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bitzero

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Carbon-based developer, KM project manager and tech writer. FOSS and openness are my mantra but I still seem to be a bearable person.

Tribalist techno-anarchist before and after it was cool. I metaphorically still live in the Zion Cluster.

Permacomputing and collapse computing believer. I love strange dev languages, namely Lisp, Assembly, Forth. Even if it's clear they don't always love back.

Founder of the Cult of Max Zorin (see pinned post) and cofounder of the imaginary but nonetheless revolutionary Солнечная Вспышка collective.

My larius is a postdigital bear. He/him is ok.

Originally on social.techncs.de (2017) and fosstodon.org (2022)

#softwaredevelopment #permacomputing #solarpunk #lisp #forth #riscv

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bitzero, to Lisp
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Every expression has a value, because in life every action has consequences

bitzero, to random
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“The report said a 15-year-old should be able to access only what it called “ethical” social media, such as Mastodon. Conventional, mass-marketed, profit-driven social media such as TikTok, Instagram or Snapchat should not be available to teenagers until they reached 18, it found”.

Per The Guardian.
Please note the definition of mastodon as an ethical social media.

bitzero, to random
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New little accessory. I think everything looks better if covered with some kind of skulls.

bitzero, to random
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“Neofetch is dead” is also “uninstall neofetch” before some clever bad actor uses the repo to distribute bad things you don’t want on your machines. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon (cit).

bitzero,
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@aral Yes it should be. But I prefer to err on the safest side because I never know what clever nasty people can do months from now. It’s my personal zero trust style of life.

kaiserkiwi, to random
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Being on the left side of the political spectrum is so exhausting.

It's not that you only fight nazis, capitalism and conservatives.

No you also have to fight with other left people.
People that think you're too left.
People that think you're not left enough.

Every time you say or do something there are mostly dissenting voices.

As I said. Exhausting.

bitzero,
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@kaiserkiwi May I interest you in our anarchist full-coverage package? It’s free of charge and has a respected historical tradition.

revengeday, to random
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Can someone pull me out of this deep hole? Thanks to @Gargron cuddling around with his Silicon Valley friends, I'm itching to close the instance here. Mastodon somehow feels dirty atm.

bitzero,
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@revengeday There is one already: Totentanz. It's less immediate but it's our first-level safety net. But huh, I think finding a mastodon-ish alternative still based on activitypub will be easy.

bitzero,
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@revengeday Oh don't you dare :blobfoxblanketcoffee:​

revengeday, to random
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Our little :corteximplant: instance has been in existence for two years now :cyberdon_party:

bitzero,
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@revengeday wow, let’s celebrate then!

RareBird_15, to ArtificialIntelligence
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Hi all. I've got an older #computer running #Windows10, and I'm thinking about putting #Linux on it since I've always wanted to try it out and think this computer might run better with Linux. I read a topic on audiogames.net about Linux #accessibility, and I saw a few recommendations for #distros to try out. To any #blind Linux users, is #NixOS a good one for a beginner, or should I try #LinuxMint or #Ubuntu? Also, what's the best way to install Linux and replace #Windows? Thanks.
#technology #tech @mastoblind @accessibility @main

bitzero,
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@RareBird_15 @mastoblind @accessibility @main
I’d go with Mint. Simple, easy, no fuss.

Download the iso image, create a bootable usb drive with something like balenaetcher, make the pc boot from said usb, follow install instructions.

There are tons of online guides much better than my description, of course 😁

aral, (edited ) to random
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I remember folks in the web community shunning me when I first started speaking out against Big Tech – because I was criticising their friends who worked at Google, Facebook, etc. – saying I was exaggerating things.

I wonder what the same folks think now given what we know about these very same corporations; given a number of them are actively enabling a genocide.

Am I still an alarmist?

(I understand if some of you are too busy working at one or debating the minutiae of CSS syntax to reply.)

bitzero,
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@aral
There are still many people working at IT corporations who don't want to see what their employer is doing. They still think that they're doing positive stuff, that their work matters, that they will be "seen" and appreciated.

I guess it's very very hard to accept that you're just a replaceable cog, a nobody with little worth from your management's point of view. Someone to be sacrificed, easily, to please billionaire investors who want more money.

And it's also very very hard to accept that your work - the job you were so proud of, that actually defined you - simply helped corpos to make the world worse.

How hard can be to realize that you, in your minuscule little way, helped exploitation, misinformation, abuse, genocide?

You just wanted to make nice presentations from your little podium, to feel validated by your peers, to write on linkedin that you're "thrilled" or "humbled" or "excited" for some corpo nano-achievement.

Poor, poor fool. What did you let them do to yourself.

bitzero, to linux
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  • Decides to install X
  • Downloads X.tar.gz
  • Creates dir
  • Moves X.tar.gz
  • Unpacks files
  • Modifies $PATH
  • Thinks about those who "Linux is ready for desktop it's just that normal users are morons haha lol"
bitzero, to random
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Functional programming requires a mindset that I seem unable to build in my brain

bitzero,
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@sergio_101
There's no light in here.

bitzero,
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@sergio_101 I’ll keep working on this, leveraging my love for lisp

revengeday, to random
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Google employees getting angry because they are being mocked for working at Google :neocat_floof_devil:​

bitzero,
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@revengeday Isn’t it true for any “platform” out there?

Recently, even “we’re a startup” makes me cringe. And ten years ago I co-founded one, I should have a better reaction.

bitzero, to random
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So, essentially Beijing is saying that "authorized" CPUs for use by locals are now mostly ARM, with a little space for Risc-V and just one or two low-end x86 processors. All stuff made in China, so goodbye Intel and Amd and so on. Approved OSes: three linux local distros.

This reminds me a little of when Russia pushed for a wider local adoption of Elbrus SPARC processors to balance western embargos of x86 CPUs.

Let's see what happens now.

http://www.itsec.gov.cn/aqkkcp/cpgg/202312/t20231226_162074.html

bitzero, to random
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I've quickly become addicted to this https://freeholdgames.itch.io/cavesofqud

bitzero,
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@archydragon I have no strong opinion on roguelike games because I've not enough experience with them. I really like this one for the atmosphere, the story and the minimal style.

Bonus point: you don't have to use Steam to buy it. I know this is not an issue for almost anyone, but still...

rootcompute, to animals
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My cat Teela is going to the vet today, she is acting very weak and hasn't eaten or drank much over the past day or two as far as I can tell.

Send your well wishes out into the universe in whichever way that you see fit. We love her and hope she can make a speedy recovery.

A picture of Teela from when we were wrapping Christmas presents last year. She's safe and content inside a wrapping paper fort
A silly picture of Teela from several years ago, she's laying down with her belly exposed and front paws folded up

bitzero,
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@rootcompute All my best wishes. I know it’s hard to be in these situations with furry friends.

aral, to Israel
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Calling opposition to genocide antisemitic is antisemitic.

bitzero,
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@aral Today "antisemitic!" is just a trigger to activate a collective global guilt sense that should make all of us blind in front of zionist (not jewish: zionist) politics and above all actions.

The sooner we'll understand this, the better.

revengeday, to cyberpunk
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I made some art again :cyberheart_yellow:

bitzero,
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@revengeday and we like it!

revengeday, to music
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Yo chooms, it's Bandcamp Friday again. So you can have some tunes to go berserk in the combat zone, simply input the code "fridaynightfirefight" at the dataterm and get 90% off all my music on Bandcamp!

:bandcamp: https://revengeday.bandcamp.com/

A digital video loop with glitch effect featuring a cyberpunk figure with a mask in shades of red. The "Revengeday" logo and a message about getting 90% off my music on Bandcamp Friday with the code "fridaynightfirefight" are displayed on top.

bitzero,
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@revengeday Dutily bought ALL!

bitzero, to linux
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Things you should not do at the end of the day

bitzero, to random
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Yeah, sure. Convince people to be just passive users of any technology, so they cannot understand when you’re trying to fool them.

Being able to code will be an act of resistance.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/nvidia-ceo-predicts-the-death-of-coding-jensen-huang-says-ai-will-do-the-work-so-kids-dont-need-to-learn

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