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*nix wizard :: geek :: advocate of {open-source,security,privacy} :: nyctophile :: `curl pyratebeard.net/pgp.pub | gpg --import`
Joined Jun 2017
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It is proven! I am pyratebeard on Keybase: https://keybase.io/pyratebeard/sigchain#52e33d1da1ba4dcd09c476038224c0416a42fcff25cef3ec400852b839f0fe990f
Since @GameStop@twitter.com have killed @thinkgeek@twitter.com, are there any other companies selling tech geek desktop toys and obscure "sysadmin" humour items?
A couple of new log entries about warez I have recently been intro'd to.
`sacc` for accessing the Gopherverse and `drist` for remote server conf management. Incidently both warez are from Bitreich.
https://log.pyratebeard.net/entry/20210302-down_the_gopherhole.html
https://log.pyratebeard.net/entry/20210305-the_usefulness_of_drist.html
This is incredibly exciting news. I hope they are appreciated more this time, such an amazing band.
A laptop designed for you to repair, upgrade, and customise with ease.
Very interested in this project, patiently waiting to see the price announcement.
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Why should you care about data privacy, even if you think you have "nothing to hide"?
Because our data is being used to push increasingly polarized content and capitalize on divisiveness.
Disrupt surveillance capitalism. Take back your privacy. Use Tor.
https://www.vox.com/recode/22250897/facebook-data-privacy-collection-algorithms-extremism
I hate unnecessary workplace politics. I want other teams to be able to view my code and vice versa, as I am sure we are duplicating effort. We should not need to have senior management meetings to discuss it.
Glad to hear Element is now back on the Play Store.
Imagine having to explain "...how Element and Matrix works..." to a VP at Google.
This debacle of Google taking Element of the Play Store is insane.
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PSA: Update sudo! (CVE-2021-3156)
https://www.qualys.com/2021/01/26/cve-2021-3156/baron-samedit-heap-based-overflow-sudo.txt
Finally finished listening to Cory Doctorow's reading of Bruce Sterling's "The Hacker Crackdown". A great book and this reading from Cory's podcast is worth the time.
If you initiate a new work IM with "Hi <insert name>", don't wait for my response to follow up with your {question,query}. I want to know what I am getting in to.
Tweet from Noah Veltman (@veltman), at 24 Jan, 14:42
This email 100% belongs in the Computer History Museum:
A Unix utility for ordering a burrito from La Costeña using PostScript, from 1992!
I have decided to move my blog from Hugo to a script that uses `pandoc` to convert from markdown to html. Same result, maybe not the most elegant though.
*nix wizard :: geek :: advocate of {open-source,security,privacy} :: nyctophile :: `curl pyratebeard.net/pgp.pub | gpg --import`
Joined Jun 2017
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