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I feel like things in the #tech space are about to get very letigious.

This article is old, but I think about it often.
“Five hundred years ago, this swath of California was populated by the Ohlone, who survived without farming or animal domestication”
#NativeAmericans #Nature #technology

I want to make a list of some of the best and most interesting tech related Mastodon accounts that we have available and I need your help!
Comment below with any and all tech folks or tech accounts that you feel should be included in a list and that you follow and recommend others to follow as well!
#Tech

Techie question about routers/connections - insight requested
We've had intermittent internet problems for a while now. I'll be on Zoom and my camera freezes and my audio goes choppy. Or uploads fail.
The ISP person is suggesting it could be due to radar interference. I understand _wifi_ glitching because of radar interference (see article), but it's happening over ethernet as well. Could radar somehow make the whole router reset itself? Is that a thing?
#tech

Kubik is the first Ethiopian startup to attract over $5M for climate solutions. They turn hard-to-recycle plastic waste into low-cost, low-carbon, interlocking building material by removing environmental waste and creating ultra-durable, safe, affordable buildings.
#startups #tech

I love videos like this. 2 PCs, one $1300 USD more than the other. Same CPUs, GPUs, cases. Not as much performance difference as you'd think. #PC #Tech

"How the Right to Repair is defining the future of the tech industry"
#Technology
https://www.edie.net/how-the-right-to-repa…

How the Right to Repair is defining the future of the tech industry - edie
After years of advocacy, the Right to Repair has finally shifted from concept and movement to legal obligation in the EU. Back Market’s head of public affairs Marie Castelli explores what this will mean for the producers and consumers of technology.

As a parting gift, I want to direct my #PhilosophyOfAI students to #podcasts or newsletters that offer #tech criticism. What should I recommend beyond @… ?

Copper coating turns touchscreens into bacteria killers
#tech

Copper coating turns touchscreens into bacteria killers
If there's one thing that needs to be antibacterial, it's the public touchscreen displays that everyone paws at with their filthy fingers. Well, help is on the way, in the form of a newly developed copper coating.

"#Tech runs on myth-making. From the outside, the #startup world seems like a meritocratic utopia churning out innovations that "change the world." But beneath the surface, there's a far more troubling reality.
Tech is powered by

How startup culture runs on bullshit. — Joan Westenberg
Tech runs on myth-making. From the outside, the startup world seems like a meritocratic utopia churning out innovations that "change the world." But beneath the surface, there's a far more troubling reality. Let's not fuck around here. Tech is powered by bullshit. It's the only sustainable

Ever wondered about the highs and lows of a tech career? 📈📉 Join us as we catch up with Chet Haase in our next episode. We're diving deep into the world of tech from start to farewell. A must-watch! https://cwti.link/twitch

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#help request: I have a client that’s a large enterprise #tech company making #B2B software for marketers.
They’re looking to get speaking placements for their executives into large tech

🇬🇧 Probably everyone has already noticed it themselves, but I would like to lament that lately all the #tech news is about #AI or #AppleVisionPro...
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Copper coating turns touchscreens into bacteria killers
#tech

Copper coating turns touchscreens into bacteria killers
If there's one thing that needs to be antibacterial, it's the public touchscreen displays that everyone paws at with their filthy fingers. Well, help is on the way, in the form of a newly developed copper coating.

I'm a big fan of using #RSS to stay up-to-date on everything happening in #infosec & #tech (and have written a fair bit about how and why I use RSS). This little app I just discovered by @… , https://rss-is-dead.lol will help you find all the RSS feeds available via sites your follow list has in their Mastodon profiles. I definitely recommend folks extend their followerships to subbing directly to peoples blogs (via RSS) rather than relying on toots when new things are published.
I’ll be using it shortly to add any residual blogs I may have missed to this resource I've been maintaining of indie infosec blogs - https://shellsharks.com/infosec-blogs.
Awesome!

Plato's Burial Place and Details of His Last Night Revealed in Carbonized Scroll From Herculaneum #archaeology #tech

Plato's Burial Place and Details of His Last Night Revealed in Carbonized Scroll From Herculaneum
Scientists have deciphered a document lost in the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius, using AI to read ink invisible to the naked eye.

#Big #Tech is facing its biggest challenge in decades as antitrust regulators on both sides of the Atlantic crack down on alleged anti-competitive practices that could result in break-up orders to #Apple and

The correct answer to “but I can’t make what I’m making without having it violate your consent” is always “that’s ok, don’t make it then.”
#consent #tech #SiliconValley

Diseconomies of scale in fraud, spam, support, and moderation
(... structural problems of "Big Tech" revealed by a super developer)
#tech

A call-out for DE-#enshittification! I'm looking to buy a new wireless #headset. This is the first piece of gear I've purchased in close to a decade, are there any honest #tech

Not gonna lie, but Jensen Huang sounds like a walking bag of red flags. I guess you don’t become CEO of a large public corporation by being a nice person.
Nothing like an 80-billionaire telling people to suck it up, buttercup.
#billionairesAreBad #tech

Nvidia CEO Wishes "Pain and Suffering" on Young People
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang earnestly wants you young students out there a lot "pain and suffering" — so you can be successful, of course.

I'd like a PrivacyTools/PrivacyGuides type resource that has intersectional principles -- where shit like Brave is rejected from being a recommended browser due to Brendan Eich's bigotry. Alas, I'm unaware of anything comparable. #LGBTQ #tech

Metalheadz on Kool FM with Marly Marl, Randall SP:MC - 28th March 2024
https://soundcloud.com/metalheadz/metalheadz-on-kool-fm-with-marly-marl-randall-spmc-28th-march-2024

"All that e-waste is full of metals that could be recycled for clean tech"
#eWaste #Technology #Recycling

All that e-waste is full of metals that could be recycled for clean tech
The copper, aluminum, and minerals in our old electronics could be reused in service of the clean energy transition, according to UN report.

#help request: I have a client that’s a large enterprise #tech company making #B2B software for marketers.
They’re looking to get speaking placements for their executives into large tech

Recently I silently restarted my old #blog, and I have been posting a few new #post s. Today I posted a new one. Go check it out if you want to hear me ramble about #tech, you might even learn one or tw…

It's a new day for a "new" PC, yo! Check out these results. All pics have alt text, yes it took a while lol. I'll post a few pics of the build process later today. #PC #Tech #DIY

Got a #PixelTablet this week. I have a lot of #tech, but most of it won’t work together. Lol now I have a computer running #Microsoft

Still one of the best things ever produced in technology. Simple, flexible and endlessly applicable. #tech #rss
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"All that e-waste is full of metals that could be recycled for clean tech"
#eWaste #Technology #Recycling

All that e-waste is full of metals that could be recycled for clean tech
The copper, aluminum, and minerals in our old electronics could be reused in service of the clean energy transition, according to UN report.

#Instacart to lose COO, CTO and lay off 7% of staff...so Wall St loves this and stock shoots up ...
Other troubling #tech sector personnel cuts take out a wide swath from #Alphabet to

✂️ Reconfigurable transmissive metasurface with a combination of scissor and rotation actuators for independently controlling beam scanning and polarization conversion
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41378-024-00671-y

Reconfigurable transmissive metasurface with a combination of scissor and rotation actuators for independently controlling beam scanning and polarization conversion - Microsystems & Nanoengineering

🔊 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Expansions
Tech Noir:
🎵 Blackoister
#TechNoir #newRelease 🆕 single
#Bandcamp

The best #tech #support of any company I've ever interacted with comes from Prusa, the Czech #3D #printer maker. Consistentl…

I just read a tech thread where OP demands something vague, responds to *every* reply, and disagrees with every reply--even the ones where the reply is principally in line with OP's position. Basically a "why haven't you already surrendered?" thread. ☹️
Also, I did not know "infosec" excluded Rust. 🙄
#technology

I installed Arch today.
My head hurts.
I'm now convinced all the memes are absolute truth.
Currently have my MST3K playlist running on VLC. The security cams on the other screen. So progress has been made.
My head still hurts.
#Linux #Tech

#Humane AI Pin “bad at almost everything”, say reviewers. #AI #AIHype #Tech

The wall of lava lamps that encrypts up to 10 percent of the internet
#tech

Encryption Lava Lamps
The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

Just logged into the Dead Bird to read what was happening at Nebraska with the AD position and was met with this...
It made me sadder than I thought it would.
#Twitter #Deadbird #Tech #14

teaching tech - nice article
"How to help someone use a computer"
by Phil Agre.
A lot of wisdom here about teaching & learning in general!
#teaching #learning #education #tech

Request: anyone have an e-ink device like the ReMarkable in Toronto?
#Toronto #tech #request #requestfordemo

Bluesky Bridge, moderation, consent etc - new blog post by me
This post was originally going to be a comment on Ryan's one about "moderating people", but I got a strange little error message each time I tried, so I couldn't do that! So I thought oh well, it can be a blog post instead. And then I'll have it handy for the _next_ time someone has the great idea of channelling people's writing somewhere they didn't agree to :-)
#Bluesky #BlueskyBridge #tech #data #consent