Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one
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Technical author, FOSS advocate, public speaker, Linux security & infrastructure geek, author of The Best of Hack and /: Linux Admin Crash Course, Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks and many other books, ex-Linux Journal columnist.
Joined Apr 2019
@yaelwrites Some folks have difficulty figuring out how to accept generosity. I imagine it is more that than a flaw in your generosity.
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Mysterious root CA TrustCor dropped by Mozilla and Microsoft. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/30/trustcor-internet-authority-mozilla/
@matthew_d_green It starts out being true because the upstart has to be competitive with alternatives. Once they get market dominance they can use network effects and lock in to maintain it, so less urgency to improve the product/service. This is when you start to see new features/UI revamps that no one asked for and everyone dislikes.
With decentralized systems and open protocols ppl can easily switch to competition and do. With free software they can even undo/fork anti-features.
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In the 13th century a 7 year old schoolboy named Onfim doodled on his birch bark. He drew himself as a warrior & as “a wild beast” and scribbled a greeting to his friend Daniel.
These are his drawings, unearthed by archaeologists near Novgorod, Russia #history
The final tote fabric is done! This makes four different totes I was able to make from the same warp. This fabric I'm going to set aside and make into a tote some time after I'm done with the rest of my holiday projects. I'm definitely ready to start on something else. Next up: twill patterned scarf. #weaving
@royal So many tips!
* How to Brew by Palmer has all the base foundational info you need
* Get a basic brewing starter kit w/ bucket from brewing store
* If you like cider, it is even easier to learn fermentation process, basically juice + sugar + yeast + time
* Start with a pre-measured, pre-made extract kit. They are high quality these days and provide step-by-step instructions and are easy to make
* Focus on sanitization 1st, then fermentation temp control. Critical for good beer.
@Viss That is the major (user facing) problem with binary blob drivers that can't be in the mainline kernel. They eventually stop being maintained by the vendor and can't be picked up by anyone else. Same reason those random ARM SoC RPi competitors and old Android phones eventually become un-updateable.
@paulietoes I personally use the Cawbird client on my Librem 5 to access Twitter and it seems to work pretty well (and shows me ad-free chronological timelines!)
@geminiimatt Welcome!
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Wow, after 25 years of Unix experience, I learned that you can filter output in #less.
Press ampersand (&) and enter a regex to show only lines matching the regex.
Press ampersand (&) and then exclamation mark (!) to apply an inverse filter.
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Last week an update arrived in PureOS with improvements for #Librem5 call audio. You should be more legible to your interlocutors during calls; also, the phone now automatically switches to external wired microphone once connected. The whole audio path went through a big overhaul, allowing for hardware volume control with zero-cross and reducing unnecessary amplification that could cause distortions.
Haven't seen people complaining about the changes so far - that's a good sign :)
@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
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A recent scoop by Reuters revealed that mobile apps for the U.S. Army and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were integrating software that sends visitor data to a Russian company called Pushwoosh, which claims to be based in the United States.
But that story omitted an important historical detail about Pushwoosh: In 2013, one of its developers admitted to authoring the Pincer Trojan, malware designed to surreptitiously intercept and forward text messages from Android mobile devices. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/11/u-s-govt-apps-bundled-russian-code-with-ties-to-mobile-malware-developer/
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Technical author, FOSS advocate, public speaker, Linux security & infrastructure geek, author of The Best of Hack and /: Linux Admin Crash Course, Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks and many other books, ex-Linux Journal columnist.
Joined Apr 2019
