"In the scream cipher, messages consist of all As, with different letters distinguished using diacritics." #xkcd #WebComic #cipher image
"In 1966 [...] five megabytes of data—a relatively small amount by today's standards—required an astounding 62,500 punched cards." #technology #history #TechHistory #VintageTech #VintageComputing #data #PunchCards image
In case anyone was doubting the importance of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB): As a result of its lawsuit, Chase will make it harder to use their Zelle app for scams. "The company also says it may request more information when you add a payment recipient to Zelle, including the purpose of your payment, how you contact this person, and “other details [...]"" #news #USNews #banks #chase #zelle #cfpb #finance #scam #MoneyScam
Reddit is apparently planning to introduce a paywall this year, affecting newer communities, not existing ones. "Reddit may have a harder time getting volunteer moderators to wrangle discussions on paid-for subreddits—if it uses volunteer mods at all." #news #reddit #SocialMedia #paywall
"There are two primary elements to bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon: user-centric, and technical." The @Mastodon Engineering team shares their thinking process on implementing Quote Posts, a long-requested feature. #mastodon #fediverse #QuotePosts #QuoteBoosts
Happy Friday, fediverse! Here's a quick sketch from last night. #friday #art #artwork #sketch image
"[@Wikipedia] has officially been recognized as a digital public good [...] by the Digital Public Goods Alliance [which is] endorsed by the United Nations Secretary-General in support of open source technologies that contribute to the advancement of the Sustainable Development Goals." https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/02/12/wikipedia-recognized-as-a-digital-public-good/ #wikipedia #PublicGood
Today is a good day to contribute to Wikipedia, and the open web. "The few properly recognized women and black scientists are quickly having their biographies wiped from US records and institutions. Please maintain a record of them." #wikipedia #OpenWeb
On this day in 1920, the Negro National League was formed. "Baseball gave you a sense of belonging. The umpire ain’t white. It’s a black umpire. The owner ain’t white. Nobody’s white. This is our thing … and we have our everything – until integration, and then we don’t have our nothing." Here's a 2020 article celebrating its 100th anniversary: More about NNL: #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #history #OnThisDay #OTD #sports #baseball #NegroNationalLeague
From @The Public Domain Review's archives: a collection of typographic posters where characters are made up of people posing as letters. #typography #fonts #design #letters #history image