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UNIX84

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  • Self-Host & Tech Independence: The Joy of Building Your Own

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  • One software not mentioned is Ente (https://ente.io/) which can also be hosted locally.

    Also, I think it would be great to have a self-hosted AI assistant with voice to text, but I'm not sure if we are three yet.

  • Gnome adds Pride wallpapers! 🏳️‍🌈

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  • Japan protests over Chinese ambassador's "extremely inappropriate" comment about Japanese people who would be "dragged into the fire" if they support Taiwan's independence

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  • I guess don't get involved then?

    Also, this conjures images of Shinzo Abe in a fighter jet with the numbers 7-3-1 on the side.

  • Biden signs TikTok “ban” bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it

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  • No, Facebook and Twitter are still useful for the status quo.

  • Biden signs TikTok “ban” bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it

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  • Fox News isn't rallying people to support Palestine.

  • Biden signs TikTok “ban” bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it

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  • Thanks AIPAC, for protecting Americans from foreign misinformation campaigns.

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    Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it

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  • Dr. Becky - Has JWST [solved] the crisis in cosmology?

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  • Guaranteed way for me to not watch a video is when the thumbnail shows the narrator doing their best Forky face.

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    German state gov. ditching Windows for Linux, 30K workers migrating

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  • Maybe SuSE?

  • To buy no longer means anything

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  • Play Minetest.

  • Firefox plan to show ads and shopping in the near future in the browser as an opt-out

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  • I remember the last few versions of Netscape Communicator had a "Shop" button.

    This was the sign that Netscape had lost the browser war and was giving up.

  • Ente - Open sourcing our server

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  • Never heard of this service. Thanks.

  • Here's what's new about the Fairphone 4 - Fairphone

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  • I'm still on a Fairphone 4 -- in fact, in December it surpassed all my previous smartphones as the one I've owned and used the longest since smartphones became a thing. However, I'm on CalyxOS and have always used a GCam port for taking photos. So I'm not sure if I will get this camera software update or if I have to move back to the (buggy) stock Fairphone OS to see the changes.

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    Here's what's new about the Fairphone 4 - Fairphone

    www.fairphone.com /en/2024/02/22/heres-whats-new-about-the-fairphone-4/

  • Signal Blog: Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames

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  • This is a big complaint for me. I know that there is the official standalone APK, but if I am running a de-Googled phone, I want to be able to use Signal and have it update on a regular basis.

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    Signal Blog: Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames

    signal.org /blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/

  • Microsoft: Introducing Sudo for Windows!

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  • I mean licensing comes in here. The FOSS licenses allow this. Microsoft EULA and copyright almost certainly does not. But yes, I get the sentiment.

    It's almost as if all of the FAANG/Magnificent 7 market outperformance the past 15 years was built on the backs of the free labor provided by the FOSS movement. But then they will turn around and claim that non-western companies steal IP, etc and have US intervene to ban competition, or sue in courts. Kind of funny.

    Back to the tech discussion, I've been using doas for a few years now instead of sudo. Even on my GNU/Linux machines. It's a lot simpler to setup for desktop workflow machines.

  • The Mozilla Blog - Mozilla’s new Firefox Linux for Debian derivatives

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  • I agree. There should have been an official Firefox repo from the beginning.

    I do remember twenty years ago, Firefox development was incredibly Windows-centric. At one point it felt as though Firefox for Linux was a second class citizen. This was a radical departure from the Mozilla Suite which was maybe the first major desktop software to go from close to open source. For many years afterward, as a BSD/Linux user, I continued using SeaMonkey for that reason.

    I assume having an official repo was just never a priority in the early days.

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    The Mozilla Blog - Mozilla’s new Firefox Linux for Debian derivatives

    blog.mozilla.org /en/products/4-reasons-to-try-mozillas-new-firefox-linux-package-for-ubuntu-and-debian-derivatives/

  • You're Not Imagining It: Google Search Results Are Getting Worse, Study Finds

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  • It's kind of terrible now. Since late 2023, when I go to search technical specs of hardware, I am presented with a view that looks like browsing an online shopping catalog. It's weird and unwanted. For personal use, I went back to DDG.

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    Libreboot – HP EliteBook 820 G2 support added to Libreboot!

    libreboot.org /news/hp820g2.html

  • TikTok restricts tool used by researchers - and its critics - to assess content on its platform

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  • Man locks the front door to his house after refusing to answer the question, "Why do you beat your wife?"

    Looks like Meta is using some of the stock price increase from the past few months to fund their media marketing campaign again.

    It's an election year. We are going to hear more about this and omg China.

    Just remember that unlike Insta and FB the far right doesn't go viral on TikTok. The platform that supported insurrection, the company that has allowed the far right to flourish and led to a direct assault on representative democracy, remains unpunished and is bigger today than 2020.

  • Starbucks accused of manipulating app payments for $900 million profit

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  • The truth is that a lot of loyal customers are boycotting Starbucks right now over unionization and their stance on Palestine. So Starbucks is trying to bring them back physically into the stores and are using the balance on their cards as leverage. Starbucks has already uncharacteristically been running several promotions to get people back to their stores, with the red cup and the Stanley thing.

    If Starbucks has to return the customers' unused balance without bringing them into the stores, then they may have lost those customers for good.

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    What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it • The Register

    www.theregister.com /2023/12/27/bruce_perens_post_open/