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Notices by Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1) (lnxw37a1@loadaverage.org), page 12

  1. Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1) (lnxw37a1@loadaverage.org)'s status on Monday, 30-Apr-2018 23:43:19 EDT Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1) Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1)
    in reply to
    • mangeurdenuage
    @mangeurdenuage I can think of one possible reason, and it is likely there are others. When these kinds of programs are announced parents say "my kid is not a guinea pig; I'm moving him/her to a school where they use what we already know works" and soon the experiment is left with only those students whose parents don't care or don't have the resources to move their kids.

    Also, theoretically, a larger pool of students in these programs spreads the cost of developing textbooks and other teaching materials over a larger number of students, resulting in a lower cost per student.
    In conversation Monday, 30-Apr-2018 23:43:19 EDT from loadaverage.org permalink
  2. Pete Daniels (pete@loadaverage.org)'s status on Sunday, 18-Mar-2018 04:51:06 EDT Pete Daniels Pete Daniels
    • Baseball
    !baseball for the blind: https://vimeo.com/64957361
    In conversation Sunday, 18-Mar-2018 04:51:06 EDT from loadaverage.org permalink Repeated by lnxw37a1

    Attachments

    1. e60 beep ball
      By E60 from Vimeo
  3. mangeurdenuage (mangeurdenuage@loadaverage.org)'s status on Monday, 12-Mar-2018 09:19:09 EDT mangeurdenuage mangeurdenuage
    --
    Speaking at a software conference called QCon London in 2009, he apologised for inventing the null reference:[23]

    I call it my billion-dollar mistake. It was the invention of the null reference in 1965. At that time, I was designing the first comprehensive type system for references in an object oriented language (ALGOL W). My goal was to ensure that all use of references should be absolutely safe, with checking performed automatically by the compiler. But I couldn't resist the temptation to put in a null reference, simply because it was so easy to implement. This has led to innumerable errors, vulnerabilities, and system crashes, which have probably caused a billion dollars of pain and damage in the last forty years.
    --

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hoare#Apologies_and_retractions
    In conversation Monday, 12-Mar-2018 09:19:09 EDT from loadaverage.org permalink Repeated by lnxw37a1
  4. Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1) (lnxw37a1@loadaverage.org)'s status on Sunday, 11-Mar-2018 10:35:54 EDT Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1) Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1)
    in reply to
    • mangeurdenuage
    • Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1)
    @mangeurdenuage Roka https://gs.smuglo.li/notice/6550498
    In conversation Sunday, 11-Mar-2018 10:35:54 EDT from loadaverage.org permalink

    Attachments

    1. Sun Mar 11 12:28:59 +0000 2018 (Qvitter)
      By 3D pigs should get into the oven and roast in there (roka@gs.smuglo.li) from GNU/Smug
      @mangeurdenuage another annoyance is how certain advocates obnoxiously reject anything non-copyleft as non-free. I guess war is peace and freedom is indeed slavery if the absolute requirement for being free is to arbitrarily restrict future code adopters from using any other than your license ww https://gs.smuglo.li/attachment/1296063
  5. Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1) (lnxw37a1@loadaverage.org)'s status on Sunday, 11-Mar-2018 10:33:31 EDT Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1) Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1)
    • mangeurdenuage
    It wasn't you. It was Roko.
    In conversation Sunday, 11-Mar-2018 10:33:31 EDT from loadaverage.org permalink
  6. Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1) (lnxw37a1@loadaverage.org)'s status on Sunday, 11-Mar-2018 10:04:30 EDT Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1) Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1)
    in reply to
    • Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1)
    I have no interest in joining the above thread, but some things are so wrong that I can't let them pass without an answer.
    In conversation Sunday, 11-Mar-2018 10:04:30 EDT from loadaverage.org permalink
  7. Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1) (lnxw37a1@loadaverage.org)'s status on Sunday, 11-Mar-2018 10:03:45 EDT Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1) Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1)
    • mangeurdenuage
    -- Not the same (copyleft) license is non-free

    This isn't what anyone says. What they say is that many free software licenses are made to allow restricting freedoms by encapsulating the free software in a proprietary application, while most copyleft licenses are designed to extend freedom to end-users across any program that uses them.

    There are weak copyleft licenses, such as the LGPL and MPL that do not affect the wrapping or encapsulating program as much.

    I always chuckle a little when someone is surprised that a company chose to encapsulate a BSD/MIT/Apache licensed program in their software that acts like malware. Why do you think a company will insist on non-copyleft software? Sure, there's some "intellectual property" protection aspect, but too often, it turns out that they want to do something deceitful and harmful, and fear that requirements of copyleft licenses will lead to exposure.

    CC: @mangeurdenuage
    In conversation Sunday, 11-Mar-2018 10:03:45 EDT from loadaverage.org permalink
  8. Christmas Personified as a Catgirl (moonman@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 09-Mar-2018 09:51:55 EST Christmas Personified as a Catgirl Christmas Personified as a Catgirl
    Are you old enough to remember CGA strip poker  https://shitposter.club/attachment/1639048
    In conversation Friday, 09-Mar-2018 09:51:55 EST from shitposter.club permalink Repeated by lnxw37a1
  9. Verius (verius@community.highlandarrow.com)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Mar-2018 14:30:38 EST Verius Verius
    Heh, clocks in all over Europe are running slow due to problems in southeast Europe. https://community.highlandarrow.com/url/391759
    In conversation Tuesday, 06-Mar-2018 14:30:38 EST from community.highlandarrow.com permalink Repeated by lnxw37a1
  10. Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1) (lnxw37a1@loadaverage.org)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Mar-2018 13:27:33 EST Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1) Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1)
    in reply to
    • lnxw48a1
    #Fedora didn't work with the #Wi-Fi card, so I'll try #OpenSuSE Leap next.
    In conversation Tuesday, 06-Mar-2018 13:27:33 EST from loadaverage.org permalink
  11. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Mar-2018 11:34:19 EST lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    • The Tcl scripting language and related projects
    Also thinking of replacing the #Mageia install with #OpenSuse. Mostly because I want to use #OpenVPN and I want a !TclTk installation that doesn't segfault every time I try to use it.
    In conversation Tuesday, 06-Mar-2018 11:34:19 EST from nu.federati.net permalink Repeated by lnxw37a1
  12. Christmas Personified as a Catgirl (moonman@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Mar-2018 12:29:52 EST Christmas Personified as a Catgirl Christmas Personified as a Catgirl
    "duck" is the perfect name for ducks, I think English nailed it on that one.
    In conversation Tuesday, 06-Mar-2018 12:29:52 EST from shitposter.club permalink Repeated by lnxw37a1
  13. Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1) (lnxw37a1@loadaverage.org)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2018 09:43:16 EST Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1) Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1)
    • mangeurdenuage
    @mangeurdenuage I would add: Other than calls from known personal contacts, someone who calls or e-mails you asking you to install a particular proprietary software application on your phone, tablet, or computer is probably not doing it for your benefit.
    In conversation Friday, 23-Feb-2018 09:43:16 EST from loadaverage.org permalink
  14. Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1) (lnxw37a1@loadaverage.org)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2018 09:20:15 EST Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1) Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1)
    • Neon
    @neon I used to try each Summer to learn how to use Emacs, but I eventually gave up. It was too difficult. I couldn't create files, I couldn't save files, I couldn't edit files without spending more time flipping through references to find out how to do what I needed than doing the thing itself. I'd rather use MS Edlin.

    Vim (preferred) and Vi seem to strike the right balance for me.
    In conversation Friday, 23-Feb-2018 09:20:15 EST from loadaverage.org permalink
  15. ☠️ Grumpy Oldman (grmpyoldman@quitter.se)'s status on Thursday, 22-Feb-2018 14:57:07 EST ☠️ Grumpy Oldman ☠️ Grumpy Oldman
    #npm #javascript any1? https://1n.pm/31dYs
    In conversation Thursday, 22-Feb-2018 14:57:07 EST from quitter.se permalink Repeated by lnxw37a1

    Attachments

    1. Critical Linux filesystem permissions are being changed by latest version · Issue #19883 · npm/npm
      from GitHub
      I'm opening this issue because: npm is crashing. npm is producing an incorrect install. npm is doing something I don't understand. Other (see below for feature requests): What's going wrong? ...
  16. Annah (maiyannah@community.highlandarrow.com)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2018 17:19:55 EST Annah Annah
    Fuck off with your using the deaths oc children you dont know a out, dont care about, and never will, you heartless vultures.
    In conversation Thursday, 15-Feb-2018 17:19:55 EST from community.highlandarrow.com permalink Repeated by lnxw37a1
  17. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz@social.mikegerwitz.com)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2018 23:02:16 EST Mike Gerwitz Mike Gerwitz
    An interesting story/article describing how much information can be obtained through very basic traffic analysis of a "smart" home's IoT devices:

    https://gizmodo.com/the-house-that-spied-on-me-1822429852

    Someone with more experience could derive far more information.

    #privacy #security #iot #metadata #iwillnotspendtimeinyoursmarthome
    In conversation Saturday, 10-Feb-2018 23:02:16 EST from social.mikegerwitz.com permalink Repeated by lnxw37a1

    Attachments

    1. The House That Spied on Me
      from Gizmodo
      In December, I converted my one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco into a “smart home.” I connected as many of my appliances and belongings as I could to the internet: an Amazon Echo, my lights, my coffee maker, my baby monitor, my kid’s toys, my vacuum, my TV, my toothbrush, a photo frame, a sex toy, and even my bed.
  18. Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1) (lnxw37a1@loadaverage.org)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2018 09:26:31 EST Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1) Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1)
    in reply to
    • Annah
    • Stanislas
    • Bob Mottram 🔧 ☕ ✅
    @maiyannah @bob @angristan But combining encrypted salmon messages with a custom endpoint would help non-updated servers from receiving and forwarding garbage.
    In conversation Friday, 09-Feb-2018 09:26:31 EST from loadaverage.org permalink
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