nerd7473 @nerd7473@librem.one

I deactivated my #Facebook account. I had been using it to try and spread #cybersecurity and #privacy tips to friends and family; to make myself available. After 3 years of trying to spread awareness and inform people, it slowly became obvious that they didn't "want" to know when #Meta abused their access to information, or what things they could do to be safe. If it meant any amount of slight inconvenience or action on their part, they didn't care, so I left and probably won't be back.

Typst: An easy to learn alternative for LaTex

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Trump shooter used Android phone from Samsung; cracked by Cellebrite in 40 min https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/18/trump-shooter-android-phone-cellebrite/

So my brother-in-law lost his job because of the #Crowdstrike issue. He works on ships that sail out of New Orleans and when he gets to come in he flies home. He went to Nashville like normal to catch his flight back down to New Orleans but all flights had been cancelled. He tried to rent a car but couldn't rent a car either and the ship had a schedule to keep so he lost his position on the boat.

The breadth of the impact of one bad update from one vendor should tell us something.

Firefox 128 Criticized for Including Small Test of 'Privacy-Preserving' Ad Tech by Default - "Many people over the past few days have been lashing out at Mozilla," writes the... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/07/20/0510233/firefox-128-criticized-for-including-small-test-of-privacy-preserving-ad-tech-by-default?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #firefox

Azure US Central is down https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status?date=18july2024

Bangladesh is in the midst of a near-total internet shutdown

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UK teen arrested in connection to MGM hack - Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Police in ... - https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/19/24202142/uk-teen-mgm-hack-arrested-fbi

Make a simple watch for @m5stack M5StickC with clock and date!

Instructions: https://bit.ly/4bRr6Bs

#Arduino #wifi #BLE

Moderation is always the least exciting part and can also be the most time-consuming. To help you manage this, PeerTube v6.2 not only adds a new page listing all the comments made on your videos, which you can now approve manually, but also the ability to create word lists that will automatically put comments containing them in the moderation queue!

#peertube #moderation

The main thing that #Mastodon needs to fix for me now is the broken #mute function.

For some reason they removed the short-mute option, which was one of the main things I liked about the mute-a-person capability.

You can't mute someone for less than 24hrs now. :(

#MastodonUX #shortMute @Mastodon

What is CrowdStrike, and what happened? - Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

On Fri... - https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/19/24201864/crowdstrike-outage-explained-microsoft-windows-bsod

This Week in Security: Snowflake, The CVD Tension, and Kaspersky’s Exit — And Breaking BSOD - In the past week, AT&T has announced an absolutely massive data breach. This i... - https://hackaday.com/2024/07/19/this-week-in-security-snowflake-the-cvd-tension-and-kasperskys-exit-and-breaking-bsod/ #thisweekinsecurity #hackadaycolumns #securityhacks #breakingbsod #snowflake #news

Peertube 6.2 can automatically create subtitles for videos using an artificial intelligence engine called "Whisper." This new feature can be enabled by PeerTube admins to automatically generate subtitles for newly published videos. The creation of subtitles can also be triggered on demand, allowing administrators to create subtitles for videos published before PeerTube 6.2.

#peertube #whisper #subtitkes

How to Display eBook Thumbnails in Nautilus (Quick Tip)

I recently rediscovered my Amazon Kindle (a geriatric model from 2012, nothing fancy) and figured, as it still works, I’ll use it, and set about downloading a freely available EPUBs of classic (and not-so-classic – I’m a pulpy-kinda guy) literature. They say never judge a book by its cover – but it is useful to be able to distinguish a book by its cover! Thing is: my old Amazon Kindle can’t open EPUB files1, so I have to use the open-source eBook tool Calibre to convert them into either the AZW3 format my antiquated Kindle requires, or the more versatile
#HowTo #Calibre #Ebook #Ebooks #Epub #Kindle

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/07/how-to-display-ebook-thumbnails-in-nautilus

What would it take to recreate Bell Labs? https://www.construction-physics.com/p/what-would-it-take-to-recreate-bell

The FCC wants to force carriers to unlock phones within 60 days - Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Th... - https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/18/24201455/fcc-carriers-unlock-cell-phones-jail-calls-e-rate-hotspots-schools

Using OpenCV To Catch a Hungry Thief - [Scott] has a neat little closet in his carport that acts as a shelter and rest ar... - https://hackaday.com/2024/07/18/using-opencv-to-catch-a-hungry-thief/ #softwaredevelopment #motiondetection #videohacks #flirboson #catfood #opencv #cat

Devs need system design tools, not diagramming tools

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FTC blasts Microsoft’s new ‘degraded’ Xbox Game Pass Standard tier and price increases https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/18/24201576/ftc-microsoft-xbox-game-pass-price-increases-standard-tier #news