Evan Hahn @EvanHahn@bigshoulders.city

👋 #introductions

I'm a software developer living in a haunted mansion in Chicago. I'm originally from Silicon Valley, a fact that I am both proud and ashamed of.

My pronouns are he/him/his; my website is evanhahn.com; my musical taste is embarrassing.

I agree with @fdroidorg's stance that software should do its best not to be neutral https://f-droid.org/en/2019/07/16/statement.html

It is proven! I am evanhahn on Keybase: https://keybase.io/evanhahn/sigchain#513f38dafdfb3f706c39483f5076c4771e7f3619f5f98a2e8637ee49ee0f50ec0f

"Simple Design Changes Could Make YouTube Better for the Planet, Researchers Say" https://earther.gizmodo.com/1834581507

#ClimateChange #YouTube #Google #software

"Google’s new reCAPTCHA has a dark side" https://www.fastcompany.com/90369697/googles-new-recaptcha-has-a-dark-side

#Google #privacy #CAPTCHA #reCAPTCHA

As someone who wants the #USA to switch to the #metric system, I enjoyed "the real reasons the US refuses to go metric" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbdx2nOQKKo

"Gender Stereotypes Banned in British Advertising" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/14/style/uk-gender-stereotype-ads-ban.html

#NYTimes #gender #stereotypes #ads

me after 10 minutes on Mastodon :)

me after 10 seconds on Twitter :(

Just upvoted @Mastodon on #ProductHunt for visibility. https://www.producthunt.com/posts/mastodon-single-column-layout

Have you been able to convince people to join the #Fediverse? If so, how?

I ask because I want everyone to leave birdsite/etc and join a federated social network, and I want effective ways to ask.

Just scanned through the #introductions hashtag. More than half of the people I scrolled past self-identified as queer. I like this

"Companies See Climate Change Hitting Their Bottom Lines in the Next 5 Years" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/climate/companies-climate-change-financial-impact.html

#ClimateChange #NYTimes #capitalism

I'm unhappy with my current file syncing/backup setup. Can anyone recommend anything? I'd love:

1. A magic folder that syncs real-time (like #Dropbox)
2. End-to-end #encryption (or self-hosted)
3. Good mobile clients (that don't require me to have all of my data loaded). I don't think #Syncthing can do this, and it also lacks an iOS client

#Nextcloud? Something else?

"How to shop, cook and eat in a warming world" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/30/dining/climate-change-food-eating-habits.html

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #NYTimes #NYT #diet #cooking

Nice! "San Francisco bans city use of facial recognition surveillance technology"
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/San-Francisco-bans-city-use-of-facial-recognition-13845370.php

#privacy #surveillance #FacialRecognition #SanFrancisco