Posts by Erik@mastodon.utwente.nl
(DIR) Post #A5eU9O8LEH7Ld8yxN2 by Erik@mastodon.utwente.nl
2021-03-27T19:14:04Z
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Veritasium on light bulbs, obsolescence and repairability: "This is why we can't have nice things"https://youtu.be/j5v8D-alAKE
(DIR) Post #A5weuMy63D55b6VGPg by Erik@mastodon.utwente.nl
2021-04-05T18:51:18Z
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Nope, not eating fish anymore.Has anyone else seen #Seaspiracy too?https://www.seaspiracy.org/
(DIR) Post #A5yg5e7f6Hl2Fwq1zM by Erik@mastodon.utwente.nl
2021-04-06T15:13:29Z
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Did you already #ReclaimYourFace?https://reclaimyourface.eu/#signI, too, call on the European Commission to strictly regulate the use of biometric technologies in order to avoid undue interference with fundamental rights.
(DIR) Post #A6R8hO51KxoNOdHGfg by Erik@mastodon.utwente.nl
2021-04-20T09:42:59Z
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2016 - Hypponen’s Law: "Whenever an appliance is described as being ‘smart’, it’s vulnerable"Today - news: Cisco researchers find security leaks in smart airfrier, allowing remote code execution.Oh yes, Cisco told the manufacturer, Cosori, about the leaks on december 21st. But it isn't fixed, so they now made the details public. Happy hacking 😅!Source:https://www.security.nl/posting/699873/Beveiligingslek+in+smart+airfryer+maakt+remote+code+execution+mogelijk?Hypponens law and the future of IOT:https://blog.f-secure.com/what-hypponens-law-means-for-the-future-of-the-iot/Image source: https://clicon.us/best-air-fryer-of-2020-offer-healthy-fried-food/
(DIR) Post #A7cOQHUbQweBnBUiC8 by Erik@mastodon.utwente.nl
2021-05-25T19:20:34Z
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How will 2020 be remembered?You might be tempted to think of the pandemic. But scientists knew it was coming, and if we don't change our relation with nature, it won't be special in a few decades.It was the year of Black Lives Matter. George Floyd was murdered on May 25th 2020. By a racist. But institutional racism means that society can be racist, even if no individual would act racist. All of us, especially those in IT, have to actively work on equality to make #blacklivesmatter.
(DIR) Post #A7eQh4oAR4ZPbEhZWC by Erik@mastodon.utwente.nl
2021-05-26T14:18:48Z
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26-5-2021: The Dutch court just ordered Royal Dutch Shell to reduce their net CO2e-emissions by 45% before the end of 2030. The reference year is 2019, where they emitted ~70 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent (chart 1, https://reports.shell.com/sustainability-report/2019/our-performance-data/environmental-data.html).This means Shell will have to reduce their emissions to ~31,5 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent before 2030 (chart 2).Court ruling in English:https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2021:5339Webpage 'milieudefensie' (English): https://en.milieudefensie.nl/climate-case-shell#globalwarming
(DIR) Post #A8wkfcdDVq13f6Dw48 by Erik@mastodon.utwente.nl
2021-07-04T13:32:04Z
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A very interesting topic for discussion: https://drewdevault.com/2021/07/04/Is-GitHub-a-derivative-work.html"Is the work produced by a machine learning system, or even the machine learning system itself, a derivative work of the inputs to the model? (...) if the answer is “no”, GitHub Copilot can be used as a means of washing the GPL off of code you want to use without obeying its license. But, what if the answer is “yes”?"Greenwashing is very much a thing in corporate sustainability. Is this the start of 'codewashing'?
(DIR) Post #A9Q5FBY46nQAYdRkIK by Erik@mastodon.utwente.nl
2021-07-18T17:02:57Z
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RTL hacker & journalist Daniël Verlaan at your service, for all your fake vaccination certificates!Technical reason? Their Google Firestore database was, well, open to the public. You could read, write and edit fields from all 60.000 people who were in the system 🙄Dutch article (DeepL is your friend):https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/nederland/artikel/5242193/valse-coronacheck-bewijzen-datalek-testcoronanuSo, now is the question, do you have any hacker friends who are travelling through Europe, of whom you were already wondering how they got vaccinated so quickly? ;)
(DIR) Post #A9ktfVoiaxCL7DaxbE by Erik@mastodon.utwente.nl
2021-07-28T17:39:50Z
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https://publicspaces.net/2021/07/28/interoperabiliteit-en-federatie-voor-een-eerlijker-en-diverser-internet/"Waarom kunnen we eigenlijk via Signal geen bericht sturen aan opa 👨 op Whatsapp of Facebook? En waarom kan dat met verschillende mailservices wel? 📬 Dat is een goede vraag. We praten erover met PhD-kandidaat Roel Roscam Abbing in een gesprek over #interoperabiliteit en #federatie modellen."
(DIR) Post #AASChbrFZzxQXb16Jc by Erik@mastodon.utwente.nl
2021-06-10T21:22:11Z
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If you have not seen Mark Robers backyard squirrel obstacle course, you have missed some fun in your life =)And now there is version 2! Backyard Squirrel Maze 2.0- The Walnut Heist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTvS9lvRxZ8And the video from 2020:Backyard Squirrel Maze 1.0- Ninja Warrior Course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFZFjoX2cGg#walnutheist =)This reminds me why I would have probably started the Creative Technology bachelor program if I would start studying now: https://www.utwente.nl/en/education/bachelor/programmes/creative-technology/study-programme/
(DIR) Post #AAXuyZRnWFbuZHmJrk by Erik@mastodon.utwente.nl
2021-08-21T09:27:41Z
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Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS), combined with oxygen production & rain water collection.Wonderful education: the quantified tree!#treetag
(DIR) Post #AAa0neXEstlHPQ9GiW by Erik@mastodon.utwente.nl
2021-08-22T08:58:51Z
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Zo leer je de waarde van leven in vrijheid weer even waarderen. Dit stuk geeft 20 vrouwen uit Afghanistan het woord. Heel veel meer ga ik er niet meer over lezen...https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/08/20/geloof-ons-de-taliban-zijn-niet-veranderd-a4055466"Laatst kwam een buurvrouw huilend naar ons huis. In het district van haar familie waren de Taliban de school binnengestapt en hadden in de klas de meisjes aangewezen met wie ze wilden trouwen. Ze namen een familielid van haar mee. De vader van het meisje kon niets doen."
(DIR) Post #AAynTOsX6pLm99UKB6 by Erik@mastodon.utwente.nl
2021-09-03T07:19:07Z
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Groot nieuws!https://nos.nl/artikel/2396291-technologiehoogleraren-gelauwerd-gaan-nieuw-sociaal-netwerk-opzettenIk hoop dat prof. Jacobs en prof. van Dijck voortbouwen op de public spaces die er al zijn. Bij deze nog even het inventarisatierapport van Bluesky (Twitter) over het landschap van decentrale social media:https://matrix.org/_matrix/media/r0/download/twitter.modular.im/981b258141aa0b197804127cd2f7d298757bad20In 2019 bij een bijeenkomst in Brussel over de toekomst van de digitale wereld heb ik Mastodon al bij José van Dijck onder de aandacht gebracht. Dus ergens wel jammer dat ze zegt dat er geen alternatief is 😛#publicspaces
(DIR) Post #ABpDU5MaK4SvvDJUDA by Erik@mastodon.utwente.nl
2021-09-28T14:38:39Z
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In the fantastic ending keynote of #ONE2021, Lokke Moerel says #interoperability is the key foundation for digital sovereignty. I couldn't agree more!Have you already tried #mastodon, #peertube #bookwyrm and #matrix?
(DIR) Post #ACUiLbiA1HSIKv8YD2 by Erik@mastodon.utwente.nl
2021-10-18T14:20:48Z
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For everyone in the EU who wants to work on the future of social media, the metaverse, interoperability and openness. Please don't start working for Facebook. You won't be part of the solution, you won't improve the world. At most, you will hinder the actual technical innovations we both dream of. Organise yourselves, look for leaders to start a co-operative or nonprofit and work with everything you have to bring the true vision of ethical technology to the masses. https://about.fb.com/news/2021/10/creating-jobs-europe-metaverse/
(DIR) Post #ACvE4HrkdrsTDjI0fo by Erik@mastodon.utwente.nl
2021-10-31T08:55:59Z
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Wat een stuk!https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/30/capitalism-is-killing-the-planet-its-time-to-stop-buying-into-our-own-destruction"There is not enough ecological or even physical space on Earth for everyone to enjoy private luxury, there is enough to provide everyone with public luxury: magnificent parks, hospitals, swimming pools, art galleries, tennis courts and transport systems, playgrounds and community centres. We should each have our own small domains – private sufficiency – but when we want to spread our wings, we could do so without seizing resources from other people."
(DIR) Post #AEhIFC5gUpqGm4zZ8i by Erik@mastodon.utwente.nl
2021-12-23T12:02:52Z
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Ik schrik van mijn gedachten als ik dit filmpje kijk (oh da's wel chill, dan hoef je niet je smartphone mee te nemen): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heX9iVGW_fUDan realiseer ik me: dit gaat totaal de verkeerde kant op. Ik wil helemaal niet dat iedereen vooraf gecontroleerd wordt.Mensen leven samen. In een democratie maken we samen wetten zodat dat leuk blijft. In een rechtsstaat krijg je straf als je die wetten overtreedt. Dat zou genoeg moeten zijn.Een mooi stuk van Siri Beerends: https://www.setup.nl/reads/2021/12/van-coronapas-naar-eid-als-je-de-pandemie-niet-kunt-temmen-dan-maar-de-burgers
(DIR) Post #AFAQu6lqbY1xGlnDH6 by Erik@mastodon.utwente.nl
2022-01-06T14:36:30Z
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Great article in the Guardian: Your attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen.https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/02/attention-span-focus-screens-apps-smartphones-social-media"[...] when people believe they are doing several things at once, they are actually juggling. “They’re switching back and forth. They don’t notice the switching because their brain sort of papers it over to give a seamless experience of consciousness, but what they’re actually doing is switching and reconfiguring their brain moment-to-moment, task-to-task – [and] that comes with a cost.”
(DIR) Post #AH0SbQEhKsQ1KtmSSO by Erik@mastodon.utwente.nl
2022-03-01T12:19:52Z
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Elected president Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine to the European Parliament:"We have a desire to see our children alive. I think it a fair one. [..]. Without you, Ukraine is going to be lonesome. We have proven our strength, we have proven that in our essence, we are exactly the same as you are. So do prove that you are with us. Do prove that you will not let us go. Do prove that you indeed are Europeans. Then, life will win over death and light will win over darkness."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51ZtjT1Ydu4
(DIR) Post #AJLO3MkFVdIBL845Ym by Erik@mastodon.utwente.nl
2022-05-11T13:27:11Z
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Very interesting research: https://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~asenol/leaky-forms/"Users' email addresses are exfiltrated to tracking, marketing and analytics domains before form submission and before giving consent"-> yes, you read that right, before form submission.This is an example of how the intransparency of the digital world leads to a huge #InformationAsymmetry between normal people and corporations.Source: NOShttps://nos.nl/artikel/2428358-adverteerders-kijken-mee-als-je-online-je-e-mailadres-invult