I just need to vent about people slowing down to sub 10mph in EZ-Pass lanes...it's the worst
Justin Overfelt
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For those licking their lips waiting for a #pinebookpro, we've got a lot of news for you today!
- Preorders launch on July 25th
- Built-in privacy switches
- The current OS outlook
- And more!
https://www.pine64.org/2019/07/05/july-update-all-about-the-pinebook-pro/
#Gopher people: I know there are some efforts underway to create a successor to Gopher and concerns have been raised about the implementation barrier that encryption creates. Has anyone suggested just sticking with protection from tampering without snooping protection? Like hmac instead of full TLS? I can sketch out a solution in a phlog if people are interested
Justin Overfelt
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pass -funsafe-math-optimizations to your compiler to allow it to do math optimizations that are fun and safe
Rejecting things like plus signs is bad enough, but why do you care at all what the domain is???
Folks, please stop trying to validate email addresses on the frontend (other than, say enforcing that an @ is in there). My email address has a new(ish) TLD and so many forms say it's invalid.
Justin Overfelt
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Quote: "Our conversation also ran to future needs, such as the creation of “distributed architecture technology” and a decentralized web, in the case that the powers-that-be decide that we shouldn’t have a voice in the public square. As it stands, the people in control of the registry, DNS, can disappear anyone."
Lol Marine Le Pen is on trial for a tweet?! The U.S. gets shit from Europeans all the time but it seems several EU countries have similar authoritarian laws on the books.
Thankful for the 1st Amendment today
@erkin how about NomadBSD?
Justin Overfelt
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“A developer of an open source software project I use has political opinions I disagree with. I have to stop using the software now because everyone I disagree with is a nazi.”
Loved Koji when he was with the #orioles . Wish him all the best in retirement!
Just had cause to order an sma-to-f-type cable adapter. While browsing Amazon I see that someone had rated an adapter one star because it wasn't an f-to-f adapter...FFS
Me: oh cool a nice looking desktop app that says it's cross platform
*Reads further*
"Powered by electron"
Sigh
Justin Overfelt
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Just had to explain, again, to my family that the way they use computers and the way I use computers are vastly different and I have no idea what their Windows or Gmail problem is
Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there. You are irreplaceable 😎
Justin Overfelt
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joke 10 years ago: netbsd can run on a toaster
reality now: i rooted my vacuum cleaner
reality now: i rooted my vacuum cleaner
So we're just gonna make Trebek shill for the Amazon Alexa even while sick? #Jeopardy
Justin Overfelt
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The “shut up and get back to work” coding style guide
https://drewdevault.com/2019/04/29/Shut-up-and-get-back-to-work-style.html
