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Tim Mak  

#CANADA TO TRANSFER BANNED #FIREARMS TO #UKRAINE: Canada is negotiating with Ukraine to transfer some of the 324 firearms recently banned in the country. The Canadian government believes these weapons belong on the front lines rather than in the hands of hunters or sport shooters.

apnews.com/article/canada-fire

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keverets  

@neil @jorgesanz we use it heavily for the kids to write and talk to trusted family and friends.

Soon they're going to want to communicate off-server as they grow, so hoping there's an account type between "unrestricted" and "limited" by then. Something where on-server is all open, but limited accounts off-server that can come in that are easily managed

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Neil Brown  

Over a year ago, I wrote ”A month using XMPP (using Snikket) for every call and chat”.

For something like 15 months now, Sandra and I have used XMPP via @snikket_im for probably 99.9% of our calls, messages, and video chats, running on an Intel NUC.

We both use the Snikket mobile app, and I also use @dino and @profanity in Linux.

Perhaps a fun holiday / weekend project, if you want family-friendly, self-hosted, #E2EE communications?

#XMPP #SelfHosting #FOSS #Linux

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Dave Griffiths  

TIL those flickering LED tealights are often made with music chips from old greeting cards as the source of "randomness" instructables.com/Listen-to-a-

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Chad - x :mstdn:  

‘A new report on foreign interference in Canada has confirmed that a Russian disinformation operation has been producing content with the purpose of “boosting support for Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre and undermining support for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.”’

Foreign interference: Playing dumb doesn’t keep Canadians safe | CultMTL

#cdnpoli #canpoli

cultmtl.com/2024/10/foreign-in

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The Register  

Open source router firmware project OpenWrt ships its own entirely repairable hardware

'Forever unbrickable' Wi-Fi 6 box from Banana Pi comes packaged or in kit form Open source Wi-Fi router project OpenWrt and the Software Freedom Conservancy have delivered their first jointly developed hardware platform – the OpenWrt One – and are trumpeting it as a triumph of the right to repair mov…
#theregister #IT
go.theregister.com/feed/www.th

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Software Freedom Conservancy  

First Router Designed Specifically For OpenWrt Released — New OpenWrt One on sale now for $89 — Ultimate Gift for Right-To-Repair Enthusiasts 

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Wonder of Science  

Time-lapse of the Sun circling the horizon at the South Pole during early March.

Video credit: Robert Schwarz
Source: vimeo.com/208466944

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Christine Lemmer-Webber  

Yes, you can host your own PDS. You can also host your own blog. But try hosting your own PDS and NOT hosting a relay or AppView and you can't do much.

Blogs are decentralized, Google is not.
PDS'es are decentralized, Bluesky is not.

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Christine Lemmer-Webber  

How Decentralized Is Bluesky Really? dustycloud.org/blog/how-decent

A technical deep-dive, since people have been asking me for my thoughts. I'll expand a bit on some of the key points here in a thread. 🧵

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David Sullivan  

A thermostat using the #esphome climate platform.

Gets temp data from a #homeassistant entity that is the average of many temp sensors. If that's unavailable, it uses the on-board temp sensor.

Could be minimized to just the #esp32 and relay, and use home assistant's interface but I want a device that can also be used if my #homeassistant is down.

Parts: Lolin C3 pico, a relay, SHTC3 temp sensor, OLED display, buttons.

yaml: gist.github.com/tkroo/014696ae

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keverets  

Interesting discussion of different end of life methods and their environmental impact:

"Living Planet: Deep Dive: How eco-friendly funerals are changing traditions"
dw.com/en/deep-dive-how-eco-fr

Turns out the human composting is still illegal everywhere in Canada (but not some states like Washington), but embalming and licensed funeral services are not required:

ontario.ca/page/arrange-funera

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Laura "Tegan" Gjovaag ⛈  

If you're on BlueSky and want to bridge to Mastodon, follow @ap.brid.gy

That's it. Nothing to install, no terms of service to sign, no complicated garbage. If you want to stop, just block @ap.brid.gy

Details here: fed.brid.gy/docs

If you want to bridge your account to BlueSky, simply follow this account: @bsky.brid.gy

Why am I encouraging this? Because when BlueSky inevitably goes bad, people there will have friends in the Fediverse to help them move here.

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Jesse Skinner  

Boost this toot if you're planning on sticking around Mastodon whether or not it's more popular than Bluesky.

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Hacker Memes  

can’t win them all i guess

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keverets  

Just found out about the IKEA Inspelning electrical plug that can integrate with and is relatively inexpensive but immediately available.

Will need to give one a try. I don't yet have any zigbee devices, so open to suggestions on the best way to integrate those into the system.

ikea.com/ca/en/p/inspelning-pl

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keverets  

@underlap if privacy is a concern, then avoiding centralized services based in the Unites States is probably a good idea. There are many alternatives with self-hosting if you're able, or using services based in the EU which have stronger privacy laws and enforcement (which also affects US-based services but generally only for people residing in the EU).

Some alternatives to the common ones are listed at: switching.software/

@timbray

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Tim Bray  

New* on the blog: “Privacy, Why?” tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/20

It argues that a lockable front door is a key benefit of civilization. And I think it offers useful talking points for anyone who finds themselves having to defend their desire for privacy.

[*Well, not *that* new; it’s adapted from a piece I wrote in 2013 but published elsewhere.]

#Privacy

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Andreas F.  

"It took 68 years for the world to reach 1 terawatt of solar PV capacity. It took just two years to double it"

#solar #ClimateChange #renewables

reneweconomy.com.au/it-took-68

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tef  

anyway, "world standards day", to celebrate international standards, was on october the 14th

unless you're in america, in which case it's next week, the 14th of november

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