Paul "410 Gone" Oppenheim @pauloppenheim@xoxo.zone
- website
- https://pauloppenheim.com
- project
- https://techharms.org
he / him, working on a bio, full of bees
Joined Sep 2018
I've had it up to HERE with the frickin WINDOW BLINDS companies and how they're HURTING LAW ENFORCEMENT. Don't they have any concern with the SAFETY of the AMERICAN PEOPLE?
I want to hang out with you and talk about what the hell we're all doing with our lives
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Dollar General
DoGe
`repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/mirror/manifest --mirror ; repo sync` aka what am i doing with my life
Every time I use masto, I'm reminded hey! this is based on that other harmful thing without reconsidering the impacts of that design before mass adoption!
this isn't a critique of masto specifically, i ran a statusnet instance a long time ago, same deal
the way a chrono feed misappropriates attention feels disheartening
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What do you think is the most important problem to solve in tech?
Paul "410 Gone" Oppenheim
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Just watched #TheGreatHack on #Netflix. What I appreciated about this #documentary on #Facebook and the whole #CambridgeAnalytica scandal, is that it's one of the few #privacy #documentaries to get that protecting personal data isn't just about not seeing personalized ads for stuff you're more likely to want. It's about protecting ourselves from mass psychological manipulation and behavior modification techniques. These are techniques that actually work *best* when people believe they don't.
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I'm starting to think that people skills and communication problems are the greatest barrier to productivity in software development
tech shit, loss
my `.bash_history` appears to be truncated down to 2k lines. It was several hundred thousand lines of reference (and remembrance!) to all the work I have been doing for years. And my backups appear to have the truncated version.
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this has basically been my mental soundtrack on loop for like a few weeks now?
https://soundcloud.com/brainfeeder/louis-cole-doing-the-things
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Techposting; recommended Firefox add-ons for security (updated recommendations)
NoScript Security Suite: blocks content loaded from other domains
uBlock Origin: blocks ads
Privacy Badger: detects and fights attempts are cross-site user tracking
TrackMeNot: sends garbage data to various search engines known to track users to mask your real searches
HTTPS Everywhere: uses SSL/TLS by default with sites known to support it
Decentraleyes: it replaces Google tracker-laden scripts with compatible, trackerless local versions
CanvasBlocker: alters JavaScript when attempts at fingerprinting your browser are detected
Privacy Settings: allows access to various privacy settings without needing to dive into about:config
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P.S. Instead of NoScript, you may wish to use uMatrix. The two are functionally similar, but some users prefer the interface of uMatrix and also the fact that uMatrix allows you to allow and disallow content of different types from different domains, exclusively on the current domain.
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I replaced a recommendation to use an extension called AdNauseam with TrackMeNot because AdNauseam is not compatible with popular ad blockers. TrackMeNot is similar in sending garbage data to mask your legitimate information, but doesn’t rely on loading ad trackers to do so.
Paul "410 Gone" Oppenheim
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sparkly cyberspace web chat
https://ephemeral-presence.glitch.me/
Paul "410 Gone" Oppenheim
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Consider this
The oldest surviving piece of literature in existence; The Epic of Gilgamesh
is SUPER gay
please share this with as many Gamers™ as you can before they talk about gay being forced into media
- website
- https://pauloppenheim.com
- project
- https://techharms.org
he / him, working on a bio, full of bees
Joined Sep 2018
