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Against hackerism

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  1. skybrian
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    FairBnB doesn't seem very transparent? They say they give 50% of the booking fee to... someone. But don't say how much the booking fee is, or how much money they've given away and to whom. As a...

    FairBnB doesn't seem very transparent? They say they give 50% of the booking fee to... someone. But don't say how much the booking fee is, or how much money they've given away and to whom. As a charity donation scheme, it seems rather dubious.

    On the other hand, on Mastodon I have trouble finding anyone worth following, but it does seem like there's a fair bit of activity.

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  2. PendingKetchup
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    I read https://tildes.net/~tech/qp6/my_hot_take_on_internet_privacy and was inspired to post this article I came across recently.

    The hackerist perspective is an attempt to alter technology for political reasons by repurposing technological artifacts without concerning oneself with altering the process that produced said technology.

    I read https://tildes.net/~tech/qp6/my_hot_take_on_internet_privacy and was inspired to post this article I came across recently.

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