Beginning very soon, you'll need to have Deno (or another supported JavaScript runtime) installed to keep YouTube downloads working as normal. Why? Up until now, yt-dlp has been able to use its bui...
Open source and federated systems are all about collaboration. But collaboration is not chaos. Come listen to @dinum 's @matmaul at the Matrix Conference, explain how it's opening its private federation to a select few, securely!
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Join us for the Matrix Conference this October. The four day conference will take place in Strasbourg, France. Talks will be streamed live and virtual attendees will be able to ask speakers questions.
Airlines successfully lobbied Trump, so now USDOT will not only ignore rule, it will write a new rule that will almost definitely be punitive toward disabled passengers.
The widget stopps working after spending some hours in airplane mode. It then shows as blank with a loading icon, which persists until an internet connection is restored. It would be helpful if it keeps showing the events.
Reminder that #USB is, and always was, a bad design; as usual for Intel. We had #Firewire, a true bus, and not the worst option of many, polling, like USB. We could have had everything USB-C offers now -- reversible plugs, power-negotiation, multi-protocol -- with Firewire decades ago if USB hadn't taken over. Firewire even had Ethernet-over-Firewire, at 400MBps, fifteen years before Thunderbolt would do the same.
Firewire didn't need a different plug for the computer-side and for the device-side (USB-A & USB-B) because it was a true bus. You could hook any two devices together via a normal Firewire cable and you'd get instant two-way communication. This is how the PS2 did link-play. USB pushed the workload on to the computer. USB-C solves the "who is the host and who is the client?" problem by putting a tiny *computer* into the cable, that's how insane USB has become.
Firewire has been gone so long now that most #Apple #Mac users probably don't even know that you could plug a Mac into another computer via Firewire, power it on holding T and the internal disk drive would appear *as an external HDD* to the other computer.
Ed Zitron keeps choosing violence for breakfast: "Every CEO talking about AI replacing workers is an example of the real problem: that most companies are run by people who don’t understand or experience the problems they’re solving, don’t do any real work, don’t face any real problems, and thus can never be trusted to solve them."The Case Against Generative AI. A thread full of bangers 👇 🧵 wheresyoured.at/the-case-again…
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth
Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 words.
My blog has a very basic comment system that uses Mastodon/ActivityPub. It's a bit cumbersome, but I never liked the alternatives like Disqus, because I always feared they would add enshittification at some point. Seems my gut feeling a few years ago was right. ryansouthgate.com/goodbye-disq…
Přišlo mi ochranné sklo od dbrandu. Originální fólie, co instalují přímo v Samsungu, už byla dost jetá a navíc jsem ji poškrábal mikroutěrkou při čištění a už se to nesrovnalo. To jsem myslel, že ani není možné, ale asi tomu trochu pomohla IPA. Co se týče samotné ochrany tak si na ní stěžovat nemůžu. Displej mi vždy přežil.
Nicméně .. "idiot proof installation" skla od dbrandu dostálo svého jména a zatím dobrý. Žádný prach, žádné bublinky, sklo přesně vycentrované.
Na kolik to vyjde? Já už to raději nosím do Datartu, kde na to mají mašinu. Je to drahé, ale já tohle neumím. Když jsem to dělal sám, vždycky jsem to měl nakřivo nebo s bublinami.
@Tutanota Please update the Linux flatpak! It uses EOL freedesktop libraries 23.08. BTW the flatpak is not verified too... I know there is an appimage as well, but appimage is horrible security wise. Thanks.
Is there any timeline available? Flatpak still uses EOL library which does not get any security updates anymore.
Honestly, as a long time customer I get more and more the feeling that over time Tuta invests more and more efforts in TAKING about security and less in actually DOING security.
What's the benefit of post-quantum encryption when Tuta is not capable of deploying patches for EOL libraries they consume?
I'm currently not that happy with Tutas software quality. :(
@Tutanota a few weeks ago I tried creating and paying for tuta, but maybe there is an unofficial ban on encrypted emails here in India I tried two credit cards and neither worked. Proton was the same but PayPal worked there but PayPal didn't work for me in tuta. Such a bummer. Have you heard of payments issues from India ?
Dear lazyweb, I'm continuously pulling my hair trying to escape Microsoft's firm grip on the Czech educational system by making my son use Libreoffice Writer instead of Word, but running into a format translation issue where citations ('www document' kind) lose the URL as they switch to 'article' and the inserted 'short name' is replaced by 'title'. Any tips? Even came down to trying Office 365, but their importers are way worse than LO exporters.
That friendly blue screen, it separated the curious and driven from the disinterested and boring.
This was a machine that hid nothing from you, never once told you what you could and couldn't do, but depended on you to decide what adventure today would take you on.
Like we’re seeing in Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark and many other government bodies and organisations, the Austrian military (Bundesheer) has migrated 16,000 PCs from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice.
Many more need to do it in droves. Ridiculous to be paying a subscription for apps most people rarely use except to update their resume maybe once in a blue moon; and a student don’t need it either just to write essays and school reports.
Amazing seeing more orgs move over to LibreOffice, Amazing seeing full military sectors moving over as well. Most likely saved so much money per year as well.
The original article at @heisec shows well how the question aroused of the cloud use. They seem to have used already Linux as OS: "the Austrian Armed Forces did not use Microsoft's email or collaboration solutions, but self-hosted Linux servers with Samba. Nevertheless, Microsoft Office was deeply embedded in the IT workflows." heise.de/en/news/Austria-s-arm…
Good for them !! Up here 🇨🇦 almost everything used is prorpietary Windows software. Although I have seen various moves to some open source software (Experimental) and some moves to Linux (Experimental).
So. My Proton subscription expires in November. I said I wouldn't renew due to their CEO's questionable politics. Their latest lean towards AI has been concerning too. I'm leaning towards @Tutanota as the go-to alternative - it only seems to have gotten better since I last looked.
I’m currently using iCloud for email as I already pay for the extended storage and it’s included, but I would love to switch to Tutanota.
I tried Tutanota some years ago and I didn’t stick with it because the service lacked crucial features and user experience, but it seems that a lot has changed since then.
I quite liked Tuta! My only issue with it is probably my own fault at least in part. I'm willing to try @Tutanota again, but technical issues have been high for me.
Entirely my own fault: I made an account and forgot about it, no key, absolutely a fail on my part. I put in a ticket, they SO KINDLY let me create another single free account and closed the old one.
I don't THINK my fault: Unfortunately, something has happened and it won't ever load. I made a point to save the key, went through all of Tuta's recommended troubleshooting + blog and still can't access it.
Tbh I am too embarrassed to try again >.> I am considering paying for it in the future. my other recommendation is MailFence. I do not know anything about their political stances though at the moment.
@QuirkyQuark Could you try a different connection? In case you're trying via a vpn - it's possible that this is blocked due to spammers abusing the same vpn.
I’m in a similar boat. The issue, for me, with both Proton and Tuta is that there’s no IMAP support and that makes migrating to a new provider difficult. Unfortunately my need for open protocols and easy vendor portability probably outweighs my desire for encrypted-at-rest email.
They’re all problematic though. Fastmail busts unions. Proton’s CEO is clueless if not actively malicious. Tuta locks you in. The small providers have issues with being blackholed. It’s a whole thing.
The EU member states are about to vote on the most dangerous law for online privacy in decades: Chat Control. This proposal would force scanning of private m...
Candy that's flavored like buttered popcorn should not exist because it's wrong. It only highlights the worst flavors you can ever have with buttered popcorn.
Reminder: the reason we know butthurt Trump was directing Pam Bondi to start prosecuting his enemies is because the Fediverse is addicted to implementing DMs and did it badly.
The Description-Rich Story Hour at Lee Lifeson Art Park was a big success! Thank you to artists Shak Gobert, Trina Moyan, olivia shortt and to Lindsay Walker and Shak for their work on the tactile map enjoyed by Blind and low vision community. Huge thanks to sighted guides Kim, Christina, Linda, Thanzeem and James; technician Gerald Grisonand; ASL interpreter Marcia Adolphe; Associate Producer Janis Mayers, Writing Consultant JJ Hunt, Arts in the Parks rep Holly Hebert and Anaïs Rozencwajg for capturing the event in photos! The stories were recorded and will be shared in an upcoming podcast episode. Subscribe to the Described Toronto Podcast so you don’t miss it! buzzsprout.com/2368549 #describedtoronto #blind #lowvision #storytelling #asl
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