Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one
Joined Aug 2019
I'd like to have something that automatically convert links to the #privacy preserving version in the browser. Like play #youtube links in #invidious, etc. There seems to be things like #UntrackMe but for me the question is which one to trust, is maintained, works well enough, etc. Once I find a tool that I think it generally applicable, then I work to get it into #Debian so its easy for others to make this decision. Is there a browser extension for this that is worth getting into Debian?
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@discord "Server"
(Maybe "channel", "instance", "forum", etc. would be more accurate, but OTOH maybe their use of this word was also partially the reason for its success, given that it clearly but quite incorrectly purports a level of control for "server" "owners".)
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🎉 We're growing! Our global #FDroid community is pleased to announce that we now have an official governance plan and a brand-new volunteer Board of Directors. We're excited to work with them to keep improving the leading all #FOSS mobile app catalogue!
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A left-wing conspiracy theory about the 1980 election was that GOPers convinced Iran to hold onto the hostages to sabotage Jimmy Carter's re-election.
Holy crap; it was actually true.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/us/politics/jimmy-carter-october-surprise-iran-hostages.html
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Anybody has any long-term uptime / availability statistics for Debian repos and mirrors?
I have a feeling they might be more stable than Fastly or AWS or Google infra, all of which had major outages over the last year.
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Educating our new generations (girls and boys!) to be creative, handy and able to change software according to their needs is also crucial to achieve #genderequality and #digitalequity. One way to do it? Our book 'Ada&Zangemann'!
➡️ https://lnkd.in/dYnxbenT
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.
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RT @Grady_Booch
Let me get this straight:
@OpenAI has developed a powerful AI.
They will not disclose its architecture or its training data.
They want to control the development of their own evaluation frameworks.
They want us to trust them to be its steward.
I have a problem with this. https://twitter.com/kondrich2/status/1635687409668227072
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One of the #last #wild #rivers in #Europe , home to more than 1,000 #animal and #plant #species , has been #declared a #NationalPark by the #Albanian #government , making the #Vjosa the #first of its kind on the continent.
The #VjosaRiver flows 168 miles (270kms) from the #Pindus mountains in #Greece through narrow #canyons , #plains and #forests in #Albania to the #Adriatic coast
#GoodNews #environmental #ecosystems #biodiversity #ecology #MotherEarth #conservation
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Auf dem Balkan gefährden hunderte geplante Staudammprojekte die Artenvielfalt - und das, um Ökostrom zu produzieren. (Dabei käme der Ausbau von Solar- und Windenergie meist billiger.) In Albanien haben Anrainergemeinden, Umweltschützer und Wissenschaftlerinnen jetzt einen wichtigen Erfolg erzielt: An der Vjosa soll Europas erster Wildfluss-Nationalpark entstehen. Eine Reportage von Horst Hamm.
#vjosa #wasserkraft #oekostrom #RiverWatch #euronatur #artenschutz #albanien #balkanRivers
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Random first trial post: today, March 14th, is the 29th anniversary of the Linux 1.0 announcement.
Of course, there are other arguably more important dates in Linux history, but this is one of them.
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.
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Greece adopts new rules on #RouterFreedom 🎉!
The @fsfe acknowledges the efforts of EETT introducing freedom of terminal equipment in Greece.
We regret that this decision is excluding FTTH, but consumers will be better served with this regulation.
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"too big to fail"
"never should have been allowed to grow this big in the first place"
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Our initiative Laptops for Ukraine has just gathered an additional 13,000 digital devices!
Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we have already shipped 12,000 devices such as laptops, mobile phones, and tablets through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. The new devices will be transported in the coming weeks.
These devices will support schools, hospitals, and municipalities affected by the war.
Head to LaptopsForUkraine.com for more information on how to donate.
Joined Aug 2019
