Alex Wilson @blunaxela@fosstodon.org
Computer engineer, Linux addict, FOSS evangelist, HAM
Joined Mar 2018
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10 years ago I started using ad blockers because I thought ads were annoying. Now I think that's the _least_ important reason to use them.
I think we should call them "browser firewalls." That more accurately describes their purpose.
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How was your week? This Week in Matrix we're celebrating being included in Mozilla's shortlist of IM systems, looking forward to improved Slack bridging (1.0 incoming!) and MORE! Go read: https://matrix.org/blog/2019/09/13/this-week-in-matrix-2019-09-13
"Remote login is a lot like astral projection."
*chuckles*
(src: https://twitter.com/CyndeMoya/status/1172289968137392128/photo/1)
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We all know that Google (with Chrome-ium) has at least close to 90% of the browser marketshare on the internet.
Which is your primary browser on your computer?
Remember that Brave, Opera and Edge are Chromium derivatives. I consider Safari to be separate since it's Webkit and not Blink.
Retoot this to get more votes in.
#poll #browser #firefox #chromium
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Librem 5 shipping starting 24 September 2019 https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-shipping-announcement/ #purism #linux #linuxphone #linuxmobile #gnome
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#Purism #Librem5 August 2019 Update https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-august-update/ final push before the imminent launch, polishing the most critical apps: calls, messages, web browser, shell and #GNOME Initial Setup, Contacts and Settings for mobile #linux #linuxphone #linuxmobile #security #privacy
With Hong Kong being such a hot topic, are FOSS licenses recognized or effective in Hong Kong or China? I wonder what the software landscape is like over there. It would be discouraging if your FOSS project got shutdown b/c someone copied it all and claimed your license was worthless. That said, there's probably the same sort of problems with FOSS here in the US.
I found it! Looks like there was a CTF writeup that used my module. Nice!
Real hackers enable the evil bit on all their outgoing IPv4 packets! 
My RFC 3514 kernel module has gotten a lot of traffic recently. I wish I knew why...
My mind is being blown by what you can do with SAT/SMT solvers in Python. You can use them to solve sudoku puzzles in just a handful of lines! I'm starting to wonder what you can't do with them...
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If you don't know where the output is going, then you are the file. 
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The Librem 5 smartphone -- running GNU/Linux -- is "confirmed for Q3 product shipping."
https://puri.sm/posts/massive-progress-exact-cpu-selected-minor-shipping-adjustment/
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Super tux kart dev team leader quits – http://blog.supertuxkart.net/2019/05/my-departure-from-supertuxkart.html
watch -d cat /proc/interrupts
# This is one of my fav Linux commands to show people. Watch those interrupt counters climb up!
@climagic
After seeing how CSS and JS can track your mouse movements I decided to compile #firefox myself. I commented out two lines to disable all CSS hover and HTML/JS onmouse(enter,leave) events. Pretty neat! Although I have no way to turn it back on for those sweet Wikipedia page previews... I hope I can figure out how to make it a per page option.
*Made possible by FOSS*
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Interesting, looks like they are taking the principles of FOSS and applying them to hardware and #electricalengineering design. Still, I think it's not exactly what I'm looking for. Is there an #ee community like the FSF that allows hobbyists and EEs alike to share and freely license their schematics/designs? I don't have any extraordinary schems (mostly for guitar pedal circuits), but I think it would be incredibly cool to have a site and community that did just that.
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(edit: missed link)
If you use Firefox and open this link and see "apple.com", you should read the blog entry linked there and fix your firefox config: https://www.xn--80ak6aa92e.com/
#phishing
The NSA now have source posted for their reverse engineering platform, Ghidra. Last I checked it was an empty repo. Seems to work well! I disassembled a small program I had laying around and it eye-opening to see in action. Time to poke at some other software I have...
What's on your mind?
#supertuxkart has a release candidate with online multiplayer! Fosstodon peeps feel free to friend me on there at blunaxela@stk. 
http://blog.supertuxkart.net/2019/04/supertuxkart-010-release-candidate-1.html
Computer engineer, Linux addict, FOSS evangelist, HAM
Joined Mar 2018
