smeg @smeg@assortedflotsam.com
Armchair intellectual, sometimes philosopher, all-around learning junkie, sysadmin, and gamer.
A chicken in every pot and free poetry for all.
Brought the little one to the local pride parade today. Mommy was in the parade.
So my Masto server is getting flooded with spam from NordVPN. @technewsbot posts the occasional article that mentions VPNs and that keyword must have triggered NordVPN spam on their webcrawlers.
What I've learned is that absolutely every single positive review of NordVPN must be paid for with affiliate benefits, to the point that I personally wouldn't trust any review of their service.
The rep spamming me is August Levy, an employee of NordVPN. All replies asking him to stop go unread.
Email addresses of Usernames@mymastodoninstance are getting hammered with spam from NordVPN (nordvpnmedia.com trying to set up affiliate referrals.
@Gargron An annoyance I've found as an instance admin is that the formatting of users in masto, user @ domain, is being picked up by spam boots as an email address, and they're spamming my server in bulk.
Guess I need to turn catch-all off.
I took my drone for its first night flight and first city flight tonight. It went pretty badly!
I guess because of RF interference, the range on the controller was really short, and once it got above the roof line, the wind took it for a joyride. It survived the fall, landing a few blocks over. I think it hit the neighbor's roof before landing in the ground next to the house.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_dEFMbFcBs
The Trump Administration’s Treatment of South Korea Has Been Shameful https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/05/trumps-treatment-of-south-korea-is-shameful-and-reckless.html
Unpopular opinion: judicious use of carefully vetted pesticides is OK.
I use Glyphosate in spot applications to remove plants from areas where they're disruptive, without disturbing soil.
It's a very safe chemical, its reputation as an omni-disease-giver is a fabrication of Big Organic to help demonise GMOs.
In actuality, it's biodegradable, doesn't run off in most soils, and it's fairly harmless to animals (follow instructions!) and (AFAIK) fungi. And it makes Gardening soooo much easier.
Moon Jae-in 'perplexed' as Trump cancels summit with Kim https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/moon-jae-perplexed-trump-cancels-summit-kim-180524152916158.html
"You know an internet company is big when your friends think you’re weird for opting out of their services."
In our latest #internethealth Report, we explore the perils of too-big tech — and what decentralized solutions are emerging. https://t.co/4DEfv60NSX tweeted by @mozilla
Amazon confirms that Echo device secretly shared user’s private audio https://arstechnica.com/?p=1314157 #amazonecho #Tech
Updated to Mastodon v.2.4.0 without a hitch.
Quick Mastodon restart to update to the newest version.
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Trump Can't Block Critics From His Twitter Account, Judge Says https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/23/613780174/trump-cant-block-critics-from-his-twitter-account-judge-says?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news
Eighties Babies Are Officially the Brokest Generation, Federal Reserve Study Concludes https://slate.com/business/2018/05/millennials-are-in-a-deep-financial-hole-compared-to-past-generations.html
Senate vote to stop Ajit Pai’s net neutrality repeal is on for Wednesday https://arstechnica.com/?p=1308525 #NetNeutrality #republicans #Democrats #Policy #Senate #FCC
Black activist jailed for his Facebook posts speaks out about secret FBI surveillance
Every Culture Appropriates - The Atlantic
"In order to tell that story, the policemen of cultural appropriation must crush and deform much of the truth of cultural history—and in the process demean and infantilize the people they supposedly champion."
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/05/cultural-appropriation/559802/
