Notices by Jeff Alyanak (jeffalyanak@social.rights.ninja)

PacVim – PacVim is a game that teaches you vim commands - https://github.com/jmoon018/PacVim

RT @evacide@twitter.com

I would like to thank Luis, who fixed the @EFF@twitter.com espresso machine by cleaning it, a solution that did not occur to anyone on this entire floor of engineers and technologists. He is a hero of the revolution.

RT @SwiftOnSecurity@twitter.com

Holy shit install this extension in Firefox, open it in one window, then browse AOL, Cnet, foxnews, cnn, the weather channel in the other window in new tabs
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lightbeam/

Then start going to different tabs, scrolling around, and clicking random things.

RT @Ionut_Ilascu@twitter.com

New details emerge about the Stack Overflow breach announced yesterday: as many as 250 public network users are impacted.
Attacker spent 1 week exploring then escalated their privilege to make requests that may have returned IP addresses, names, or emails.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-accessed-stack-overflows-production-systems/

RT @tsrandall@twitter.com

This @exxonmobile@twitter.com chart from 1982 predicted that in 2019 our atmospheric CO2 level would reach about 415 parts per million, raising the global temperature roughly 0.9 degrees C.

Update: The world crossed the 415 ppm threshold this week and broke 0.9 degrees C in 2017 1/

Mozilla WebThings is an open platform for monitoring and controlling devices over the web — https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/04/introducing-mozilla-webthings/

RT @robaeprice@twitter.com

SCOOP: Facebook harvested 1.5 million people’s email contacts without their consent. It says it “unintentionally uploaded” them after asking users for their email passwords. https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-uploaded-1-5-million-users-email-contacts-without-permission-2019-4

#vscode is actually really neat and has a lot of great add-ons (VIM bindings!) but I don't trust #Microsoft... enter VSCodium.

Same great software, same great plugins, much better underlying mandate!

https://www.fossmint.com/vscodium-clone-of-visual-studio-code-for-linux/

Will I successfully install postmarketOS tonight?

Stay tuned!

#postmarketOS #Linux

Looking for an alternative to Google Keep? I just set up a self-hosted server for https://standardnotes.org and I find the cross platform client apps to be a great replacement.

#foss #selfhosted #dontbeevil

A win for #opensource in Canada.

* Favour open source solutions
* Favour non-prorietary solutions
* Source for custom-built solutions must be released under open source licenses through Government of Canada sites

See C.2.3.8 for the relevant clauses:
https://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=15249

@HerraBRE As much as the movement towards SaaS has done a lot of harm to the internet, I think that "personal SaaS" solutions can help undo some of that.

Mailpile, like a lot of FOSS SaaS-like stuff I've seen, seems to me a like a really interesting (albeit slow) turning point in computing.

Why *not* host a bunch of your own services for yourself, your family or your friends? All the features/flexibility without giving up the control or trusting a company that needs to monetize you.