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Fri, 10 Apr 2020

Debian has released security updates in recent days for @firefox and #Chromium https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4655 https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4653 https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4654

A little more Clojure - Uncle Bob/Clean Coder Blog http://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2020/04/09/ALittleMoreClojure.html

Mathematics for the adventurous self-learner | Neil Sainsbury https://www.neilwithdata.com/mathematics-self-learner

The software industry's greatest sin: hiring | Neil Sainsbury https://www.neilwithdata.com/developer-hiring

The @GNOME desktop just crashed. Doesn't happen often. Firefox and Chromium saved my tabs, and Vim saved almost all of my changes, but still ...

I am using the Dark Theme Toggle @GNOME Shell Extension https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1518/dark-theme-toggle/

Updating your @GNOME Shell Extensions in @firefox from the GNOME web site can be dicey in @debian stable. An update broke Tray Icons, so I replaced with TopIconsFix. Don't update extensions that are not broken. https://extensions.gnome.org/

I speak Vim. Sort of. I probably can order in a Vim-speaking restaurant. https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Vim_Tips_Wiki

To make a long story short, I am trying to manually install a GNOME Shell extension using this LinuxConfig.org tutorial https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-gnome-shell-extensions-from-zip-file-using-command-line-on-ubuntu-18-04-bionic-beaver-linux

Thu, 09 Apr 2020

FuryBSD is a desktop system powered by FreeBSD https://www.furybsd.org

Wed, 08 Apr 2020

Twitter lets you turn off "personalization and data" settings. Do this to blunt @twitter's ability to "personalize" ads, track you across the web and "share" (aka sell) that data to its "business partners." https://twitter.com/settings/account/personalization

It won't cure coronavirus, but LAUSD sweetens your life with the recipe for its famous coffee cake http://passthejoe.net/post/2020_0408_lausd_coffee_cake_for_coronavirus/

There are just about 2,500 entries in my microblog of short posts. http://updates.passthejoe.net

I installed @racketlang in @debian Buster. sudo apt install racket brings in the whole thing, including the DrRacket IDE. https://racket-lang.org

I added the Dark Theme Toggle GNOME Shell Extension. Happy to say that it works. https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1518/dark-theme-toggle/

Tue, 07 Apr 2020

I tried to use emacs today. That is all.

My Zen of Debian project is now on Codeberg.org https://codeberg.org/passthejoe/zen-of-debian

Mon, 06 Apr 2020

Sourcehut - hosted repositories and CI for hackers https://sourcehut.org/

7-month-old Hacker News thread on the Unison File Synchronizer, of which I'm a big fan. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20627903

Why software projects and packages have the names they do - Debian Wiki https://wiki.debian.org/WhyTheName

How to make your own yeast for baking - Justine Calma/The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/31/21199708/yeast-diy-baking-covid-19-shortage-make-it-yourself-bread

Sat, 04 Apr 2020

Free hosted Git service Codeberg.org launched at the beginning of 2019 https://blog.codeberg.org/codebergorg-launched.html

Fri, 03 Apr 2020

Codeberg.org is a free Git hosting service for free-software projects. They use @giteaio. http://codeberg.org

The hottest free agent in L.A. is a 69-year-old waitress from now-closed Nate ’n Al’s - Daniel Miller/Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2020-04-03/coronavirus-nate-n-als-waitress-gloria-leon

Here's how Bird laid off 406 people in two minutes - Ben Bergman/dot.LA https://dot.la/bird-layoffs-meeting-story-2645612465.html

3 free meals a day for all in New York City https://www.schools.nyc.gov/freemeals

They all retired before they hit 40. Then this happened. - Steven Kurutz/The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/style/fire-movement-stock-market-coronavirus.html