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Charles U. Farley
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They/them. Professional pond pisser. Queer, neurospicy Irish-American parent of two kids living in #Pittsburgh #Pennsylvania USA. No gods, no masters. Boost = endorsement. Please have a profile and some posts and read my pinned posts before requesting to follow. #anarchism #retrocomputing #amateurradio #space #electronics #c64 #rc2014 #zig #nobot (including any unsolicited bot interaction) #noarchive #noindex #noscrape #nobridge #noAI

Software that doesn't need to be updated because it operates in a way that prevents bugs from becoming serious enough security vulnerabilities to be worth bothering.

This is probably true of a lot of mobile apps at this point, depending on what kind of privileges they request. A lot of stuff I get from F-Droid doesn't require any sensitive privileges at all.

#GlobalTalk sidesteps this problem (I think) by only allowing a semi-trusted set of sites to talk on the network. I think that sort of approach could use more exploration.

#Pizza #restaurant stops using #apps #UberEats, #GrubHub, and #DoorDash & hires drivers instead, sees immediate *increase* in sales.

https://www.unionprogress.com/2023/08/29/junk-fees-become-a-focus-at-bellevue-pizza-shop-were-all-tired-of-getting-ripped-off/

nostr:npub18c7wjmr8txk9u3xzrxl5rsx8mpt4dr84nyluufn4qg4x9xnar52qller9d It would be nice not to see the same posts over and over again. Do you think there might be a risk that it could cause people to feel like they need to "finish" their feed?

The main difference between this and forcing you to pay a subscription fee is the additional e-waste.

Can one still put a different Linux distro on expired Chromebooks?

Thousands of Chromebooks Are ‘Expiring,’ Forcing Schools to Toss Them Out | Extremetech

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/thousands-of-chromebooks-are-expiring-forcing-schools-to-toss-them-out