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happyborg

@happyborg@fosstodon.org

Working on #decentralization, #p2p and #dWeb tech, online #privacy and #security, #CopyLeft, #FOSS, #Rust and #autonomi (find me on https://forum.autonomi.community as happybeing).

Note: autonomi was called #SafeNetwork.

Possibly still maintaining #vdash on github.

The #fediverse is a lifeboat, #p2p is the shore.

#nobridge #noaitraining #norobots

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happyborg, to random
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People are using my demo, with no support, and posting screenshots!

Writing this stuff has been really hard. I enjoy the challenge but it has taken a lot of graft and dedication.

So seeing even this small private group of guinea pigs going wild about it is wonderful. 🥳

silverpill, to random
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If only there was a way to integrate peer to peer payments into federated social media without relying on Stripe and Google... Maybe someday it will be discovered!

https://mastodon.social/users/dansup/statuses/112489844955494674

happyborg,
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@silverpill
Social apps are planned for which has it's own payments system built in (no Blockchain).

This is , no gatekeepers or dictators, just you the network and privacy.

happyborg, to random
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I'm uploading my demo for early guinea pigs, well actually for testing on live humans.

🥳

happyborg, to privacy
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I have other things to do tomorrow but am one script away from being able to share my demo.

I am soooo excited about this!

happyborg, to random
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An invitation and a short speech for we happy few:

https://forum.autonomi.community/t/website-builders-an-invitation/39794?u=happybeing

happyborg, to random
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Stop calling it Microsoft Recall and call it Microsoft Spy.

happyborg,
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@schmerg 🤣

evacide, to random
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"...a would-be hacker would need to gain physical access to your device, unlock it and sign in before they could access saved screenshots."

I've got some news for Microsoft about how domestic abuse works.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwwqp6nx14o

happyborg,
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@evacide
It's just such bullshit.

I've not bothered to read up on the announcements but so far haven't heard mention of any supposed benefits to this incredibly invasive feature and massive security and privacy risk.

It's as if they just can't be bothered pretending any more.

happyborg, to windows
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I wonder how much of your disk Microsoft's new spy will use, taking screenshots every few seconds of everything you do.

A lot of what I'm hearing about this sounds like they haven't thought it through.

Is now being run by ?

isleofmandan, to random
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It seems to not be possible to buy a range of Linux laptops via their UK website any more. 🤷‍♂️

happyborg,
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@isleofmandan what do you mean? I bought one a few weeks ago.

happyborg,
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@isleofmandan you didn't mention Linux. EDIT: oops, yes you did 🤦‍♂️

Yes, I was disappointed in that but have installed Ubuntu 24. Not everything works yet, but it is good enough and doing the job for me.

In the past I've bought Dell but they didn't offer the spec (or Linux any more I think), and my last Dell has a fault after six years whereas my first is still going after 15.

So far I'm very pleased with the Lenovo. It's very fast and lighter than the Dells.

happyborg,
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@isleofmandan Apologies, you did mention Linux. My bad.

happyborg,
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@isleofmandan I expect you can. I did that for my fifteen year old Dell at least once but I don't need that now.

These days I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft pay and in some way to stifle .

There really no reason to submit yourself to the abuse that Microsoft inflicts on its users, it pay them for that 'privilege'.

Ubuntu is a better user experience, as well as free.

happyborg, to aitools
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Mass market is a contra indicator for who you should trust and buy from.

happyborg, to rust
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Is there a deterministic HashMap for #RustLang, one that serialises to the same data every time, for the same content?

happyborg, (edited )
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@davy Thanks. My VPN is blocked by Reddit, any chance of a tl;dr?

I had no idea what a can of worms I was opening! Glad I asked though.

BTreeMap may be the way to go by I've not looked into that yet.

happyborg,
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@davy 🙏 mostly over my head, which is useful to know.

happyborg,
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@bryan Thanks. A quick look suggests it isn't suitable as many of my keys are potentially quite long file paths.

yabellini, to random
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This research shows that aptitude for learning foreign languages is a stronger predictor of learning to program than basic maths knowledge.

"These results provide a novel framework for understanding programming aptitude, suggesting that the importance of numeracy may be overestimated in modern programming education environments."

Relating Natural Language Aptitude to Individual Differences in Learning Programming Languages. Prat, et.al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-60661-8

#TeachingTechTogether

happyborg,
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@yabellini oh dear. I was as bad at foreign languages as I was at a programming aptitude test in about 1980.

All those lines of code ago 🤷‍♂️

happyborg, to random
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t00t! The one last sticking point in migrating my app from v1 to beta is unstuck.

Twas a tricky one, but the demo now works as well as before (I think!).

Next I want to see if it works with Android, at least in the simulator.

happyborg, to random
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Is there a reason, other than my incompetence, to explain why I failed to get an ssh server working on yesterday? 🤔

Something I've done many times before.

I admit I followed the instructions from a large language model, which has so far failed on every single coding and scripting task I've set, so... 🤦‍♂️

happyborg, to random
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There's a Tui for that" is a coming phrase.

+ =

happyborg, to linux
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Five days since my laptop arrived and I put on it, then my data, dev tools etc.

Status:

  • most things just work: Canon printer, disk mounting, USB devices etc and I figured out how to configure the 🎄 keyboard/led modes. Minor foibles like Dash-to-panel settings missing sometimes.

Boy is it fast. LLM answers instant (no CUDA yet), build flies etc.

  • internal speakers not working but I have also a Bluetooth speaker. Trackpad too, so bought USB mouse+TP.

😍

hamishcampbell, to fediverse
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What to call this internet that we should move to. I use as this is what it is, or .5 for more geeky conversations. Then fall back to for insiders and just for the normal people.

happyborg,
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@hamishcampbell The Autonomi Net! 😆

cuchaz, to random
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Sheesh, Mozilla has really lost their way. Putting ads in the search bar? We already have a search engine that does that, we don't need two running at the same time.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-search-update/

Once Mozilla fully enshittifies, what else is there? Are we without hope?

happyborg,
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@cuchaz
We're not far apart in identifying the problems but have different approaches to solutions.

That's the way it should be. Nobody has all the answers so we need diversity, multiple endeavours - diverse and decentralised.

I do think you misunderstand the positives of this project though. By democratising the landscape and enabling the many, it allows the social to flourish.

We need both the social and the means. But the means have been enclosed, and p2p is a way to liberate it.

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