Farvel Big Tech

#Vance is disappointed with what #Denmark has done for #Greenland.

It doesn't even have its own #signal group.

From #LeavingMeta meeting above, an interesting realization, reflection the #migration process and its difficulties:

(some) users actually like #algorithms.

to give them #content.

coming into an "empty" #network and having to choose yourself can be a turn off.
we d like to see what s "already there."

how to address this?
#starterpacks can go some of the way.
#migration in groups can help.
#social process of moving needs more attention.

it is not a #tech issue.

#fediverse #mastodon #social

@zverik

It s very common, just phrased in various ways, and legal afaik.

@grenelliot

if i understand you right, then yes, i agree.

there might be an election, technically, just like there is in Russia, in Belarus, etc

also agree on your view on the current version of democracy in the US.

And amidst our laughter about #signalgate, #Trump takes first steps to obstruct any upcoming #elections
It s weird how most people in the #US still seem to think there would be elections again.

NSA #Waltz' reaction to #signalgate: call the journalist "the bottom scum of journalists",

#Trump babbles #infosec " I've asked you to immediately study that and find out if people are able to break into a system,""
"Are people able to break into conversations? And if that's true, we're gonna have to find some other form of device,"

Their incompetence equals their bad intentions. One can argue whether that s good or bad.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/national-security-advisor-mike-waltz-takes-responsibility-embarrassing-signal-chat-leak?intcmp=tw_fnc

via @mho > [german]
https://www.heise.de/news/Mit-Elon-Musk-geredet-US-Sicherheitsberater-laesst-Gruppenchat-Skandal-pruefen-10328765.html

#Bob & #Alice & The #Atlantic

(found on reddit via @veronica )

#Leaving #Meta FYRAFTEN - bring your devices II

Wednesday March 26 at 16:00 - 19:00
Studenterhuset #Copenhagen

https://dukop.dk/en/event/leaving-meta-fyraften-bring-your-devices-ii/7646/

#leavingMeta #facebook #instagram #fediverse

@anport

Samuel Barber!
#Samuel ! #Barber !

Next on: #Violin #Concerto op. 14

At least it wasn't a facebook group ...

Next meeting for

"LeavingMeta - for volunteer run venues"

Tuesday April 8 at 17:00 - 19:00
#Huset (#copenhagen #kbh #københavn)

https://dukop.dk/en/event/leaving-meta-for-volunteer-run-venues-2/7664/

#free the #music from #meta #instagram #facebook

#musicians #LeavingMeta

https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/24/23andme-faces-an-uncertain-future-so-does-your-genetic-data

#23andme #dan #data #genetics

"At the time of writing, the company’s market value was around $48 million, with its stock trading at $1.79."

#23andMe #DNA data is probably shared, stolen and sold several times over.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/23/dna-testing-company-23andme-files-for-bankruptcy-protection-ceo-resigns

#23andme is getting ready to sell what s left (down to 11 million from 3.5 billion) - in capitalist newspeak "to Maximize Stakeholder Value Through Court-Supervised Sale Process" -

asking customers to delete their #DNA now as it will be given away.

[german]

https://www.heise.de/news/23andme-beantragt-Insolvenzschutz-zielt-auf-Verkauf-Hinweis-auf-Datenloeschung-10325684.html

via @mho
#genetics #geneticData

@AndrzejWasowski @linmob @postmarketOS @kim_harding @jolla

From what i think i know so far, #MitID only works with the full #Google #apps stack -
(others pls correct me if i m wrong)

but as you say, it does not have to be an #app - https://www.mitid.dk/en-gb/get-started-with-mitid/mitid-authenticators/

(smh over their "howto" videos ... they show you how to go to "borger.dk" not by typing it into the browser URL field, but into a Google search ... what s wrong with these people??)

#DeutscheWelle -

More and more people trying to visit the United States end up behind bars | #DW News

via @stux

"In case it wasn't clear, the US is not a safe country to travel to anymore"
"They're advising people to make sure their social media pages are FREE of criticism of the US administration"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbwuaw5_hrg

@Ruth_Mottram

On a completely different scale of finance operations, totally different context, i am just reminded of how our economic systems not only are not interested in sustainability, but actively oppose it.

I am told that a sizeable number of old computers (which are working just fine) can no longer be used, because the new OS (which we had to buy) no longer supports them.
I know it s not news ... we know the mechanisms.
You can not have sustainability within this system.

@folfdk

Interaktionen med MS-afhængige er ikke særlig svært ... (20 års erfaring ..) men ... det er jo ikke de rationale argumenter som hjælper.

Kæmper med lignende i arbejdskontekst, eller bedre sagt, bemærker disse kampe omkring med, mens jeg selv har meldt mig 100% ud.

(nej du kan ikke bruge din gamle, fuldstandig fine computer længre, fordi den ikke understøttes af Windows længre ... 100% BS ...)

@loriemerson
the human brain does about
10**15 operations/Joule

- what s the best that computers can do today? 10**10 ops/J ?
and they are getting less efficient with every attempt to drive into the wall harder ...

(leaving open the question of whether ops are a good measure of intelligence .. which kinda answers itself ...)

@loriemerson

Interesting. I know little about this paper or the human brain for that matter,
but i DO know that the human (and other real) brains work nothing like digital/"AI" systems -
possibly the reason why they outperform so-called "AI" by orders of magnitude, and why the brute force approach of modern "AI" is driving into a wall.