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Nomadic Menace<p>I'm tired.</p><p>So basically, the internet is degrading more and more each day and I really don't feel like reposting everything right now, but if you haven't heard, Discord, Meta, and Mozilla are effin' it up more. Linking what I posted to Bluesky, because.</p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/notanotherzerofan.bsky.social/post/3ljt7u2cqfk2m" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/notanotherzer</span><span class="invisible">ofan.bsky.social/post/3ljt7u2cqfk2m</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discord</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>instagram</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tou</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Youtube</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“&gt; Yep! The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> Browser is free. <br> &gt; Super free, actually. <br> &gt; No hidden costs or anything. <br> &gt; You don’t pay anything to use it, and we don’t sell your personal <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a>.</p><p>Now it simply reads:</p><p>&gt; Yep! The Firefox Browser is free. <br>&gt; Super free, actually. <br>&gt; No hidden costs or anything. <br>&gt; You don’t <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/pay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pay</span></a> anything to use it.</p><p>Again, a pledge to not sell people's data has disappeared. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Varma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Varma</span></a> insisted this is the result of the fluid definition of “sell” in the context of data sharing and privacy.</p><p>“Mozilla doesn’t sell data about you (in the way that most people think about ‘selling data’), and we don’t <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/buy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buy</span></a> data about you,” he said. “We changed our <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> because some jurisdictions define ‘sell’ more broadly than most people would usually understand that word.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TermsOfUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TermsOfUse</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TOU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TOU</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AjitVarma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AjitVarma</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/02/mozilla_introduces_terms_of_use/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/03/02/moz</span><span class="invisible">illa_introduces_terms_of_use/</span></a>&gt;</p>
minzmade<p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mozilla</span></a> changed it to </p><p>&gt; It also includes a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license for the purpose of doing as you request with the content you input in Firefox. This does not give Mozilla any ownership in that content.</p><p>more background-information here: <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/update-on-terms-of-use/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.mozilla.org/en/products/f</span><span class="invisible">irefox/update-on-terms-of-use/</span></a></p><p>:breadthink: <br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/tou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tou</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“On Wednesday we shared that we’re introducing a new Terms of Use (TOU) and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PrivacyNotice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyNotice</span></a> for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a>. Since then, we’ve been listening to some of our community’s concerns with parts of the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TOU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TOU</span></a>, specifically about licensing. Our intent was just to be as clear as possible about how we make Firefox work, but in doing so we also created some confusion and concern. With that in mind, we’re updating the language to more clearly reflect the limited scope of how Mozilla interacts with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/UserData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UserData</span></a>.</p><p>Here’s what the new language will say:” — Ajit “CockWomble” Varma</p><p> “MY REALITY IS JUST DIFFERENT THAN YOURS,”</p><p>&lt;<a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/update-on-terms-of-use" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.mozilla.org/en/products/f</span><span class="invisible">irefox/update-on-terms-of-use</span></a>&gt;</p>
minzmade<p>EDIT: they changed it again, see comment.</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/tou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tou</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/wtf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wtf</span></a> 8|</p><p><a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/firefox/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/</span><span class="invisible">terms/firefox/</span></a></p><p>&gt; When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information(…)</p><p><a href="https://www.mozilla.org/de/about/legal/terms/firefox/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mozilla.org/de/about/legal/ter</span><span class="invisible">ms/firefox/</span></a></p><p>&gt; Wenn Sie Informationen über Firefox hochladen oder eingeben, räumen Sie uns hiermit eine nicht exklusive, gebührenfreie, weltweite Lizenz zur Nutzung dieser Informationen ein(…)</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/nutzungsbedingungen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nutzungsbedingungen</span></a></p>
Cliff<p>Mozilla over here adding Terms of Use to Firefox, which I don't think will go over very well. </p><p>Why are people still using and supporting Mozilla in any way at this point?</p><p><a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/firefox/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/</span><span class="invisible">terms/firefox/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ToU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToU</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TermsOfUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TermsOfUse</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AllThingsTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AllThingsTech</span></a></p>
Comic Crusaders<p>WHAT’S ON THE SHELF, OCTOBER 30TH – INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS<br>This list is based on the shipping dates from the distributors order forms. Not all comic&nbsp;book&nbsp;shops order all items. If you have questions about a specific&nbsp;comic, talk to your comic shop owner. PLEASE NOTE- Not all...<br><a href="https://comiccrusaders.com/comic-books/whats-on-the-shelf-october-30th-independent-publishers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">comiccrusaders.com/comic-books</span><span class="invisible">/whats-on-the-shelf-october-30th-independent-publishers/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/indie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/commics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/comic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comic</span></a> books <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lcs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lcs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ncbd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ncbd</span></a> #10302024 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/mad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mad</span></a> cave <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/magama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>magama</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/topix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>topix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tou</span></a> collector <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/shp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/2000AD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2000AD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/oni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oni</span></a> press</p>
Ken<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@euronews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>euronews</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@euronews/business-m1eitu69z" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>business-euronews</span></a></span> <br>....yet teh internets won't tell me if there are any direct flights between <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/TOU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TOU</span></a> and <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/MEX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MEX</span></a> or any destination in Asia.</p><p><a href="https://www.meme-arsenal.com/memes/6a68604d4587236350a571d734471d17.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">meme-arsenal.com/memes/6a68604</span><span class="invisible">d4587236350a571d734471d17.jpg</span></a></p>
tou-ooo<p>昨日久しぶりに <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JavaScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JavaScript</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/html" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>perl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/css" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>css</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cron</span></a> で適当にシステムを作ってみた 今日は通信相手をかえてバックエンドを <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bash</span></a> で書き直してみた ちなみにPythonは大学で初めて触れた いずれもガチガチ制限内で動かすほうが大変 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>東京通信大学</span></a> ( <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TOU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TOU</span></a> )</p>
tou-ooo<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> の人 病気に <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E7%BD%B9%E6%82%A3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>罹患</span></a> している人 実は有名著名な人 様々な人も <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>東京通信大学</span></a> ( <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TOU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TOU</span></a> ) に在学している 何なら <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E9%9B%A3%E7%97%85" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>難病</span></a> わずらっている <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E6%95%99%E5%93%A1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>教員</span></a> もいるし <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E6%95%99%E3%81%88%E5%AD%90" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>教え子</span></a> に今度は教授が学生の立場になるケースさえある 強い志をもって眩しい学生が多い気がする</p>
E.K.-Lounge<p>Hier sind die neuen <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Bandcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bandcamp</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Terms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Terms</span></a> of Use <a href="https://bandcamp.com/terms_of_use" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bandcamp.com/terms_of_use</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> mit Änderungsmarkierungen. <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/tou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tou</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TermsOfUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TermsOfUse</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Nutzungsbedingungen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nutzungsbedingungen</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://wikis.world/@wikipedia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wikipedia</span></a></span><br>This page is an explanation of the overall updates that the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikimedia</span></a> Foundation Legal department is proposing to the Terms of Use (<a href="https://c.im/tags/ToU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToU</span></a>) in early 2023. This document lays out a brief summary section by section of what we are proposing would be updated and why we want to make the change. We hope that this is helpful for community members when reviewing the proposed changes during the feedback cycle.</p><p><a href="https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Legal_department/2023_ToU_updates/About" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki</span><span class="invisible">media_Foundation_Legal_department/2023_ToU_updates/About</span></a></p>
Earth Notes<p>OVO launches EV charging tariff three times cheaper than UK average.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/ToU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/EV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/gridFriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gridFriendly</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.current-news.co.uk/ovo-launches-ev-charging-tariff-three-times-cheaper-than-uk-average/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">current-news.co.uk/ovo-launche</span><span class="invisible">s-ev-charging-tariff-three-times-cheaper-than-uk-average/</span></a></p>
Christopher Porter<p>BC Hydro is finally putting in place time-of-use rates. It only took 12 years after smart meters were installed.</p><p>- 11 pm - 7 am: 5 ¢/kWh discount (offpeak)<br>- 7 am - 4 pm: same price<br>- 4 pm - 9 pm: 5 ¢/kWh extra (peak)</p><p>This is a pretty small baby step, but hopefully, we'll see more comprehensive TOU rates in the future. This new rate might be useful to EV owners, but only if their evening consumption isn't too high.</p><p><a href="https://www.bchydro.com/toolbar/about/strategies-plans-regulatory/rate-design/current-activities/residential-rate-design.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bchydro.com/toolbar/about/stra</span><span class="invisible">tegies-plans-regulatory/rate-design/current-activities/residential-rate-design.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.eco/tags/tou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tou</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.eco/tags/bchydro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bchydro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.eco/tags/ElectrifyEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectrifyEverything</span></a></p>
teams<p>Trek-Segafredo: RT @tourdownunder: 20km to go and the bunch is getting twitchy now as the sprint teams begin to get organised. </p><p>@ziptrak | @SantosLtd <a href="https://mieke.club/tags/Tou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tou</span></a>…</p>