nerd7473 @nerd7473@librem.one

Exciting news! Our first #purismgamejam just went into the voting round. Check out the amazing 'symbiotic' themed games created by our community. These free software games showcase the power of open-source gaming. Play them now at https://itch.io/jam/free-software-purism-game-jam #OpenSource #Gaming #Purism

Librem 5: True freedom in your pocket. Privacy-first smartphone, no tracking, no data collection. Made in USA, runs PureOS. Starting at $699. Your data, your control. #Librem5 #PrivacyMatters
https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/

Your smartphone is a spy in your pocket. Choose freedom with Purism's Liberty Phone - made in USA, no data harvesting. #Purism #PureOS #PrivacyMatters
https://puri.sm/posts/your-phone-is-giving-away-more-than-you-ever-bargained-for/

Redox to implement POSIX signals in user space https://lwn.net/Articles/982186/ #tech #linux

Question: Am I the only one who is increasingly annoyed by excessive code dependencies? Python, Cargo, Perl, ...? https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2199009423 #opensource

Tabloid: The Clickbait Headline Programming Language (2021) https://tabloid.vercel.app/

Hot off the press... the gist seems to be that an LLM can give the illusion of progress while you're using it, but when you stop using it you can see that its impact is negative - pretty-much like excessive hints/scaffolding.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4895486

the first 70000 revisions where just the beginning: welcome to T2/Linux r70001 ;-) http://t2linux.com https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2199009423

KDE Plasma 6.1.3 desktop environment is a bugfix release focusing on fine-tuning and improving features across the board. Here's what's new!
https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-1-3-released/

#kde #plasma

It was a surprise climbing the #HomeAssistant learning curve that the _most obvious_ application for such a tool is so complex to do.

If users expect nothing else, they'd think the on-and-off controller functions delivered by one of these plug-in timers would be easy to duplicate.

HomeAssistant should make that use-case super easy. A look at community discussions/questions reveals it is a challenge for many newbies. Easy with experience, but still dozens of clicks and some coding required.

How the Bell System Was Built - We’ve often thought that while going to the moon in the 1960s was audacious, it wa... - https://hackaday.com/2024/07/15/how-the-bell-system-was-built/ #phonehacks #telephone #bell #att

Code sneaked into fake AWS downloaded hundreds of times backdoored dev devices https://arstechnica.com/?p=2037194 #news #Uncategorized #steganigraphy #opensource #backdoors #Security #Biz&IT

Victory! Supreme Court correctly ruled that social media platforms have First Amendment rights to curate and edit the speech of others they deliver to their users. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/platforms-have-first-amendment-right-curate-speech-weve-long-argued-supreme-1

🐦🔗: https://nitter.oksocial.net/EFF/status/1812882730709131590#m

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Facebook Ads For Windows Desktop Themes Push Info-Stealing Malware https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/07/15/166243/facebook-ads-for-windows-desktop-themes-push-info-stealing-malware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

also it's quite sad that CHIPS ( which is now enabled in Nightly by default ) gets none of the attention compared to PPAs... like, i get it, "Mozilla bad" gets way more reactions than "Mozilla good", but still .~.

Bitcoin surges following assassination attempt on Donald Trump - Bitcoin prices soared to a two-week high today, following yesterday’s shocking ass... - https://readwrite.com/bitcoin-surges-following-assassination-attempt-on-donald-trump/ #cryptocurrency

Reminder for #Firefox users: the latest update opted you into "Privacy-Preserving Ad Measurements". You can opt out via about:preferences#privacy.

FBI is working to break into the phone of the Trump rally shooter https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/15/24198946/fbi-encryption-phone-trump-attempted-assassination-shooter #news

Restore Overwritten Passwd/Group/Shadow on Linux/Unix

Remove the panic and stress by discovering the possible solutions to restoring passwd, group or shadow files on a GNU/Linux or Unix operating system.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/restore-overwritten-passwd-shadow-group/

#commandline #linux #unix #blog #tech #technology

Three words to send a chill down your spine: Snowflake. Intrusion. Alert - And can AI save us from the scourge of malware? In theory, why not, but in practice ... C... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/07/13/snowflake_kettle/