Ethan Black @golemwire@librem.one

Vim as an Electron app

Gotta say, the Single Unix Specification is pretty SUS.

Ok, I'll leave.

PC Mag - October 2004
https://books.google.com/books?id=ApuK7-wXQnYC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=twopage&q&f=false

If you're creating a username on PeerTube, don't use dots (i.e. full stops, periods, points).

Dots in usernames break compatibility with other Fediverse servers, and people won't be able to follow your account from outside PeerTube.

#PeerTube #Fediverse

If you're an #Apple user, apparently today is a good day to update your stuff.

https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/17/iphone-ipad-mac-zero-days/

Are you looking for accounts to follow on here?

There are three directories you should have a look at:

▸ Trunk - A community-run opt-in directory which people can add themselves to, with lots of categories and people listed. Link is https://communitywiki.org/trunk

▸ Fediverse.info - Keyword based opt-in directory, people can add themselves with hashtags in their profiles. Link is https://fediverse.info/explore/people

▸ FediFollows - Human-curated directory of recommended follows, you can see the latest entries at @FediFollows and there's a directory by category at https://mastodon.online/@FediFollows/108521414258703203

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Follows

That's Miss Jackson if you're (spinning) rusty: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/janet-jacksons-rhythm-nation-is-officially-a-security-threat-for-some-old-laptops/

Coworker: Hey Mike, what's your desk phone number?
Me: Uhhh......
Me: <opens new email and reads phone number out of signature>
Me: 480-555-1234
Coworker: Thanks.
Me: <goes and gets more coffee>

Is it Monday? It feels like Monday.

Just a quick reminder to all that that neither #KDE nor #GNOME is better. GNOME is meant to be adaptive and out of your way, whereas #Plasma is meant to be familiar and user centric. Both fill each other's gaps really well.

They both regularly collaborate and push the same standards like Flatpak and Wayland. They don't compete with each other like they used to a long time ago.

https://phabricator.kde.org/T15652
https://phabricator.kde.org/T15633

#linux #gnu #opensource #foss

@RL_Dane Looking at pictures of old computers and playing with their software in emulators, I miss these machines I never had the privilege of using.
The lost days when computers were largely to-the-point and ethical... I hate having to worry about rights-violating engineering, updates, vulnerabilities and remote controlling. Ack!

If you have a Mastodon account and follow someone, the follow button will sometimes display a "Follow request sent" message.

Usually this is because the other account has follow approval switched on, which means its owner will manually decide whether to accept your follow request. This kind of account has a padlock 🔒 icon next to it on its profile page.

However... Mastodon also displays this "Follow request sent" message if something has gone wrong with the follow, especially if you're trying to follow someone on a non-Mastodon server.

Partially broken federation often causes Mastodon to display this message, for some reason.

If you see "follow request sent" when you try to follow someone, and they don't have a padlock 🔒 on their profile page, then it's likely that the follow didn't work properly.

If a follow doesn't work properly, try unfollowing them (or cancel the follow request), wait a bit, then click "follow" again.

#Mastodon #Following #FollowRequests

@technicalissues I'm going to go ahead and say that security-minded software should not use SMS as an authentication factor.

I'm trying to find out about the atrocities that computers / information technologies have enabled, for a lesson on computer ethics.

I know about IBM and the Holocaust (though further resources on that would be helpful), but what else is there?

#boostsappreciated #askfedi #history #genocide

Desiring less garbage has been a big motivator in my computing journey.