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Linux_in_a_Bit

@Linux_in_a_Bit@linuxrocks.online

๐Ÿ‘‹Hi, I'm Aaron, nice to meet you!
๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ I (sometimes) make videos on the internet that vaguely resemble good content.
๐Ÿ“ธ I also sometimes do little photography experiments.
๐ŸงOf course I run Linux, it's in the name :)
๐Ÿฆฃ I wanted to try out Mastodon about 2 years ago, and I ended up here. Never used Birdsite!

Alt: https://mstdn.social/@Linus_in_a_Bit

Hashtags for https://fediverse.info/: #fedi22 #linux #tech #foss #floss #technology #opensource #privacy #nobridge #nobot

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Linux_in_a_Bit, (edited ) to random
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How do people not know that Boeing has been manufacturing their planes to a worse quality standard than Tesla in recent years?

Go talk to anybody remotely adjacent to the aerospace industry, and if you catch the right person they'll go on a full rant about it.
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Linux_in_a_Bit, (edited )
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He said the UPS mechanics could've fixed it in a few minutes and that Boeing's people had basically no clue how to troubleshoot anything. They only really knew how to follow diagrams and basic procedures. It was like Dell's customer service in a way; they just weren't trained for it.
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Linux_in_a_Bit, (edited )
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I recently had a conversation with the father of somebody in charge of plane procurement for UPS's commercial fleet and he told me a story about how they spent hours with Boeing's mechanics trying to fix dysfunctional wipers on a brand new plane. It was a spring installed backwards (or something tiny like that) on all of the plane's wipers.
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Linux_in_a_Bit, (edited )
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Boeing's planes were once manufactured to the highest quality standards, truly befitting of the phrase "aerospace grade", but with pressure to make things cheaper for profit, things just got worse and worse. There's a word for that, it's called enshittification, and this is a textbook example.
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I don't care if Brave is technically more private.

I don't care if ungoogled-chromium is technically better.

I don't care if it becomes less competent than Internet Explorer for modern browsing.

I will NEVER stop using Firefox (or its derivatives).
The free web depends on it.

stfn, to hamradio
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New blog post!

I'm writing about Meshtastic, a decentralised, peer to peer communication network that uses LoRa radios.

My initial experiences with it are not that positive, but I learnt a lot along the way, and thought it would be useful to share with the world what I found out so far.

There's a bit about frequencies, antennas and all that hamradio stuff.

https://stfn.pl/blog/28-intro-to-meshtastic/

Linux_in_a_Bit, (edited )
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@stfn
You might want to look into https://reticulum.network and https://unsigned.io/website/rnode/
I found it to be an interesting concept, being a LoRa-capable network stack instead of a LoRa-only singular application.
Both projects are really cool, and I love the explosion of LoRa communication recently...

scottjenson, to opensource
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Every 6 months or so, I ask for examples of projects with great design. Products like @Figma @taiga @elementary and Audacity are just a few that come to mind.

I'm particularly interested in small to mid size projects with great . (as that's harder to pull off) Anything people can suggest?

Linux_in_a_Bit,
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@scottjenson
Weirdly I think I have to suggest xfce here.
Literally top tier UX.
Not great looking UI unless it's themed, but that's basically its only downside.
It lets you do what you want and stays out of your way unlike Gnome, without shoving too many options in your face the way KDE does.

Budgie is close, and it looks so much better, but it's missing many of the small features and attention to detail that makes xfce so good.

Mojeek, to random
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Privacy is not a luxury; it's a fundamental human right.

Linux_in_a_Bit,
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@Mojeek
https://unsigned.io/articles/2022_02_02_surveillance-and-your-soul-or-why-privacy-is-essential.html

Linux_in_a_Bit, to random
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Presenting, for the first time, the updated and revised, Linux copypasta :ablobcatrave:

https://pastebin.com/AfBH6NsB

(Pastebin bc instance character limit)

Linux_in_a_Bit, to random
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:blobcatsanta: They promised us flying cars.

:blobcathyper: WE HAVE FLYING CARS!!!

:blobugh: The fuel efficiency is worse than a top fuel dragster.

:ablobfoxhyper: trains.

Linux_in_a_Bit, to random
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Windows is made with cobbled together legacy guff

Linux is also made with cobbled together legacy guff

Linux is just made with higher quality cobbled together legacy guff :blobcat3csmirk:

Linux_in_a_Bit, to random
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:ablobcatbongo: Attempts to do analytics on a privacy conscious blog.

:blobcatgooglytrash: Analytics data is unreliable.

:ablobfoxbongo: How did you not see this coming???

Linux_in_a_Bit, to random
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"Find a Dealer" button on a professional audio website.

Normal person:
:ablobfoxbongo: So, like with cars right?

My brain:
:ablobcatbongo: Hardcore audiophiles have dealers...
:blobcatthink: Drug users have dealers...
:blobcatamongus: Professional audio gear is drugs.

Linux_in_a_Bit, to random
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I wish there was a way to block messages specifically from new accounts that @ me.
The targeted spam is hitting me pretty hard :blobcat_thisisfine:

Linux_in_a_Bit,
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Sidenote: if you reply or @ me, I might not see your messages until this is resolved.

Linux_in_a_Bit, to random
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Now you too can print toilet paper art! :ablobcatattention:

Linux_in_a_Bit, to random
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No way! :ablobcatbongo:
Carpool Critics (or They're Just Movies) is back! :blobcatsanta:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fu3ANrPU7I

Linux_in_a_Bit, to random
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Forgot my phone at home today...

Best thing I've done in a while :goose_hacker:

Linux_in_a_Bit, to random
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I dislike TikTok, but the "ban TikTok" bill seems way too similar to those "surveil the entire internet" bills for me to endorse it.

I just feel like it might be setting a bad precedent, and I would rather deal with TikTok than the possibility of a complete banning of encryption...

Linux_in_a_Bit, to random
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:thinking: Instead of angering Nintendo, you all could be archiving everything on https://library.kiwix.org/ instead.

Y'know, for when the internet goes to heck and you don't want to go to the library and use an encyclopedia or (heaven forbid) look up developer documentation in a book. :blobcat0_0:

:blobcatrainbow: And if you really want to play games, why not try out https://flashpointarchive.org/

Linux_in_a_Bit, to random
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The problem with AI isn't AI, it's how it's being sold.

Linux_in_a_Bit, to random
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:ablobcatattentionreverse: A quick reminder from @eff :

:blobwizard: People are angry because they care about privacy, not because privacy is dead.

The World Wide Web is Now Encrypted
Cell Phone Location Data Now Requires a Warrant
Privacy Options Are So Much Better Today
We Are Winning The Privacy War, Not Losing It

Donโ€™t give in to privacy nihilism. Instead, share and celebrate the ways weโ€™re winning! :ablobcatrave:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/privacy-isnt-dead-far-it

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When developing software, it is good practice to assume the user is more clueless than you can possibly imagine yet simultaneously needs to perform the most advanced operations your program can achieve.

Good luck. :blobcatcoffee:

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New Long Blockchain Corp just dropped

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/ai-hype-invades-taco-bell-and-pizza-hut/

Linux_in_a_Bit,
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@pluralistic
> "...[Yum Brands] hopes to use 'AI' to profile customers and serve personalized offers, with the ultimate goal to increase purchases and bring in new business."

So basically they'll be doing what they've always done, except it's somehow socially acceptable now because of 'AI' hype? :blobcat_thisisfine:

Linux_in_a_Bit, (edited ) to random
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The VPC-P11 series Sony Vaio's design is so timeless that a certain company tried (and failed) to steal its look for a "popular" tech product which shall remain unnamed...
I want one soo bad! :ablobcatbongo:

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