keverets @keverets@librem.one
Joined Jun 2019
@Chrishallbeck for you to eat, or just smell?
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"I only go on Twitter to find people's Mastodon account info" is the new "I only use IE to download Chrome".
@dexter what's the motivation with this one?
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Kids this is a reminder to collect physical copies of your favorite media. Corporations will axe your favorite show/movie/book in front of its family and make it a felony to retrieve it. Have a library.
@m unfortunately there is not a global solution. Some jurisdictions having good local solutions and some having terrible ones is still a problem, and one that desperately needs solving for many people (but not everyone).
Cryptocurrency had promise to be that global solution, but the corruption and unanticipated costs (of several kinds) hobbled it.
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TIL: There is a cursed color in the Kodak ProPhoto RGB color space which, when converted to sRGB using pre-August-2020-Security-Update Android's image conversion routines, causes an integer overflow and a crash due to a rounding error. Some dude accidentally created an image (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gaurav_agrawal/48746079687/) which contains the cursed color on a single pixel. In 2020 if you set this image as your desktop on a Google or Samsung device, the device would brick & lose all onboard data https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXKvwPjCGnY
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Elon suspended the account tracking his private jet & the personal account of the college student running it -- who's now on Mastodon.
Follow: @elonjet
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Wikipediaβs best secret link: see articles about nearby places! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Nearby
@xaviers what model of TV is it?
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As I approach the end of the year, I wanted to look back and see how many projects I have contributed to (not counting the ones that I maintain). This usually happens because I notice an issue with a project. Generally I file an issue, it's rewarding to in and fix the issue myself, plus the issue gets fixed faster since the maintainer can review and click the "merge button"! This is especially so for documentation, it is very easy to just fix the documentation and file an MR.
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This is genius!
#Berlin is allowing cyclists to claim on-street parking spaces for their bikesβfor free.
At the same time, they're boosting the price of on-street parking for drivers.
That sends a very, very clear message.
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For those of you familiar with your seasonally-appropriate Stuart McLean canon.
(And for those who aren't familiar, are you in for a treat: https://www.canadianliving.com/life-and-relationships/canadian-living-books/article/cozy-up-to-this-short-story-from-the-classic-christmas-at-the-vinyl-cafe )
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Delta Chat is an #OpenSource messaging app that works over email @delta https://delta.chat/
Works on desktop/mobile with most every email provider https://providers.delta.chat/
Chat with folks who don't have Delta installed, just email.
Chat with bots (groups, etc) https://simplebot-org.github.io/simplebot-instances/
Share web apps in chat https://webxdc.org/
It can even be run anonymously off a flash drive https://lefherz.net/2022/08/28/how-to-setup-delta-chat-on-tails-in-4-steps/
10 Ways Delta Chat is Better than WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram https://pocketnow.com/10-ways-delta-chat-is-better-than-whatsapp-signal-and-telegram/
@moparisthebest from a third party seller on Amazon
@dlakelan @cross @mhoye exactly. A little imagination and many uses become viable. From big tech fighting for "live" distribution, to the stated common updates, to the existing IPTV "every 15 minutes start another stream of the most popular things", and beyond. Many people need the same data within a reasonable window in many instances. Not always the case, but common enough that the infrastructure could provide much more efficiency at low cost
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This tool that searches your Spotify playlists for the music on Bandcamp works great. Makes a nice list of what to get on today's #BandcampFriday where the revenue share is waived and it all goes to the artist.
@dlakelan @mhoye @cross 20 years ago the core network infrastructure supported IP level multicast. Super efficient for broadcast. But the stumbling block was that there was no incentive to use it especially at the edges since the primary charge method was for egress not ingress. That model collapses under multicast. Tech was there, lack of profit motive was the problem.
Needed a laptop replenishment since the old ones were dead & dying. Purchased a refurbished Lenovo #x230 (which has #coreboot & #libreboot options) and a #PineBookPro . Though the base price was similar, by the time the PBP was delivered it was 50% more expensive.
Though the PBP has a nicer feel and bigger screen, for my purposes (mainly a couch computer for web browsing, video playing, some light development work, and occasionally kid school needs) it isn't worth the premium.
Joined Jun 2019
