2019, 11:53

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**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** @dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud · Jun 18, 2019, 11:53

Jun 18, 2019, 11:53

Doc Edward Morbius ⭕ @dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud

My current policy for "Cookie Consent" dialogues:

1. Fire up uMatrix and globally block cookies for domain.

2. Fire up uBlock Origin to block element on page.

3. Self-Destructing Cookies for edge case motherfuckers.

Remember, boys and girls and all that lieth betwixt and beyond: FIRST pillage THEN burn!

#privacy #firefox #uBlockOrigin #uMatrix #SelfDestructingCookies #GDPR

**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** @dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud · Aug 09, 2018, 17:24

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**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** @dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud · Aug 09, 2018, 17:24

Aug 09, 2018, 17:24

Doc Edward Morbius ⭕ @dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud

"Pseudonyms and anonymity are also an established part of many cultures -- for good reason."

- Alma Whitten, former Director of Privacy, Product and Engineering, Google

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**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** · Apr 08, 2020, 18:09

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**🌻Volumetric Shit Compressor🌻** @Deiru@gensokyo.social · Apr 08, 2020, 18:09

Apr 08, 2020, 18:09

🌻Volumetric Shit Compressor🌻 @Deiru@gensokyo.social

Oh my god, this quote someone posted on Reddit, I'm not sure who said this but...

"I need privacy. Not because my actions are questionable, but because your judgement and intentions are."

**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** · Apr 07, 2020, 08:10

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**Paul Cull** @pdcull@mastodon.social · Apr 07, 2020, 08:10

Apr 07, 2020, 08:10

Paul Cull @pdcull@mastodon.social

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**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** @dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud · Apr 07, 2020, 07:12

**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** @dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud · Apr 07, 2020, 07:12

Apr 07, 2020, 07:12

Doc Edward Morbius ⭕ @dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud

Thanos autocorrupt!

**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** · Apr 07, 2020, 05:17

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**Nate Cull** @natecull@mastodon.social · Apr 07, 2020, 05:17

Apr 07, 2020, 05:17

Nate Cull @natecull@mastodon.social

So what about this, but, QWERTY

https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/can-lady-gagas-keyboardist-make-his-donut-shaped-keyboard-brand-164802/

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**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** · Apr 07, 2020, 05:34

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**Christina ✅ 🇨🇦** @cosullivan@mastodon.sdf.org · Apr 07, 2020, 05:34

Apr 07, 2020, 05:34

Christina ✅ 🇨🇦 @cosullivan@mastodon.sdf.org

Danusha Laméris - "Small Kindnesses" #poem #NationalPoetryMonth

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**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** · Apr 06, 2020, 23:54

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**Amelia Packett [UTC+03]** @amelia@hackers.town · Apr 06, 2020, 23:54

Apr 06, 2020, 23:54

Amelia Packett [UTC+03] @amelia@hackers.town

Because people here need to see this, too.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/StayingAtHome/comments/fvhf3g/no_shame_just_always_wash_your_hands_and_be_safe/

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**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** · Apr 07, 2020, 06:40

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**deadsuperhero** @sean@social.deadsuperhero.com · Apr 07, 2020, 06:40

Apr 07, 2020, 06:40

deadsuperhero @sean@social.deadsuperhero.com

There are days that I sincerely regret leaving my last startup. #Sentry was an amazing product and the workplace was great, but the growth mentality of start-up culture severely burned me out to the point of emotional and mental unwellness.

I'm proud of what I managed to learn and accomplish in my time there, but the regret I feel over leaving is still intense, even though a year has passed.

In some ways, it's like jumping off of a launching rocket and crashing to earth as the crew takes off for the stars.

**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** · Apr 06, 2020, 18:21

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**feonixrift** @feonixrift@hackers.town · Apr 06, 2020, 18:21

Apr 06, 2020, 18:21

feonixrift @feonixrift@hackers.town

The original #InboxZero -- zero inboxes!!!

**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** · Apr 06, 2020, 17:15

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**Aral Balkan** @aral@mastodon.ar.al · Apr 06, 2020, 17:15

Apr 06, 2020, 17:15

Aral Balkan @aral@mastodon.ar.al

These fuckers on birdsite are trying to get your taxes in the UK to pay for startups:

https://twitter.com/SaveOurStartups

Save our startups? Fuck your startups!

Startups—VC-funded temporary businesses with the same success criteria as cancer (exponential growth)—ARE THE REASON we have surveillance capitalism.

#NotOnePenny of your taxes should go to them.

#SaveOurStartups #FuckYourStartups

**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** @dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud · Apr 06, 2020, 17:59

**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** @dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud · Apr 06, 2020, 17:59

Apr 06, 2020, 17:59

Doc Edward Morbius ⭕ @dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud

TFW you discover you're responsible for Alan Cox rescheduling his marriage.

**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** · Apr 05, 2020, 20:33

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**🇪🇷Götterdämmerung** @Gotterdammerung@glitch.social · Apr 05, 2020, 20:33

Apr 05, 2020, 20:33

🇪🇷Götterdämmerung @Gotterdammerung@glitch.social

Those who have yet to take death into their lives, acknowledge it and face it squarely, will never free themselves from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of existence.

Once they do, only then will they be free to become themselves.

**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** · Apr 05, 2020, 20:42

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**Nate Cull** @natecull@mastodon.social · Apr 05, 2020, 20:42

Apr 05, 2020, 20:42

Nate Cull @natecull@mastodon.social

This Administration neither engenders trust nor ensexes it.

**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** · Apr 04, 2020, 02:17

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**Wizard** @wizard@spacewizard.space · Apr 04, 2020, 02:17

Apr 04, 2020, 02:17

Wizard @wizard@spacewizard.space

@dredmorbius @kensanata 💚 Greeen hearts are for esperantists

**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** · Apr 06, 2020, 06:52

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**Ms Cat Kat** @pelagikat@eigenmagic.net · Apr 06, 2020, 06:52

Apr 06, 2020, 06:52

Ms Cat Kat @pelagikat@eigenmagic.net

@dredmorbius https://www.scotchandscones.com/sourdough-english-muffins/#wprm-recipe-container-7635#wprm-recipe-container-7635

**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** · Apr 06, 2020, 03:51

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**🇪🇷Götterdämmerung** @Gotterdammerung@glitch.social · Apr 06, 2020, 03:51

Apr 06, 2020, 03:51

🇪🇷Götterdämmerung @Gotterdammerung@glitch.social

COVID-19: a contagious disease particularly fatal to post-truth societies.

**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** · Apr 06, 2020, 05:08

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**Ms Cat Kat** @pelagikat@eigenmagic.net · Apr 06, 2020, 05:08

Apr 06, 2020, 05:08

Ms Cat Kat @pelagikat@eigenmagic.net

Definitely not terrible #breadposting

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**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** · Apr 06, 2020, 03:46

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**Nate Cull** @natecull@mastodon.social · Apr 06, 2020, 03:46

Apr 06, 2020, 03:46

Nate Cull @natecull@mastodon.social

@dredmorbius Hitchhiking the... hey wait a minute

**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** · Apr 06, 2020, 06:07

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**Thomas Sturm** @tsturm@mastodon.cloud · Apr 06, 2020, 06:07

Apr 06, 2020, 06:07

Thomas Sturm @tsturm@mastodon.cloud

@dredmorbius OMG. I never made the connection from Yacht to Jagd. Huh...TIL.

**Doc Edward Morbius ⭕** · Apr 06, 2020, 03:31

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**Joseph Nuthalapati** @njoseph@social.masto.host · Apr 06, 2020, 03:31

Apr 06, 2020, 03:31

Joseph Nuthalapati @njoseph@social.masto.host

Now all my to-read PDFs, podcast downloads, videos to watch etc. are being dumped into a Samba share folder on my FreedomBox. I can go through them on any PC or Android device at home whenever I have time.

This is working great so far since I didn't leave the house in nearly 20 days. Might have to use a Syncthing folder if I need this stuff over the Internet. Or maybe I'll just connect to the FreedomBox VPN from outside and still use Samba, I don't know.

#toRead #Samba #Syncthing #FreedomBox