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Nice!

I was curious about the second page of that statement

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/11/24294023/new-york-times-tech-workers-strike-end

Does anyone have a link to the strike games page, and is it still active?

I'd imagine it's the same as personal finance apps. A spreadsheet can be enough, and it is enough for a lot of people, but a custom app can make things easier:

• reducing the friction of keeping track
• built in visualizations
• alerts
• integrating the data with other tools

etc.

Something being FOSS doesn't necessarily mean it's safe / ethical, but a LOT of FOSS apps are designed with those principles in mind.

However, being FOSS means that if an app claims that it is safe / ethical (ex. In this case, not storing data anywhere but on your device), you or an experienced peer can check the code to verify that fact.

The way she looks over even before he speaks lmao

As for voting under duress, it's also a concern with mail in ballots and voting by phone. It can be worse with online in the same way that scams are easier online.

I know someone who voted by phone this recent election in my home province, and they were eligible to do so because of sudden health issues. The phone call included multiple people who verified their information, took down the vote, and then verified the vote. I imagine something would get flagged if there was any discrepancy.

I'd also like to link to this Tom Scott video

Why Electronic Voting Is Still A Bad Idea: https://youtube.com/watch?v=LkH2r-sNjQs

The strongest argument for me: trust

Even with our paper ballots, hand counting, and many checks along the way, people now have doubts about the accuracy of the results. No matter how good the tech is, it will be impossible to convince the general public that the online votes are accurate.

Also this classic xkcd

https://xkcd.com/2030/

It might cause federation issues down the road, especially with interactions between different platforms

I would like to celebrate it as a foundational nutrient for all life on Earth

It actually worked for me, thank you for finding that!

I also saw the error message where the thumbnail should be:

But if you click on the time stamp down below, you get an image:

Pasted the image below:

Very cool! This could go in [email protected] as a post of its own

Very cool, thank you for the detailed breakdown that was helpful!

Oh wow, I assumed they were related :)