NerdResa @NerdResa@witches.town
Queer feminist from Berlin. Fights for social justice, does research about the Internet. Network geek. Bisexual. She/her
I'm not CW'ing this because it's important:
toot more about your creative endeavours, or things you've found you like
including programming, art, music, games, and stuff
There's more to life than ranting about Capitalism or the government, people have been doing that for centuries, and creates negative feedback loops that pull people in
Got the traffic shaping in my research testbed to work as it should! \o/
Tomorrow I'll have the pleasure to start exploring its interactions with WiFi... /o\
If you don't treat your body right now, it won't treat you right later.
LB: MAINTAIN GOOD POSTURE.
Poorly designed systems can cause people to become bad actors despite their best intentions.
Imagine a narrow hallway that has doors opening into it, The hallway is so narrow that opening a door pretty much blocks the whole hallway, and the doors have no windows so you can't see who's in the hall before you open them. You can be the nicest person in the world with the best of intentions, but if you use those doors often enough, you are gonna hit someone in the face.
I'm working on a companion for speakers during privacy related conferences. The device is meant to turn attendees Internet activity into light:
https://esther.codes/hotspoot-a-privacy-pot/
A cute Thai phrase I just learned is:
คนใดจะชอบคนไหนก็ได้
khon-dai ja-chawp khon-nai gaw-dai
"Any person will love whomever they wish."
The sentiment is obviously very nice but the sound of the phrase is what makes it great
‘4 Reasons The Left Should Care About Data And Surveillance’
“The way in which our data is sold and used is inherently capitalist – and surveillance is becoming more invasive as a result”
All points work equally well for people of any political persuasion.
http://novaramedia.com/2017/08/04/4-reasons-the-left-should-care-about-data-and-surveillance/
Also on our radar: https://forum.ind.ie/t/4-reasons-the-left-should-care-about-data-and-surveillance/1804
That was 5 years ago.
Today I basically told a student the same thing.
Except if they really want to, they can bring their own topic in the area. I still have a heart for mesh networks... but I can't work on them much.
Sigh.
Bitter lesson in research that I had to learn a few years ago: Topics go in and out of fashion, and sadly that matters.
For example, when I started doing research, I wanted to work on wireless mesh networks.
However, my supervisor said, Sorry, that topic was popular 10 years ago. Not going to get published, we don't have the expertise here, ... work on something else instead. Like Software Defined Networking, which went on to become the new fancy research buzzword. :/
who wants to make an antifascist mech with me
Classic!
hey! if you're a trans person with bills to pay, hit up the Hypatia Software Org! they have a cash assistance and laptop distribution program that have helped me make ends meet 👍
Optimism Afficher plus
Chromecast, if you are going to ignore what I call 'soft' network policy, I'll make it 'hard' network policy.
For those that don't know, the Google Chromecast device uses Google Public DNS out of the box and ignores anything the resolver values it gets from DHCP.
The only way to force it to use DHCP provided resolvers is to block it's Google Public DNS access.
nazis, current events, german politics Afficher plus
nazis, current events, german politics Afficher plus
CONTROVERSIAL INTERNET OPINON Afficher plus
20 year old advice on helping people with computer problems is not only timeless, but also imho much more generally help-oriented useful.
http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/how-to-help.html
"Beginners face a language problem: they can't ask questions because they don't know what the words mean, they can't know what the words mean until they can successfully use the system, and they can't successfully use the system because they can't ask questions."