An important piece of context I'm not sure everybody has: OpenSSH is the single best piece of computer networking software ever made. It is the Swiss army knife of networking, an internet power user's chef's spatula.
I wanna make sure we're on the same page about this.
heard there is a openbsd kernel patch you should be running which hangs your computer on startup until computers are verified safe to use again
Hey @stsp do you need help with urtwn?
Julia Reda (EU, MEP pirate party)
'We will take this fight to plenary and still hope to #SaveYourInternet'
'Some are blaming the EU for the vote for #UploadFilters and #LinkTax, but don’t be fooled: Anti-EU politicians like #ENF voted in favour of both articles! Without them, the Link Tax would have been rejected. Now help me #FixCopyright in the plenary vote in July'
infografic about who voted what about to follow.
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Stars between about 1 times the mass of the Sun and 6-8 times the mass of the Sun end their days as a white dwarf after becoming a planetary nebula. Some planetary nebulae shown: Owl Nebula, Ring Nebula, and Dumbbell Nebula.
New #OpenBSD errata for 6.3, backporting the Intel FPU security fix. syspatch(8) now! (amd64) https://www.mail-archive.com/announce@openbsd.org/msg00213.html
Noëlle the 8-Bit🏳️🌈🎄
This puffer fish has just received a compliment for the first time
Let's stop the Copyright Directive's upload filter! Say no to the #CensorshipMachine Sign the open letter "Save code share!" https://savecodeshare.eu #FixCopyright #SaveYourInternet
Persönliche Erklärung zur inszenierten „Schweigeminute“ der AfD im Deutschen Bundestag – Claudia Roth - https://claudia-roth.de/persoenliche-erklaerung-von-claudia-roth-zur-inszenierten-schweigeminute-der-afd-im-deutschen-bundestag/ Danke Claudia Roth @GrueneBundestag! #LiebestattHass
Oh look, Theo de Raadt seems to confirm my feeling regarding Intel Hyperthreading that I tooted about yesterday:
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=152910536208954&w=2
See also this discussion/rant (with @mulander @cynicalsecurity @csirac2) about Hyperthreading from January:
The EU is about to update #Article13 to force sites to use YouTube-style content filters on all uploads.
This is a terrible idea:
https://boingboing.net/2018/06/07/of-dogs-breakfasts-article.html
Some MEPS are already fighting back:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8pi6e5GLaQ
but they need as many allies as possible:
Please email/call your MEP as soon as you can (as in today!), tell them that these changes are dangerous to European freedom, business and culture.
List of MEPs & contacts:
There's currently a strong lobbying in favor of this law [3] and the vote will probably be tight.
[1] https://juliareda.eu/eu-copyright-reform/
[2] https://changecopyright.org/fr/
[3] https://juliareda.eu/2018/06/saveyourinternet/
Espie was finally able to fix the infamous cups bug in #openbsd packages!
bypassed the linear regulator, removed the RF modulator and added a VGA port to my Super Famicom! so tired...
The Clash of NGC 3256
Image Credit & License: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope
It has occurred to me that we don't know where all the #trekkies are hiding.
#startrek #deepspacenine #DS9 #enterprise #voyager #STDiscovery #STOS #kaaahn #nextgeneration #klingon #picard #spock #kirk #uhura #worf #vulcan #romulan #borg #bajoran #ferengi !
Where should we meet?
Oh, sorry, it's obvious.
#unimatrixzero
That would make a great instance name by the way.
@akpoff
Oh, and another thing: If it is so hard to fix that you need a half year embargo to fix it, and then fail at fixing it, maybe you should cut your losses and go full disclosure so that your customers can decide if they want to take the risk or maybe switch vendors.
