Ondřej Pokorný @ondra@unextro.net

Exkluzivně pro Piráty: první příspěvek na pirátském Mastodonu 🏴‍☠️

I'm considering muting the words Signal and Telegram. It just makes me sad to see all the people go from one centralized non-free place to another centralized non-free place, while they're thinking it's a good thing.

Trying to explain and educate them about ethical options, feels as fruitless as emptying the ocean with a spoon.

Hodně společností není svatých - dětská práce, vykořisťování zaměstanců... Málokterá ale podporuje koncentrační tábory. Apeluju na vás, nepodporujte je svými penězi. Pokud je pro ně trh důležitější, než lidi, nechť sílu trhu pocítí. #Huawei #BojkotHuawei
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55634388

Je to tak prosté: buďto je sociální síť technologiciá platforma a pak nemá bez soudu co zasahovat do obsahu, nebo je sociální síť vydavatelem a pak má práva i povinnosti vydavatele. Jenže sociální sítě si dnes stvořily hybridní model: žádné povinnosti technologické platformy a všechna práva vydavatelů. To přineslo negativní externality v podobě prostředí pro hybridní války, účinné štěpení společnosti pomocí zapouzdření do bublin i přesné cílení na jejich zájmy a především předsudky.

Ongoing discussions regarding Digital Services Act cannot accept thinking out-of-box. Our whole society is trapped in discussions about how to regulate the big, centralized platforms, rather than give the opportunity to expand for decentralized platforms like Mastodon.

Assurances from authorities in our country has an pretty upsetting development:
First "Testing capacity is sufficient."
Then "Hospital capacity is sufficient."
Now "Crematory capacity is sufficient."
🤷‍♂️

I have been elected to a two year term on the W3C TAG!

https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/8846

I'm really excited for this opportunity to work for a better Web, and more than a little bit daunted. And so so grateful for all of the support people have given me during the election, which I did not expect to be as intense as it was.

https://rhiaro.co.uk/2021/01/been-elected-two

PeerTube v3: it’s a live, a liiiiive !

🎉🎉🎉 PeerTube v3 is out today!!! 🎉🎉🎉

On the blog :
➡️ The stages of development
➡️ Peer to peer live streaming
➡️ A behind-the-scenes short film
➡️ What we imagine for the future!

https://framablog.org/2021/01/06/peertube-v3-its-a-live-a-liiiiive

Illus CC-By @davidrevoy

We had a laptop we didn't use much, so we decided to donate it. I installed #Fedora on it and we gave it to a foster family today.
If you have such hardware at home, consider donating it. What just sits in your drawyer may enable a kid to participate in schooling.

If you don't wanna look for who to donate it to, you can use a program for that. In 🇨🇿 we have e.g. https://darujnotebook.cz/ or https://www.pocitacedetem.cz/

Web Arse API is launching in Chrome 88!
(not really)

Chrome Dev Summit 2020 continues today at 5.30pm GMT / 9.30am PT

https://developer.chrome.com/devsummit

Join us at #ChromeDevSummit Adventure, a virtual conference environment where you can explore a huge map of conference booths with a ton of demos. And it supports gamepads! 🎮

👉 https://developer.chrome.com/devsummit/adventure/

The Commission is drafting a proposal of the Digital Services Act, which shall address illegal content on-line. In order to safeguard fundamental rights, colleagues from my political group and I have drafted a model law on removal of illegal content, transparency, etc. (a so called Notice & Action legislation). We need your feedback. Do you think that this could be implemented on Mastodon? In order to comment, please, reply to this toot or send me a message. @Gargron https://www.greens-efa.eu/mycontentmyrights/notice-and-action/

ACT NOW to prevent national governments from dismantling encryption! You can help by sending an e-mail to the representative of your country in the Council. Read more and find draft letters in several European languages in my latest blog post. https://www.kolaja.eu/en/post/20201111-act_now_to_prevent_national_governments_from_dismantling_encryption/