Matt @matt@aus.social

Folding@Home released a new client that features both important bug fixes and a way to prioritize working on #COVID19 related projects: https://foldingathome.org/2020/04/17/new-foldinghome-software-with-the-option-to-prioritize-covid-19-projects/

Also I'm totally not posting this here as a way to remind myself to update my machines. Nope. Not at all. ​

Government insists coronavirus tracing app won't track people's locations http://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-20/government-insists-coronavirus-tracing-app-wont-track-locations/12163756 #InfectiousDiseases(Other) #GovernmentandPolitics #EpidemicsandPandemics #RespiratoryDiseases #CommunityandSociety #InternetTechnology #FederalGovernment #COVID-19 #Health

who would win?

Are #hashtags actually unpopular on fedi or do people forget?
#poll #mastoPoll

Advertising Is a Cancer on Society

...Real world advertising is not about informing, it's about convincing. Over time, it became increasingly manipulative and dishonest. It also became more effective. In the process, it grew to consume a significant amount of resources of every company on the planet. It infected every communication medium in existence, both digital and analog. ...

-- @temporal

http://jacek.zlydach.pl/blog/2019-07-31-ads-as-cancer.html

#advertising #AdvertisingIsCancer

● NEWS ● #raspberrypi #raspi ☞ #RaspberryJams around the world celebrate Raspberry Pi’s 8th birthday https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-jams-celebrate-8th-birthday/

Please enjoy this video of a dog and an indian runner duck chasing each other around a rock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l51gjch-1k

If you're traveling to a different country that's not covered by your mobile data plan, check out the fantastic "Prepaid Data SIM Wiki". It covers pay-as-you-go options for a wide range of countries and gets constantly updated:

https://prepaid-data-sim-card.fandom.com/wiki/Prepaid_SIM_with_data

what password manager do you use, if you use one

@koosli @Andrea everyone should get a safe place to call home and enough food to eat. It's the competitive struggle to meet basic needs that pisses me off.

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need

All homeless receive a small apartment and counselling – without any preconditions. 4/5 people a make their way back into a stable life.
All this is cheaper than accepting homelessness.

http://bit.ly/2RsMhSZ

https://www.pedestrian.tv/pets/scottish-journo-drop-bear-koala-prank/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makapansgat_pebble

if you could immediately erase one, but only one, useless industry of capitalist leeches from existence, which would you pick

IoT devices suck shit and i literally never want my fucking coffee maker or thermostat connected to my wifi

i will die on this hill

We have given too much to cars.

Fediverse, what is the sound you make when you want to summon a cat?

If you don't see your option listed, pls reply and boost

Banks boosted new lending to fossil fuel projects last year, figures show https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/06/banks-boosted-new-lending-to-fossil-fuel-projects-last-year-figures-show #Australianeconomy #Australianews #Fossilfuels #Environment #Business #Banking #Banking #Energy