Keith Whyte @keith@tic-ac.org

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"We’ve reached internet saturation point. Even so, we are ever more hooked on screen time. Can we find other ways of conceiving of and relating to the internet that leave space for thought?"

Read this piece by @AlbaLafarga for @CCCBLab. https://lab.cccb.org/en/no-thoughts-head-empty-would-digital-disconnection-be-a-utopia/

I’m quoted today in an EdTech article “Satellite Broadband Brings Internet Connectivity to Remote Locations” that explores how low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite systems could potentially help connect the unconnected and close the digital divide. A key question I raised was … will these systems actually be *affordable* to the people that need them most. I think there is great potential, but also great challenges.

https://edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2023/04/satellite-broadband-brings-internet-connectivity-remote-locations

#InternetAccess #Starlink #LEOs #satellite #Internet #OneWeb

This morning I woke up and the time on my (non-connected) wrist watch didn't match up with the time on my phone (or my partners phone and her smart watch). A quick search on the internet seems to confirm that the time on my Casio is the correct time.

We would have been an hour early for our bus, if it wasn't for my "dumb" watch.

I'm still unsure what made our phones change the time like this. They are both android, but a third android phone kept the correct time, so it's not all android phones...

We are in Mexico on holiday, and Mexico recently stopped with daylight savings, so maybe that hasn't been updated properly in android?

Changing my location to Belize, a country that keeps the same time zone and also doesn't change their clocks gives me the correct time. This will have to do as a "fix" for now... 🤷

1990s web experience

- Open site in browser
- Watch framework of site gradually appear
- Start reading site text
- View images once they load
- Click a hyperlink to more information on the thing you're looking for

2020s web experience

- Open site in browser
- Wait for Cloudflare to verify you aren't a bot
- Wait for background movie to load
- Dismiss cookie popup
- Decline to subscribe to their mailing list
- Decline to speak to a chatbot that promises it's a human
- Scroll infinitely looking for the information you want that's probably not there since it's all generated text intended for other robots to read anyway

Good news in #FOSS anyone?

Our application platform is now open! 🚀

We welcome subsmissions from projects that seek support for Open Source Infrastructure in the public interest.

Would you like to see support for a specific library, developer tool or any other critical open source component? Please let us know!

https://sovereigntechfund.de/de/applications/

Well crap, time for a second profit-driven private company to throw thousands of satellites into orbit. What could possibly go wrong? https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/03/23/1070187/amazon-project-kuiper-launch/

Article by Jonathan O'Callaghan, including quotes from me and @ProfHughLewis

yay, #wireshark devs finally merged AMR audio codec decoding patch (https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/10025). You can now play backAMR-in-RTP VoIP calls in wireshark, for example those originating or terminating in 2G cellular networks!

Do not confuse short-staffed and understaffed.

Short-staffed is when two people call out sick unexpectedly, or someone is fired for cause. It is expected to a very short term interruption of smooth operations.

Understaffed is when someone decides that the work of ten people can be done by six people. There is no plan to hire anyone to alleviate the stress and increased workload.

#staffingshortages #laborshortage #shortstaffed #understaffed

@atomicpoet

People need to understand.

#Google isn't a search engine.
#Facebook isn't a journal to share with your friend.
#Instagram isn't a public photo album.
#Twitter isn't a micro-blogging website.

They are all advertisement companies.