Void Linux: Into the Void
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16670337
#hackernews #tech
You know who does creepier stuff with your data than Cambridge Analytica? Your ISP https://boingboing.net/2018/03/21/the-death-star.html
90s Police Car Dashboard Computer now runs XScreenSaver
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2018/03/90s-police-car-dashboard-computer-now-runs-xscreensaver/
The New Wave of Indian Type
[Smart people worry about AIs, not because they're necessarily dangerous, but because they remind us of] corporations...colony life-forms that use us like gut-flora, maneuvering us to help them thrive & reproduce, jettisoning us or crushing us if we cease to serve their needs...
http://locusmag.com/2018/03/cory-doctorow-lets-get-better-at-demanding-better-from-tech/
Jeff Sessions rolling papers
https://boingboing.net/2018/03/03/jeff-sessions-rolling-papers.html
You Should Be Terrified That People Who Like “Hamilton” Ran Our Country
How Inmates Play Dungeons & Dragons in Prisons Where Dice Are Contraband - https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/padk7z/how-inmates-play-tabletop-rpgs-in-prisons-where-dice-are-contraband
I wish the answer were "make our own internet" but it's *not happening*. I don't get to talk to my friends across the ocean via a handful of WAPs running clever mesh firmwares. We need to fix the internet we have. And I think that has to involve political change.
They say you can fit three Earths in Jupiter's great red spot but I don’t think anyone has actually tried.
Ascii art – dead or alive? - https://blog.sourcerer.io/ascii-art-dead-or-alive-cc237391e5d8
Why OpenStreetMap is in Serious Trouble and what can be done
Turns out Equifax breach was way bigger than initially thought https://www.hackread.com/equifax-breach-way-bigger-than-initially-thought/ #infosec
Ah, that awkward stage where you've changed your password but your muscle memory doesn't agree.
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@lattera soon 'systemd-statusd' systemctl service info will return a json dump of the service status, completely but will require apps to communicate with systemd-statusd over dbus. /s
linux makes journeys to mars possible
https://linux.pictures/projects/linux-makes-journeys-to-mars-possible