Light dusting of snow in the mountains above Los Angeles after last night’s rain.
We need more… #mountains #sangabriels #losangeles
Light dusting of snow in the mountains above Los Angeles after last night’s rain.
Category: Fediverse
America’s Secret Ice Base Won’t Stay Frozen Forever
I think I read an Onion article about this sort of thing 10 years ago…
America’s Secret Ice Base Won’t Stay Frozen Forever
Climate change is turning a Cold War project into an environmental hazard.
See-through skyscraper?
Thinking about social media timelines, cloud storage for digital photos, contextual identity, global newsfeeds vs …
Thinking about social media timelines, cloud storage for digital photos, contextual identity, global newsfeeds vs topic-based forums, and the spread of hoaxes alongside more trustworthy information…
It’s ALL about information overload. And what tools you use to organize, curate and filter it. And who those tools benefit.
The last time I read about the city of Laredo and books, it was about …
The last time I read about the city of Laredo and books, it was about the last bookstore in town closing.
Now they’re starting a digital library.
Testing out the new phone’s camera on a bee. It has an option to …
Testing out the new phones camera on a bee. It has an option to add a second or so of video to still shots when it detects movement, which I figured I’d try out as well.
Looking back through my oldest Instagram photos, I’m struck by just how awful phone …
Looking back through my oldest Instagram photos, I’m struck by just how awful phone cameras used to be.
I mean, yeah, I remembered flip phone cameras were terrible, but even early smartphones couldn’t handle situations we expect them to now. Got to remember filters were introduced to compensate for the grain, gloom & fuzz.
Not a fan of screen-based menus above the fast food counter that *change* while you’…
Not a fan of screen-based menus above the fast food counter that *change* while you’re trying to read them.
It’s the IRL equivalent of a web carousel, only you can’t even click to freeze it.
Finally reread Saucer Country & read Saucer State. Weird to look at the 2012 story …
Finally reread Saucer Country & read Saucer State. Weird to look at the 2012 story in the context of 2016, and the ways reality of 2016-2017 influenced the sequel.
And dammit, I was not expecting a cliffhanger ending!
What the Count of Monte Cristo Can Teach Us About Cybersecurity
What the Count of Monte Cristo Can Teach Us About Cybersecurity
In 1844, Alexandre Dumas described a telecom hack based on insider threats and social engineering
Thought I had a great view of these stalks and dried-out flowers at a seasonal …
Thought I had a great view of these stalks and dried-out flowers at a seasonal marsh, but the lens flare…
The actual good photos from my hike are on Flickr, if you’re interested
Funny how the biggest reasons to “own your own data” with social networking are …
Funny how the biggest reasons to “own your own data” with social networking are opposites:
1. Limit access to data you don’t want shared too far.
2. Preserve access to data you don’t want to disappear.
Naturally-screened city.
Naturally-screened city.
In the distance: buildings along Los Angeles’ Wilshire Blvd as seen from the hills of Kenneth Hahn Park, an island of open space in the middle of the suburban sprawl.
I’m trying to place a scene from a movie or TV show…
I’m trying to place a scene from a movie or TV show that a moment in last night’s Flash reminded me of.
It’s a jailhouse visitation, and the prisoner has super powers that make the glass shatter so they can touch one last time before he’s pulled away.
Maybe Dark City?
The bad UI that fueled Hawaii’s missile false alarm.
The bad UI that fueled Hawaii’s missile false alarm. via @NNgroup
I’m reminded of the Far Side cartoon with the airplane passenger accidentally hitting the “Wings Fall Off” switch next to his seat.
Saw several links to this article on Facebook deliberately ignoring the fact that people present …
Saw several links to this article on Facebook deliberately ignoring the fact that people present their identity differently to different groups (family, friends, work, interest-based groups, etc.) & how that impacts social interaction. https://boingboing.net/2018/01/22/facebook-is-sad.html
It got me thinking about exploring other Mastodon instances again, and an article I read ages ago on a contextual identity project at Mozilla. Looks like I should check out Firefox Containers. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Contextual_Identity_Project/Containers
Go home JavaScript, you’re drunk
Go home JavaScript, you’re drunk
JavaScript: Can (a==1 && a==2 && a==3) ever evaluate to true? Yes!
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Regardless of how the comparison is made, it’s ridiculous that comparison is allowed to alter the value.
There’s enough complexity in programming without adding the uncertainty principle to it.
Two views of a rainbow during a rainstorm a few days ago (first of the …
Two views of a rainbow during a rainstorm a few days ago (first of the season for southern California).
Interesting analysis of Luke Skywalker in The Last Jedi
Interesting analysis of Luke Skywalker in The Last Jedi (major spoilers)
Luke Skywalker Isn’t Supposed to Be “Nice”
Spam fallout
Interesting thread on the unintended consequences of fighting the spam wars. [dead link] via @gcupc
I would personally like to apologize for the antispam movement of the late 90s and early 00s. We did more harm than good. Nothing we did reduced the amount of spam significantly, and we created the centralization of email…