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Clinging on to sanity
"The implications of all this are profound. First, our understanding of political risk has to change. We are no longer dealing with actors who are constrained by norms, expectations, or even basic human decency. Second, the institutional safeguards that we assumed would provide protection look increasingly fragile. If those in power are willing to ignore...accountabilitycapitalism
The Iran economic shock is coming. How to protect yourself
https://youtu.be/Oi265I48MdI?si=xFJEEFLBd3XMjGUg "Here's me in the UK, which is probably the least prepared country in the world for an energy price crisis, right? Massively dependent on imported energy, hasn't built up its own energy storage, doesn't have an enormous amount of reserves of energy like other countries like Japan or Korea have, which it probably should...affordabilityausterity
Social media’s dirty secret: they don’t use it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ebMm8stexM "But when you frame it that way, you understand that social media isn't the problem: the extractive profit motive is the problem. And then, banning under-16s is like putting a plaster on a bullet wound. Sure, maybe it helps a bit, but you're still bleeding out. The real question is, how do you stop...algorithmsbluesky
AI isn’t people
"Treating people as things can begin in many ways, but I think one of them is the idea that things can be people. The motivated muddling of categories so prevalent in writing and thinking about AI, beginning with the very name 'artificial intelligence', is intentional and serves the narrative that this software can and will...#aiisntpeopleai
How to install Espanso on Debian or Ubuntu or Raspberry Pi OS
edafe.de/espanso "Replace ':poke' with 'Pokémon,' or save some time by replacing ':greeting' with a stock email template. That's the basic idea, but Espanso goes much further. It's one of the most powerful utilities I've used, and if you're willing to do a bit of legwork to set it up properly, it can be one of...crossplatformdebian
Install Syncthing 2.x for continuous file synchronisation on Debian or Ubuntu or Raspberry Pi OS
edafe.de/syncthing Syncthing is an open source tool that synchronises files continuously across multiple devices. It transfers data between two or more of your computers, without uploading any information to the cloud. Syncthing 2.0 has recently been described as 'A Giant Leap Forward in Decentralized File Synchronization'. Synchronisation for every platform Syncthing binary packages are available...androidcloud
Install OneDrive Client for Linux on Debian or Ubuntu
edafe.de/onedrive The OneDrive Client for Linux connects your Debian or Ubuntu system to Microsoft's OneDrive Personal, OneDrive for Business, OneDrive for Office365, Sharepoint and other such deployments. Step 1 Install the OneDrive Client from the Debian or Ubuntu repository. $ sudo -- bash -c 'apt update && apt install --yes onedrive' Step 2 Begin to...debianen
The mad king’s digital killswitch
"The very worst-case speculative scenario for Huawei-as-Chinese-Trojan-horse is infinitely better than the non-speculative, real ways in which the US has killswitched and bugged the world's devices." Cory Doctorow explains why responsible governments should have to accelerate their countries' independence from US tech and not just Russian gas. pluralistic.netamazonapple
Install Cockpit on Debian 13 trixie
edafe.de/cockpit Cockpit provides an easy-to-use, web-based interface for administering Linux systems. It simplifies tasks such as monitoring logs, controlling system services, configuring networks, and managing virtual machines. Cockpit has been described as a "useful and extensible tool to observe, manage, and troubleshoot Linux servers". Step 1 cockpit requires the use of the firewalld service to...debianen
Configure nullmailer with a relay host
"If you want to receive status updates from your Debian or Ubuntu system, you need to employ the help of a mail tansfer agent (MTA). nullmailer is a relay-only forwarding MTA that can be used as an alternative to more complex MTAs such as Exim, Sendmail or Postfix."debianemail
Darth Android
"Tech bosses are fundamentally at war with the idea that our digital devices contain general purpose computers. The general-purposeness of computers – the fact that they are all Turing-complete, universal von Neumann machines – has created tech bosses' fortunes, but now that these fortunes have been attained, the tech sector would like to abolish that...androidapple
It took me over two years to re-read the book I read in two weeks ten years ago
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How to install Debian 13 Trixie with a GNOME desktop
edafe.de/debian Debian GNU/Linux was first released in 1993 and has been under active developement ever since. Today, the Debian Project unites thousands of contributors from across the globe with the aim of producing "an operating system distribution that is composed entirely of free software". This guide is intended to assist those who are installing Debian...debiandesktop
Curate your own newspaper with RSS
"In a media landscape dominated by algorithmic feeds that aim to manipulate and extract, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is choose to read what you want, when you want, without anyone watching over your shoulder." Molly White has been using RSS for over a decade and would like you to join her...enenshittification
Delta’s AI-based price-gouging
"It's a scam. AI agents aren't going to replace human labor. The only way we'll replace human labor with software agents is by redesigning all these heterogeneous, competing systems owned by people who benefit from the status quo and have every motivation to obstruct this project. Good luck with that." Cory Doctorow reviews the ways...artificialintelligenceautomation
When we get komooted
"Digital enclosure is the continuation of the physical enclosure of land. This sophisticated form of digital extraction is so common that it’s almost unremarkable. But there’s a wrenching contradiction here between Komoot’s stated mission of 'enabling access' to public land while privatizing and exclusively profiting from those very movements. They take our most meaningful encounters...businesscapitalism
Tuples and Lists in Python
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Shrink, optimise and expand an existing QCOW2 image
edafe.de/qcow A virtual disk image is a block device in a file. There are a number of different disk image formats to choose from when setting up a virtual machine. QEMU Copy On Write version 2 (QCOW2) is the default virtual disk image format for the Quick Emulator (QEMU). Features such as thin provisioning, snapshots...debianen
Can passkeys replace passwords
"Passkeys and the WebAuthn specification were intended to make public key cryptography accessible to average users, rather than just the domain of the tech-savvy. If done right, they could seriously improve security on the Web." @drbruced@aus.social summarises why passkeys are such a good idea in theory and explains where current implementations of the technology fall...authenticationcryptography