Please be aware when you’re on Tor that you’re not invincible. There are many ways things can go wrong, this article highlights a few key ones and gives you some solutions:...
Brendan went on in 2015 to become the founder and CEO of Brave Browser, which is promoted as a privacy browser by hiding and confusing your JavaScript fingerprints.
Altering links to add affiliate tags, selling data… privacy my ass.
The project is called “Lacros” which Google says stands for “Linux And ChRome OS.” This will split ChromeOS’s Linux OS from the Chrome browser, allowing Google to update each one independently....
A quotation circulates on the Internet, attributed to me, but it wasn’t written by me.
Here’s the text that is circulating. Most of it was copied from statements I have made, but the part italicized here is not from me. It makes points that are mistaken or confused.
I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux,” and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use.
Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
The main error is that Linux is not strictly speaking part of the GNU system—whose kernel is GNU Hurd. The version with Linux, we call “GNU/Linux.” It is OK to call it “GNU” when you want to be really short, but it is better to call it “GNU/Linux” so as to give Torvalds some credit.
We don’t use the term “corelibs,” and I am not sure what that would mean, but GNU is much more than the specific packages we developed for it. I set out in 1983 to develop an operating system, calling it GNU, and that job required developing whichever important packages we could not find elsewhere.
84 years ago u/rick_of_spades taught us all what it means to keep your word by mashing a banana into his ass crack. For this I will be forever thankful, and the apes that followed with cucumbers, mayo jars, blended socks, and other dubious ban bets only helped to solidify my resolve and make me understand that apes keep their...
Waaay early on when cryptocurrencies were regarded as being possible alternative currencies it may have made sense, but now as they appear to have become more like extremely questionable investment products/securities, I’m left confused why anyone still has donation links for them alongside alternatives that provide, y’know,...
It is if at least two people say it is. Rocks with holes in them were money once, but nobody today would agree it is so today it isn’t. If at least two people agree that something is money then it is by definition regardless of what a Wall Street sociopath says.
Depthboot is a builder script that creates a bootable USB drive/SD-card that can be booted on any x86_64 Chromebook. It supports common Linux distributions(Pop!_OS, Ubuntu, Arch and Fedora) and a variety of the most popular desktop environments. Due to licensing restraints, Depthboot cannot be distributed as an iso. Instead, it...
This dude posts a wildly racist meme of Michelle Obama. I report the post. Funnily enough, the racist post is posted by the mod of dankmemes, dankchristianmemes and some other shit hole....
Exploding-Heads.com will go offline August 31st 2023.
So we won’t have to deal with their whiny racist sexist bullshit for long.
If you’re curious an accurate tl;dr of the post that’s from is “waah we can’t be total shitheads with impunity while also telling everyone else what to do, so we’re going to voat nostr where other insufferable brats also go.”
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How you can be deanonymized through Tor (monero.town)
Please be aware when you’re on Tor that you’re not invincible. There are many ways things can go wrong, this article highlights a few key ones and gives you some solutions:...
Chrome extension maker tells of pressure to sell out (www.theregister.com)
Anyone with sizable audience in this surveillance economy is invited to stuff their add-ons with tracking and ads
Why not? What harm could watching it do? Surely you won't get sucked into a fandom you can never escape from...
Feature Request View Context/View Parent in Comment Chain
When getting a comment it can be difficult to remember the message you’re responding too. A feature similar to BaconReaders essentially. Thanks!
ChromeOS is splitting the browser from the OS, getting more Linux-y (arstechnica.com)
The project is called “Lacros” which Google says stands for “Linux And ChRome OS.” This will split ChromeOS’s Linux OS from the Chrome browser, allowing Google to update each one independently....
They were c o m r a d e s !
All women pictured are A.I. generated (files.catbox.moe)
For the ape that taught us about keeping our word (lemmy.ca)
84 years ago u/rick_of_spades taught us all what it means to keep your word by mashing a banana into his ass crack. For this I will be forever thankful, and the apes that followed with cucumbers, mayo jars, blended socks, and other dubious ban bets only helped to solidify my resolve and make me understand that apes keep their...
Shrodinger’s Megamind (lemmy.world)
I can hear this post in their voices. Maybe I’ve seen the movie too many times…nah
Android phones can now tell you if there’s an AirTag following you (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/795697...
Why do some activities have different minimum ages?
For instance: age of sexual consent, age for legally drinking alcohol, age for driving, age for voting, age for participating in pornography...
Why do some independent creators/small projects still have crypto donation links?
Waaay early on when cryptocurrencies were regarded as being possible alternative currencies it may have made sense, but now as they appear to have become more like extremely questionable investment products/securities, I’m left confused why anyone still has donation links for them alongside alternatives that provide, y’know,...
The Eupnea Project - Booting a full linux system on your Chromebook using Depthboot (eupnea-linux.github.io)
Depthboot is a builder script that creates a bootable USB drive/SD-card that can be booted on any x86_64 Chromebook. It supports common Linux distributions(Pop!_OS, Ubuntu, Arch and Fedora) and a variety of the most popular desktop environments. Due to licensing restraints, Depthboot cannot be distributed as an iso. Instead, it...
Is there a way I can force my garage open from the outside?
I locked myself out of my detached garage. The remote to open it no longer works....
Abusive mods with no recourse for the users. (lemmy.world)
This dude posts a wildly racist meme of Michelle Obama. I report the post. Funnily enough, the racist post is posted by the mod of dankmemes, dankchristianmemes and some other shit hole....