Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

@darthwayne Awesome!

@timhildred @linuxjournal Exploring options, but I love the feel of a real book.

I can't speak for the rest of the @linuxjournal archive, but I own the decade+ worth of articles I wrote. A lot of them are just as relevant today (I refer to them myself quite often). Would anyone be interested in some kind of "Best of Hack and /" polished and updated compilation?

The Register covered my article announcing @linuxjournal closing and included a number of quotes from my first goodbye that add extra context. https://www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/2019/08/08/linux_journal_closes_again_editor_says_os_buried_under_proprietary_software/

@lufthans For peat's sake!

Here's to an amazing 25 year run @linuxjournal, cheers!

I'm so sorry to say it, but today @linuxjournal closed down for good. As you can imagine we are all so sad that this is the end. You can read my final goodbye here:
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-journal-ceases-publication-awkward-goodbye

I had accepted that machines will take over many jobs in the coming decades but tasting whisky? That's the last straw. https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/08/is-that-rare-whiskey-bottle-the-real-deal-this-artificial-tongue-can-make-the-call/

@thegrugq @Viss Each server is run by different moderators with potentially different rules or plugins enabled.

Some servers are topical and attract specific interests, so their local timelines have more signal/noise for locals, others (like Librem One) are for everyone and in Librem One's case timelines are disabled altogether.

Think mail servers w/ different policies/spam rules. Some people just run their own, others outsource to others. Regardless everyone can communicate.

The lengths some will go to escape vendor lock-in: Two men bribed AT&T employees over $1 million to install malware that unlocked iPhones. https://www.zdnet.com/article/at-t-employees-took-bribes-to-plant-malware-on-the-companys-network/

My #FOSS roots must run deep, because I just bought a corded jigsaw to avoid the vendor lock-in from the incompatible lithium ion battery systems in modern power tools.

The quid pro quo between Ring (gets police 911 data) and the police (gets access to Ring customer devices) is more troubling then either arrangement by itself. #privacy https://gizmodo.com/cops-are-giving-amazons-ring-your-real-time-911-data-1836883867

It's not too late for bug bounty companies to source practical grasshopper-plague-related swag. Swatters, bug spray, mesh netting: #infosec #plagueoflocusts #defcon #blackhat https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/us/grasshoppers-vegas.html

Paige should have watched Hackers. You don't hack a bank across state lines from your house, you'll get nailed by the FBI. Posting evidence on your personal Github is universally stupid. https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/29/capital-one-data-breach/