God Emperor of MastodonNeckbeard, but I am unable to grow a beard.
I'm a polish software engineer by trade (and passion) working on #Ruby on Rails in a SASS. But my true heartbeat is the #foss #RetroComputing rhythm: I love my #emacs #freebsd combo. I am very much into #smallweb and all that it stands for.
I love good #SciFi but recently I've been reading good #fantasy - which is a shock to me. There are great fantasy books out there!
Piracy is the only answer to streaming services.
Currently I am learning how to make a game for #commodore64.
my ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/mmspl
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God Emperor of MastodonHello bsd.cafe
I am using FreeBSD on my PC as the only OS. I am also using emacs. You may call me a FOSS enthusiast.
I also write in the web - I am currently moving my sites to https://crys.site.
While not a complete luddist, I am growing more and more tired of what tech has become. Screw big tech!
Seize the means of computation!
#introduction
God Emperor of MastodonMy random italiano mastodon server has much higher availability time than all the fucking big tech..
God Emperor of MastodonOk, haiku is a great os - it’s just what a normal user needs. Fast, easy, pretty.
If it worked on my primary machine, I’d try to daily drive it. But, of course, hardware support is always a problem.
God Emperor of Mastodonok, ok. I am hyped.
https://www.desktoponfire.com/haikuos/software/742/haiku-gets-nvidia-gpu-support-a-significant-step-forward/
God Emperor of MastodonOk, haiku is a great os - it’s just what a normal user needs. Fast, easy, pretty.
If it worked on my primary machine, I’d try to daily drive it. But, of course, hardware support is always a problem.
God Emperor of Mastodon„People who don’t work in tech, specifically in data really don’t get it based on the amount of comments talking about advertising. OP, I’m sorry I feel like this is a moral dilemma that I’m often in as well.
For those of you who think your data being collected and sold is used to give you personalized ads… that’s the very tip of the iceberg. I hire data scientists and engineers. The things I’ve heard them brag about in interviews and on resumes regarding the types of algorithms they’ve created and data they’ve collected (especially FAANG and US health insurance) are horrific.
The military has profiles on you and your loved ones made up of data collected by these companies. I had one guy talking about how much his work saved his employer (health insurance company) by using data profiles and medical codes to determine whether or not they were likely to make the company more money in the future (basically to deny early preventative claims to people whose cases were more likely to develop into something more expensive if left unaddressed). Another told me how he built an algorithm that would catch doctors who tried to admit patients through the ER via behavioural indicators from the doctors and patients (more empathic doctor and patient more likely to be poor? Probably fraud, therefore claim denial).
It’s all fine and dandy to get an ad targeted to you. But please do not delude yourselves into thinking that companies aren’t using every scrap of data out there (hell - somebody somewhere knows that I’m awake right now typing this when I’m normally asleep) to map out your behaviours, compare them to others, and use it however they see fit. This also includes information on your loved ones and people you communicate with.”
https://www.reddit.com/r/Vent/comments/1mlg68h/comment/n7r1fo5/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
God Emperor of MastodonHello bsd.cafe
I am using FreeBSD on my PC as the only OS. I am also using emacs. You may call me a FOSS enthusiast.
I also write in the web - I am currently moving my sites to https://crys.site.
While not a complete luddist, I am growing more and more tired of what tech has become. Screw big tech!
Seize the means of computation!
#introduction