I took a wrong turn somewhere today and now I'm pondering ways to use SQLite on S3 for bad ideas.
Biden's #SOTU tech priorities focused on #antitrust and #privacy legislation. Here he calls for the passage of legislation to crack down on self-preferencing, like #AICOA. More context here: https://time.com/6253755/biden-big-tech-state-of-the-union-2023/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUKpY0o5tMo via @DIYPerks
For all non-developers: access to friend-finding tools cannot be assumed to last until the February 9th deadline. So use them while you still can.
Tools that are currently still available that help you find your Twitter friends:
https://debirdify.pruvisto.org/
https://fedifinder.glitch.me/
https://twitodon.com/
If you're looking for more context what this is all about, you can find that in my weekly newsletter: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-the-fediverse-ep-4
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/the-flight-tracker-that-powered-elonjet-has-taken-a-left-turn/
Do you think flight tracking data should remain open and free? #AskFediverse #AskMastodon 🌐
Getting started back up working on some Janky code for the afternoon!
I hope you'll come hang out a bit
The lead attorney for GitHub arguing that #Copilot using #OpenSource is fair use following precedent from #Oracle Vs #Google is Annette Hurst, who represented Oracle and personally argued against the verdict in public on Twitter.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/openai-microsoft-want-court-toss-lawsuit-accusing-them-abusing-open-source-code-2023-01-27/
CID Presents: #NightService Only #Radio - Episode 207 #EDMHaus #Soundcloud #HouseMusic
https://soundcloud.com/nightserviceonly/cid-presents-night-service-only-radio-episode-207
Signal Backups :ablobcatcry:
While I'm thrilled that the community has stepped up to provide some tooling for what #Signal is lacking, this is neither sufficient nor does it have any bearing on the lack of consideration for their users that @signalapp is showing. It would be a simple matter to provide an option to "export all" or "export #SMS only", but obviously they would prefer to lock-in users' data.
cc: @rtyler
Why do I want to export "my" entire message history? Well... besides it being my data and as a consumer, I should have control over my own data. Here's an example of why below.
When I did my export last night, it only grabbed the SMS messages. I now have a LOT of threads that are split in half between #SMS and half #Signal messages due to a user joining or closing their signal account over the many many years SMS has been supported.
So I'm being forced to effectively split a large portion of my past message history between two applications with zero ability to take a full export of "my data".
This feels very much like a lock-in tactic or holding my data for ransom more so than anything that will actually make the signal ecosystem better.
Yours truly,
A sad, frustrated, and upset soon to be ex-Signal user. 🖖
Three new exotic particles expand the roster of subatomic characters. https://trib.al/GRsaLsH
Disaster recovery blunder broke New York Stock Exchange this week https://reg.cx/47cm?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=auto&utm_content=article
Original tweet : https://twitter.com/TheRegister/status/1618760533192081408
Some people believe there's no purpose to "liking" something on Mastodon since it doesn't affect any algorithm.
Not the case.
It does something incredibly valuable: it acknowledges people.
Which is incredibly powerful, and is all the more important *because* it's not connected to gaming any algorithm.
By liking something on Mastodon, you are doing it honestly -- without any agenda at play other than that you like it.
So go ahead. Click that like button for its own sake.
Thanks for the correction! 
:ablobcatreachreverse: Pallas Kitty :ablobcatreach:
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/pallas-cat-guide-facts/