John Lindsey

I make computer programs. Computers are fun, and useful too!

[John Lindsey @nisroc]

@stevedz @Grady_Booch @miehrmantraut no, that wouldn't be Rational, nor let us live in Layer 11 Architecture Clouds where we just fiddled with the "model" and let the code generators (and the programmers in the mines from other countries). That Waterfall flowed long ago. But hey, if you get $ from it, keep going! 🤖

[John Lindsey @nisroc]

and the let's get rid of libraries story made NPR

Houston's plan to convert some school libraries into discipline centers is criticized

https://t.co/Y3TAe5SP4p

[John Lindsey @nisroc]

aren't all times preposterous! especially since SunOS should have been eaten by, well, the sun at this point in time…

[Tube Time on 🟦☁ @TubeTimeUS]

SunOS 4.1.4 says it can't possibly be the year 2023: "WARNING: preposterous time in filesystem -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!"

sorry SunOS, there's nothing i can do to fix 2023.

[John Lindsey @nisroc]

Our conspiracies and the conspirators keep getting dumber and dumber…

[Jeff Tiedrich @itsJeffTiedrich]

holy fucking shit, in fifty years we've gone from Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Liddy to the butler, the pool boy and the IT nerd

[John Lindsey @nisroc]

@b1rky @shortshift3 that's their plan for both the underclass and the overlords, as summed up by this response on the original thread: https://t.co/U9uuk1A1Zo

[John Lindsey @nisroc]

@shortshift3 can guide you to books and turn it into a detention warehouse!!! then little johnny in 4th grade will not only learn to read better so he can stay out of those evil library things, but he will know to avoid them from now on!

[John Lindsey @nisroc]

@shortshift3 and if you click thru to the story and watch the report, one of the reasons the school superintendent wants to do this is that kids in Houston are reading below state and national averages. great, I know, let's get rid of all fun reading spaces and well books and people who…

[John Lindsey @nisroc]

@nickblack https://t.co/nlA7JRWRoW

[John Lindsey @nisroc]

@jgarzik and you know ofc where this all started right? very easy video to get a complete story of it (tho if you watch it with an open mind you may be forced to tear down your St. Ronnie posters):

https://t.co/Rp3uezXCk8

[John Lindsey @nisroc]

@jgarzik Well, perhaps younger people realize that Lee Greenwood's anthem about proud to be an american where at least i know im free doesnt apply if you are a woman wanting to make medical choices. or gay. or trying to come to this country for a better life, or different in any way?

[All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies]

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY was released 55 years ago today. Acclaimed as one of the greatest and most influential films to come out of Hollywood, the making of story behind Stanley Kubrick’s classic is as epic as the film itself.

A THREAD

1/29

[John Lindsey @nisroc]

@shortshift3 @AuntChalupa do you wear some sort of uniform?

[John Lindsey @nisroc]

@nickblack when i make jokes, they are inherit to a story; deep, situational, and emotional jokes based on what is relevant and has a point! not just one random interchangeable joke after another!

[John Lindsey @nisroc]

@shortshift3 Bud Light maybe? :D

[John Lindsey @nisroc]

[crosspost]
@AllenBelletti: I mean, why wouldn’t you jump out of Elon’s frying pan into Zuck’s fire?

@nisroc: at least it speaks ActivityPub

@pied314per: makes my privacy senses twitch a bit when an app isn’t available in the EU…..

[John Lindsey @nisroc]

i thought about claiming a threads id, but then i read what they require. not only do you have to get an instagram account, they collect a LOT of stuff. and i'm not putting that on my phone

What personal data will Threads collect?

[John Lindsey @nisroc]

A full list of its data collection is below:

Health and Fitness
Financial Information
Contact Information
User Content
Browsing History
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Purchases
Location
Contacts
Search History
Identifiers
Sensitive Information
Other Data

no threads for me cmon #bluesky

[John Lindsey @nisroc]

the App Store also suggests that identifiers and 'sensitive information' are collected too, in addition to personal contact data.

But data use can vary depending on your use of the features on offer.

[John Lindsey @nisroc]

Threads collects 14 different types of data that may be linked to your identity.

Alongside location and browser history, this includes financial information, purchase history and even health data.

[John Lindsey @nisroc]

@shortshift3 I will be totally honest and admit that when I want some erotica to arouse me, I pick up my copy of Paradise Lost and turn the lights down low 🥰