I've seen a few people talking the new "Zen" browser, which is based off of Firefox instead of being yet another Chromium variant.

So I checked out their website[1]... the first big image shows a collection of browser windows. One is being used to browse birdsite, while the other is on GitHub's home page with a tagline "The world's leading AI-powered developer platform".

Their header has a "Useful Links" section which points to

1. Their privacy policy
2. Their **discord**

Then I looked at their privacy policy and apparently if you want to contact the dev team your options are:

1. again, their discord
2. github

Folks, I'm just gonna go ahead and say you should skip this one.

[1]: zen-browser.app/

This is not better.

macOS Sequoia will now prompt you monthly (not weekly) for screen recording permissions

9to5mac.com/2024/08/14/macos-s…

macOS Sequoia will now prompt you monthly (not weekly) for screen recording permissions - 9to5Mac

Apple has changed its screen recording privacy prompt in the latest beta of macOS Sequoia. As we reported last week, Apple’s...

^{Chance Miller (9to5Mac)}

New story: macOS Sequoia's new screen recording permissions prompt will now appear on a monthly basis instead of weekly. The requirement to re-approve after a reboot has also been removed.

Better, but still not great. 9to5mac.com/2024/08/14/macos-s…

macOS Sequoia will now prompt you monthly (not weekly) for screen recording permissions - 9to5Mac

Apple has changed its screen recording privacy prompt in the latest beta of macOS Sequoia. As we reported last week, Apple’s...

^{Chance Miller (9to5Mac)}

And SimpMusic now also made it into the RB group. A "flaky build" (non-deterministic), but still RB if you run it another time 🤷‍♂️

Welcome to #reproducibleBuilds at #IzzyOnDroid

apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/a…

„SimpMusic“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

A simple music app using YouTube Music for backend

^{IzzyOnDroid App Repo}

Ralfs Matrix Migration

Aus Gründen musste ich den Matrix-Server wechseln. Hier lest ihr, wie es mir dabei ergangen ist.

#Matrix #Matrix_Client #Umzug #Linux

gnulinux.ch/ralfs-matrix-migra…

Ralfs Matrix Migration

^GNU/Linux.ch

Groceries

#unix_surrealism #technomage #veilidchat @VeilidNetwork @thegibson #comic #foss

Email aliases offer more than just keeping your primary address secret! 🤫

Email Aliases can:
✅ Reduce spam
✅ Protect your identity
✅ Reduce the risk of phishing
✅ Help with mailbox organization

Check our tips: tuta.com/blog/secure-email-ali…

#alias #email #privacymatters #opsec

Ahora, mucha más gente puede generar «contenidos» (odio la palabra, pero la uso a propósito aquí). Se nota en , donde hasta la empresa más matada tiene ahora ilustraciones «lo suficientemente buenas».

Pero también hay vigías del sector de los creativos que dicen que la facturación está disminuyendo. En un entorno de freelances explotados, esta vuelta de tuerca puede ser la última. (🧵)

Reflexiona @javierfpanadero:

#leyendo
lacienciaparatodos.wordpress.c… #by @javierfpanadero

Todos los creativos en peligro por la IA… menos tú.

Hay creadores que se sienten a salvo y me sorprende. Ayer mismo escuchaba a una creativa publicitaria «vender» a un cliente que iba a hacer la música de su vídeo promociinal con IA, como en otro ca…

^{La Ciencia para todos}

Welcome to the family of RB apps, Material Photo Widget!

apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/a…

Thanks to joint effort with the app's author, we were able to confirm #reproducibleBuilds for this app at the #IzzyOnDroid repo 🥳

PS: Pinboard hopefully follows up soon™

„Material Photo Widget“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

Photo Widget is a free, no-ads app to display photos on your home screen

^{IzzyOnDroid App Repo}

ported Identity and Video Trimmer to the new css stuff (well, ported is a strong word, there's like 10 lines of css there), so now Video Trimmer is ready for accent colors!

(yeah yeah i know that window needs a design overhaul but for now im too lazy)

#gnome #gtk #libadwaita

slow TCP connect on Windows

Presumably you just have to be more patient on Windows.

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/08/14…

At the Nordic Software Security Summit @bagder will participate with a talk describing how he is keeping the world from burning!

NSSS is the first Nordic conference focusing on Application Security in the light of the coming EU Cyber Resilience Act.

Register today at
nsss.se

We are recruiting for the position of a PhD/Junior Researcher or PostDoc/Senior Researcher with focus on knowledge graphs and large language models connected to applications in the domains of cultural heritage & digital humanities.

More info: fiz-karlsruhe.de/en/stellenanz…

Join our @fizise research team at @fiz_karlsruhe
@tabea @sashabruns @MahsaVafaie @GenAsefa @enorouzi @sourisnumerique @heikef #knowledgegraphs #llms #generativeAI #culturalHeritage #dh #joboffer #AI #ISE2024 #PhD #ISWS2024

So, I was a dungeon master when I was a kid.
But I didn't know it.

When my sister and I were playing in the backyard, I would stand at the top of the stairs and say something like, OK. I am Nancy Drew and you're George, and we have to rescue Bess. This is a pirate ship. And we have to go into the basement.

(Don't judge.)

And bam! We played. I would add plots and twists, and Bess was always rescued. Or we foiled a kidnapping or we found the treasure or we were japanese variety singers who were ALSO detectives.

Goddammit. I wanna play some D&D! I had no idea this was what it was!!

When exactly did Google became Apple? Not visible in the picture but that cable has the lowest specs: USB 2.0, 3A.

And I thought IKEA LILLHUT for € 5,99 was too expensive. 🙄

Well, it actually is, compared to SITTBRUNN for € 2,49.

It is useful to understand how #curl connects to hosts. Happy Eyeballs style.

everything.curl.dev/usingcurl/…

On this glorious day, just twenty-seven years ago in 1997, we shipped urlget 2.2. #curl before we named it #curl.

curl.se/ch/2.2.html

The changelogs were a little sparse back then.

This account generally contains thoughts in my own words, and reposted content in the original posters’ own words. I avoid simple slogans, chants, and pithy statements about current events without further elaboration. Examples include “Support X”, “boost if you believe Y, keep scrolling if you don’t”, and “down with Z”. I’ll also make an effort to move away from idioms that serve as thought-terminating clichés.

I’ll make exceptions for jokes, or for slogans alongside original thoughts or links.

The line between simple slogans on social media and thought-terminating clichés is too blurry in my mind for me to amplify on my own account. I feel that the dynamics on here are different from in-person protests, and we don’t need to resort to easily-filtered/ignored repetitive chants to get people to understand what we’re trying to say. This is more of a personal gut feeling than a strongly-held belief, and I don’t look down on the use of slogans; I just don’t see myself boosting them. I’m happy to boost more nuanced, personal, or substantive posts that lend themselves less to repetition.

Tech companies: Let's build a utopian society where people don't have to worry about driving cars and can get to their destinations safely.

The dystopian reality that's delivered:

Self-driving cars honking in response to each other's presence throughout the night, building to a crescendo around 4 AM.

arstechnica.com/information-te…

Self-driving Waymo cars keep SF residents awake all night by honking at each other

Haunted by glitching algorithms, self-driving cars disturb the peace in San Francisco.

^{Ars Technica}

Over the past week, the Singapore government issued the Transformative Justice Collective two correction directions under the anti-"fake news" law, accusing us of spreading falsehoods with regard to recent executions. But their "corrections" actually *confirm* what TJC reported, which was that death row prisoners had been issued execution notices even while they were party to ongoing legal proceedings.

Our response here: transformativejusticecollectiv…

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