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@stux@mstdn.social I'm not sure who needs to hear it, but they're probably reading this thread... #Obtanium is a really neat alternative to the Google Play Store: if I understand correctly, I give it the URL to the git repository, and it can fetch the app and monitor for updates; the security-conscious crowd like this because it reduces dependence on a third party (like Google or F-Droid). So far I've got about a quarter of my apps through it. https://wiki.obtainium.imranr.dev/ #FOSS #OpenSource #grapheneOS #degoogle

@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange Great point. I think this idea of migrating one's applications first and *then* the OS also applies to many hardware platforms. For example, degoogled android OS for mobile telephones. I've seen many people who tried to migrate OS first complain their apps didn't work, but those who had been gradually transitioning toward more privacy-respecting open-source apps before switching OS seemed to have a grand old time. #grapheneOS #degoogle #defenestrate #FOSS #software #operatingSystem

@401matthall@mastodon.xyz @zencoffeebreak@mas.to YOU WOULDN'T PIRATE A FONT... https://piracymonitor.org/did-the-famous-you-wouldnt-steal-a-car-anti-piracy-campaign-use-a-pirated-font/ #piracy #policing #law #lobbying #lawfare #police #whatwouldSirRobertPeelDo

@RandamuMaki @alicemcalicepants I think we have the basis of an age verification system we can all get behind, here. #fileSystems #ageVarification #socialMedia

@darth@silversword.online #openBSD - to give some indication of how simple the installer is: I installed it myself and I'm using it as a daily driver, and I'm such a noob I haven't figured out how to mount a USB stick yet. Seems very secure indeed 😀 I managed easily to give it a GUI, office suite, web browsers, #freeCAD, #GIMP, #nextcloud client, & #flightGear. As a computer ignoramus, I'm really impressed by how easy it is. One day I will understand the disk partitioning too 😉 One cheap Chinese laptop worked fine except for the trackpad, another one has to be left overnight to boot up (the text-only installer boots swiftly so I guess it's most likely an X problem) and the WiFi card isn't recognised. Moral of the story: you'll probably have an easy life, but probably get a thinkpad if you want some degree of assurance. It's like art to me: I don't understand it the way the artists that made it do, but when I see a system as carefully documented and thoughtfully constructed to be as elegant as technology seems to permit... Well, I feel like I know it when I see it!

@vonxylofon @deepmud @TheBreadmonkey Also, broadly speaking, if one infers the aircraft's power setting from the audio, it is consistent with the manoeuvre being performed. P.S.: if my tax money has to fund war, I would like this person to be in charge of designing weapons systems. They'd be WAY funnier! #aviation #aircraft #aeromodelling #drones #modelAircraft

@ml Nextcloud can do forms. Also a heap of other fun stuff. Can be self-hosted (I.E.: free) or one can find fully hosted solutions from €5/mo... https://nextfiles.one/de/sichere-cloud-fuer-privatkunden-und-vereine-29/#preise #forms #surveys #nextcloud #homelab

@dereel @plyspomitox You may enjoy: https://www.halfbakery.com/ #ideas #inventions #innovation

@ai6yr @mattblaze @CliffsEsport @EugestShirley @faraiwe I sympathise; I was trained to regard the word plane as describing a flat surface, or a tool for making such. But also, I tried reading Beowulf once and it was ruddy impossible. At some point I think we have to concede the fluidity of language. The annoying thing is that it is allllmost static in the human lifespan. #etymology #poptyPing #linguistics #english

@jlw_the_jobber Speaking as a noob, I was amazed by how easy #openBSD was to install and get running with #xfce. I think my next bout of experimentation will be doing it with #KDE (the #nextcloud client for openBSD seems to offer integration with dolphin; KDE's file manager). The only thing I haven't got my head around is auto-mounting USB drives upon insertion. Perhaps antithetical to the sane security defaults for which openBSD is known, but there are lots of guides online for people wanting it :P damned if I can get them to work though! *edited to add, if you want to run Virtual Machines on it, they have to be openBSD VMs; I only mention it because reading this quote was what made me read more about openBSD and then end up trying it... I know little about computers, but I've seen people make (indeed, I have worked with, and within) good systems and bad systems, and this sounded like someone who was really trying to make a good system... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19912394 #virtualization

@cgx Oh my, that's fantastic. Is there any chance there'd be an opportunity to do it on a plate of flint, in the dark, so your feet shot off sparks with every tap? #dance #tapdance #heavyMetal #music

@munin maybe "why is your average Joe more likely to die in a car accident than in a cage-fighting deathmatch?" I suppose this assumes your interlocutor has some modest amount of wit to think it through, and of course they have to understand they're comparing something that's survived by 99.978% of participants (US motoring, lifetime risk) to something that's survived by 50% of participants (assuming one is only dumb enough to try a 1-on-1 deathmatch once in one's life). But you get the jist. It's tricky because the person to whom you're explaining this is the sort of person who is trying to infer meaning from a string of statistically-interrelated word-fragments generated by an algorithm, and terrifyingly (to me at least), thinks the database of statistical-interrelationships of word-fragments has an understanding of the world. So my heart goes out to you, because you've chosen a real uphill struggle here. A worthy cause! But an uphill struggle. #statistics #math #communication #teaching #maths #odds #risk #mathematics #AI #LLM

@paco@infosec.exchange @blogdiva@mastodon.social I presume the unlabled black line along the bottom, that looks like a time axis, actually represents the native American religious group? ;) #politics #USPol #religion

@Steffi@toot.wales Not cheap I'm afraid, but I think Carradice are the best. Will handle Welsh rain. All of my family members use them. I even wear mine just when I want to be REALLY visible (London!). https://carradice.co.uk/products/proroute-raincape #cycling #weather #clothing #carradice #rain #raincoat #raincape

@CliffsEsport @ai6yr @mattblaze @EugestShirley @faraiwe Wow, interesting background. Yes. The more common error is saying "memory" and leaving the listener to guess from the context and amount described. The tricky thing, I find, is that as the rate of globalisation increases, and where English functions as a lingual franca, it is hard to begrudge those who don't speak English as a first language using words improperly. At that level I think "properly" is just whatever has an acceptable likelihood of arranging the neural pathways in my skull in the intended manner. No excuse for the rest of us, of course. #linguistics

@randulo long shot, but would #BSD meet your Macbook needs? MacOS originated from BSD, I believe. #FreeBSD is probably the most popular of the BSDs, but #OpenBSD is probably the most lightweight/secure (if you can forgo Bluetooth). It sounds like 4yrs ago it mostly worked: https://www.reddit.com/r/openbsd/comments/y3020e/still_looking_at_laptops_for_openbsd/ https://joshua.hu/FreeBSD-on-MacbookPro-114-A1398

@spoon@freeradical.zone @darth@silversword.online @mwl@io.mwl.io Thanks, kind stranger!

@dusepo@toot.dusepo.co.uk okay, am I the only person who wants someone to have secretly built a tiny model railway inside a violin, without telling the customer? #3DPrinting

@amiserabilist@beige.party @Nickiquote@mstdn.social Most of my posts are produced by six cats tied in a bag that has googley eyes on it.

@tobeB what amazes me is how *cheap* a politician can be. Absolute bargain. When I see the declared political donations required to get a seat in the House of Lords, I sometimes wonder about starting a gofundme. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash-for-Honours_scandal#politics #corruption #UKPol #wealth #finance

@jandi @jor @redsad it's a sort of hospital gown design, but tied up at the back of the torso and the sleeves.

@halla *edited: argh sorry I got the hashtag wrong, it's #spicyPillows My bad! More meme revision for me.

@ml no worries! Did some more digging: there are free providers if you want to have a play. https://nextcloud.com/sign-up/ when you're logged in as the user with administrative control, there's a little app-store with a variety of open-source apps you can run on your server, and one of them is for forms. https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/forms (But also it's fun to browse all the other apps, some of them are super useful!) #degoogle

@bruces Great post - thanks! Suggested alt text if you want a quick copy and paste solution (some folks won't boost without it): Table comparing the features of decentralized messaging protocols Briar, BitChat, and Keet across architecture, transport protocols, encryption, identity verification, offline capability, metadata protection, file transfer limit, main platforms, asynchronous sync, and economic layer.

@molly0xfff Can we infer from this that they have other departments for the various types of non-financial crimes? #jobs #finance #crime

@faket @tobsen @timonsku C fits in G socket. The trick is to do it on an extension lead, turn a G plug upsidedown to use the ground pin to force open the little shutters, then bam! You can push the C plug into the remaining holes. Obvs you'll want to make sure your C plug device can handle the G grid's voltage. #allMachinesAreSmokeMachinesIfUsedWrongEnough #electricalEngineering #electricity #standards #plugs #sockets

@yaxu@post.lurk.org @johentsch@hostux.social I'd be curious to know how gamey programs like https://workadventu.re might be used in hybrid conferences #workadventure

@flexion@oldbytes.space Is this the right place to share the (very minimalist) minecraft-server-on-a-lightbulb story? https://hackaday.com/2025/11/13/running-a-minecraft-server-on-a-wifi-light-bulb/ #minecraft #luanti #homeLab #selfHosting #IoT

@avia@mu.zaitcev.nu does a #Sonerai count as a candidate? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CuaWZZG4ZMA

@ThisGuyThat@lemmy.world @Arghblarg@lemmy.ca Excellent. Hopefully some of them will have hardware that supports #openBSD that I can pick up for pennies on the dollar. I can see many in the Linux crowd stand to profit handsomely from this, given their much more broad hardware support 😜

@renchap@oisaur.com @sovtechfund@mastodon.social Thank you for your hard work! Apropos, if you know anyone trying to automate the fight against disinformation, NATO sometimes offers funding for research in this area (or sometimes adjacent areas of benefit to the organisation). I only mention it because it's the sort of capability that I imagine citizens of the fediverse might enjoy. Thanks again! #NATO #fediverse #activitypub #disinformation

@considermycat #morality #ethics #lawfare #policing #whatWouldSirRobertPeelDo

@NewtonMarkhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDQ4qP-Q_w RPi-based automated countersurveillance #infosec #surveillance #policing #cyber #selfHosted

@peterbrown@mastodon.scot @compost_funeral@kolektiva.social @TheComfortableSpotPodcast@mastodon.social @brucelawson@social.vivaldi.net I concur. I would say it is a damning indictment of the system on many levels. I regret the cost of it to all concerned. At the risk of sounding silly, but I say it because it is the benchmark I try to use for myself, I do not think the actions of the police are driven by love.

@hannaB@social.vir.group @wordmark@mas.to I, too, hope the lizard-people are in charge, steering the ship, rather than the ship(s) of state(s) being subjected to the brownian-motion soup of feedback loops... But, alas... #economics #money #conspiracy #cybernetics #finance

@compost_funeral@kolektiva.social @TheComfortableSpotPodcast@mastodon.social @brucelawson@social.vivaldi.net @jebantyk@mastodon.cloud Further, I must caution readers to great care in how they interpret this thoughtful and excellently written guidance. I note this 2011 article on the re-arrest of the Naked Rambler in Scotland: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-14649394 Being convicted of a crime, however egregiously wrongful the conviction, can be terribly inconvenient. At any rate; the manner of protest of these ladies is tremendously elegant. #law #lawfare #nudity #crime #police #policing

@abstractcode @daedalus "What do you do to protect the environment in cases like this?" "Well, the ship was towed outside the environment." https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM #comedy #environment #solutions #theFrontFellOff

@psymorama@mstdn.social Thank you! I've been looking for a good #aprilFools joke to play :D

@munin well, I say, if you think they might be bright, give 'em my opening question there, and see if they can intuit the answer. Either way, good luck! I think you're doing a good thing taking it on. Plato said we have to march back into the cave and explain reality to the people who can't see it. @doboprobodyne said pick your battles because sometimes they'll try and string you up for witchcraft. 🤦

@invadersil@mastodon.social @randahl@mastodon.social You might want to read the exact wording of the Budapest memorandum...

@drewtowler @eff @davidgreene Odd. The linked page didn't make any demands of me. Might be that the EFF has a similar set-up to me, that doesn't result in demands?

@nazokiyoubinbou@mastodon.social @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange It's better than a metaphor because it's an example of applying the same legislative framework to two - in many ways similar - security problems. #civics #feyneman #policing #legislation

@bruces #EveryDayCarry

@tobsen @faket @timonsku Good point! I was actually thinking of C. I forgot E has a ground pin. I leave ungrounding devices that're designed to be grounded to the more adventurous 🤪 This might work with E and F provided the dimensions of the plug don't get in the way of the inverted G plug... I've only used it with "flat" type C plugs. (original post edited)

@cmconseils@mastodon.social I think the elegance of the meme in conveying the concept is highly ironic. #memes #irony #communication

@ZachWeinersmith does it work if I add hashtags to a reply? I have a feeling a lot of people will enjoy your work who follow hashtags like #math #maths #mathematics #mathematicians #numbers #equation #mathstodon

@cmconseils Oh my gosh has anyone 3D scanned this? #3DScanning #3DPrinting

@HighlandLawyer@mastodon.social @TheComfortableSpotPodcast@mastodon.social @brucelawson@social.vivaldi.net Thank you! I did wonder. I should say the court is probably deserving of contempt, if it cannot stomach the human form, although I'm sure the court would disagree. #law #lawfare #nudity #police #policing