Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

@mayread3 I only started weaving as a hobby a year ago but I find it to be a really nice and relaxing way to spend some of my free time. It's a great departure from my day job and exercises a different part of my brain.

I've also found it to be really rewarding (and appreciated) to gift things I've made, so I've ended up devoting more of my free time than normal during the holiday season to weaving so I can make presents!

Desktop-sized Fully Automatic Loom is an Electromechanical Marvel
https://hackaday.com/2022/11/28/desktop-sized-fully-automatic-loom-is-an-electromechanical-marvel/ #weaving #electromechanical #hackaday

@artcollisions Dibs!

While I'm not going to quit my day job and get into the handwoven/handsewn purse business, if I did, I'd name my company Totes Adorbs. #weaving #sewing

You should be mindful of the degree to which vendors can remotely control the hardware and software you buy.

Even if you are privileged enough to live in a country where the government doesn't force vendors to push features that squash public dissent and protests, or aid government surveillance, there is no guarantee it will always be that way. If the capability is there, some will be tempted to (ab)use it. #privacy #surveillance

Then he posted some words designed to get engagement,
Around fediverse that triggered enragement.
Abuse! Politics! Violence! Trolling!
Eye contact! Food! The Grinch kept on going.
And he fired up bots, Then the Grinch, as he roused them,
Liked all his posts, one by one, by the thousands.
Then he slunk to his profile, to watch what he loosed,
He'd get more engagement, he'd get all the boosts!

@kashhill Hashtags actually do mean something on this platform and after following interesting people (and possibly people they boost), searching for and following hashtags (and using them yourself) is the next way to find interesting conversations. Many people also put hashtags in their profile to advertise the types of topics they discuss. For instance searching #privacy would likely turn up quite a few conversations.

@IPXFong Compared to the Stahly razors, the Fat Boy handle seems positively tiny! At least the way I hold my razors, the size of the handle hasn't even been something I've noticed. There *is* a subtle difference shaving with it compared to my Slim on the same setting, but that also could just be slight differences in technique when holding the two razors.

@mayread3 Thank you!

@juliette Thank you! As an aside: you can tell Star Trek writers aren't weavers because they think "warp speed" is fast. #weaving #startrek

Project use-up-the-rest-of-this-warp is well under way. I decided to weave enough fabric for another tote so the warp doesn't go to waste and this time I'm going with a color scheme inspired by leaves (brown, green, orange and red). I don't have any plans for this tote so I'm actually just going to weave the fabric and then set it aside so I can get to the other weaving projects in my queue. #weaving

@hacks4pancakes [Context of these questions is around attackers who gain access to exploit later vs those who take advantage immediately.]

What are the average incubation times between an attacker getting a foothold in a system and discovery? Are there particular things they do that blow their cover?

@Kymberly The closest to a solution I know of is to tie temporary heddles using loops of thread (many floor loom weaving books have examples of how to tie one-off heddles). Then you can move the mis-threaded warp to those temporary heddles and remove them once you are done weaving.

"This is task number one," The old Grinchy man hissed,
And he followed all people on that timeline's list.
Then he slid down the timeline, the app was a cinch.
If FOSS geeks could do it, then so could the Grinch.
He got stuck only once, for a moment or two,
When he wanted to thread, didn't know what to do.
Then he drafted some posts all lined up in a row.
"Content warnings," he grinned, "are the first things to go!"

THEN he loaded some tabs, and he made a domain,
On a ramshackle instance, and he gave it a name.
Then the Grinch said, "First post!" and his posts started down,
Toward the timelines where Toots lay asnooze in their town.
All their windows were closed. No new posts filled the air.
All the Toots were all dreaming sweet dreams without care.
When he came to the first instance down on the square.