Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

One underreported downside to wearing a mask so much is that all this talking like Batman is wearing out my voice.

In a world full of bored pranksters willing to zoombomb en masse, a truly anonymous #COVID19 contact tracing app doesn't stand a chance. It'll only take a small number of trolls to make identification mandatory.

Today I was reminded of the time I remotely wiped a server over SSH and wrote about it for Linux Journal. I figured some of you might not have read it before and would find it entertaining: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/remotely-wipe-server

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.