@gwire@mastodon.socialAmazon Prime has a documentary "Code Is Law" - which was released in February, but has an updated end from June 2025.
It deals with the question about "smart contracts" - are actions that are permitted by the code/words of a contract acceptable, even if they were not intended to be. (Most of the opinions given on this are from people who lost large amounts of money due to bugs.)
@ruth_mottram@fediscience.orgFirst up: public money - public code ...
Sign the @… petition here:
https://publiccode.eu/en/
@timbray@cosocial.caGood NYT piece (gift link). Tl;dr: Financial whiz kids want to get their hands on mainstream retirement & insurance money so it can be plowed into unregulated private-debt markets and crypto. What could go wrong? https://www.
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyAs climate change causes stronger storms and melts the permafrost, the Trump regime took away the funding to protect this low-income Alaska Native community against the effects.
https://www.
@memeorandum@universeodon.comHow a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions (Aaron Krolik/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/technology/how-a-cryptocurrency-helps-criminals-launder-money-and-evade-sanctions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.608.uAB_.cwdtsJaviTeJ&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251207/p15#a251207p15
@Techmeme@techhub.socialHow live sports betting has exploded in popularity in the US, accounting for more than half of the money wagered on FanDuel and DraftKings in recent quarters (Jenny Vrentas/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/busin…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioNote that this isn’t a criticism about anyone working on the Mastodon code or the many selfless people who host servers and spend time on moderation and money on hosting.
I’m not saying all this to be an asshole.
I care about people, software and the web and it’s really annoying that there isn’t a well working alternative to commercial platforms that I can recommend to “normal” people.
I’ve been using Mastodon for close to nine years now I think and I just don’t see it getting where it needs to be.
@ethanwhite@hachyderm.ioKid: Dad!?! The (no longer maintained) software that school wants me to use is throwing a "Code C" error on the video we took in class (on a brand new iPhone). Can you help?
Me: I don't know who suggested you use this software. I don't know why. If the software company is telling you to pay for an upgrade, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career (in scientific software)
@pre@boing.worldThe thing about a life-logger, is you input sensitive data about your life, lifestyle and activities, so privacy and data-integrity are some of the most important issues.
There can be no server, the data has to be yours and yours alone. Because you can’t tell what is happening to the data in a closed-source app, it must be completely free and open source.
You can’t trust a corporate diary, they must sell to anyone offering enough money.
So it is with my life log app, all data completely in your own device. No home server ever sees anything.
There is no home server. Just the code.
To achieve this Exocortex Log is a Progressive Web App. It downloads when you are online at the website and can be installed onto the homepage of your phone.
It keeps all data on the local device using indexdb.
This means you must be responsible for your own backups. Be sure to export and back up your data regularly. I have gaps in my ten year record where my phone was stolen and most recent backup was months prior.
Once installed it will work offline, airplane mode, no internet, down in the tube station at midnight, anywhere.
There's a blog on the website saying this and more: https://exocortexlog.com/news/articles/2025-12-06-release/
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.socialFor folks forking IdentityServer. It's not "just code". There are decades of understanding specs, working with security teams around the world, ongoing support, and doing all those things continually.
When it comes to security, staying behind, or even worse, standing still, is the worst option.
From a maintainers perspective, think of doing all of the above for FREE to save your employer money for the "atta boys". In the meantime wasting the most precious …
@PaulWermer@sfba.socialBut there's money to be made in supporting the #NetanyahuAdmininstrations crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and land theft. You want to let somebody else make that profit?
@paulwermer@sfba.socialBut there's money to be made in supporting the #NetanyahuAdmininstrations crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and land theft. You want to let somebody else make that profit?
@arXiv_csCR_bot@mastoxiv.pageThe Dark Art of Financial Disguise in Web3: Money Laundering Schemes and Countermeasures
Hesam Sarkhosh, Uzma Maroof, Diogo Barradas
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21831 https://
@cdamian@rls.socialFriday Links 25-21
Some "AI" related stuff today, with the idea of prompt engineering being requirements engineering and how these new tools can enable non-programmers to get closer to the code.
I also liked how much Wil Wheaton likes a new metro line.
https://christof.damian.net/2025/0…
@newsie@darktundra.xyzPeople Are Farming and Selling Sora 2 Invite Codes on eBay https://www.404media.co/people-are-farming-and-selling-sora-2-invite-codes-on-ebay/
