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computer engineer & scientist | FOSS enthusiast & privacy advocat | recovering distro-hopper "If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy." - Phil Zimmermann --- Blog: bitsheriff.dev More Links: bitsheriff.dev/links
The New Rust Office Suite:
@typst.app for documents
@ironcalc.com for spreadsheets
@typst.app (again) for slideshows
(who uses anything other than those three anyway)
We noticed a rising interest regarding the use of AI in browsers. To be clear about our position on this: Zen currently is disabling all AI features included in Firefox and will continue to do so.
My kind of deegoogling
Instagram’s “Friend Map” sounds like a fun way for friends to share their location.
Unfortunately, Meta thinks your friends include Meta's own employees, advertisers, and cops.
Here’s why & how to turn it off 🧵
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AI age checks are expanding across Google, likely analyzing your photos. Ente protects your memories without profiling you
Um Epstein-Liste zu schreddern: Trump lässt IT-Experten aus Meidling einfliegen dietagespresse.com/um-epstein-l...
Guardian headline saying, "‘It’s terrifying’: WhatsApp AI helper mistakenly shares user’s number Chatbot tries to change subject after serving up unrelated user’s mobile to man asking for rail firm helpline"
'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?'
Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️
Screenshot from the Meta page where you can object to your data being used for AI
🚨 EU citizens - Meta will start using your data for AI 🚨
Say NO and object!
Here's how 👉 tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
#MetaAI #EU #AI
Why do I love #podcast way more than YouTube videos? Because it is decentralized and an open standard. You dont like this Podcast app? Well, just use another one. You dont want to be censored? Just host it yourself with RSS. Life can be soo good without BigCorp....
used it for RSSS-only podcasts for years, no switching my new feeds as well
alrighty #spotify, your podcast sucks more and more (now with additional ads, even for premium), back to my love @pocketcasts.com
#BuyFromEU
Wenn wir schon über kritische Infrastruktur & Abhängigkeit von den USA sprechen: Warum nicht in Projekte investieren, die die digitale Souveränität stärken. Es braucht kein EU-Meta sondern Freie Software & offene Standards. Das allein schafft Synergien und hilft nachhaltig gegen technischen Lock-In.
@ente.io IS great for photos, using it for a few days and beside the privacy even the features are way better than Google or Apple photos
TIL—There's a calculator on the cmd-line with `bc`.
And you can calculate your text in Neovim by selecting the calculation and sending it to be with `!bc`. Booom, your calculation is now replaced with the result.
Thanks, prime!
I used the last days to revamp and re-discovery my bash scripts and I decided to share some of them.
Do you have scripts which improve your workflow in the terminal?
wow @zed.dev is damn fast and good. Love that the configuration is so nice and easy
ARCH #Linux USERS
You are now safe to update your system, a new patched kernel just came out and the FUSE regression has now been resolved.
Looks very nice, subscribed 👍
I love the decentralization of git. With only one surviving version of the repository (if no shallow clone) you can restore the whole history of the repository. Feels so extremely secure and robust.
It's never too late to start valuing privacy & security, we all started at step 1.
2024 Obsidian Gems of the Year results are in!
Explore the 33 winning projects across seven categories:
– Best new plugins
– Best new themes
– Best existing plugins
– Best tools
– Best content
– Best templates
– Best integrations
obsidian.md/blog/2024-go...
hexedit
finished my first book this year #booksky
just write it as a REGEX expression 😅
"new year" is when you do an empty commit to the blog, so the year in footer updates
just installed ghostty (already in the arch extra repository), looks and feels very snappy and fast. the kitty image protocol is a killer feature (forced me to use kitty until now) 👻
Screenshot revealing that |& is shorthand for 2>&1
I've been a Linux nerd for over 20 years.
Still, TIL
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🌐 With over 400k projects, each dot represents a project. Dots are closer if they share stargazers.
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#github #map #opensource
Extremely underrated app
