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Think globally, microblog locally
Thu, 23 Apr 2020

Instagram is Facebook. Are you cool with that?

File under 'terrible,' cross-file under 'IDGAF': Instagram no longer allows people without an account to view photos and videos on computers https://manualdousuario.net/instagram-photos-videos-unlogged-on-computers/

Wed, 22 Apr 2020

I am now running two @raspberrypi Zero W boards. The "new" one is using an old SD card and is doing a long Buster upgrade. The "old" one is now doing a dist-upgrade from Stretch to Buster. https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-zero-w/

Permanent.org: Secure cloud storage with a one-time payment to 'take control of your digital legacy' https://www.permanent.org/

Rules of thumb for a 1x developer - Mickey Muldoon https://muldoon.cloud/programming/2020/04/17/programming-rules-thumb.html

Tue, 21 Apr 2020

GNU's advanced distro and transactional package manager — GNU Guix https://guix.gnu.org/

GNU Shepherd is an alternative to Systemd https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2020-04/msg00010.html

Looks like this OpenSSL security fix has already moved to #Debian Stable. https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20200421.txt

Just got an openssl update for #Debian Stable

Final bits from the outgoing Debian project leader - Sam Hartman https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2020/04/msg00012.html

Another Git update for #Debian https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4659

Mon, 20 Apr 2020

Apple's new iPhone SE has no credible Android alternative - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNet https://www.zdnet.com/article/apples-new-iphone-se-has-no-credible-android-alternative/

Sat, 18 Apr 2020

This worked for me: How to open a terminal from Nautilus - Ryan Lerch/Fedora Magazine (Fedora doesn't ship with the required package. Debian does.) https://fedoramagazine.org/how-to-open-a-terminal-nautilus/

Thu, 16 Apr 2020

This article pretty much has me convinced: Reasons to give OpenSUSE a try - NewsLagoon https://newslagoon.com/reasons-to-give-opensuse-a-try/17928/

Workstream is "a super fast, virtual computer you can use for anything" https://workstream.paperspace.com/

Wed, 15 Apr 2020

For about $1,100, Vintage 47 Amps of San Pedro will make you a sweet amp that sounds like an early-1940s Gibson model http://www.vintage47amps.com/VA-185G/

Apple announces new iPhone SE starting at https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/04/iphone-se-a-powerful-new-smartphone-in-a-popular-design/

🌱 My blog is a digital garden, not a blog - Joel Hooks https://joelhooks.com/digital-garden

Debian sends security updates for Thunderbird and Git https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4656 https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4657

Tue, 14 Apr 2020

Try gh, GitHub's new CLI - John Papa https://johnpapa.net/try-githubs-new-cli-gh/

Mon, 13 Apr 2020

WriteFreely is free and open source software for starting a minimalist, federated blog — or an entire community. https://writefreely.org/

This is the Fediverse Network list of Pleroma instances https://fediverse.network/pleroma

An introduction to the Pleroma microblogging server - Lainblog. tl;dr Pleroma has fewer moving parts. https://blog.soykaf.com/post/what-is-pleroma/

Pleroma is a free, federated social network server built on open protocols. It is compatible with GNU Social, Mastodon and other ActivityPub implementations. https://pleroma.social/

This is Git gold: Pushing to multiple remote repositories using Git - Casey Scarborough http://caseyscarborough.com/blog/2013/08/25/pushing-to-multiple-remotes-using-git/

New task for me: Figure out how to post to a Mastodon site from a local app https://joinmastodon.org/

In Windows, the net-ping Ruby gem needs the win32-security gem in order to run. I found this out after a few crashes and a look at the net-ping documentation. https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/net-ping/