Glorified network janitor. Perpetual blueteam botherer. Friendly neighborhood cyberman. Constantly regressing toward the mean. Slowly regarding silent things.

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Cake day: December 27th, 2023
  • Privacy@lemmy.ml•Desktops are gonna be screwed by this too.by0xtero@beehaw.org
    14 days

    Never underestimate the power of ”protecting the children”. We are still fighting against Palantir and ChatControl 2.0 despite it getting constantly voted down, they are finding loopholes and dirty tricks to bring it closer and closer. They really want to feed all our chat data to Europol crimeAI. It’s been going on for years now and that came about through lobbying reasonably sane (but clueless) politicians with ”think of the children”.

  • Linux@lemmy.ml•[SOLVED] is LTT a good channel?by0xtero@beehaw.org
    15 days

    90% light tech entertainment, 10% educational. Youtube tech review channels have limited usefulness outside those few moments you need to make a new purchase but sometimes you might discover or learn something new, but it’s mostly just constant roll of advertisements of new tech gadgets, basic tech advice for the uneducated masses, benchmarks and other such things that don’t really matter much and to be honest, most of the content comes out looking and sounding the same - and rather corporate.

    But I guess that’s what happens to all big media outlets eventually.

    The WAN show (current tech-afftairs podcast) is the only “half-serious” thing that’s worth a listen imho.

  • Linux@lemmy.ml•Did you know GNOME is Mexican?by0xtero@beehaw.org
    1 month

    My comment is mostly a reflection of people who are not project maintainers. FOSS users are known to be insufferable bunch. We tend to want to crucify people who are trying something different (just see the comments in this thread, for example). The ”community” is toxic, as the kids say.

  • Programming@programming.dev•What is the best moderation system for a social platform?by0xtero@beehaw.org
    1 month

    I tend to like systems that give the user tools to moderate their own feed and content they see. Then it’s up to me to decide what I want in my timeline and what I don’t want. This can be a bit heavy on the system though, especially if you don’t have lot of metadata and have to rely on full-text search blocking. Seems to work on Mastodon though.

    This then leaves only certain moderation tasks to the server admins (automating CSAM scanning/reporting) - and filtering out content that breaks the server ToS.

    Back in the days, Slashdot had a system where you could “opt-in” as a moderator, and this would randomly give you “mod-points” every now and then. You could use your points to up- or downvote posts and comments. I quite enjoyed it and it didn’t feel like I had to apply for a 2nd job (which is the case with lot of other moderation systems)

  • Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•2 years in, I just realized my job is a cult. Do I stay or go?by0xtero@beehaw.org
    1 month

    Sounds like you’re not enjoying your work too much, so applying elsewhere, even if it’s just to test the market is not a bad idea. Should always be doing this anyway, every couple of years to know where you are compared to rest of your peers.

    You naturally do not say or mention this to your current colleagues. You leave your notice only after you’ve signed the new contract. You should always leave gracefully, without burning your bridges (no matter how tempting that might be), because you never know. Might need to use them for reference one day.

    Play the game.