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thomask

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  • Adventures in Rust borrowing deserialisation

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  • I did in the end, of course, but I encountered the two consequences separately and it wasn’t obvious at first.

  • What’s a good terminal emulator for windows to connect to ssh and WSL?

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  • End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?

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  • I know it's not the sub for it however some people might like to know: the open source tool Rufus, when noticing that you're creating a Win11 USB, will by default offer to patch it to remove the TPM requirement and other restrictions. So now I have W11 happily running on an "unsupported" machine. Yes, I did have Linux on it previously but something has regressed in the kernel in the last year or two and it often freezes on wake, which is well beyond my care factor to help debug.

  • AI: a fork in the road for open source

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  • Do you think there's a way for this to scale to larger projects like Servo? Or will it only work for a few people collaborating?

  • AI: a fork in the road for open source

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  • This is a good point. I assumed here that FS advocates will be basically opposed to a technology that serves to incorporate their code into software that does not provide the fundamental freedoms to end users, more than those who license their work permissively. But yes you could imagine an FS advocate who is quite happy to use the tech themselves and churn out code with GPL attached.

  • Programming @programming.dev
    thomask @lemmy.sdf.org

    AI: a fork in the road for open source

    octet-stream.net /b/scb/2025-04-21-ai-a-fork-in-the-road-for-open-source.html
  • Planet Smolnet @lemmy.sdf.org
    thomask @lemmy.sdf.org

    AI: a fork in the road for open source

    octet-stream.net /b/scb/2025-04-21-ai-a-fork-in-the-road-for-open-source.html

  • Git without a forge

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  • Fossil has a lot of features and config knobs.

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    Permanently Deleted

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  • Why is this LLM trying to teach me about acyclic graphs in the middle of an article about Linux platform support?

  • Torvalds Frustrated Over "Disgusting" Testing "Turd" DRM Code Landing In Linux 6.15

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  • AFAICT this is super mundane. Devs added some checks that when run will drop .hdrtest files all over the source tree when you do a normal build. This is really unclean and has practical ramifications even if you gitignore them as Linus points out. Pretty much any lead developer would be upset if someone tried to merge something like this in a software project, and it has essentially nothing to do with the particular drivers or code functionality.

  • There Is No Content on Gemini (2022)

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  • Yep that's me. It's still there, I just wanted more hosting flexibility so I froze that site last year and started using a new domain for new posts

  • Strange behavior with images

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  • As a rule I don't directly quote bboard messages elsewhere, even if they're mundane or from the admin. Just a bit of respect to folks who aren't posting on the web and might not want to be.

  • Strange behavior with images

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  • There was a reply that it should be okay now but more disks will be needed soon

  • gemini @lemmy.ml
    thomask @lemmy.sdf.org

    There Is No Content on Gemini (2022)

    ploum.net /2022-10-05-there-is-no-content-on-gemini.html
  • Permacomputing @lemmy.sdf.org
    thomask @lemmy.sdf.org

    Reinventing How We Use Computers

    ploum.net /2022-12-03-reinventing-how-we-use-computers.html

  • Post Apocalyptic Computing

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  • Strange behavior with images

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  • FYI I posted in REQUESTS, so I'm sure it will get looked at sooner or later.

  • Permacomputing @lemmy.sdf.org
    thomask @lemmy.sdf.org

    The computer built to last 50 years

    ploum.net /the-computer-built-to-last-50-years/index.html
  • retroNET - Vintage Culture/Websites/Software @lemmy.sdf.org
    thomask @lemmy.sdf.org

    Mythbusters: Wing Commander I Edition

    www.wcnews.com /news/update/16279
  • Permacomputing @lemmy.sdf.org
    thomask @lemmy.sdf.org

    Collapse Ready Operating Systems - OpenBSD

    dhole.github.io /post/collapse_ready_os_openbsd/
  • Permacomputing @lemmy.sdf.org
    thomask @lemmy.sdf.org

    Post Apocalyptic Computing

    thomashunter.name /posts/2025-03-23-post-apocalyptic-computing
  • Linux @programming.dev
    thomask @lemmy.sdf.org

    HiDPI XFCE - use DPI, not scaling and life is good. Better than good.

  • Am in the only one who cringes at install instructions that require piping some curl output into bash?

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  • Ah yes, so straightforward.

  • Am in the only one who cringes at install instructions that require piping some curl output into bash?

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  • I'm confident that if the host is compromised I'm screwed regardless.

  • Am in the only one who cringes at install instructions that require piping some curl output into bash?

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  • I have to assume that we're in this situation because because the app does not exist in our distro's repo (or homebrew or whatever else). So how do you go about this verification? You need a trusted public key, right? You wouldn't happen to be downloading that from the same website that you're worried might be sending you compromised scripts or binaries? You wouldn't happen to be downloading the key from a public keyserver and assuming it belongs to the person whose name is on it?

    This is such a ridiculously high bar to avert a "security nightmare". Regular users will be better off ignoring such esoteric suggestions and just looking for lots of stars on GitHub.

  • Am in the only one who cringes at install instructions that require piping some curl output into bash?

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  • So tell me: if I download and run a bash script over https, or a .deb file over https and then install it, why is the former a "security nightmare" and the latter not?

  • Am in the only one who cringes at install instructions that require piping some curl output into bash?

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  • The security concerns are often overblown. The bigger problem for me is I don't know what kind of mess it's going to make or whether I can undo it. If it's a .deb or even a tarball to extract in /usr/local then I know how to uninstall.

    I will still use them sometimes but for things I know and understand - e.g. rustup will put things in ~/.rustup and update the PATH in my shell profile and because I know that's what it does I'm happy to use the automation on a new system.

  • Am in the only one who cringes at install instructions that require piping some curl output into bash?

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  • I realise you're trolling but actually yes. This is why I use Debian stable where possible - if egregious malware shows up it will probably be discovered by all the folks using rolling distros first.

  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
    thomask @lemmy.sdf.org

    How Safari search engine extensions work

    lapcatsoftware.com /articles/2025/2/2.html
  • retroNET - Vintage Culture/Websites/Software @lemmy.sdf.org
    thomask @lemmy.sdf.org

    Nostalgic Soundscapes S01E02 | Forgotten | Windows 95 Retro Ambient

  • Cybersecurity @sh.itjust.works
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    RSYNC: 6 vulnerabilities

    www.openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2025/01/14/3
  • Planet Smolnet @lemmy.sdf.org
    thomask @lemmy.sdf.org

    Bluesky, Fedi, and making centralisation modular

    octet-stream.net /b/to/bluesky-fedi-making-centralisation-modular.html
  • retroNET - Vintage Culture/Websites/Software @lemmy.sdf.org
    thomask @lemmy.sdf.org

    Microsoft FrontPage

    microsoft.fandom.com /wiki/Microsoft_FrontPage
  • Permacomputing @lemmy.sdf.org
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    Coding for a Finite World

    yoric.github.io /post/coding-for-a-finite-world/
  • Golang @programming.dev
    thomask @lemmy.sdf.org

    Go Turns 15

    go.dev /blog/15years
  • Cybersecurity @sh.itjust.works
    thomask @lemmy.sdf.org

    Abusing Ubuntu 24.04 features for root privilege escalation

    snyk.io /blog/abusing-ubuntu-root-privilege-escalation/
  • Rust @programming.dev
    thomask @lemmy.sdf.org

    Why am I writing a Rust compiler in C?

    notgull.net /announcing-dozer/
  • retroNET - Vintage Culture/Websites/Software @lemmy.sdf.org
    thomask @lemmy.sdf.org

    There is no mystery over who wrote the Blue Screen of Death, despite what some may want you to believe

    devblogs.microsoft.com /oldnewthing/20240730-00/