Bobby Brown @bobbyd0g@hellsite.net

"Let's make an audio tape and a floppy disk from scratch!" - part 7.

In this chapter: gamma-Fe2O3 synthesis (finally?!), floppy prototype 4 and 5, gamma-Fe2O3 audio tape, notes on longevity of tapes produced this way. Stay tuned, unroll the thread!

It is probably going to be the last report for the time being, as I am convinced that my little experiments prove that an audio tape and even a poor diskette-like storage can be made with things that are more or less commonly available or easily obtainable in a craft supply store. If I were a real tape/disk inventor, this where I'd stop doing crazy experiments, and start to work on replicating the results and gradually improving them.

If this is the first thread in the series you see, check out the other ones - there's a list at http://www.ninakalinina.com/links.htm

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A lill while ago, I found out that I had been disconnected from a friend of mine, as the server I was on, had defederated from the server her was on. Thing is, I had no idea this had happened until he contacted me elsewhere.

I started toying with the idea of making a lill tool to notice when these things happened.

Trunkfriends is the result of this idea.

An alpha version, that I have been using a bit now and seem to work quite ok, will be put out next week.

Follow this account for updates.

If you finally found the solution to your coding problem in a deep comment or something after having dozens of tabs open, you should write about it in your own blog.

Really. Describe the problem in your own words and the solution for it, even if the solution seems really obvious now. Doesn’t matter. Give credit and whatever, but use your own words because you will be surprised at how many people will land on it.

Write the blog post you wish you had found.

1. To opinions! Solar is the cheapest source of bulk electricity in many countries, and the quickest to deploy, and now you couldn't stop it being built if you wanted to.

The limits to PV build in most places are grid access, permitting, and sometimes installation labour.

2. We don’t need a solar technology breakthrough. Today, solar developers just need a grid connection and permission to sell electricity, and then they’ll be off building solar plants whether it’s a good idea or not.

Israeli governmental figures are outright calling for a second Nakba now. (Birdsite link.) https://twitter.com/SigalSamuel/status/1717930328881349110

Israeli bombings have severed all communications in Gaza, including for journalists reporting on war crimes — https://www.pjs.ps/the-palestinian-journalists-syndicate-pjs-expresses-its-deep-concern-for-the-lives-of-fellow-journalists-in-gaza/

Holy shit.

(Speaking of the near-unfathomable profitability of the surveillance business model, take a min to contemplate what the ability to pay tens of billions to cement their dominant position means vis-a-vis the revenue that dominant position redounds to Google.)

📢 The EU Parliament will not be moving forward with chat control! The indiscriminate mass surveillance measures have been removed and secure end-to-end encryption will not be compromised! 🥳

💪Let's keep pushing for strong privacy rights!👇
https://tutanota.com/blog/chat-control
#chatcontrol #eu #privacy #datenschutz #encryption #politics #goodnews

UNRWA chief Lazzarini is asked about the unsubstantiated assertions that casualty numbers in Gaza aren’t credible:

He says they’ve always been considered credible [nb: including by US state Dept] & that “no one ever really challenged these figures.” In a sad note, he says that compared to the overall population, they also correspond with the share of UN staff in his org who have been killed by the IDF in the last 2 weeks: with 57 staff killed, "we have more or less the same percentage"