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snippy commentary 

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The S in IOT is for Security

"It's commonplace now for companies to ship devices that take control away from you. In this case I was able to take control back."

puri.sm/posts/the-s-in-iot-is-

It's `date` already, why is UTF-8 still so hard?

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So I spent the last few hours on taking pictures of cats with the rear camera of my Librem 5. Yep, that's my job now.

All credit for the camera support goes to Dorota, Martin and Angus: source.puri.sm/Librem5/linux-n @merge @purism

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"Police are warning students and universities not to access Sci-Hub, an "illegal website" that allows users to download scientific research papers normally locked behind expensive subscriptions."

Very bad indeed. That name again: Sci-Hub. Remember it so you can avoid it. Ahem.

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@fribbledom truly horrifying crimes would be accessing library genesis, which not only has scientific information but also university-level textbooks (gasp) searchable by author, title, edition, IBSN etc. and available from several mirrors!
I just don't know how Pearson survives really, they're basically *giving* the eBooks away

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mirrored from twitter 

I love how @blender record the whole movie making process as showcase for new features. I can't wait till I have the time to actually learn to use the thing.

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This, plus the uncertainty in scholarship/financial support from the local government really gives me second thoughts about postponing my master study until post-covid, even if I get accepted. On the other hand, getting a job working exclusively free software is equally hard, especially when I'm lacking expertise in lower-level computing and relevant theoretical knowledge.

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I find it funny that I still call the Meta/Super/Windows key as "flag" because during my first experiences with computer the Windows logo looked like a flag.

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What a gift that keeps on giving: torrentfreak.com/adobe-goes-af

At this point I have serious issues distinguishing what's real and what's parody: they're all equally absurd and nonsensical.

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In case you are bored and want to help the mobile phone ecosystem: gnome-usage's graph creation sucks 86% of the #pinephone CPU's lifeblood. Slash that little vampire! #gnome #linux

Just downloaded a 10 MB rar ball which contains a 1 MB epub.

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