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happyborg

@happyborg@fosstodon.org

Working on #decentralization, #p2p and #dWeb tech, online #privacy and #security, #CopyLeft, #FOSS, #Rust and #autonomi (find me on https://forum.autonomi.community as happybeing).

Note: autonomi was called #SafeNetwork.

Possibly still maintaining #vdash on github.

The #fediverse is a lifeboat, #p2p is the shore.

#nobridge #noaitraining #norobots

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owen, to tech
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Finally took a picture of all my laptops, took hours to set up😂

Hardware here includes:

  • ARM / x86_64 / x86_32
  • Chromebooks
  • MacBooks / MacBook Pros / MacBook Air
  • Many various PCs
  • SDR-DDR4 era

Operating Systems includes:

  • macOS Snow Leopard, Mojave, Ventura, and Sonoma
  • Windows 8.1 Embedded Pro, 10 Pro / Home, Windows 11 Pro
  • Ultramarine Linux 39 / 40, GNOME / KDE / Xfce
  • Bluefin DX
  • Arch
  • NixOS
  • Haiku
  • And begrudgingly, ChromeOS (one for testing, one I found that I have not yet submarined, whoops)

Laptops in the stacks are broken laptops.

There are 38 laptops here.

Yes I have a problem.

happyborg,
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@owen thank you. I now feel much better about owning four!

chrisdoestech, to random
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Very happy to have got a privacy win this week for a hold out family member.

Helped them switch their email/domain name from their shitty, exploitative web host to a decent registrar with mail going to a paid plan

Took less than 30 mins to switch everything and about 4 hours for MX records to propagate to Proton

They also asked me to delete their facebook account when I get time because they now find it a horrible platform - another win

happyborg,
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@chrisdoestech anything in particular that helped sway them?

happyborg,
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@chrisdoestech
The increasing pace of enshitification is our opportunity.

I've been supporting an outstanding p2p privacy focused project for ten years, and it is finally getting ready to launch, but every year things happened that made me so pissed it wasn't ready, and every year those things made it easier for us to get people on board.

I still wish it had been ready in 2015 but no way has the opportunity past. 🤷‍♂️

happyborg, to random
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My first computer printer was a #Teletype 33 which I could barely pick up, as it was a big beast made almost entirely of metal. And not flimsy metal, this thing could have taken a bullet and not flinched.

Printing was at an incredible - very noisy - 3ish characters per second, and all UPPER CASE!

You kids today blah blah blah 🤣

happyborg, to UX
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Even though I have chosen to disable notifications in @signalapp Messenger, it continually nags me to enable them.

That's in spite of:

  • my active choice
  • that notifications are a known security risk for those most in need of privacy

That's a dark pattern as well as bad , which undermines my faith in the team and their motives.

hyde, to privacy
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What is your number one reason you bring to people on why they should care about #privacy ?

Some say, they can have my data I don't care, or even if I got a card fraud, I'll get my money back from the insurance, or things like this.

I'm trying to find good examples to counter their cheap arguments ...

Boosts appreciated 🙏🏽

happyborg,
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@hyde
Privacy is about power and autonomy.

The more you know about something the more you can control it.

Or if it's what they know about you, the more control they have over you whether you acknowledge it or not.

Many prefer not to consider or look for the bigger picture because that takes time and effort, and can lead you to uncomfortable realisations and difficult decisions.

Many won't accept even obvious truths like the above because they'd rather be controlled than an autonomous self.

happyborg,
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@hyde many here are saying people don't care but I don't think that's true. Look deeper.

They resist for many reasons and some are obvious. I've seen reports that most users of Facebook for example wish it didn't invade their privacy but what alternatives do they have and at what cost?

They know that acting on that desire is much harder than succumbing, so they resist in various ways.

I'm hopeful we can change this. It will never be easy but it can be done over time.

I hope #Autonomi helps.

WestphalDenn, to thinkpad German
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Just setup a 2nd hand bought #Lenovo #Thinkpad T480s. Had it running with #Debian. Now runs #Windows 11, #JAWS and #LeaseyLove

The efficiency boost is honestly mind blowing. And that is with so many keystrokes to wrap my head around. Absolutely worth the money and lets me work at least four times as fast as with the previous setups.

Would I have liked to keep on using Linux? Yes but at this point if one is doing more than just browsing the web and reading E-Mails it is very hard to recommend.

happyborg,
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@WestphalDenn I just bought a #Lenovo #Legion9 and had the opposite experience.

I keep hearing people say things about #Linux v #Windows which aren't true, and in a recent discussion they turned out to be out of date opinions from someone not using it.

Obviously you were, but I take issue that it's only good for basic tasks. I do all sorts and it just gets better while Windows degrades and spys.

W11 cursor was jerky, sending all cicks home. Noticeably faster when I switched to #Ubuntu 24.

happyborg,
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@WestphalDenn you didn't mention that and I can't comment on it.

dom, to random
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I tried copilot and Gemini to convert an eslint config to a flat config for eslint 9. I couldn’t get it to work. That’s really the future I’m looking forward to.

happyborg,
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@dom I've tried a few simple programming tasks but the only thing I've found to work as fast as web search + DIY (running models locally on a shit hot laptop) is asking for the syntax for simple bash scripting features.

It's still worse though because it insists on obscuring the answer with a load of introductory and explanatory text.

So it's as fast, and less brain sapping to search the web, every single time so far.

happyborg, to random
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People are using my demo, with no support, and posting screenshots!

Writing this stuff has been really hard. I enjoy the challenge but it has taken a lot of graft and dedication.

So seeing even this small private group of guinea pigs going wild about it is wonderful. 🥳

#Autonomi

silverpill, to random
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If only there was a way to integrate peer to peer payments into federated social media without relying on Stripe and Google... Maybe someday it will be discovered!

https://mastodon.social/users/dansup/statuses/112489844955494674

happyborg,
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@silverpill
Social apps are planned for #Autonomi which has it's own payments system built in (no Blockchain).

This is #p2p, no gatekeepers or dictators, just you the network and privacy.

happyborg, to random
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I'm uploading my demo for early guinea pigs, well actually for testing on live humans.

#Autonomi 🥳

happyborg, to privacy
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I have other things to do tomorrow but am one script away from being able to share my demo.

I am soooo excited about this!

happyborg, to random
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An invitation and a short speech for we happy few:

https://forum.autonomi.community/t/website-builders-an-invitation/39794?u=happybeing

#Autonimi

happyborg, to random
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Stop calling it Microsoft Recall and call it Microsoft Spy.

happyborg,
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@schmerg 🤣

evacide, to random
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"...a would-be hacker would need to gain physical access to your device, unlock it and sign in before they could access saved screenshots."

I've got some news for Microsoft about how domestic abuse works.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwwqp6nx14o

happyborg,
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@evacide
It's just such bullshit.

I've not bothered to read up on the announcements but so far haven't heard mention of any supposed benefits to this incredibly invasive feature and massive security and privacy risk.

It's as if they just can't be bothered pretending any more.

happyborg, to windows
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I wonder how much of your disk Microsoft's new #Windows spy will use, taking screenshots every few seconds of everything you do.

A lot of what I'm hearing about this sounds like they haven't thought it through.

Is #Microsoft now being run by #LLMs?

isleofmandan, to random
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It seems to not be possible to buy a range of Linux laptops via their UK website any more. 🤷‍♂️

happyborg,
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@isleofmandan what do you mean? I bought one a few weeks ago.

happyborg,
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@isleofmandan you didn't mention Linux. EDIT: oops, yes you did 🤦‍♂️

Yes, I was disappointed in that but have installed Ubuntu 24. Not everything works yet, but it is good enough and doing the job for me.

In the past I've bought Dell but they didn't offer the spec (or Linux any more I think), and my last Dell has a fault after six years whereas my first is still going after 15.

So far I'm very pleased with the Lenovo. It's very fast and lighter than the Dells.

happyborg,
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@isleofmandan Apologies, you did mention Linux. My bad.

happyborg,
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@isleofmandan I expect you can. I did that for my fifteen year old Dell at least once but I don't need that now.

These days I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft pay #Lenovo and #Dell in some way to stifle #Linux.

There really no reason to submit yourself to the abuse that Microsoft inflicts on its users, it pay them for that 'privilege'.

Ubuntu is a better user experience, as well as free.

happyborg, to rust
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Is there a deterministic HashMap for , one that serialises to the same data every time, for the same content?

happyborg,
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@davy 🙏 mostly over my head, which is useful to know.

happyborg,
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@bryan Thanks. A quick look suggests it isn't suitable as many of my keys are potentially quite long file paths.

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