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cassidy , to random
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You would never know there is a statue of a little boy peeing behind me in my new profile photo, but you are reading this so… now you know!

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2024 #FOSDEM24 #Brussels #Belgium

popey ,
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@cassidy There's even a section of museum around the corner, all about the little fella!

micah , to random
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My terminal of choice on Mac, Warp, just got a Linux release! I don't use any of the warp ai/drive features but I do like the Launch Configurations feature and it's general workflow. Now we just need to convince them to flatpak it. 😜
#linux #flatpak #terminal #macOS

https://www.warp.dev/blog/warp-for-linux

popey ,
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@micah Their official package fails to even launch here. Just dies with an X11 error. https://paste.debian.net/1308255/

popey , to random
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Ditching 'Inbox Zero' for 'Telegram Ten-Thousand'

popey , to random
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When BBC News shows a screen recording of a browser on the news, they might want to pre-install an ad-blocker.

jimblimey , to random
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#ZXSpectrum games I might have played number 4811

Star Blade

Released: 1995
Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=4811

popey ,
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@jimblimey Is that a Uridium "inspired" game?

popey , to random
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This is a good news follow-up to yesterday's blog post about that Exodus scammy app in the Snap store.

https://popey.com/blog/2024/02/exodus-bitcoin-wallet-follow-up/

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popey OP ,
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@cwayne @cassidy null was, yes :)
Also, it has 144 installs in 41 countries!
Most successful empty package ever!

popey , to random
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etchedpixels , to random
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Progress on the #compiler. The Z8 now passes the test suite and the build coverage test. The test suite is pretty basic so there are probably plenty of bugs left. Code density is not great on the Z8 though. Also added register keywords for arguments to the compiler and split I/D to the linker.
The bytecode output for the #1802 also works with a bytecode engine in C, but the 1802 part is a long way off. Might have to stop putting off debugging the 65C816 now and carry on with #6502

popey ,
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@etchedpixels I love hearing about these escapades! Keep it up! :D

popey , to random
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"Look ma! I was on the front page of hackernews"
"That's nice, dear."

Very happy that my aged little Ubuntu 18.04 (32-bit) VPS at @bitfolk coped perfectly under load. Also, annual reminder to myself that I should probably upgrade it...

A graph of unique visitors per day, showing a spike yesterday, with a flatline mostly before.

popey OP ,
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@RTheren @bitfolk That's the spirit!

popey OP ,
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@jugmac00 @bitfolk Way ahead of you..

popey , to random
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A Bitcoin investor was recently scammed out of 9 Bitcoin (worth around $490K) in a fake “Exodus wallet” desktop application for Linux, published in the Canonical Snap Store. This isn’t the first time; if nothing changes, it likely won’t be the last.

This is a rather long blog post to accompany @linuxmatters episode 23.

https://popey.com/blog/2024/02/exodus-bitcoin-wallet-490k-swindle/

#linux #ubuntu #snapcraft

The scam Exodus Bitcoin Wallet as presented in the Ubuntu graphical desktop storefront.

popey OP ,
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In a previous version of this blog I pointed the finger at a service called exchangerate-api. After some online comments and thinking about this, I have removed that section and screenshot. I drew a direct line between a scam app and a third-party legitimate service. I didn't deeply investigate what APIs were used by the scam app, so it was unfair to draw that line.

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popey ,
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@rooster Sad face

popey , to random
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😬

popey , to random
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After using a service, how do you feel about being told you'll get a survey and being explicitly asked to give a "9 or 10 out of 10"? What if someone phoned you a few days later and told you this again?

popey OP ,
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@darkling For me, the first one was to my face! The second was a phone call. I said I'd be unlikely to be giving them 9 or 10. They asked why. I explained, "Because you're the second person to ask me to give you 9 or 10, which immediately gets my back up and makes me not want to".

ninokadic , to random
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One thing that always made no sense to me in the #Linux community is people recommending Ubuntu as a "beginner distro" – and also the concept of beginner distros overall.

After you install #Ubuntu, you have to install an additional settings app to make it behave as you'd expect, run a script at startup to adjust scroll speed, and likely set up EasyEffects to get your laptop speaker to sound decent... etc.

Just recommend Linux Mint. It solves so many problems out of the box.

#foss #tech #IT

popey ,
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@ninokadic Weird take. I've been using Ubuntu for nearly 20 years, and have never changed the scroll speed, nor even heard of EasyEffects! :D

popey ,
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@ninokadic Ahh! That'll be it. I mostly use ThinkPads and turn the touchpad off. TouchPoint forever! :D

popey , to random
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A group of aliens just landed and you get into a conversation about Open Source.
They ask "Why should we care about that?".
What's your answer?
Humo{u}r me.

popey OP ,
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@justin maybe it’s in the far future after we terraform it

codinghorror , to random
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An early instance of {{{citation needed}}}

popey ,
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@codinghorror Have you seen the rather excellent video on this topic from Lemino? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u7euN1HTuU

popey , (edited ) to random
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When answering polls:

admin , to random

The mastospam is getting a bit relentless, so I have set limits on all these instances for now:

idic.social
netcup.social
airwaves.social
mstdn.funil.de
social.nofftopia.com
mastodon.london
batchats.net
ellis.social
witten.social
social.boom.army
selfhosted.cafe
meow.lgbt
dindon.one
mastodon.joaoleitao.org
social.uggs.io
k18plus.social
xreality.social
dindon.one
social.uggs.io
k18plus.social
onlybsds.com
mastdn.social

#mastodon #spam

popey ,
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@D4D3MURPHY You're not quite fully informed as to what's going on. People are mass-creating accounts and flooding the federated timeline with spam. Some of those are tagging people too. They're also causing a tremendous amount of traffic for instance admins.

ajsadauskas , to Fuck Cars
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What can you get to within a 15-minute walk of your house?

A recent YouGov survey asked Americans what they think they should be able to get to within a 15-minute walk of their house.

Of these choices, I can currently walk to all of them from my apartment, aside from a university (no biggie, I'm not currently studying, although there is a Tafe within walking distance), a hospital, and a sports arena.

How many can you get to with a 15 minute walk from your house?

@fuck_cars

popey ,
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@ajsadauskas Based in a town in the UK. I can get to all except a University and Sports Arena. But I have two train stations within 15 mins which can take me to pretty much anything.

justincroser , to random
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Scare your company’s IT team with 3 words. 👇

popey ,
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@justincroser
"I installed Linux"

xirrin , to random
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@popey did you ever find a Matrix setup that doesn’t suck?

popey ,
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@xirrin No

gnh1201 , to random Korean
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Hello friends,

There has been too much spam coming into my timeline, causing a high load on my server. It was challenging to block as it was coming in through relays rather than directly mentioning me.

In the end, I applied a script that forcibly opens and inspects SSL communication content for filtering.

This has proven effective. I hope it helps someone.

https://github.com/gnh1201/php-httpproxy

#fediblock

popey ,
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@gnh1201 I wondered why the traffic on my instance was through the roof this week!

vkc , to random
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Reminder- tomorrow I'll be doing a members-only livestream installation of OS/2 on my 486.

Reputable sponsors don't seem to make me any offers, so my work is supported directly by viewers. I want to keep making Veronica Explains, and I need your help to make this happen.

Supporters also get weekly behind-the-scenes updates and a few other perks- I appreciate all of you for considering it.

https://patreon.com/VeronicaExplains
https://ko-fi.com/VeronicaExplains

popey ,
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@Wintermute_BBS @rc2014 @vkc aw man! Getting flashbacks to the mid 1990s when I added a Digi 8-port serial card and 8 modems then installed a Lotus CC:Mail dial-in server on a compaq deskpro running OS/2

popey ,
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@vkc ok! Backed! Hope it goes well!

popey , to random
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Me: meticulously cleans glasses 🤓
Also me: puts glasses on while smudging the lens with my fat thumb 🫠

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popey OP ,
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@davespice the problem isn’t the cleaning, it’s me ham-fistedly picking them up afterwards:)

popey , to random
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Y'know what we don't talk about enough here?
Favourite text editors.
Weird that.

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popey OP ,
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@jzb 😹
Congrats on the LWN role btw!

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popey OP ,
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@kazaii Sure, why not.

popey OP ,
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@bashfulrobot that’s the spirit!

popey , to random
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PIZZATIME
IZZATIMEP
ZZATIMEPI
ZATIMEPIZ
ATIMEPIZZ
TIMEPIZZA
IMEPIZZAT
MEPIZZATI
EPIZZATIM

popey , to random
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Unusually for me, another “long” (not that long) journey for me for work, broken up with a bacon roll, flat white and some delicious electrons for the Mini. This time a fully working and available Gridserve charger. Onwards!

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popey OP ,
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@Tommy yeah, glad the battery on the Mini is so small it’s impossible for me to rack up a huge bill :) 79p*30 maximum.

popey OP ,
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@Ric Yes, I do, and I did use my Electroverse card today, thanks.

popey OP ,
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@ironicbadger brown sauce obviously

popey OP ,
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@abcderian Coffee

popey OP ,
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@GreatBigTable About as long as it took me to drink a coffee, eat breakfast and take a bio break while doing a bit of work on my laptop 🤷

popey , to random
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I do like this Mastodon critical update notification (which I have now processed), but I don't recall seeing it in the "Advanced" web user interface.

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kdriscoll , to random
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The original WWW proposal is a Word for Macintosh 4.0 file from 1990. Recovering the text, diagrams, and formatting was not impossible but it was hard. A great example of the use of #emulation for historical research and digital preservation.

https://blog.jgc.org/2024/02/the-original-www-proposal-is-word-for.html

popey ,
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@kdriscoll Cool, and super weird to see people still reach for OpenOffice before LibreOffice in 2024. OpenOffice is basically dead, development wise, and almost always has been since LibreOffice gained traction. I guess OOo still lives in people's heads, rent free :)

popey , to random
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I deeply regret buying a laptop for Linux with a hidpi screen. With two external 1080p screens, the scaling is all over the place and barely usable. Dangerously close to getting rid of the laptop and replacing it with a 1080p display one.

popey OP ,
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@neffscape @keyboardg I'm not switching distro.

bentsukun , to random
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#FOSDEM life goals: I demonstrated my Fedora Asahi Linux installation on the MacBook Air to the folks at the Fedora booth, and they seemed genuinely excited!

popey ,
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@bentsukun Hah! I happened to walk by while you were doing that very demo! :D

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