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schlink, 12 days ago to random

also, where's Pop_OS 24.04?

schlink, 12 days ago to random

OOO a little drama in the KeePassXC Debian package world. Noting here that

> The actual impact will be negligible for users of stable versions of Debian, Ubuntu, and other Debian-derived distributions.

https://lwn.net/Articles/973782/

schlink, 23 days ago to random

anyone have a recommendation for a device to hold up an iPhone to take a timed family pic? Hopefully not too expensive/fancy.

schlink, 1 month ago to random

Persephone Books, which "reprints neglected fiction and non-fiction, mostly by women writers and mostly dating from the mid-twentieth century," has celebrated their 25th anniversary.

They hosted a festival, and the audio from most of them is online for the next few weeks:

https://persephonebooks.co.uk/pages/the-persephone-festival-podcasts

schlink, 1 month ago to random

I wrote a poem in the shower this morning but now it's totally left my mind :(

schlink, 1 month ago to random

If I wanted to record some audio (via usb mic) on my Ubuntu laptop, what software should I be looking at?

schlink, 1 month ago to random

do any of all use a CLI password manager like gopass[1]?

(1) https://github.com/gopasspw/gopass

schlink, 2 months ago to random

just put aside (DNF) my 7th book of the year...

schlink, 2 months ago to random

so when can I safely go outside?

schlink, 2 months ago to random

how bad would it be to use the same SSH key for GitHub and Codeberg? I can't figure out how to create separate ones?

schlink, 3 months ago to random

any ideas for a no-screen Spotify-and-or-MP3-playing device for a kid?

schlink, 5 months ago to random

What are some PlayStation 5 games I should look into?

schlink, 5 months ago to random

Any neat/useful things I could do with an old PlayStation 4?

schlink, 5 months ago to random

I might actually start a newsletter for book reviews in 2024? What should I use? Buttondown? Beehiiv?

I looked into Buttondown and was a little surprised how DIY it was…

protonmail, 6 months ago to random

Proton Pass browser extension 1.9.1 is now available. Here’s what to expect:

⚡ Improvements to Autosave
⏸️ Pause autofill/autosave for any website
🔄 Require pin on browser restart
🐛 Bug fixes

Want to help improve Proton Pass? Share, vote and discuss feature requests at: https://protonmail.uservoice.com/forums/953584-proton-pass

schlink, 6 months ago to random

lol what a headline

> Amazon’s Q has ‘severe hallucinations’ and leaks confidential data in public preview, employees warn

https://www.platformer.news/p/amazons-q-has-severe-hallucinations

schlink, 6 months ago to random

Duke Libraries are dropping Basecamp over DHH comments/posts

https://blogs.library.duke.edu/blog/2023/11/30/why-were-dropping-basecamp/

h/t @fraying

schlink, 6 months ago to random

Tomorrow is my System76 laptop's 6th birthday! 🎉

Still my main machine, running Pop_OS. The only thing I'd change is its weight, but I knew that going in.

My 2018 blog post about choosing Linux and System76: https://sts10.github.io/2018/01/06/switching-to-linux.html

Shop: https://system76.com/laptops/oryx (This is not an ad!)

schlink, 6 months ago to random

hm how do I get a 4 minute video from my iPhone to my Linux desktop?

schlink, 6 months ago to random

what's your favorite way to convert HTML to Markdown? pandoc?

schlink, 7 months ago to random

has anyone read 'Grokking Algorithms: An Illustrated Guide for Programmers and Other Curious People' by Aditya Bhargava? Any recommendations for similar books, particularly focused on information theory?

schlink, 7 months ago to random

my next Sam-tries-cryptography-things question is whether I should use ChaCha 20 for my passphrase generator, or if 12 rounds is sufficient...

https://github.com/sts10/phraze/pull/21