TechZerker @techzerker@librem.one

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

Welcome to a long overdue episode 37! In this episode I share the personal story about my fight with Legionnaire's Disease. Plus, System76 Engineer Jeremy Soller is working on something groundbreaking, and AMD Ryzen fans are going to love it!

I also shine a spotlight on Star Labs -- they're doing something EVERY Linux PC company should be doing.

And finally, I close the show by telling you which distro I really miss...

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3o1s4FIIFs

RSS/Audio: https://www.linux4everyone.com/37-legionnaire-system76-star-labs

I don't know about you, but I need a sanctuary.

A place where I can talk about nerdy stuff with a bunch of awesome nerds. No scary news. No political yelling. Just pure nerdiness.

https://lunduke.locals.com/post/96946/the-world-is-nuts-anger-violence-a-pandemic-regardless-of-where-you-stand-on-any-particula

We did the first quarter !

███░░░░░░░░░ 25.112%

Less than 500 followers needed to surpass our Twitter account!

Finally... :-)
Thank you for making this possible @PINE64

"#Decentralize your data!" Move your private data off of public clouds. But where? Assessing different offline file storage methods, starting with your hard drive: https://uncentered.saigonist.com/decentralize-your-data-part-1.html #100DaysToOffload Day 5

In the news: "Internal Google Program Taps Data on Rival Android Apps"

Google loves to devour all the data it can so best to keep them as far away as possible from the properties that you own and control.

https://plausible.io/blog/remove-google-analytics

The US Department of Homeland Security continues to target so-called 'violent anarchists' in the city of Portland (and beyond).

Learn the truth about what anarchism is and isn't. Think for yourself!

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