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Elgg: Set Up a Social Networking Platform on Ubuntu linuxtoday.com/blog/elgg-set-u…


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 17 updated and one long-awaited added apps:

* Fossify Camera: your light-weight camera app from the Fossify collection 🥳 and it got the 🛡️ (i.e. it is reproducible), yay!

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps and #reproducibleBuilds with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:



Bluesky: i love this game!!!! so i drew some fanart for it (kinda nsfw)

Mastodon: [Spoiler Warning/Opinion] I love this game! So I wrote an updated graphics driver to deliver better realtime lighting on levels 4 through 8

Threads: Our worst fears have come true. Noah left us. Yes, in the afternoon

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When I first played #stardewvalley I was overwhelmed by all the tasks you had to do. It felt like the opposite of a #cozygame is there something out there that has the same look and feel but doesn't have the huge list of todos you gotta do?
in reply to Erion

@erion I just remember feeling overwhelmed at the time I started playing it with not knowing what was the best way to go, and having a big list of quests and stuff. I guess for me I didn't take them as optional but wanted to play the game in some min max way. Perhaps I should revisit it as a sort of village sandbox.
in reply to Triptych 🌱

If you do, you will have a great time. When people experience the game for the first time, it's common to have 6-7 saves until you figure out what works for you. Just take it easy for the first few tries, and one day when you are familiar with everything, focus on maxing out things. You will have a great time.


I’m never going to forgive people who bought a new Tesla in the past year.


PRODUCTS I WANT APPLE TO SELL ME (but they won't):

An iPad Mini only instead of iPadOS it runs NewtonOS. Software updated to make use of the bluetooth and wifi stacks and USB-C port.

Comes with an Apple Pencil, of course.

C'mon. Wouldn't that be the most freakishly powerful Newton ever?

in reply to Charlie Stross

As someone who worked on the Newton (and the eMate) I can appreciate your enthusiasm. The Newton was designed from the ground up to be a content creation machine, not a content consumption machine so things like text editing and inking were better thought out.

Of course, it's also held back by it's old-school scrolling model, which I'd think could be updated to support touch (vs pen).

The code base is a privacy nightmare (no protections on any user data!) Sadly, I doubt it would easy



Does anyone else's table have these horrible sharp pieces of the material that jut out underneath it? Scooted the wrong way at breakfast this morning and now I have a scratch on my knee to rival the worst ones I've gotten from cats.
in reply to Mikołaj Hołysz

@miki Oh that does sound cluttery and easy to run into. I think I have seen those actually, occasionally my mom would use them for blankets that were too big to go in the dryer.
in reply to Malia Suhr

oh yeah, I literally have some of these on mine right now. And yes, I've ran into it, many, many times, and gotten bruises in the meantime


Pi-Apps: The Unofficial but Definitely Better App Store for Raspberry Pi lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


Do you ever think about how much time is spent just watching stuff? It's been quite the week, so I've turned to one of my comfort shows, the Goldbergs. As I was pondering all the things I still need to do, I suddenly realized just how much of my life I've spent watching it. If each episode is around 20 minutes and there are usually 24 episodes in a season, then in the last 3 1/2 days, I've watched approximately 24 straight hours of the Goldbergs. If you count the first time I saw it, there are 10 seasons, so I'm thinking that puts me around 3 1/2 days just for that run. If you count the spinoff series schooled and add it all up, I'm looking at almost a week straight of Goldbergs. And then I started to wonder how long I've spent watching We're alive, with all my rewatches, and I should probably stop now.
in reply to Malia Suhr

If you add social media, hn, youtube, podcasts, technical docs that I didn't strictly need to read for the problem at hand but that were too interesting to pass up... I don't wanna see these stats, I would probably cry.


In Wales, if you want a bwca or bwbachod (a goblin who cleans your home), then leave out a cup of cream each night (or better yet, a cup of ale). However, bwcas hate teetotalers. If you refuse to drink alcohol, they may kick you or throw your plates at you.
🎨 Tony DiTerlizzi

#FolkloreSunday #OfDarkandMacabre #31DaysofHaunting #31DaysofHalloween #Superstitiology #Mythology #Folklore #Celtic #CelticMythology #Wales #WelshMythology #Fairy #Goblin




I did not wish to change password managers. What's a decent password manager that's free software, and has a usable Firefox extension that works on both desktop & mobile?

Preferably one that is self-hostable, or where the database is easy to sync between Desktop and stock, non-rooted Android.

Bonus points if it is able to store additional custom fields, credit card data, and can generate TOTP codes too.

Is it KeepassXC, or is there something else? Last time I used KeepassXC (arguably, a good couple of years ago), the browser autofill was kinda flaky.

in reply to Erion

Hahaha. You always exercise it. But also, multiplatform, probably nothing is that accessible or pretty easy to setup.
in reply to Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺

I wouldn't mind the tinkering, knowing that things will be better, but right now everything looks worse than just waiting and hoping that they get their act together.


Произошол мем

Если клиент openconnect подключается к серверу через IPv6, то IPv6 он не настраивает

А если через IPv4, то настраивает

Ватафак



Ide mi urvať predlaktia a neviem z čoho.. a toto tie zádery sú prekliatie.
in reply to SuspiciousDuck

Pozor na to, z takových záděr často vznikají plísně, antibakteriální mýdlo ale dost pomůže.
in reply to Josef Zettl alias Princezna

@Zettl_josef ono to hlavne bolí pri každom dotyku a kontakte s vodou. Hlavne to mám z vetexu a jarovej vody čo stále utieram stoly, nemá sa to kedy zahojiť lebo "stále" robím.
in reply to SuspiciousDuck

Tak to nezávidím.
Chce to hodně promastit, ideálně nějaký krém s kakaovým máslem, makadamovým olejem. Ale dobrý je i samotný olivový olej, nebo sádlo to je TOP.
No a před prací doporučuji promazat vazelínou, ta vytvoří tenký film, který chvilku vydrží i ten Jar.
Doporučovat rukavice je předpokládám zbytečné.
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in reply to Josef Zettl alias Princezna

vazelínu nemôžem lebo je mastná a nemôžem nosiť mastné poháre/príbory, potrebujem krém ktorý sa hneď vstřebá, mám tip Ulipolitio alebo Neutrogenu.
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in reply to SuspiciousDuck

Ten první neznám, ale Neutrogena je prakticky vazelína.
Tak aspoň na noc namazat něčím výživným, ta Neutrogena chrání, ale nehojí.
in reply to SuspiciousDuck

Musí to mít ve složení to, co jsem psal třeba kakaové máslo makadamový olej, olivový olej, nebo klidně použít to sádlo.
Pokud se bavíme o krému z drogerie, tak doporučuji tento: rossmann.cz/krem-na-ruce-s-oli…

Obsahuje jak kakaové máslo, tak olivový olej, vstřebává se rychle.



How to Install Google Chrome on Arch Linux lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


Ongoing discussion, but it looks like Bitwarden may be starting to make moves towards no longer being open source:

github.com/bitwarden/clients/i…

Previous issues opened against the SDK have been met with replies that suggest they have no intention of reconsidering the licensing decision:

github.com/bitwarden/sdk/issue…

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in reply to Erion

@erion @tootbrute well here it is. Guess what? The world isn't ending. github.com/bitwarden/clients/i…

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in reply to chx

Well, that's disappointing. I was really looking forward to the chaos of the only usable password manager slowly becoming proprietary. The FSF should be proud, GPL has fixed a "bug."


Zajtra idem s cyklistom na pivo nech načerpám nejaké múdra.


Huch - ICE pünktlich und freundliches, tiefenentspanntes Zugpersonal. daran könnte ich mich wirklich gewöhnen.

Hoffentlich bleibt es so...

in reply to Molly

@DerMolly @Bubu das halte ich für ein Gerücht, ich habe ein Talent fürs Erwischen von Desaster bei der Bahn...
in reply to Dickenhobelix

@DerMolly Ich glaube so viel Talent braucht man dafür grade nicht mal unbedingt.

(Erstmal Fahrgastrechteformular für die Hinreise ausgefüllt...)



If you don't have an RSS feed you don't have a podcast.

And that is a hill I will die on.





I've been working on a little static website (see my earlier thread about my current side project). The site started out as a single hand-coded page. Now it's two hand-coded pages. I should really move up to a static site generator. I could use Zola like we did for the AccessKit site. But I'm tempted to do something more custom using a Makefile.
in reply to Matt Campbell

Or I could go all trendy and use Earthly (earthly.dev/), which combines something like a Makefile with Docker containers for the build steps. That might actually be a nice way to do a more complex build pipeline, with the possibility of building the demo video from scratch and then running a static site generator like Zola to build the actual site.
in reply to Matt Campbell

What static site generators would you recommend? My partner wants to use one to replace WordPress for simple blogging but isn't as comfortable with CLI, and needs it to use markdown.


The Internet is decentralised by nature, and could be an entirely different world if ISPs weren't so hostile to self-hosting.

Imagine simple home appliances to host your email, blog or XMPP server.

Just buy a domain and configure a little device in your closet.

The tech is all feasible, but your ISP will refuse to give you a fixed IP or to unblock ports for this to work.

in reply to Hugo 雨果

I'm fortunate to have AT&T fiber in my apartment building, and that gives me the option of buying a static IP block. They specifically list light web hosting as a use case for that. Now I'm looking for suitable hardware. I want something small, low-power, and fanless that I can put next to the AT&T gateway.


In the 90s, we went on the Internet in an attempt to escape the real world. Nowadays we go to the real world in an attempt to escape the Internet.


The fact that the general consensus on #GNOME among Linux users seems to be hatred or distrust based on blind misinformation is unsettling. We really can’t just dismiss everyone as “trolls”. We absolutely need better public relations and coordination with the Foundation, because right now, we are letting bad faith actors dictate the direction of all discussions of the project.
in reply to kramo

Community management.

Its work, and someone should be being paid to do it professionally.

The brief is simple, work out who is the expected constituency of gnome software and actively include those voices in the entire stack of development. Build community and if possible, economy between the workers and the users.

Ignoring users is useful for solving some sets of problems, but creates many long term social issues. Gnome is not the only project with this problem.



It is a biblical truth not as known as it should be that the beauty of worship and the beauty of creation belong together.

“For creation awaits with eager expectation the revelation of the children of God…”
-Romans 8:19

With all creation, be beautiful today. Go to Mass.



Takhle zpětně přemýšlím, jak jsem ten první rok v UK vlastně přežil ve zdraví...
in reply to SuspiciousDuck

@SuspiciousDuck
Já bych býval po 14 hodinách v tom pekle vypil klidně i Starobrno nebo Budvar.
in reply to Ivan Stloukal

jako jo, kdybych byl bez peněz tak jo to je pravda.

edit: Starobrno neviem či nie je lepšie náhodou

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Well, I've just started watching a new dramatisation of Jilly Cooper's Rivals. Not for the shockable, but my word it's good! Beautiful to look at, really well cast and with an absolutely banging eighties soundtrack. I'm looking forward to seeing more, but I'm trying not to binge it, I want to eek it out as there are only eight episodes.
in reply to Lulu Hartgen

ooh is this the new disney plus one? Mrs R wants to sit me down with that. I've never done any Cooper.
in reply to Sean Randall

@cachondo It is. I've been a big Cooper fan for years, so obviously it's right up my street. I'll be interested to know what you think.


Watching the US elections and I'm wondering if the USA is so great, why did they make a USB


@Tutanota When you update something like for example tuta.com/blog/how-to-start-an-… would it be possible to add a short description (preferably at the top) of what was updated so people don't need to reread the whole thing to try and find what was changed.
@Tuta
in reply to ЯƎB00T

Hi there! Thanks for the suggestion, we will pass it on to our team.


Tomorrow is Global Encryption Day! 🥳🎉 Celebrate with us and #win ONE year of Legend for free!!! 🎁

Can you guess how many % of Tuta emails are sent end-to-end encrypted? Comment below! 🔒

We'll announce the numbers and the one who guessed it on #GEC Day. ❤️

#GED2023 #GlobalEncryptionDay #Win

in reply to Tuta

unrelated but can you guys add a mini month calendar to the agenda view like Samsung calendar
in reply to User01

@User01 Thanks for the suggestion, we will pass it on to the calendar team :)


Dont count the days, make the days count.


For static websites, is there any kind of open standard for announcing that it's a static site, making all of the files on the site easily discoverable without recursive crawling, and ideally, also offering the full site in a form that can be downloaded as a single archive?
in reply to Matt Campbell

@redstrate you could just create a .tar.gz or a .zip of all your content and put a link to it on your homepage. As far as announcing it, wrap it in an informational message box so it stands out. something like this codewithrandom.com/wp-content/…
in reply to Matt Campbell

i don't if there's a standard but a lot of static sites are on services like github pages which lets u download a zipped archive of the repo ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


fuck I really need a new keyboard. Trying to get a 2.4GHZ / Bluetooth compatible keyboard on the cheap was hands down one of the stupidest decisions I made this year. My shift key seems to be broken now, and I've been using a program to block key repeating for months.
in reply to Haily Merry

If you can get a k380 keyboard. Doesn't cost much and works well.
in reply to Khronos

@khronos If it's mechanical, sure. I'm looking at the Logitech G613 right now, but I'll need to save a little and I'm moving soon, so not sure when this will be practical.


This: #antiracist vs "not racist".

If you want to start on that education, I really recommend reading "So You Want To Talk About Race" by Ijeoma Oluo.
I've previously recommended "White Fragility" by Robin DiAngelo, which was good as an initial bridge - a white person talking to white people why they should care to be antiracist. But she's since turned that into a whole white savior consultant business, which is gross.
Ijeoma Oluo though? Her words as another woman of color _gave me breathing space_. She wrote all the things that I'm too exhausted to bring up with my white friends anymore. She wrote that, so the rest of us BIPOC don't have to anymore - it's a book of empowerment like that, in a big way.

And this is why I implore everyone to read that book, even if you need "White Fragility" as a stepping stone first.

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Grandma used the word “whatsome” a lot. I've never heard anyone else say it. I often wonder where it came from.

Curiously, the Oxford Dictionary defines it as an obsolete #MiddleEnglish word meaning “whatever” that hasn't been used in over 500 years.

“Whatsome” was Grandma's “whatchamacallit”. She could also say “and whatsome” in the sense of “and so on”.

Incidentally, Oxford recognises “whatsomever” as a surviving #dialect word.

#Linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #English #Etymology



What are folks using to automate backups on their linux systems these days? I'd like something that is largely set-and-forget, but would appreciate it having some smarts, like being able to pattern match rust target directories and always exclude them without exhaustively listing them out. I don't need super sophistication; my strategy is to backup to my NAS which then takes care of replicating offsite. Being easy to navigate and restore from is desirable. I'm fine with a good cli for that.
in reply to Wez Furlong

Honestly, if you don't mind a bit of tinkering, the easiest are rsync or rclone if you need to back up to a remote server. Set these up via cron (or fcron), they work like a charm.


#Bitwarden is no longer free software.

The new code introduces a dependency on @bitwarden/sdk-internal, whose license explicitly states that it can’t be used by any software other than Bitwarden.

That violates the freedom 0 of free software (I can do whatever I want with the source code as long as my output is also free and open).

This seems to be part of a long strategy from Bitwarden to gradually pull the rug under their “free and open” principles and turn the product into a closed product after gaining sufficient market share.

And it’s a reminder that open projects maintained by companies should never, ever, ever be trusted.

In my case I already moved to Vaultwarden a while ago. I had a hunch that Bitwarden was going in this direction, plus running 15 .NET containers on my box just to run a password manager seemed pure insanity to me.

I advise everyone to move away from Bitwarden too before it’s too late.

github.com/bitwarden/clients/i…



The small one and I have gotten through 2 of these today. Bit moreish.
They have all the pop into your mouth chewability of sweets with the slightly unpalatable reality of salami