Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

We're just a grasshopper nation wondering why we can't have the same outcome as ant nations without putting in the work.

@murph I take pictures, keep them offline, and share with family/friends via a private self-hosted album under my full control, just like you would an old-fashioned photo album you'd bring out when the grandparents come over.

@crunklord420 There can be good reasons to have an online persona associated with your real identity. I'm making a calculated risk when it comes to managing my own online persona.

I appreciate this view might seem radical to some. But I prefer people get my consent before posting pictures of me, and I'm extending the same courtesy to my child, recognizing he can't yet consent. I err on the side of not sharing, since you can't unring that bell.

You don't own your child's persona. You are entrusted with protecting it. Their images belong to them, sharing them w/o consent (age of consent rules apply here) could harm their future when they take ownership of their permanent online record.

I'm glad to see mainstream pieces on the #privacy issues behind sharing kid pics. I treat my child's online persona like a financial trust in his name: I am a trustee charged to manage/protect it until he is old enough to take ownership. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/07/27/four-things-keep-mind-when-posting-about-your-kids-online/

So now car companies will be faced with the choice of harvesting and selling our data, or leaving money on the table and facing shareholder wrath. Does @purism needs to make a car with hardware kill switches? #privacy https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7jpmp/car-companies-want-to-monitor-your-every-move-with-emotion-detecting-ai

Apple may say it's doing something because of privacy or security, but it always comes back to control: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/24/apple-find-my-competition/

I'm excited to announce that our Librem 14 laptop will now feature BIOS and EC flash chip write protection via a dip switch on the motherboard: https://puri.sm/posts/librem-14-features-bios-and-ec-write-protection/

I've been using a cheap repeater to boost Wifi in my van, but I just replaced it w/ a USB WiFi card w/ a weatherproof antenna mounted under my cellular booster. Inside it's connected to my RPi media PC and the onboard RPi WiFi is configured as an access point. #vanlife #geeklife

@yaelwrites I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on an older piece I wrote back when they were called "systems administrators" and whether you think career arcs have changed between now and then: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/sysadmin-101-leveling

@spacemanspiffy Gnome Web creates a special configuration sandbox just for this website (so no linkage to other settings or bookmarks or cookies) and creates a corresponding .desktop link that opens Gnome Web to that website inside that config sandbox. Still needs web access though.

I discovered http://cardgames.io games work great on my #Librem5 as a Gnome Web local app with its own launcher icon. While I already had solitaire and other games, this adds games like cribbage that don't have a native Linux app.

In related news: scruffy, fast-healing Canadian man was abducted outside "bike lock" factory. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2249275-material-that-cannot-be-cut-would-make-the-ultimate-bike-lock/

I'm moving up in the world: I just got a cold LinkedIn solicitation to start my own pizza franchise. What can I say? I'm just a straight shooter with upper management written all over me.

@johns @purism email support@puri.sm

I finished War and Peace! What a surprise ending! #spoilers

I did not expect it to end with a philosophical essay on the contrasting forces of necessity and free will and the impact of that conflict on the science of history as compared to harder sciences. This book has it all!

We are continually disappointed by false promises of mobile convergence. My thoughts on why: real convergence means taking your desktop computer with you wherever you go. Fake convergence is the opposite: stretching a phone to fit a larger screen. #Librem5 https://puri.sm/posts/investing-in-real-convergence/