Lazalatin @lazalatin@kif.rocks

Firefox's Multi-Account Containers add-on is awesome but, what about all the random browsing you do on a daily basis? I stumbled across this gem the other day and it's taken containers to a whole new level but automagically creating temporary containers for new sites you browse to. I highly recommend it: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/temporary-containers/

Fucking hell, even the internal modules have telemetry built in. I need a fucking shower.

https://git.coolaj86.com/coolaj86/rsa-compat.js/src/branch/master/lib/telemetry.js

Oh, it’s fine, I enjoy cleaning shit off of walls.

Guten Morgen, ich habe mich entschlossen, neben Twitter auch Mastodon zu nutzen, über die Instanz http://bonn.social (Hallo, @Sascha_Foerster@twitter.com). Freue mich auch dort über Gesprächspartner und bin gespannt, ob automatisches Crossposting funktioniert :-)

Ui wie Cool O.O https://direkt.bahn.guru/?origin=8000170
(via @juliustens@twitter.com und @ulmerleben@twitter.com)

Deutsche Post: Es werden immer *weniger* Briefe verschickt, also wird das Porto teurer.
DHL: Es werden immer *mehr* Pakete verschickt, also wird das Porto teurer.

So I guess that sufficient time has passed that I'll tell the story.

At a company I once worked at one of the managers sent out an email. Could anyone volunteer to give some programming classes at one of the local schools? It sounded ok: a bit of outreach and a chance to educate the next generation. Until I looked up what school it was. Turned out it was one of the elite private schools for rich kids only.

One of my co-workers replied, saying that they had also looked up the school and that they were affluent enough that they could just hire a hacker for a few evenings. There are plenty of hackers around who could use a bit of extra income. They also said that volunteering for this would merely help to perpetuate special privileged access to skills or knowledge by the rich, and I agreed. I said it's not a feedback loop that we should be helping to reinforce. If it were a state school it would be a different proposition.

It later turned out that the school in question was where the manager was sending their own children, and this pulled the rug out from their previous often repeated statements about "believing in meritocracy". It made them look like a hypocrite - claiming that anyone could rise while trying to give an already over-privileged class yet more advantages.

In a later meeting when the hypocrisy was pointed out the manager went on a rant about "there will be no more politics at this company". Everyone just looked at them as if they had just said something really unintelligent. Which of course they had.

There is always politics in hacking. Many of the hackers of my generation didn't come from elite schools. They were not "toffs" with special tutors. Most attended state schools and were self-taught on home computers. The "apolitical hacker" is just someone who thinks that their own politics should be hegemonic.

2019 isn't real! Wake up, cccple!

This comic by Jeff Lofvers (http://donthitsave.com) reminds me of @aral's excellent video, "Surveillance capitalism has led us into a dystopia."

Watch it here: https://ar.al/2018/12/10/surveillance-capitalism-at-the-bbc

At least 7 discussion meetups about #climatechange took place during #35c3. We are excited to announce one of the results: a new orga team @c3sustainability formed, to work towards #sustainable and #climate-neutral CCC events (camp, congress, regional events). We want to work out effective and practicable measures and suggest them to existing orga teams to improve current practices. Do you want to get involved? We can use your ideas and support! Check out https://hacc.uber.space/c3sustainability #hacc

Wir sind auf dem Rückweg von der #35c3 in den heimischen Pott. Danke für die vielen netten und interessanten Gespräche. Seid weiterhin so exzellent zueinander wie zu uns! :-) –laz
#FOSS #CCC #Leipzig #Dortmund

Hallo liebes Fediverse,
fährt morgen jemensch vom #35c3 über das Ruhrgebiet und hat 2 Plätze frei? :3

Das goldene Auenland kommt nach Hellmetal. #Autobahntoot

OH: "If many of your sentences start with if/then/else, it shows you're thinking logical in problem solving.
If ALL your sentences start with if/then/else, you're missing something"

#35c3