This afternoon, an acquaintance joined a Mastodon instance and asked me which "celebrities" are present in the Fediverse, as if it were important to determine the value of a social network based on that.
I told him that the most important user in the Fediverse is him. Just as it’s you, reading this. Someone who has decided to interact with others freely. Who has chosen to trust their administrator (or create their own instance) more than they trust those who run traditional, monolithic, centralized social networks.
So, I want to thank all the friends of BSD Cafe, whether local or not, for being here and making this place what it is. And I thank all my friends in the Fediverse, who make my timeline lively, interesting, intelligent, fun, and thought-provoking - every day, at any time.
#BSDCafe #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialNetworks #SocialMedia #Community #Trust #OpenSource #DigitalFreedom #JoinTheFediverse
Really happy with how my latest embroidery project turned out. I used a pattern from a magazine (credit to www.lucyfreeman.co.uk) Learned some new techniques, my favourite being sewing with multiple different colour threads on the same needle to blend colours together!
#embroidery #mushrooms #embroideryHoop #toadstools #fibreArt #fiberArt #MastoArt
I have enjoyed Mike Duncan's Revolutions Podcast for years. This fall though he is shipping a fictional piece about a revolution on Mars in the 2200s. Having listened to his historical accounts, I do quite like him using the same tone with a fictional revolution.
History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes as they say.
Two years ago I bought 70 Years of Christmas Number Ones by Andrew Burford. That was very good. So I'll see what new things I can learn from this one.
For me I went with a hosted email solution six or seven years ago that takes care of all my email/calendar/contacts needs (Fastmail), so went with SyncThing as a Dropbox replacement, with most of its global discovery stuff disabled.
I think I've only tried the former, but Jitsu Meet and BBB both seem like nice solutions.
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Ten years ago I explained why #curl defaults to stdout:
daniel.haxx.se/blog/2014/11/17…
Why curl defaults to stdout
(Recap: I founded the curl project, I am still the lead developer and maintainer) When asking curl to get a URL it'll send the output to stdout by default.daniel.haxx.se
Join the amazing team of Tuta Legends ❤️ Click on this link 👉 tuta.com/black-friday to SAVE 62% on our Legend plan.
#Blackfriday #Tuta #Encryption #Germany
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Personally, I'm saddened by this. I remember a sense of relief reading this blog post 2 years ago. It made me belief Tutanota was on a different path.
web.archive.org/web/2022112810…
But we've gone from:
"The Cyber Monday hype is just another method by marketers and advertisers to keep you buying. ... At Tutanota we have decided not to join the Cyber Monday hype. Instead of advertising regular discounts, we prefer a pricing strategy of a fair and transparent low-priced standard offer. To put it frankly, for being able to drop the price on Cyber Monday, we would have to raise the standard Premium price in the first place.
...
Having a low entry price is essential so that anyone has the chance to upgrade and benefit from Tutanota's Premium features."
⬇️ To:
"We at Tuta are thrilled to offer an exclusive Black Friday and Cyber Monday discount! You can now upgrade to our Legend Plan - with 62% off for the first year."
😥
Every day is Cyber Monday at Tutanota.
Cyber Monday is not about getting the best deal. It's about selling you stuff you don't need.Tutanota
The Greatest Sci Fi TV Shows of All Time: Fringe (2008) - Cancelled Sci Fi
Does Fringe count as one of the greatest sci fi/fantasy shows of all time or was it too derivative and convoluted?johnnyjay (Cancelled Sci Fi)
What's All This About NASA Working on a Time Zone for the Moon?
Coordinated Lunar Time will help with precise space-travel calculations. But first, NASA has to figure out how to make it work.Joe Hindy (CNET)
AI and Robots That Do Your Laundry and Dishes? Dream On, Folks
There's what we want technology to do, and then what it actually can do. Don't put off your household chores while you wait.Lisa Lacy (CNET)
Are Identity Theft Protection Services Worth the Money? It's Complicated
In our busy lives, we often forget about or neglect personal security. Having a service to nudge you about best practices can be worth the money — in certain cases.Neal O'Farrell (CNET)
3 New AI Smart Home Features Arrive With Gemini and Google Nest
Gemini AI is coming to Google Home and Nest -- here's what it can do for your home security.Tyler Lacoma (CNET)
Building a robust frontend using progressive enhancement - Service Manual - GOV.UK
How to build web pages so they work in HTML first: starting with HTML, extra styles and features, using JavaScript.www.gov.uk
I ran UnixBench (github.com/kdlucas/byte-unixbe…) on my new Quartz64 SBC (RK3566 SoC, quad-core ARM Cortex-A55 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 64 GB eMMC). I ended up running it four times, with different settings of the Linux CPU frequency governor. Here are the results, in the order that I obtained them:
1. schedutil (default): mwcampbell.us/quartz64-unixben…
2. performance: mwcampbell.us/quartz64-unixben…
3. powersave: mwcampbell.us/quartz64-unixben…
4. schedutil again: mwcampbell.us/quartz64-unixben…
1/?
GitHub - kdlucas/byte-unixbench: Automatically exported from code.google.com/p/byte-unixbench
Automatically exported from code.google.com/p/byte-unixbench - kdlucas/byte-unixbenchGitHub
I'm going to boot my M1 Mac mini into Linux (Fedora Asahi Remix), run UnixBench there with the different CPU frequency governors, and see what the results look like. I'm sure the M1 is in a different performance category than the RK3566, though they're both ARM64.
BTW, this is an improvised thread, not an artificially split-up long post. 5/?
AzuraCast 0.20.3 is now on the Stable release channel. This version includes improvements to the AutoDJ scheduler, playlist priorities, the ability for system admins to set maximum bitrates for stations, and many bug fixes and tweaks.
This is the last stable release that will be on Liquidsoap 2.2.x. Now that this release is out, our Rolling Release will be a test platform for 2.3.x, which has reached a stable Release Candidate stage. Help us test this new version if you can!
Máte vy nebo někdo ve vašem okolí (defaultně) aktivní Mobile Advertising ID? Pak počítejte s tím, že jste díky němu sledováni a tato data si může někdo koupit. Využití je mnoho...
#soukromí #kybez - #Google a #Apple v roli pasáků
krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/th…
The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data
Not long ago, the ability to remotely track someone’s daily movements just by knowing their home address, employer, or place of worship was considered a powerful surveillance tool that should only be in the purview of nation states. But a…krebsonsecurity.com
Navazuji na včerejší tip.
Tady je porovnání iPhone a různých odnoží Androidu. Většina lidí má "Android" - distribuci plnou šmírovátek od Google obohacenou o bloatware výrobce, který nejen že šmíruje po svém, ale často zavléká bezpečnostní chyby, zabírá místo v úložišti i RAM.
V GrapheneOS mimo jiné vůbec není položka "Reklama" s Mobile Advertising ID.
Zdroj: youtu.be/lb1BbT5fpwA
#soukromí #kybez #Google #Apple #grapheneos
What Is The Most Private Phone?
What is the most private phone and what makes a phone private? That is the question... and we have answers! Please support my work: https://www.patreon.com/t...YouTube
How the 8086 processor handles power and clock internally
One under-appreciated characteristic of early microprocessors is the difficulty of distributing power inside the integrated circuit. While...www.righto.com
@RaccoonForFriendica a new version 0.2.0 has been released.
Changelog:
🦝 feat: add support for MastodonRedirect;
🦝 feat: export/import app settings to/from JSON;
🦝 feat: export contact list from profile;
🦝 feat: allow changing markup mode in post creation;
🦝 fix: retain scrolling state after navigation;
🦝 fix: newlines after titles in Markdown preview;
🦝 fix: avoid self mention when replying;
🦝 fix: retrieve source to edit post;
🦝 enhancement: populate current app icon value in settings;
🦝 chore: update manual and project documentation;
🦝 chore: typo in Fastlane metadata.
For those who have lost it, there has been a 0.1.1 in the meantime, which was mainly due to a metadata issue which blocked the submission on F-Droid, but it also included:
🦝 feat: add support for alternate (classic) and monochrome app icon;
🦝 fix: rendering images of different heights in carousels;
🦝 fix: rendering GIFs (or images with unbound constraints).
After the app gets published on the stores, we're going to move towards a more predictable release cycle (e.g. monthly stable versions and weekly betas).
Hope you are having fun on Friendica (or Mastodon) and as always #livefasteattrash
#friendica #friendicadev #androidapp #androiddev #fediverseapp #kotlin #multiplatform #kmp #compose #opensource #foss #procyonproject
"Tesla's vehicles have the highest fatal accident rate among all car brands in America, according to a recent study that analyzed data from the U.S. Fatality Analysis Reporting System."
Tesla's fatality rate is double the national average. Driver behavior is a contributing factor to the high number of deaths (i.e. shitty-driving assholes are more likely to buy Teslas and die or kill someone else while driving them).
roadandtrack.com/news/a6291913…
#Tesla #DeathTrap #cars #CarAndDriver
Tak holt kratší výběh no.
Nějak se na tu Prahu 2025 musím připravit 🏃
Another Brexit fiasco.... British cheeses failed to get to the World Cheese Awards in Portugal as they failed to clear customs in time (now being from a non-EU country).
In the scale of the disasters of Brexit its not going to to be a big thing (although it will be for the frustrated cheese makers), but is emblematic of how myopic the Brexiters were about the impact of their successful plan to leave Europe....
theguardian.com/food/2024/nov/…
UK cheeses miss out on international prize after getting stuck in customs
At the World Cheese Awards in Portugal, British entries were conspicuous by their absence after failing to clear import controlsTomé Morrissy-Swan (The Guardian)
Firefox is passing on google's request, just as it would for a website that wanted to use your mic.
Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺
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