hugh @hugh@mastodon.cloud

I'm sorry, but we have reached our limit of applicants for the Devil's Advocate role.

Please consider applying for Women, PoC, and LGBT+ advocate roles of which we do not yet have a surplus.

Thank you.

Security researcher accidentally stops global ransomware epidemic by registering a domain. https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/13/accidental-hero-finds-kill-switch-to-stop-spread-of-ransomware-cyber-attack

Hostile architecture deserves a hostile electorate

How to build a mastodon brand in one simple step:
don't

LOL HEY BOT MAKERS PICK A DIFFERENT TIME TO RUN YOUR CRON JOB THAN AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR

my favourite thing about people complaining about mastodon not being architected in a manner that's friendly to marketers/brands/analytics, is that the people don't realise mastodon might have been designed that way for a reason

I just read the sentence "Paperclip uses the Cocaine gem for sanitizing the command-line when shelling out." in a Github issue and I thought I was having a stroke

TECH PEOPLE: Vendors for the flurry of Internet-connected devices are not securing their firmware properly, and not issuing timely updates if at all. This is creating a malware vector and creating new botnet nodes.

TECH PUNDITS: Look at this new camera that you can put in the shower so your partner can watch you bathe even when one of you are away.

I think often of this tweet from the General Counsel of the Copyright Office https://mastodon.xyz/media/ociiAz2Gpr9ZveflWMA

The good thing about the nature vs nurture debate is that either way you can blame it on your parents :-D

I need your help!
Do you have a book in English, available on Kindle, not too complicated to read.
(I'm french and I want to learn)

Oh look, another cis dude in my feed talking about how block lists and bans are bad for free speech.

Nah. Harassment is bad for free speech. It has a chilling effect on marginalized voices.

Go somewhere else with that bullshit.

considering creating a mastodon reader. with markdown, now that I can actually build stuff. you know of a Dev interested? or an ongoing project I can tag along? profesh UI designer here.