thomask @ thomask @lemmy.sdf.org

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Do you think there's a way for this to scale to larger projects like Servo? Or will it only work for a few people collaborating?

This is a good point. I assumed here that FS advocates will be basically opposed to a technology that serves to incorporate their code into software that does not provide the fundamental freedoms to end users, more than those who license their work permissively. But yes you could imagine an FS advocate who is quite happy to use the tech themselves and churn out code with GPL attached.

Fossil has a lot of features and config knobs.

As a rule I don't directly quote bboard messages elsewhere, even if they're mundane or from the admin. Just a bit of respect to folks who aren't posting on the web and might not want to be.

There was a reply that it should be okay now but more disks will be needed soon

FYI I posted in REQUESTS, so I'm sure it will get looked at sooner or later.

🙅 Write a script or shell alias for important or frequent tasks
👍 Pray it's in my ctrl-r history the next time I need it

I feel this in my soul. With a side of "modern memory-safe languages are great" vs "the consistency and efficiency of shared libraries is what makes distributions great even if they're written in C".

I will mention that I have JS disabled by default and your website shows up as a completely blank white page. You're certainly not obliged to cater to weirdos like me, but you may be interested to know that there are some people who browse the web this way for speed, privacy or security reasons. Most websites I visit this way are fine because they are server-side rendered.

If you are feeling ambitious and want to go "serverless", try out DecSync and a compatible android app for contact sync. This represents all your contacts as files on disk in a way that avoids conflicts, and you can use SyncThing to keep your devices in sync 100% peer to peer. Unfortunately on your desktop you'll probably have to use something like radicale on localhost and the plugin to convert it into CardDAV for your regular email client to understand.

People like me keep buying more F-91Ws when the old ones break or get lost

What's the deal with the Google ad that shows a legit URL but takes users to another? That seems like the biggest issue here and the article just rolls past it like that's totally normal.

If you can write correct C++ you'll be able to write Rust code that compiles first time. Don't stress, you're learning the good stuff.

IrfanView, now that's the good stuff

I probably wouldn't bother. I can think of two scenarios you might get spied on.

1. Through your browser you've granted a website access to your webcam (Zoom etc.) and left a tab open. Maybe it could activate it when you weren't expecting?
2. Someone has used a vulnerability to take control of your computer to the degree it can access your webcam directly. Desktop linux software doesn't usually have meaningful isolation between software running as the same user, so at this point they can grab all your data, passwords, take screenshots, etc. and the webcam is just the cherry on top.

I expect most people don't do (1) very often, let alone for sketchy websites, so IMO it doesn't make much difference either way.

This is one scenario I proposed when we were last having this discussion: https://thomask.sdf.org/blog/2023/07/07/if-i-was-meta-and-wanted-to-make-fedi-implode.html

N=1 but outbound federation just worked for me in a post. It seems some work was done just recently including an upgrade to -rc.8.

It's best not to think of SDF admins in binary terms like "present" or "absent". They are an undulating force which makes changes here and there and we're all along for the ride.

*A formerly chill laid back community up until someone posted it on Lemmy 😀

I was comparing frozen diced veggies a couple of years back (in Australia) and noticed that the store-brand version was approximately 1/3 broccoli stems by volume, which certainly explained the cost difference.