Parienve @Parienve@qoto.org

lmao

#introduction

Greetings,

Excited to be here, I am a network/system engineer with a passion for free and open software.
My hobbies include learning tips and tricks for GNU/Linux operating system (especially from CLI), programming using C (want to utilize to build/program an RC car or drone one day), comparing proprietary software to free/open software alternatives to grasp overall concepts.
I love to ask questions and learn from anyone willing to share.
Look forward to learning a lot here!

EDRi together with a number of other organizations launched the #StopScanningMe campaign for the preservation of #HumanRights in the fight against #ChildAbuse - which #ChatControl fails to uphold.

https://stopscanningme.eu/

For a detailed background, read EDRi's position paper: https://edri.org/our-work/a-safe-internet-for-all-upholding-private-and-secure-communications/

Introducing cargo-auditable: audit Rust binaries for known bugs or vulnerabilities in production

https://github.com/rust-secure-code/cargo-auditable

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/rust-secure-code/cargo-auditable

#programming #rustlang

Implementing truly safe semaphores in rust, and the cost we pay for safety

https://neosmart.net/blog/2022/implementing-truly-safe-semaphores-in-rust/

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://neosmart.net/blog/2022/implementing-truly-safe-semaphores-in-rust/

#api #programming #rustlang

"serverless" runtime in 200 lines with deno and sqlite

https://github.com/tbillington/rust_serverless_runtime

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/tbillington/rust_serverless_runtime

#programming #rustlang

#AI #SmallAI #SelfTrain

One of the arguments in favour of surveillance capitalism is the great usefulness of cloud-based ML predictions.

After all, who can deny the usefulness of photo apps that automatically recognize faces, detect your speech or help you making sense of the deluge of information in a social feed?

The argument usually goes like this: these features require large neural networks, which in turn require a lot of computational power to train the models, and a lot of memory and disk storage in order to load and save those models.

You can't do such things on small devices that run on batteries. Therefore your phone *HAS* to send your data to #BigTech servers if you want to get those features. Otherwise, you just won't get those features.

Except that... What if this whole argument is bollocks?

#POET (Private Optimal Energy Training) proves that you can run both the training and the predictions locally, without compromising neither on precision, nor on performance.

After all, the really expensive part of training is back-propagation. POET breaks down the back-propagation performance issue by quantizing the layers (so real-number large tensor multiplications get reduced to smaller multiplications of integer tensors, without sacrificing precision too much), and a clever way of caching the layers that are most likely to be needed, so we don't have to recalculate them, without caching everything though (which would be prohibitive in terms of storage).

The arguments in the paper sound very convincing to me. The code is publicly available on Github. I haven't yet had time to test it myself, but I will quite soon - and try to finally build an alternative voice assistant that can completely run on my phone.

https://proceedings.mlr.press/v162/patil22b.html

So, the Gnome community is moving away from mailing lists, to Discourse. People on the Orca mailing list were just made aware of this, and certainly weren't asked about this. During the three days that discussion of this has been going on, people haven't all ben happy. A lot of users like being able to use a mail client, with keyboard commands and expected workflows. But nope, Orca-list will be moving to Discourse, whether blind people like it or not. So much for choice right? #a11y #gnome

Is there a place where I can buy .epub or .mobi versions of books? I'm happy to pay for books, I just don't want to have to re-buy them when the new hot e-reader takes over with it's new proprietary format.

@alcinnz
I'm more scared about the new Microsoft Pluton chip, which takes DRM to the next level and could remove any kind of introspection over the code running over your computer.

DRM is mainly made to control _reproduction of media_ files on certified hardware and certified software, but it can be broken.

Microsoft Pluton can attestate and control _any code executed_ on "your" PC.

Related lobsters discussion: https://lobste.rs/s/fdguww/dangers_microsoft_pluton

I finished a 5 part series on how to run an e-mail server in 2022 with all the DKIM/SPF/DMARC stuff working. It's not a simple HOWTO series, but it does explain all the moving parts. So if you're interested to learn a bit about modern e-mail - you're welcome! Starts here: https://jan.wildeboer.net/2022/08/Email-0-The-Journey-2022/

Latest grub update on arch distros seems to cause boot issues

https://endeavouros.com/news/full-transparency-on-the-grub-issue/

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://endeavouros.com/news/full-transparency-on-the-grub-issue/

#linux #unix

Let me add this niche search engine. Hmm, can't add directly. Extension? For a search engine? Certainly not, this is just a URL with string replacement after all.

I have added a custom search engine before, how hard can it be?

Mozilla: "Hold my club-mate infused sugar-free root beer!"

#search #firefox #holdmybeer