#thursdaythankful — Public Fediverse posts
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Our handheld computers with cameras are very convenient for snapping a photo and sending it where we want to use it.
But in passing the photo through multiple stops, some of which we don't control, we invite surveillance and analysis of our photos.
#ScrambledExif can't entirely avoid that but I am #ThursdayThankful for its automated stripping of metadata (that I rarely need, and certainly don't want collected by "platforms" and other snoops) before saving the file.
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.jarsilio.android.scrambledeggsif/
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Whether it was the months-long lockdowns in recent years, or just an evening to relax and browse what media we've downloaded:
I am #ThursdayThankful for the #Kodi project. https://kodi.tv/ @Kodi
We can manage media as files in folders, or use the metadata to browse and queue. The interface is beautiful on a big screen, and everything is sensible with a remote control.
Enjoying media without #SurveillancePlatform or #DigitalRestrictionManagement cuffs.
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Pre-dating Markdown and more general-purpose by design, the reStructuredText format is part of #Docutils; greatly expanded on by the #SphinxDoc project.
Both are #FreeSoftware and exemplars of practical, community design projects.
I'm #ThursdayThankful for #reST: a sensible, readable plain-text markup format with thoughtful design to make it unobtrusive and semantically powerful.