I was contracted to work for a non-profit that helped teachers write and analyze student test scores for a few years. The non-profit ended when the CEO sold the company to another education company. The new education company has contracts with the department of defense in my country.

When I reflect upon the outcome. It would seem that the department of defense now has direct access to many more students who test scores are low. All lined up and analyzed. And I’m the one that automated the deployment of that system. I just quietly took my checks until my contract was no longer renewed.

From my point of view I did build a small part of the web. And I stood around and did nothing while the web/company/people around me were being consolidated. While the department of defense freely browsed some of the most vulnerable children/students in the country because they know poorer testing students are more likely to join the military for money.

A lot of people are going to die because of that analysis system in my opinion; And to me, that means I am responsible.

I accidentally stumbled upon the Wikipedia article about Sad Clowns when I was looking for that picture of the happy/sad face from theater.

I have mixed feelings about what I read today. :|

I liked using Matrix. I was lazy and didn’t fully set up the configuration. But it was really easy to replace discord with Element.

I’ve seen comments complaining that Element is the most used and if everyone uses Element it’ll be vulnerable to bad actors.

I like that I get to host the file and data myself. In my perfect world the local Internet Service Provider Co-op would host a matrix server so the town could still communicate/talk in case my town loses connection to the big city.

Sound really familiar to a Zero Knowledge Proof

I guess I’ll be the devil’s advocate today. 😈

I’ve seen some pretty serious phone “servers”.

I personally think that turning a phone into a device that can stay on 24/7 should be easy enough.

Finding software that works on your phone’s hardware… that’s a whole different beast. 😬