barkingspiders
@barkingspiders@infosec.pub
- Comment on The U.S. Has Declined in Quality of Life Ranking, Dropping From 16th Place to 28th According to the Social Progress Index 1 week ago:
I’m not gonna dispute that QoL seems to be dropping in the US but statements like this one in the article:
Personal safety has become an increasing concern for many Americans, with rising crime rates and social unrest contributing to a sense of insecurity.
Really highlights how this is a propaganda puff piece in itself. Whatever it’s selling, this bit is silly fearmongering. Actual crime did seem to spike during the height of the covid response but has since continued it’s drop to historic lows. America was significantly worse off crimewise in the 80s. We are living in some of the most crime-free years this country has seen since we started tracking the numbers. And now, unlike this article, I will post some fucking sources.
www.pewresearch.org/…/sr_24-04-23_crime_3/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States#…
- Comment on Proton Mail provided user data that led to an arrest in Spain 1 month ago:
Thanks for posting this, it’s important people catch more than just the headline. This is clearly another example of proton delivering on their promise. Fucking headlines gonna headline.
- Comment on Wanderer is a self-hosted hiking trail database. Save your adventures! 3 months ago:
yessssssssssssss!!!
I’ve been wanting something like this forever, thanks for posting!
- Comment on First functional graphene semiconductor paves the path to post-silicon chips — Georgia Tech researchers' material can be used with standard chipmaking methods 5 months ago:
Thanks for the links, that’s really interesting!
- Comment on houston ... 6 months ago:
This was a work of ducking art, mad respect
- Comment on Self hosted voice assistant 8 months ago:
☹️ Mycroft ran out of money and closed down. I think you can still order a Mark2, but the cloud components they were hosting were taken down which essentially breaks the software. There is another company that picked up the ball and took over support but it’s a more limited experience at the moment and the whole ecosystem is in a bit of a rut. The OpenVoiceOS project that spun out of Mycroft looks like the best bet long-term but they haven’t finished a stable release yet. I bought a Mark2, which I still think is the best hardware available for an open source voice assistant, but finding and stitching together the software to make it work is a chore atm.
- Comment on Tick tock 🕚 10 months ago:
I haven’t laughed this hard in a while