Anyone who found this interesting should check out Nick Harkawway's novel Gnomon. It's set in a near-future society with a similar kind of omnipresent and ambivalent AI/surveillance system, combined with some fantasy elements.
Pilet Mini Computer
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/pilet-mini-pi-5-modular-computer/
I use yadm's post-checkout script feature to accomplish this on my machines.
Desktop Grid Quirks
I have my Mac desktop configured to snap icons to a grid. However, for a while I've noticed that moving an icon causes them to snap to the upper-right corner of the screen, ignoring where I actually want them and overlapping existing icons. The only way around this seems to be going into Display Settings, changing any parameter such as Grid Size, and then moving the icons again. Has anyone else been experiencing this?
If I understand your question, you can just assign some of your server endpoints a public IP/URL and keep some others behind the firewall. My home lab exposes some services to the open internet, while others are only accessible with a VPN.
It's about time. I hop between iOS and Android every so often, and the lack of RCS has always been a major pain in the ass. Goodbye shitty compressed photos and hello read receipts. Unless your Android vendor doesn't fully support RCS... Looking at you, Samsung
Finally! I've always been enamored with Swift, but Linux compatibility has been a consistent pain point. Can't wait to give it a try
No support for the Fold? ;-;
I've been allergic to pet dander my whole life, and I will usually break out in hives just from being in the same room as someone who owns a dog. Yet, I'm still expected to pretend that I love their precious furry angel. Lately, I just let people know that couldn't be further from the truth. That said, I absolutely adore cats. But I'm just as allergic and would never own one.
Apple's App Store has included this "feature" for several years. Gross.
So cute! The roast site made me laugh, but this is wholesome. The world needs both ;)
Help Finding Comic
I'm trying to find a YouTube video of a stand-up routine that I loved, but I can't remember the name of the performer! Here's what I do remember. She had long brown hair and a voice that reminded me of Mickey Mouse. I believe the video was taken from one of those late-night shows. Her routine was about getting older and not wanting to date casually anymore. It was pretty raunchy too. Two punchlines I remember had to do with drinking c-m and claiming her biggest weakness or red flag was that her p-ssy is too tight. Thanks in advance!
I highly recommend "Essentials of Compilation" by Jeremy Siek, which explores the same nano-pass approach using both Python and Racket. His course is easily one of my favorites.
I understand that people feel strongly about Snaps, but I don't know about saying that they're a security vulnerability on the basis of offering automatic updates.
Safari refers to it as "Privacy-Preserving Ad Measurement", and Chrome includes an option as part of its "Privacy Sandbox." Please have the decency to do a basic google search before being an asshole :)
Literally every browser has this option, and it gives users a choice. If you use an ad blocker, it has this option as well and has had it for several years now.
End-to-end encryption stops being secure... at the end... Who would've thought
Shared Data Partition for macOS/Linux Dual Boot
I am interested in dual-booting a Linux distro (probably Ubuntu) on my 2019 MacBook Pro. Ideally, I would have a shared data partition so that I could access my documents from both OSes. Does anyone have suggestions on the best way to accomplish this?
UPDATE: created macOS, Ubuntu, and data partitions. Was able to mount and access data partition from both systems without any issues. As a bonus, Ubuntu let me replace the standard documents, photos, videos, etc. folders with symlinks to the data partition.
Suzuki Omnichord OM-108 Unveiled
Suzuki's much anticipated re-issue of the Omnichord is here! It's a faithful modernization of the iconic form factor and sound of the OM-84, and it's expected to retail for around $800. Given that in 1984 these instruments went for between $260-$300 ($700-$1500 today), that's exciting!
I've got an original OM-84 that's still going strong, but I'll definitely be keeping my eye on this new line.
Yubikey on Linux?
Hi friends! Has anyone here had success using Yubikeys on Linux? I've been going back and forth with support to no avail, trying to get my Yubikey 5C NFC to play nicely on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Any suggestions are appreciated.
I have the following Yubikey-related packages on my system:
``` libyubikey-udev 1.20.0-3 [Ubuntu/jammy universe] ├── is installed └── udev rules for unprivileged access to YubiKeys
libyubikey0 1.13-6 [Ubuntu/jammy universe] ├── is installed └── Yubikey OTP handling library runtime
python3-yubikey-manager 4.0.7-1 [Ubuntu/jammy universe] ├── is installed └── Python 3 library for configuring a YubiKey — transitional package
yubikey-manager 4.0.7-1 [Ubuntu/jammy universe] ├── is installed └── Python library and command line tool for configuring a YubiKey
yubikey-manager-qt 1.2.4-1 [Ubuntu/jammy universe] ├── is installed └── Graphical application for configuring a YubiKey
yubikey-personalization-gui 3.1.24-1build1 [Ubuntu/jammy universe] ├── is installed └── Graphical personalization tool for YubiKey tokens
libfido2-1 1.10.0-1 [Ubuntu/jammy main] ├── is installed └── library for generating and verifying FIDO 2.0 objects
python3-fido2 0.9.1-1 [Ubuntu/jammy universe] ├── is installed └── Python library for implementing FIDO 2.0
pcscd 1.9.5-3ubuntu1 [Ubuntu/jammy universe] ├── is installed └── Middleware to access a smart card using PC/SC (daemon side) ```
UPDATE: After working my way down the entire software stack, I contacted the vendor of my USB-C port and requested a replacement. It did the trick...
Fever-Compatible RSS Reader?
Hi friends! Can anyone recommend a good RSS reader for Mac, which supports the Fever API? I run a self-hosted FreshRSS server which I prefer to access through a client application. I have tried Fluent Reader, but it does not support the "starred" articles feature.
UPDATE: I've been using NetNewsWire for a while now, and it's perfect.
Intel Compute Stick for Home Server?
I recently acquired an Intel Compute Stick during a liquidation sale. Has anyone used one of these as a home server? I currently host UmbrelOS on a RPi 4, which works great, but I can't imagine what I would use the Compute Stick for...