"I believe reCAPTCHA's true purpose is to harvest user information and labor from websites," asserted Andrew Searles
"If you believe that reCAPTCHA is securing your website, you have been deceived."
reCAPTCHA has used:
819 million hrs of human time
$6.1 billion USD in wages
134 petabytes of bandwidth
7.5 million kWhs of energy
7.5 million pounds of CO2
theregister.com/2024/07/24/goo…
Forget security – Google's reCAPTCHA v2 is exploiting users for profit
Web puzzles don't protect against bots, but humans have spent 819 million unpaid hours solving themThomas Claburn (The Register)
Google drops it's plan of disabling 3rd-party tracking cookies by default in Chrome. 🍪
Looking for a Chrome alternative? Check out our recommendations.
👉 tuta.com/blog/best-private-bro…
#browser #email #privacy #encryption #foss #cookies
Best Private Browsers 2024 | Top 10 To Stop Trackers
When it comes to most secure browsers Firefox is the best alternative to Chrome - and, no, incognito mode doesn't cut it.Tutanota
This is pure cartel behavior: Reddit and Google have cut a deal that will freeze out all other search engines from indexing Reddit, where volunteers do essentially all the work.
This should not be legal.
It is VITAL to replace Reddit, and it will take a global village to do it. If we don't, the cartel wins.
And Google should be broken up by Congress, if the antitrust people won't try.
404media.co/google-is-the-only…
Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal
DuckDuckGo, Bing, Mojeek, and other search engines are not returning full Reddit results any more.Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)
Today I worked out that the UK would nearly fit 1:1 scale on a sheet of A-39 paper.
That's using the A paper scale, where A0 is 1m^2 and each number down the scale doubles in area, keeping a 1:sqrt(2) aspect ratio.
That's A minus 39. I make a sheet of that 741.455km x 1048.576 km
(Done in #QGIS using 'Shape tools' plugin)
Hiding Linux Processes with Bind Mounts
Lately I’ve been thinking about Stephan Berger’s recent blog post on hiding Linux processes with bind mounts. Bottom line here is that if you have an evil process you want to hide, use …Righteous IT
zdnet.com/article/switzerland-…
The United States remains reluctant to work with open source, but European countries are bolder.
No, Switzerland does not.
The law that they just passed requires software developed by or specifically for the government to be open but it contains a loophole allowing the use of proprietary software and it contains no incentive to avoid proprietary software.
When we adopted a similar policy at NASA in the 80s the loophole meant that there was no change in the amount of proprietary software we used. I expect the same in Switzerland.
for no particular special occasion but I'm selling my roguelike game for 50 cents if you buy it directly from my website. DRM-Free, Win, Mac, Linux and Android, and you also get a Steam key. Sale ends in 2 days!
questofdungeons.com
Quest of Dungeons
Quest of Dungeons is a roguelike game with pixel art made for Windows, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PS4, Switch, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, iOS and Androidwww.questofdungeons.com
Tohle se #pirati myslím moc nepovedlo. Sice ta jeho kampaň byla nic moc, ale byl aspoň vidět. Byl na kandidátce a dělal kampaň 🤷🏼♂️🔓
denikn.cz/1480831/ferjencik-na…
Ferjenčík na trestné lavici. Piráti nechtějí, aby za ně kandidoval. Je to odplata za videa s Ježíšem
Exposlanec a jedna z nejvýraznějších tváří Pirátů Mikuláš Ferjenčík možná v příštím roce za trest nebude kandidovat do Poslanecké sněmovny. Vyzvali ho k tomu jeho spolustraníci, kterým vadila jeho předvolební videa s Ježíšem.Kateřina Frouzová (Deník N)
Btw to, že byl Ferjenčík tak dole na kandidátce mělo své důvody. A nejen předchozí sněmovní volby.
@marcel_kolaja
I was checking out this year's #StackOverflow annual developer report that few things caught my eye:
1. They have deliberately drawn the wrong conclusion about most popular operating system. They have interpreted #Linux distro as operating system, so they have separately provided numbers for Ubuntu, Arch, Fedora, and etc., and have concluded that "Windows is the most popular operating system for developers, across both personal and professional use".
survey.stackoverflow.co/2024/t…
1/🧵
Your browser is not supported! It’s probably lacking some serious API, and we can’t possibly make it work, sorry *
* Just kidding. Spoof the UA string, it’ll work just fine.
What's up with execs complaining that people are using their website at objectively low rates?
We previously discussed the CTO & CEO of Discourse ($21M raised) getting mad at 0.5 QPS, calling this "an attack", etc. : mastodon.social/@danluu/111064….
Now, the CEO of iFixit (supposedly ~$50M/yr revenue) calls 11 QPS, "abuse", saying "you're tying up our devops resources", implying it's reasonable for a $50M/yr regularly viral web property to need significant intervention if traffic increases by 11 QPS.
![Kyle Wiens
Hey @AnthropicAI
: I get you're hungry for data. Claude is really smart! But do you really need to hit our servers a million times in 24 hours?
You're not only taking our content without paying, you're tying up our devops resources. Not cool.
If any of those requests accessed our terms of service, they would have told you that use of our content expressly forbidden. But don't ask me, ask Claude!
If you want to have a conversation about licensing our content for commercial use, we're right here.
[screenshots of asking Claude about violating the terms of service for a site]
Eric Holscher:
Yea, they were hammering us over at @readthedocs
as well. We were planning to write a blog post on it, since this behavior is definitely gonna get all AI crawlers blocked because of abuse, not even because of the copyright issues.
Kyle Wiens
xactly! They're shooting themselves in the foot.](https://fedi.ml/photo/preview/640/574883 "Kyle Wiens
Hey @AnthropicAI
: I get you're hungry for data. Claude is really smart! But do you really need to hit our servers a million times in 24 hours?
You're not only taking our content without paying, you're tying up our devops resources. Not cool.
If any of those requests accessed our terms of service, they would have told you that use of our content expressly forbidden. But don't ask me, ask Claude!
If you want to have a conversation about licensing our content for commercial use, we're right here.
[screenshots of asking Claude about violating the terms of service for a site]
Eric Holscher:
Yea, they were hammering us over at @readthedocs
as well. We were planning to write a blog post on it, since this behavior is definitely gonna get all AI crawlers blocked because of abuse, not even because of the copyright issues.
Kyle Wiens
xactly! They're shooting themselves in the foot.")
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Attached: 4 images Since discourse employees are now dropping in to inform me that the Bing thing is fixed, with the implication that Bing was at fault because Bing fixed the issue. I know.Mastodon
Dave Plummer: The Man Who Scammed Millions
Hello, my friends! Let's hit 20K likes? Check out my website! https://enderman.chToday I am going to tell you a tale of SoftwareOnline.com, the website the o...YouTube
One Year of Accessible Android: Empowering the Blind Community Together - Accessible Android
It's a momentous occasion. On July 25th, 2023, AccessibleAndroid.com proudly emerged as a fully independent international English website. This journeyEditorial Staff (Accessible Android)
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I’m glad serious eats wrote this article on top instant noodles. My list is similar.
seriouseats.com/ramen-rater-to…
#Food #Ramen #SeriousEats
I've Eaten and Reviewed More Than 5,000 Packages of Instant Noodles—These Are My All-Time Favorites
Over 40 years later and having methodically sampled close to 5,000 unique varieties, this is my current list of the best instant ramen noodles you can find around the world.Hans Lienesch (Serious Eats)
Derek attributes his experience with NVDA instrumental to his career success and since working at Google has found numerous ways to improve accessibility, both internally and externally.
"A product built by the community, for the community, is better than one built by some company, simply because the community is in charge of what goes into it." - Derek Riemer
#NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #A11y #ScreenReader #FOSS #OpenSource
GitHub has released an insightful article to accompany the documentary shared earlier showcasing NVDA, OSARA, & REAPER. The article interviews NVDA co-founders, Mick Curran & Jamie Teh, as well as Derek Riemer, who has used NVDA since 2011. Derek has contributed to NVDA itself & written over 20 add-ons. He also now works as a software engineer at Google.
Find the full article (& short documentary) here: github.com/readme/featured/nvd….
#NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #A11y #ScreenReader #FOSS #OpenSource
Coding accessibility: Software by the blind, for the blind
NVDA and OSARA provide access to information, employment, community, and more, as well as empower a new generation to build a more accessible world.Mike Melanson (GitHub)
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Who Runs Your Email? Revealing Tuta's Security with Hanna Bozakov
In this interview, we chat with Hanna Bozakov, press officer at Tuta (formerly Tutanota), a leading secure email service provider. Dive deep into the world o...YouTube
@ludiofines Hi there, you can send encrypted emails to Gmail and other platforms by sharing a password with that recipient. They will receive an email to their Gmail account which includes a link to an encrypted Tuta mailbox where they can use the password to view your message.
We recommend sharing these passwords via an encrypted messaging application like Signal.
Trump reportedly pressured architects to remove braille from Trump Tower elevators
Barbara Res, the former vice president of construction for the Trump Organization, recently published an op-ed in the New York Daily News, which alleges that Donald Trump once pressured an architect to remove the braille signage from the elevators in…Jon Cornachio (The Architect’s Newspaper)
Kamala Harris accommodating disabled people provokes GOP attack
The Vice President began a recent meeting with “I am Kamala Harris, my pronouns are she and her, and I am a woman sitting at the table wearing a blue suit."Eric Garcia (MSNBC)
Přispívání do OpenStreetMap: chytání „pokémonů“ se StreetComplete
V dalším díle seriálu o přispívání do OpenStreetMap se věnuji tomu nejméně náročnému způsobu – doplňování informací k již existujícím objektům. Dozvíte se, jak na to ve skvělé aplikaci StreetComplete.
#MapComplete #mapy #OpenStreetMap #OSM #StreetComplete
blog.eischmann.cz/2024/07/24/p…
CSUN 2024: Index Braille High-Speed Embossers - Podfeet Podcasts
Allison interviews Mikael Vikman Sunna, CEO of Index Braille about their affordable braille printers. Index Braille offers a full line of braille printers ranging from small and portable to full-size and high-speed embossers for production use.Steve Sheridan (Podfeet Podcasts)
Oh look at this
So automattic/Tumblr's CEO is making the company email servers to redirect all mail from teamblind.com to his own personal address instead of the actual person who registered to Blind, so he can know who signed up using their corporate email (the only way to sign up).
Not only that, but by doing this, he could just go through the company email address list, hit the "forgot your password" link, and find out who already has an account, and even steal it.
Very sane, not creepy, absolutely not sociopath move, sire. Absolutely normal and not crazy maniac behavior.
‡ If you don't know blind, it's a platform that let employees of a company to anonymously talk between them about their employer
Blind - Anonymous and Professional Community
Blind - Join a vibrant community where professionals discuss careers, workplace dynamics, and more. Get career advice, engage in debates, and connect with peers.Blind
Letter: "We are Volunteers for Paris 2024 and we resign due to the lack of Covid-19 measures"
blogs.mediapart.fr/volontaires…
We are Volunteers for Paris 2024 and we resign due to the lack of Covid-19 measures
We have been enthusiastic in the preparation of the Games as international volunteers. However, we are more and more worried at the lack of any actions from the organizers to address the epidemic of Covid-19 that is still going on across Europe and t…Volontaires Inquiets Paris 2024 (Mediapart)
thehistoryoftheweb.com/cool-ur…
Cool URLs Mean Something - The History of the Web
Earlier this month, MTV News abruptly pulled their site off the web without warning, eliminating a virtual archive of pop culture news stories that date back to 1997.Jay (The History of the Web)
Excuse me we are now living in a time where search engines strike exclusivity deals with websites to exclusively show results of these websites on the one search engine?? Will I need to go with Google to look up reddit posts, Bing to see movie information, and DuckDuckGo for info on ducks now?
I love our post-capitalist cyberpunk dystopia.
RE: mastodon.social/@Mojeek/112841…
Mojeek (@Mojeek@mastodon.social)
Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal “They’re [Reddit] killing everything for search but Google,” Colin Hayhurst, CEO of the search engine Mojeek told me on a call.Mastodon
@Jessica @404mediaco @Mojeek @privateger That's pretty much what I expected, yes.
Or for them to completely destroy what remains of old.reddit and only have a captcha-intensive basically mobile-only site.
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in reply to Tuta • • •I ping @Mojeek to replace Bing. Eh sorry… DuckDuckGo.
There is a lot to improve in search results, yes. But they can only improve it if we help them with feedbacks.
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Unknown parent • • •That might partly be because Vivaldi is openly against crypto"currency" while Tutanota is for. I've dropped Tutanota for that reason.
Here's one of the best takes on why Vivaldi is currently the number one browser and the 95% open source is a trivial “issue”:
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