TechZerker @techzerker@librem.one

"How Many People Are on This Site?"

This is a nice and transparent way to link to your public dashboard and inform your audience about stats you collect at the same time.

https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/stats/

"Trump says Spanish flu probably ended second world war in 1917"

That's about as accurate and factually correct as anything he has ever said.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFN69J7A81Y

It's weird that these days you have to make "Privacy-friendly flashlight" apps. When did we reach a point where flashlight apps started invading our privacy?

Crazy world.

#foss #privacy #android #apps

I've taken a six week break from posting thoughts to the internet. My bird site account no longer exists. I guess it's time to fully embrace and build the decentralized web.

Today is the 16th anniversary of #OpenStreetMap. How are you goind to celeberate it?

There are people around the world organizing online meetings. You may want to participate or even organize your own. Check this page: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap_16th_Anniversary_Birthday_party

Use this occasion to talk more about #OSM to people.

Use #OpenStreetMap16 in social media.

This extensive and thoughtful post by a member of the #Librem5 community does a good job of explaining the past and present mobile Linux ecosystem and why Purism's approach with phosh makes strategic sense long-term. https://amosbbatto.wordpress.com/2020/08/05/advantages-of-phosh/

July was a month of broken records for Plausible Analytics:

Most traffic ever
Record traffic day
Most trials ever
Biggest day in terms of the number of new paying subscribers
...

And a lot of development work too! See the recap https://plausible.io/blog/july-2020-recap

Did a paintover on the right to adjust lighting and bring the focus back to the center character. The 2 pages are darkened because it's further from the window and lessens the contrast there
Adding a light bloom adds more atmos and also suggests dust in the air
Credit @corvusou@twitter.com

SysAdmin 101
A collection of #sysadmin articles by @kyle.

This ebook is #free to download. No email or anything required. Enjoy! https://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1340386
#SysAdminDay #sysadminday2019

Happy "the photocopier has been wonky since you patched the server"-Day!

#SysAdminDay

Welcome to Freedom Cafe!

RT from TechCrunch (@TechCrunch)

Zuckerberg unconvincingly feigns ignorance of data-sucking VPN scandal https://tcrn.ch/3jRZi5Y | by Devin Coldewey

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/TechCrunch/status/1288617214392905728

Colleague: "Do you know how to convert a physical linux system to a virtual machine? Is there migration software that can do it"

Me: dd if=/dev/sda of=/mnt/smb-share/disk.img and boots it

Colleageu: "What do you mean you can just copy the whole hard drive"

everything's a file bruh

Finding Confidence https://robert.winter.ink/finding-confidence

Late last June, Google bought out "North," a tech company based in Waterloo, ON, which manufactured "Focals," a line of "smart glasses." A month later, the company is turning off the servers the glasses rely on, bricking every pair they ever sold.

https://support.bynorth.com/hc/en-us/articles/360045128691

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A new funding model for open source software

https://vriad.com/essays/a-new-funding-model-for-open-source-software

New feature is live! 📢

You can now click on any referral source for a referral drill-down. See the traffic sent to you by that referral source and the entry pages too.

Here's our Google search traffic including search terms and entry pages https://plausible.io/plausible.io?period=6mo&source=Google

Eyeing a Pro plan? Now is the perfect time to upgrade, before prices go up on August 1!

https://write.as/pro

#SocialMedia / #Tech giants testifying before Congress is reason enough to make a concerted effort to maintain #privacy via your freedom of choice.

- use more trusted platforms
- decentralize when possible
- develop smaller, more cohesive networks
- elevate your message over their brand
- use platforms that use #encryption
- try platforms that avoid algorithms