Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one

@rysiek you might be able to get that kind of data from https://ftp.fau.de/cgi-bin/show-ftp-stats.cgi

After using #NeXTSTEP/#macOS from 1994-2012, I reached the same conclusion as Ken Thompson: "I've become more and more depressed, and what #Apple is doing to something that should allow you to work is just atrocious... And I have come, within the last month or two, to say, even though I've invested, you know, a zillion years in Apple — I'm throwing it away. And I'm going to Linux. To #Raspbian in particular." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaandEt_pKw&t=3473s

As a #Debian #Developer, I'd like to say: Welcome!

It is refreshing to see a very different #UX in the Techless Wisephone https://techless.com/products/wisephone, reminds me of the Light Phone. The #BigTech #mobile experience is designed around people having many apps and doing as much as possible via their phone. I want my mobile device to do very specific things well, and otherwise stay out of the way. Freeing the mobile ecosystem means giving people real choices of mobile experiences.

It would be nice to have a #homebrew package for https://gitlab.com/fdroid/sdkmanager, I have no access to #macOS, but I can assist. It should be easy, it has very minimal dependencies.

Do you sometimes just want one tool from the #AndroidSDK in a container or VM, and don't want to deal with the whole pain of setting up #Java and everything? Try the #FDroid sdkmanager instead of the official one. For example, `apt-get install sdkmanager` then `sdkmanager platform-tools`. Plus this verifies all packages using `apt-get` style GPG-signed index with SHA256 values. Useful in #research on #Android #malware #tracking etc. In pypi, Debian, Ubuntu, and https://gitlab.com/fdroid/sdkmanager/

One of the hidden benefits of using #NoScript is that it forces delays when going to sites that are a rabbit hole of distractions. While temporarily enabling #Javascript for a site, I often ask myself, "do I really need to see this?" And often, the answer is no. And that makes me happy. Humankind has worked for millenia to make information accessible. Now I think sometimes we've made it too easy, especially for distracting fluff.

Hey #plant people: anyone know a good source to see photos of house plants in their native habitat? Like I'm a big fan of #cyclamen, I thought they were tropical because they're so colorful. Turns out they are #native right here where I live. I have a very nice #shamrock, and I'm wondering what they look like in #nature.

@PublicLewdness I agree, but I think it is important to highlight that VPNs are a tool that has really bad failure modes for #privacy. If the provider fails, they can leak an immense amount of personally identifiable information on their users. Good privacy tools eliminate key metadata from data flows. It is possible to have tools where the failure modes are mostly just denial of service, e.g. there is no personally identifiable information to leak.

@lcannell @Siberian the #US could instead bail out the depositor companies by taking an ownership stake, in which case they would not fail, and then it would not come out of the FDIC bank fees. I suppose this is better than 2008, since the bank owners are not being bailed out. But I still think back room deals to bail out private companies is corrupt. If FDIC insurance for all deposits is a good thing, then change the laws and regulations to make it so.

@Siberian @lcannell

Bailing out #SVB depositors means that the insurance premiums go up for all depositors. FDIC money comes from banks paying insurance premiums. #SVB is getting special treatment. I think we're back to #TooBigToFail, this time the #SiliconValley is taking the lead, not #WallStreet.

Plus #SVB was actually fighting against expanded deposit insurance, so why should the banking system bail out depositors in such a bank? https://www.levernews.com/svbs-lobby-groups-fought-proposal-to-bolster-deposit-insurance/

@lcannell There are many tools to manage financial risk, I've never heard of buying extra #FDIC coverage. But a quick search for "private deposit insurance" shows many options. Isn't the #US supposed to be a #capitalist system built around private enterprise? That's the typical story, but the truth lies somewhere else.