I'm starting a small call for entries for a yet-to-exist 'zine on tech for resting, being lazy, letting be, and having a break. Share wide and far.
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For the first Fallow Zine, la Jachère is interested in contributions about the following topics, but not limited to them.
- Lazy tech or tech for the lazies
- Tech that falls into place, fits, is just enough
- Tech for rest, pause, have a break, take a breath
- Tech for preservation, of the status quo, of energy, of a moment, of equilibrium
More on https://jache.re/notes/call-fallow-zine-1.html
- Deadline: 21. June 2022 (more or less… deadlines are thresholds to play with)
The proposal *is* disastrous, and it contains ridiculous techno-belief, such as automated recognition of grooming attempts… I mean, how would this even look like? The link above points to a 3 minute video with important info, and a detailed writeup can be found under https://chatcontrol.eu #chatcontrol #secrecyofcorrespondence #privacy
Considering the many voices that say "we need mobilization against this", maybe it would be useful if more of the information was available in other languages. Maybe I just don't see it though
Question: If you live outside of Germany, did you hear anything about the "chat control" proposal by the EU commission? It's discussed in German media as devastating for digital civil liberties, yet I see almost no international discussion of it. https://peertube.european-pirates.eu/w/ssT6mw67YJCyX8aV8dxgpR
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Fun fact: The developers behind Nim found this important enough to build "we don't care which one you choose, but please just choose already" into the compiler https://nimacademy.com/docs/basics/#assigning-variables
Playing Half Earth. It's 2030 and things are not looking good. 😬
Maybe I played the Champagne Socialism card too early.
https://play.half.earth/
Yesterday, during a bike ride to the picturesque Microsoft hyperscale datacenter in Middenmeer (NL), I learned that Microsoft and Google store over 2 million liters of Diesel there, of which half is burned during monthly and yearly tests of their emergency generator. I suppose this is commonly known, their way to reach 99,999 percent availability, I just never pictured datacenters having *that* many chimneys... Biking past them also lets the hyper-ness of their scale sink in 😱
Related and very neat: A small wind turbine with open parts for 3d printing: https://hackaday.com/2022/05/02/hackaday-prize-2022-a-3d-printed-portable-wind-turbine-for-hikers/
I'd love to be able to just write org or markdown and quickly export that as a good-looking, readable, lightweight document to share with others
I am a software developer interested in the weird and surprising bits of it, the stuff that sometimes brings everything to a halt or helps you out. More generally, I'm interested in how we construct, convey and care for communal spaces. Maps, architecture, language, and many other things. Always antifascist.