sneak @sneak@sneak.berlin

periodic reminder that YYYY-MM-DD is the only acceptable way to write dates

https://xkcd.com/1179/

the earth on the whole is getting much, much better, the western industrialized world (where i spend 100% of my time) is getting much worse.

cancelling a *month to month* sim in germany, out of contract, requires that you cancel the line on the web, then *call* during *business hours*, *within 10 days*, to actually cancel - the thing you do on the web is only a 'notice of cancellation'.

the mobile carriers in germany are pigfuckers.

as usual in the US, the people committing mass murder aren't going to jail, but the guy who exposed the mass murder system is:

https://twitter.com/medeabenjamin/status/1377643945296023552

ugh amaroq doesn't linkify the retweeter's name so i can't go and click them and unfollow the idiot jackass retweeting "it's just the flu, bro" content into my feed.

this is as bad as twitter

the thing that bothers me about executive fiat lawmaking is not so much the rules being dictated (such as the president making my wrist braces suddenly illegal, despite congress passing no law related to it, and wouldn't). it's the fact that to make law like that, you have to fundamentally disrespect the concept of the rule of law. you have to become a dictator.

biden is such a terrible piece of shit. :(

signal is going to have to make their client nonfree if they want to prevent people from connecting to their service with modified ones.

ITT: people who think Signal isn't already used constantly for sending cryptocurrency addresses around

i'm surprised that people are surprised that an extremely effective and famous cypherpunk is behaving in cypherpunk ways (specifically using cryptography and privacy to bypass legacy state prerogatives). schneier should know better.

https://numair.medium.com/15-years-is-enough-time-silicon-valleys-rape-problem-ee1a022a079f

flagged off of HN almost as soon as it was posted.

who is this person accusing?

reminder: the airlines are entirely amoral:

"Airlines for America, the trade group for the nation’s major carriers, opposes making proof of vaccination mandatory for air travel but would like a clean, easy way for travelers to show their status. "

this is a good take:

https://kellblog.com/2021/04/04/the-three-uns-of-successful-founders/

does anyone know what com.apple.transparencyd does? strings on the binary, snooping in its sqlite file, and the manpage are all no help.

Be advised: @anonypla@mastodon.online is plagiarizing my work as well as the work of others on their webpage, and soliciting financial donations with the output. This is unethical (and probably illegal in some jurisdictions).

almost all of the other protected classes are innate traits. religious beliefs are a personal choice, and should not be a protected class.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/us/covid-vaccine-evangelicals.html

etrade supports hardware 2fa. oh, not like that, no - it's a keychain thing that displays a numeric code, like the RSA tokens from the 2000s. you have to buy one and they ship it to you. totally phishable.

turning on Advanced Protection means opting in to additional surveillance by google.