Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

For the sake of our phones (and clothing) I hope the COVID-19 5G truthers setting fire to antennas in the UK never discover these apps use radio waves to track the infection.

I'm so happy I splurged for Penguin's high quality cloth hardcover of War and Peace (Briggs translation). It not only feels great in your hands, it has a silk ribbon bookmark! #booknerd

The article touches on some #privacy concerns, but much depends on this being voluntary. My concern is it will be false choice like many TSA rules: ie. you can "choose" to use the app and resume work/public life or "choose" to stay at home. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/04/10/apple-google-tracking-coronavirus/

Here's a practical COVID-19 challenge for makers: solve the consumer TP supply chain issues with a #3dprinted drill attachment that would let you re-spool an empty consumer TP tube from the giant (now plentiful) commercial rolls so people could do it at home.

"Why do you wear a mask?"

"They are terribly comfortable, I think everyone will be wearing them in the future."

Can this really be the first time my son has seen Princess Bride? Inconceivable!

Managers new to work-from-home: this is an opportunity to learn how to measure productivity properly. If you just translate your flawed butts-in-seats metric for faces-on-Zoom, you are doing it wrong. Level up, extend trust, and measure output, not presence.

I expected a run on TP, cleaner and flour. I didn't anticipate the run on chest freezers, Nintendo Switch consoles and War and Peace.

One down, ten to go. It was fascinating to learn about early civilizations including ancient Sumeria, Egypt, Babylon, Israel, India, China and Japan. Next up: volume two and ancient Greece!

Based on my weekly grocery run everyone in my town has learned how to bake (shelves have plenty of bread, no baking supplies) but not how to make soup (no canned soup, plenty of fresh veggies and meat/bones).

Remember that Big Data companies redefine #privacy to mean private to others, not private to them. They still see and store your personal data:

"No personally identifiable information, such as an individual's location, contacts or movement, will be made available at any point"

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/coronavirus-live-updates-us-death-toll-tops-6000/story

If there were any doubt my van is the ultimate survival vehicle, look what I just found in there! #liquidgold #vanlife

If you want free research on a topic, post a slightly inaccurate statement about it on a social media account with a female avatar.

If you want free pentesting by security experts, become the de facto product they all must use during a global pandemic.

Wow, hand sanitizer is surprisingly easy to make, arguably easier than lemonade. Two parts 90% rubbing alcohol, one part 100% aloe, a few drops of essential oil for fragrance, stir, pour in dispenser.

TIL that creating a train wreck is a specific crime that carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. This should give many technology companies pause. https://abc7.com/officials-engineer-tried-to-smash-train-into-usns-mercy/6069395/

Attacks like this are likely not limited to Zoom (it just has #infosec attention now). If your computer has a hardware kill switch (HKS), disable camera+mic except during video conferences. If you don't have a HKS, cover the camera in between uses: https://9to5mac.com/2020/04/01/new-zoom-bugs-takeover-macs-cam-mic-root/

I keep waiting for someone to step up and give us the definitive COVID-19 lockdown Rump Shaker parody. I'll get you started: All I wanna do is Zoom Zoom Zoom Zoom in my guest room.

When you are waiting in line to enter Costco, and they remove the toilet paper sign from the Sold Out billboard. #jackpot

If you made it this far, thank you! Live posting this felt kind of like having you here with me in while I brewed during lockdown. Also thanks to Grainfather for making my brew day so much simpler and about 2 hours faster!