Notices by Chris (brainblasted@social.libre.fi), page 43

Just for fun (and yet another BSD for normal people test), I'm running a OpenBSD current system on my X220 with a GNOME setup and omfg everything is neatly setup and integrates really nicely.

* Documentation on /usr/share/local/doc/pkg-readme/gnome is clear.
* sysutils/toad makes mounting/unmounting removable drives painless and easy.
* Everything just works (auto logins, shutdown/restarts, multimedia keys, etc).

It's totally a seamless experience.

Props to @ajacoutot.

Oldie but goodie

#work

"take me down to concurrency city where green pretty is grass the girls the and are"

-- a programmer

$ flatpak help
error: 'help' is not a flatpak command. Did you mean 'kill'?

Boy, that escalated quickly...

RT @stellarcarol@twitter.com

into the spiderverse is the lowest grossing spiderman movie of all time despite being a visual masterpiece with a better understanding of comic books action than any other movie before. you all have no taste and don’t deserve this movie.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/stellarcarol/status/1154152707801960449

Seems like missing out the 'No' button is the hot new UX trend now

So today I noticed the Sigur Rós store has moved to Warner Music and removed all their album digital downloads that were available, free and paid. So this is a reminder to everyone that international licensing deals just wipe music and art off the internet all the time with no warning. Own! Your! Music! Streaming services are nice for discovering new music but they pay nothing to artists, and it can all be taken away instantly unless you own and store the files yourself. #music

@alexbuzzbee @njha

> Security isn’t all about defending from nation-states; not being owned by Dave the script-kiddie down the hall is good too.

Words to live by

#infosec roller coaster, router edition:

> Router requires a device access code before any one can change the settings

yay!

> But the default code is printed on the router

boo!

> But you can change the code to anything you want!

Yay!

> But you can click the "I forgot my code" button, and reset it with that same default code

BOO!

@denikombucha

"look, I'm just saying you should decide whether nazis are good on a case-by-case basis"
-- someone who completely misunderstands the meaning of at least one word in that sentence

"We're just the app/browser. We have no control over who uses our product. How would we stop 'em using our app, even if we wanted to?"

So you're the Pewdiepie of apps, basically: you know you now have a ton of Nazi fans, but you refuse to accept that it's your responsibility to do something about it.

Newsflash: it isn't hard to make these people hate you. Blocking Gab, even if it was a token gesture, would have done the trick. Openly denouncing them in any way probably would too.

@denikombucha Me: *says the above*
Fedilab: *blocks me I guess?*

It's almost like we don't get listened to. How dare I point out that literal Nazis are review bombing apps that stand up to them and praising Fedilab as their app of choice.

(they're within their right to block me, and honestly I'd rather they do that than have them pop into my mentions again, but it just kinda proves my points about the concerns of marginalized people getting ignored.)

@denikombucha Yeah Fedilab is totally on the 'right side' of things now, huh? Look at all the support they're getting from people like him, and from Nazis who recommend their app to their Nazi friends.

Not their problem though, right? Even if they're known as the Nazi's app of choice, they're neutral; it's nothing to do with them; how can they shoo Nazis away if they value free speech?

(I mean, not removing a block you already put in to make a point would probably have helped...)

"I can be my white self when I encounter black people, aware that if anyone is going to have to adjust their behavior, it will not be me. They must make me comfortable.
This reality is central to our present racial divides. Those black people who bravely present as themselves often face censure, threat and attack. Therefore, most black people continue to operate in two worlds, of which only one allows them to be genuine. "
https://notetomywhiteself.wordpress.com/2019/04/15/misunderstanding-my-black-friendships/