James Vasile / is on Nostr

Free and open source software strategist. Privacy geek. Partner at https://opentechstrategies.com. Board member at https://www.eff.org, https://nyclu.org, http://www.bravenewsoftware.org and https://horizons.nyc

Formerly: SFLC, FreedomBox, OpenITP (OTI (NAF))

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2024-10-28 11:06:19

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@npub1pha…68fq I have a TD Bank credit card in the US and the UX is pretty awful here too. It feels like an unfinished product every time I have to interact with their system in any way.

2024-10-13 20:08:39

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@npub1y8j…kc54 King size flat sheet on a queen bed. Tuck all around. Fuck that elasticated bullshit.

2024-02-08 19:24:59

Apparently, when a company brags about their dedication to open source by saying "open source is so much more than the code" what they mean is "we don't open source our code".

2023-12-22 14:30:37

EFF stands with technology users and I'm proud to serve on their Board of Directors:
https://www.eff.org/yec

2023-12-12 21:31:35

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@npub1y4n…25mf @npub1y9w…4ayf Very cool. What is processing your speech?

2023-09-23 17:39:47

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@npub1hyk…3p33 @npub14qs…qwuh @npub1sqf…5skr There's a lab rat in my brain who clicked to get the reward. That rat is addicted to internet outrage and needed a fix. But clickbait so rarely delivers. All I got was reasonable proposals for giving people more control over the tools they rely on for human connection.

2023-09-05 21:36:29

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@npub1j5a…p848 LLMs are generally known for hallucinating sources. If Bard has figured out how not to do that, it would be a major step forward.

2023-09-05 16:07:25

If you follow data portability + distributed storage, you know Solid. They do data pods that people bring with them as they cruise from site to site. It's a personal data locker + interop across services. I love these folks.
Socials are where a lot of the privacy and portability concerns are, so they're doing a hackathon to tackle Solid Protocol X ActivityPub. It's co-sponsored by @npub1fee…k22n: https://www.inrupt.com/event/solid-hackathon/home
More background and where the hacks are headed: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/discussions/26403

2023-06-06 01:59:36

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@npub1lrv…tth9 If you're looking for an online community that crowdsources high-quality engagement, maybe metafilter might suit you. Small audience, but highly thoughtful people!

2023-05-27 12:55:07

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@npub1eu5…3nau There is no end-user app yet. It's all plumbing on frequency right now.

2023-05-15 20:03:58

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@npub1u6c…uwj7 It worked. I never send political links to anybody, but I sent that around because it was so sharply framed.

2023-05-09 23:32:31

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@npub1u6c…uwj7 "odds vs stakes" is a really clear, short way to convey this. I love it.