Wisellama @Wisellama@mastodon.wisellama.rocks

TruthSocial now open source

Uh.. So it seems TruthSocial has been updated with some "interesting" stuff.

It has published the modifications and source code confirming it was Mastodon all along.

#TruthSocial #Mastodon #OpenSource

Source: https://truthsocial.com/open-source

Why do i constantly talk bad about DRM?

because it's a protection that does more to serve the corporation than it does to serve the person buying the game

most recent example the rockstar launcher went down and RDR2 offline was not playable because it has a DRM that has to phone home to a server

DRM is going to kill pc gaming profitability by making people want to pirate games regardless of if it's legal or not

seriously support storefronts with no DRM games before pc gaming implodes

Keycaps came today and they actually fit when the lid is closed 😁

#rainpsp

That's what sticks in my craw here. Not the policy part, not the (naive, flawed) implementation. Somebody asked the Chromium team to restrict students access to devtools and source code, and there wasn't even a discussion.

Hey!

I wrote a small write-up about the e-ink computer/digital typewriter I made 4 months ago.

https://alternativebit.fr/posts/ultimate-writer/

It seems "permacomputing" is the name for what I'm interested in.

http://viznut.fi/texts-en/permacomputing_update_2021.html

h/t @enkiv2

RT Lock (with permission):

Ok so, I just read through all 173 pages of the unredacted Google antitrust filing and I have to say that either Google is screwed or society is screwed, we'll find out which.

Unordered list of fun things I learned:

- google has a secret deal with facebook called "Jedi Blue" that they knew was so illegal that it has a whole section describing how they'll cover for each other if anyone finds out
- google appears to have a team called gTrade that is wholly dedicated to ad market manipulation
- Google had a plan called "Project NERA" to turn the web into a walled garden they called "Not Owned But Operated". A core component of this was the forced logins to the chrome browser you've probably experienced (surprise!)
- Google is willing to do almost everything to prevent people from circumventing their ad exchanges
- This is what AMP is about
- Google habitually insider trades on their ad exchanges in every way you can think of and every way you can't. Too many ways to list here.
- The exchanges are also rigged so that google wins on bids where they aren't the highest bidder.
- A large amount of people inside google are aware of all of this
- If Google ever tells you some change will increase your ad yield, run. In fact anything they tell you is a lie
- Google has worked with Facebook and Microsoft to discourage them from increasing user privacy, lamenting occasions where they prioritized their reputation over their collective business interest

You can read the full unredacted document for yourself here:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.564903/gov.uscourts.nysd.564903.152.0_1.pdf

Apparently Truth Social is having some legal issues regarding violating the AGPL. This isn't super surprising considering they seem to have lifted the #Mastodon source code wholesale and given no attribution.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/22/22740354/trump-truth-social-network-spac-mastodon-license-software-freedom-conservancy

M3O: "an open source public cloud platform. An AWS alternative for the next generation of developers."

https://github.com/m3o/m3o

Hardening Firefox - September 2021 Update

https://brainfucksec.github.io/hardening-firefox-sep-2021-update

In case you missed it: Privacy Tools has rebranded (or forked, whatever) as Privacy Guides! Be sure to consult their new site for the latest and greatest comprehensive lists of privacy-protecting tools and tricks!

https://privacyguides.org/

Public Reminder: BitTorrent is great for more than just piracy. If your connection is unreliable and you need anything largish downloaded look for a magnet link, the protocol is built for this.

Debian 11 is now cascading to a mirror near you! If you can't wait any longer, the CD images are now available from https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/ #ReleasingDebianBullseye

I love how Drew DeVault is gradually turning into Richard Stallman with these half-satire advocating for digital rights: https://drewdevault.com/2021/08/10/Apple-CSAM-scanning.html

What is the best GNU/Linux distro? This is a often asked newbie question. It is what kept me distro-hoping for so many months when I first started. The answer is the one you feel comfortable using, makes you happy and you feel home on. With experience you will learn this. Take time with each one, find your home.

> Data is not the new gold.
> Data is the new oil.
https://socialcooling.com

Interesting work, tracing the history of UNIX through FreeBSD.

"Unix has evolved for more than five decades, shaping modern operating systems, key software technologies, and development practices. Studying the evolution of this remarkable system from an architectural perspective can provide insights on how to manage the growth of large, complex, and long-lived software systems"

https://www.spinellis.gr/blog/20210618/

#Unix #BSD #FreeBSD #Computers #Software #OperatingSystems #ComputerHistory