@alexandra with how some of them are documented it certainly feels like it at times
Unlike those on Halloween, the DMCA is a monster that won't be going away in the morning. That's why Defective by Design works year-round to #endDRM.
dos-like is a programming library/framework, kind of like a tiny game engine, for writing games and programs with a similar feel to MS-DOS productions from the early 90s. But rather than writing code that would run on a real DOS machine, dos-like is about making programs which run on modern platforms like Windows, Mac and Linux, but which attempts to recreate the look, feel, and sound of old DOS programs.
https://github.com/mattiasgustavsson/dos-like
Hate that fun size candy bar? Don't say anything bad about it until you're at least 30 feet away from a Ring camera..it can hear you! 👂🏻https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/14/amazon-asks-ring-owners-to-respect-privacy-after-court-rules-usage-broke-law
EFF is not a substitute for a company helpline. Press attention is not a substitute for an appeals process. And having policies isn’t a substitute for actually following them. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/10/why-it-so-hard-figure-out-what-do-when-you-lose-your-account
Interesting post about the strange state of data authentication and encryption in Linux distros... encrypting the OS and user data with the same secret doesn't make sense in a multiuser setting. Also asking for credentials from an initrd whose authenticity is not validated is problematic.
https://0pointer.net/blog/authenticated-boot-and-disk-encryption-on-linux.html
@thor @jessica@mk.absturztau.be Tech is fine as long as you are in control, in many cases tech seems to control the user.
Civil liberty fears as police consider using drones that film from 1,500ft
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/29/police-england-wales-long-range-drone-footage-tender-filming
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29038500
#introductions
👋 I'm a hobbyist programmer and sysadmin who is passionate about #CooperativeTechnology, #smalltech, and other forms of user empowerment with technology. You may have seen me before.
I'm interested in #Gemini and other small internet protocols, along with mobile Linux, real sustainability, and various computer languages (including Rust and Zig).
I won't follow too many people here, or engage in politics, but I will share some updates on the things I'm working on.
Very interesting exploration of non-Git* solutions. I particularly liked his point warning of vendor lock-in.
https://sumnerevans.com/posts/technology/migrating-to-sourcehut/
Just introduced this classic talk to some of my #clojure devs, when introducing David Nolen and why his perspective is good to hear besides Rich Hickey. https://youtu.be/8o01g6C7jWg
Proprietary control over education is growing and it is affecting students' rights to information. Watch and share "The University of Costumed Heroes and fight for young people's freedom. https://u.fsf.org/fsfheroes
I like the point that many Linux users actually know how to make bug reports, and there is transparency in where they go
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RT @nixcraft
Despite having just 5.8% sales, over 38% of bug reports come from the Linux community https://old.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/qeqn3b/despite_having_just_58_sales_over_38_of_bug/
https://twitter.com/nixcraft/status/1452348305510260736
@blueberry @redoak @be sometimes uninstalling app remove config or app data, which may be messed up for some reason.
Tutanota depends on lots of open source projects. Now we are giving back to the open source community with free Tutanota accounts! 🥳🤩👇
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/tutanota-for-open-source-teams
en: Mostly tech, but not entirely. Privacy is a human right.
ia: Principalmente technologia, ma non in toto. Privacitate es un derecto human.