Strongly suspecting that the easy access to information is one of the biggest contributors to the prevalence of depression. Every day we are reminded that no matter what we do, the world won’t stop being an awful place because we as humans are just terrible in large scale management and overall rational thinking.
I just saw that Kentaro Miura, the creator of #Berserk has died. I never read his work myself but I've only heard great things about it.
Bruce Schneier coined "feudal security" to describe the dominant Big Tech security model, in which you surrender your autonomy by moving into a warlord's fortress (Google, Apple, Facebook, etc) and in return get protection from the bandits that roam the badlands without.
The historian Stephen Morillo pointed out that this is more like "manorialism" than "feudalism."
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Jeeeez. You couldn't make this shit up 🤣
I just discovered https://librespeed.org which is a free and open source internet connection speed test service. Sorry speedtest.net, nothing personal but if it's #foss I just can't resist it. Bye!
Please stop spreading fud like Docker services using more resources and coming with a huge overhead.
It's not a virtual machine, it's really just a (fairly convenient) frontend to a bunch of kernel features, like namespaces & cgroups.
If you don't want a container-like abstraction on your system, that's totally fine, but please, don't make up silly arguments against it.
CDC sez you can ditch the mask if you're vaccinated. Being maskless can now be seen as a signal of having been vaccinated. Do republicucks:
A) Suddenly embrace masks as a symbol of defiance (again)
B) Get t-shirts and hats to remind *everyone* that they are, indeed, unvaccinated (because it was all about signalling in the first place)
Taking all bets!
Software developer, open-source enthusiast, wannabe software architect. I like learning and comparing different technologies. Also general STEM nerd.