Hopefully this ceasefire agreement holds. #Gaza
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Brennan Stehling
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If you want traffic to suck less, check out this video. I learn a few new terms, like red light platooning. #BikeLanes #sfbike
@hzeller@mastodon.social @strangeparts@mastodon.strangeparts.com But with Java?
@strangeparts@mastodon.strangeparts.com 🤔 If I could do this I would not build just a phone, but make something all new. It is hard to think of what that would be.
What I miss from my high school days is my Boom Box. The modern Bluetooth speakers lack all of the satisfying buttons and knobs. I’d like to create a modern Boom Box that brings back all the satisfying tactile controls. Instead or tape cassettes or CDs it would work with whatever streaming service you use and keep offline playlists. And it would be able to play in sync with other speakers in a party mode.
Amnesty International investigation concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/12/amnesty-international-concludes-israel-is-committing-genocide-against-palestinians-in-gaza/ #Gaza #Palestine #AmnestyInternational
Journalists and news orgs appear to be getting more traffic on Bluesky. This is going to attract more people to the platform. It never really took off on Mastodon.
@graue@social.coop I don’t think Bluesky is competing with Mastodon. After dropping from a high of just 2M users down to under 1M it is clear Mastodon has more pressing concerns. There is no scoreboard. There are MAUs. And lately Bluesky has been adding 1M users daily for over 2 weeks. Last I saw it was over 23M. Even Meta is concerned. And a lot of people are trying it and enjoying it. Why rain on their parade?
@rrmutt@mastodon.social I have made a little progress making it work. I the board I used initially was not seated properly so it was always blank. It shows ABrobot by default. I don’t have tech specs and the sell did not have the right details when we had a chat last night. Next I will look for this OLED part by itself. Then I may get what I need.
Also ordered 5 more since they are on sale.
@StumpyTheMutt@social.linux.pizza I’d like to get a copy of this data.
@ruicarneiro@mastodon.world The breach could have an impact on these people for decades. There should an alert system to warn you if any of these guys live near you.
Starter packs on Bluesky are such a great idea. It makes it easy to find and follow a collection of accounts related to an interest. I’m also learning Bluesky also has decentralized features and accounts which can be set up with your own domain names, instead of being tied to a single one owned by a company which could be sold to a undesirable new owner. The platform now has over 20 million users and is growing rapidly. For comparison, Mastodon is now under 1 million from a high around 2 million. It’s important to also know Jack Dorsey is no longer involved in Bluesky.
@rrmutt@mastodon.social The Black Friday deals ate looking good. Most stuff is half off.
ESP32-C3 OLED development board with 0.42 inch OLED module ($3.09)
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mNYIxF9
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@DidiQ@mstdn.social
@DidiQ@mstdn.social @cd24@sfba.social It should also be done for the history of the native people across US and Canada. We shoupd know what has been done to these people and what continues to be done. It has to stop.
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@gravity@twit.social
@gravity@twit.social @timbray@mastodon.cloud For privacy, I would just have the status on the public record. To get the person’s home address or other details you’d have to request access and that permission would come from that person and registered in this system. They could also update their home address and signal all users who were granted access previously. I’d like to use this to update accounts across many services. Bank, DMV, Insurance, etc.
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@gravity@twit.social
@gravity@twit.social @timbray@mastodon.cloud It would not have to be like the typical blockchain. The root of a chain could be the identity of a person which is amended with a verified driver’s license, background check, or a certification to handle specific equipment. These could be entries in the shared ledger. It’s all linked to the identity. There are privacy issues to address. So I’d address that too. But could this also be a database? Maybe. Just needs to be trusted and distributed.
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@jroper@fosstodon.org
@jroper@fosstodon.org @timbray@mastodon.cloud It’s not enough to sign a single certificate and issue it to the driver. There needs to be a way to see if anything has changed later, like a car accident or police report that changes the result of their background check or validity of their driver’s license.
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@brennansv@sfba.social
@gravity@twit.social @timbray@mastodon.cloud My driver’s license expired a while back before I realized and Turo still let me book a car. This is one scenario that should be covered.
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@gravity@twit.social
@gravity@twit.social @timbray@mastodon.cloud The original record would be to identify the driver and verify they have a valid license. It would include the expiration date. The background check would be linked to the driver’s record. Lyft and Uber are just 2 ways to use it. I could use it with Toro or Getaround to prove I have a valid driver’s license and background check. There is more than just a single, one-time certificate needed. I’d like to avoid sharing my ID with every app I use.
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@gravity@twit.social
@gravity@twit.social @timbray@mastodon.cloud With transport and signing. What I’d also want is smart contracts. Every step in the workflow would be controlled to prevent abuse. Uber could not fake a record or mutate past records.
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@jroper@fosstodon.org
@jroper@fosstodon.org @timbray@mastodon.cloud yeah, I’m not pushing for blockchain. This is just one use case where I don’t trust the service providers. (Uber/Lyft) So if background checks could be published into a shared registry, signed and keep a checksum which is copied to every party that could work.
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@timbray@mastodon.cloud
@timbray@mastodon.cloud It may not need blockchain, but who owns the database? Government? Uber or Lyft? I might trust and independent third part (cloud provider) to host it. Somehow it has to be funded. But this is a one good use case where I would consider something like a shared ledger to be useful. I’d use checksums to guard against tampering old records. I suppose “receipts” could be copied to every party.
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@brennansv@sfba.social
@timbray@mastodon.cloud Since I don’t trust Uber to do proper background checks I’d want registered services to be authorized to enter records about drivers of background checks. There also needs to be a mechanism to amend a check if there is any incident which would cause the check to no longer pass. Lyft and Uber would not be able to just claim they ran a check.
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@brennansv@sfba.social
@timbray@mastodon.cloud One scenario I’ve considered is baclground checks for Lyft and Uber drivers. As a customer I’d want proof that my driver has passed a background check by a reputable service. And if a driver passed one for Uber and later drove for Lyft that they could use the same background check. And once it expires it could be renewed. I’d want customers to be able to look up the background check to see the summary, like what was checked and when it was last checked.
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@timbray@mastodon.cloud
@timbray@mastodon.cloud Thanks for weiting this up. I’ve wondered of scenarios where a blockchain would be useful when a trusted registry may do the job.