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SSDs have a secret way to protect your data when they fail
Many SSDs will use SMART to keep track of how close they are to failure, and when they cross a threshold that indicates failure is imminent, they will lock down and enter a read-only state. This means that you can’t write anything to them, but it’s also a clear sign to the user to get everything off of the drive while it still works. You can tell if your SSD has entered that state if you can’t unlock it to write to it.
This will be reassuring to many who think if an SSD fails, it is basically not usable and the data is gone. So, if you’ve used an SDD for quite a while (a good many years) and it suddenly no longer boots, check on another computer (it’s SMART stats should show if it failed). You should be able to clone it to a new SDD drive and carry on working with your data intact.
careful...
#careful #aliens #mobilehome #killyourtelevision #corporatemedia #technology #stupid #comic
"We want to bring organisations and content creators into the Fediverse, step by step."
Our Foundation co-founder has just published an interesting piece on how we're working to help organisations and content creators find their way to the Fediverse!
For more information on what we plan to do as a charity and how Patchwork, a new service we'll be launching soon, can help 👇
https://www.blog-pat.ch/enter-the-fediverse/
#Fediverse #SocialMedia #FediDev #FediAdmin #MastoDev #MastoAdmin #Technology
Organisations and content creators enter the Fediverse
In a Fedicentric world, everything revolves around Mastodon. Mastodon has around 80% of the monthly active users on the Fediverse. Mastodon sets the standard, and is where the action is.Michael Foster (Patchwork Blog)
A Brief tour of the End, an accessible fiction podcast directory.
The End | Completed Audio Fiction
The End is a directory of complete audio fiction—either at the series or season level—ready for you to listen to and enjoy at your pace. If you love fiction podcasts, audiodramas, radio plays, or audiobooks, This is what you've been waiting for!The End | Completed Audio Fiction
TROM II: Technology Won't Save Us - https://videos.trom.tf/w/weWXUVT1zXW5v8QRZUG5Lr
#technology #renewables #renewable-energy #electric-cars #capitalism #trade
TROM II: Technology Won't Save Us
Watch the entire documentary here - https://www.tromsite.com/documentaries/trom2/videos.trom.tf
The case for frugal computing. .https://limited.systems/articles/frugal-computing/
Frugal computing • Wim Vanderbauwhede
On the need for low-carbon and sustainable computing and the path towards zero-carbon computing.limited.systems
Serbian inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist Nikola Tesla was born #OTD in 1856.
Some of Tesla´s inventions and innovations: alternating Current (AC) system; induction motor; Tesla coil; wireless transmission of electricity; radio technology; remote control; neon and fluorescent lighting; X-Ray technology; Tesla turbine; oscillators and frequency generators.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla
Books by Nikola Tesla at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5067
Books by Tesla, Nikola (sorted by popularity)
Project Gutenberg offers 73,924 free eBooks for Kindle, iPad, Nook, Android, and iPhone.Project Gutenberg
TROM II: We can automate almost anything
Elon Musk Fought Government Surveillance — While Profiting Off Government Surveillance
#nationalsecurity #technology #theintercept
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Elon Musk Fought Government Surveillance — While Profiting Off Government Surveillance
Elon Musk and X postured as defenders against government surveillance but sold user data to Dataminr, which facilitates such surveillance.Sam Biddle (The Intercept)
How far have you ever been from a power socket?
#energy #technology #freedom #smartphone #entertainment #travel #fantasy
Millions Of #google #whatsapp #Facebook #2FA #Security Codes #Leak Online
Security experts advise against using SMS messages for two-factor authentication codes due to their vulnerability to interception or compromise. Recently, a security researcher discovered an unsecured database on the internet containing millions of such codes, which could be easily accessed by anyone.
#news #tech #technews #technology #privacy
Millions Of Google, WhatsApp, Facebook 2FA Security Codes Leak Online
A security researcher has discovered an unsecured database on the internet containing millions of two-factor authentication security codes. Here's what you need to know.Davey Winder (Forbes)
'Facial recognition' #error message on vending #machine sparks concern at #University of #Waterloo
Earlier this month, a student noticed an error message on one of the machines in the Modern Languages building. It appeared to indicate there was a problem with a facial recognition application.
#privacy #fail #FacialRecognition #face #technology #news #economy #problem #Canada
'Facial recognition' error message on vending machine sparks concern at University of Waterloo
A set of smart vending machines at the University of Waterloo is expected to be removed from campus after students raised privacy concerns about their software.Kitchener
If what you’re building cannot be built without violating people’s consent, it should not be built.
People can be as upset about this as they want, but so long as they continue to watch #YouTube they continue tacitly supporting their user-hostile actions. If you really want to make a difference, stop watching, and tell content creators why. When you can convince them to move to platforms that don't shove ads down your throat every 3 minutes, THAT is when you'll see #Google change their tune.
#tech #technology #enshitification #PeerTube #tilvids
YouTube’s ad blocker problems are just an Adblock Plus bug
Latest consensus is that YouTube performance issues seem to be Adblock Plus' fault.Ars Technica
Fantastic piece!
https://brettscott.substack.com/p/tech-doesnt-make-our-lives-easier
#technology #capitalism #growthism
Tech doesn’t make our lives easier. It makes them faster
Supposedly technologies like AI and digital payments make our lives easier. In reality convenience is an illusion used to sell us automation-driven accelerationBrett Scott (Altered States of Monetary Consciousness)
So did I mention that no company or government pays me for the work I do?
But you can support my work if you want to live in a world where we have the Small Web as an alternative to the Big Web of Google, Facebook, and other people farmers.
https://small-tech.org/fund-us
#SmallWeb #SmallTech #funding #foss #freeSoftware #openSource #web #dev #tech #technology
Fund Small Technology Foundation
We’re a tiny team of two funded by individuals like you. Your patronage goes towards keeping a roof over our heads as we build a better future for the Internet.Fund Small Technology Foundation
You guys did soldering?! And CAD?!!
A decade later, I had such a class called "technology" in the main curriculum, where we made… a folding wooden bench 🫠️
That said, that bench is very sturdy and practical, and I'm still using it daily two decades later. So there you go, bug-free #technology right there, with an Enterprise-Grade™ lifecycle 🎖️ (I suppose @federicomena would confirm that #woodworking outlasts #electronics and code by a long shot).
Urgent calls.
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#drabble #phone #technology #humor
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Share your favourite pages with your Diaspora* friends and receive notifications directly on your browser.goo.gl
Touchscreen card devices may prevent blind customers paying
'Blind customers are being left "frustrated" and "embarrassed" by inaccessible payment devices. Some shops have buttonless touchscreen card readers, meaning you need sight to tap in your PIN'
Very short-sighted tech developers. They should have thought about this, and about the security issues. As should the businesses involved.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-67239870
Touchscreen card devices may prevent blind customers paying
Businesses could be breaking the law by failing to make payment machines accessible.By Drew Hyndman (BBC News)
This outcome was pretty important. Companies can't charge you because they hold the copyright to the details of a law.
**Appeals Court Upholds Public.Resource.Org’s Right to Post Public Laws and Regulations Online | Electronic Frontier Foundation** • https://www.eff.org/press/releases/appeals-court-upholds-publicresourceorgs-right-post-public-laws-and-regulations
#technology #law #copyright #copywrong
Appeals Court Upholds Public.Resource.Org’s Right to Post Public Laws and Regulations Online
SAN FRANCISCO—Technical standards like fire and electrical codes developed by private organizations but incorporated into public law can be freely disseminated without any liability for copyright infringement, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.Electronic Frontier Foundation
You wouldn’t have McDonald’s teaching your kids about nutrition or Philip Morris teaching them about maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Why are you happy having a surveillance capitalist like Google or Facebook teaching them about technology?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/surveillance-capitalism-has-led-us-into-a-dystopia/p06p0tdy
#surveillanceCapitalism #technology #web #education #SiliconValley #BigTech
'Surveillance capitalism has led us into a dystopia' - BBC Ideas
Watch the "'Surveillance capitalism has led us into a dystopia'" video at BBC Ideas. Explore other related content via our curated "Futurefest: Occupy the future" playlist.www.bbc.co.uk
If the thing you’re making wouldn’t exist if people had to opt in instead of having to opt out, maybe the thing you’re making shouldn’t exist.
A Ton Of Folks Don’t Know What ‘Right To Repair’ Is, But Strongly Support It Once They Do
In just the last five years, the “right to repair” movement has shifted from nerdy niche to the mainstream, thanks in part to significant support from the Biden FTC and efforts in states like …Techdirt
#tech #technology #news #technews #internet #Brave #Bravebrowser #ChatGPT
https://stackdiary.com/brave-selling-copyrighted-data-for-ai-training/
The shady world of Brave selling copyrighted data for AI training
I'm fairly certain that I was not the only person in the world who thought to himself, "Did they just yoink the entire Internet and bundle it togetherAlex Ivanovs (Stack Diary)
Twitter rival Mastodon isn’t safe from online mobs either
The mass reporting and suspension of actor Wil Wheaton prompts the open-source platform to examine its moderation tools.Megan Farokhmanesh (The Verge)
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/googles-going-to-scrape-the-entire-public-internet-to-train-its-ai-tools-and-theres-nothing-we-can-do-about-it
#technology #tech #technews #bot #reddit #tech_news
Google's going to scrape the entire public Internet to train its AI tools and there's nothing we can do about it
The gatekeepers of online content doing what everyone expected.Richard Devine (Windows Central)
https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/12/github_microsoft_openai_copilot/
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/12/github_microsoft_openai_copilot/
#news #programming #technology
GitHub, Microsoft, OpenAI fail to wriggle out of Copilot copyright lawsuit
Judge won't toss out two key charges, software source slurping case still onThomas Claburn (The Register)
ICD #34 - Co jeśli nie Facebook, Instagram i reszta? Fediverse!
Content warning: #aplikacje #apple #bezpieczeństwo #big #czas #działać #facebook #fediverse #firefox #google #internet #kontrola #korporacje #linux #media #mozilla #nowoczesne #opensource #Podcast #prawa #privacy #prywatność #security #social #tech #technologia #technolog
Drivers hate them, and they're also dangerously distracting. Buttons and knobs are poised for a comeback.
My new article in Slate:
https://slate.com/business/2023/04/cars-buttons-touchscreens-vw-porsche-nissan-hyundai.html
#cars #safety #technology
The Glorious Return of an Old-School Car Feature
Automakers are starting to admit that a new car technology didn’t work out.David Zipper (Slate)
Remember when Google's corporate motto was "don't be evil?"
Obviously, accurate location data on photos is more useful to a data mining operation like Google.
From Google: "Important: You can only update or remove estimated locations. If the location of a photo or video was automatically added by your camera, you can't edit or remove the location."
It's enshitification in action.
Source: https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6153599?hl=en&sjid=8103501961576262529-AP
#technology #tech @technology #business #enshitification #Android #Google @pluralistic #infosec