IT related #AprilFools joke I remember from years ago was a colleague faked a corporate email faking a re-org and rename among a few other things and mass sent it to a bunch of people in our internal groups. It was so convincing and believable most people just ignored it as normal corporate spam...
Adventure with my "new" battery, I left my #ThinkPad on a few nights ago by mistake and completely drained it, it now won't charge at all.
I tried applying the thinkpad-ec mod to my BIOS but it still sits at 0% and the battery light flashes amber. Any ideas fediverse, I've tried a few variations of turn off, swap with old battery turn on, discharge laptop completely etc.
I learn new stuff every day, was unaware of the command in #vim to reflow paragraphs, that'll save a chunk of time!
gwip
or
gqip
in normal mode for the record!
It is especially a good book if you are a girl since it has great advice on safety and a chapter dedicated on what to do if you do fall victim to a stalker or vengeful ex. Including where to seek help and how to get a restraining order (US focused but still useful for us in UK and EU).
Skimming through: Smart Girls Guide to Privacy.
An excellent guide to #privacy online, even if you aren't a girl 😉
I like this quote but it's sounding like a challenge to me:
> Many people say that it’s better and safer to have your own
> domain and host your own email. That’s fine if you know how,
> but most people don’t—and that’s okay. Having your email
> at, say, Gmail, where it’s Google’s job to keep you secure, is a
> million times better than trying to learn to manage it yourself.
Setup myself a private searx instance to use #privacy
So I have now published my article on online #privacy and surveillance https://lyndon.codes/2021/03/17/someone-s-watching-you/
I've written a draft post about the state of surveillance online and why people should care, cleverly titled: "Somebody's watching you" but I am torn as to whether I should post it or not.
Honestly I am worried about being labelled as a tin-foil hat wearer or it affecting future job prospects but nothing I say is inaccurate, the thesis is basically, Big Companies are spying on you and using your private data and so are governments, you should probably do something about it.
#privacy
Very much enjoyed this post by @theselfhostingblog https://theselfhostingblog.com/posts/take-back-control-of-your-data/
@gdquest Irritatingly it is expensive but thought you might like to know it is possible to get the doman gd.quest:
https://www.namecheap.com/domains/registration/results/?domain=gd.quest
Battery 0: Discharging, 27%, 01:47:38 remaining
Battery 0: design capacity 6806 mAh, last full capacity 6800 mAh = 99%
Battery 0: Discharging, 49%, 03:49:48 remaining
Battery 0: design capacity 6588 mAh, last full capacity 6581 mAh = 99%
Interesting that the full capacity changed but it is going strong
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