Damian’s notes

lcamtuf :verified: :verified: :verified: (@lcamtuf@infosec.exchange) Attached: 1 image A slightly unhinged calculator fact: in the golden era of electronic calculators, some Japanese shopkeepers were reluctant to trust the newfangled tool, so Sharp made a line of combination calculator / abacus devices. Here's a photo, next to some other stuff I own.

Why does decentralization matter? Reasons why you should care about how your social network is run and structured

The role of mastodon.social in the Mastodon ecosystem Can you imagine Facebook closing registrations and saying “Sorry, we have too many users already, you can go sign up on Twitter instead”? And yet, this sort of situation comes up with Mastodon every so often, in regards to the mastodon.social server.