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@ Spudger @lemmy.sdf.org

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One who spudges.

Linux • KDE • Mozilla • Matrix • Proton • Music • Star Labs • Veg

  • What are your defining memories of computing in the old days?

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    1. Programming big multi-media rigs with eight-hole paper tape and a thumb punch. #FourYorkshiremen

  • Where To Find Actually Good Search Engines?

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  • One of the problems I have with search engines when looking for tech solutions is that the results are incredibly out of date. I don't bother any more and just go straight to the product's own support forum. Where possible I add the forum's own search entry to Firefox's search box. At least I no longer get answers to a problem no one has had since 2018.

  • NSFW

    This used to be a witty title but some pro-censorship arse complained so here we are

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  • The earliest known burgers I have read about were made and sold as roadside snacks in the Roman empire.

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    This used to be a witty title but some pro-censorship arse complained so here we are

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  • Exactly. If they want honesty in labelling then images of happy cows in fields on dairy products should be replaced by pictures of young calves being pulled from their mothers so they don't consume the milk.

  • NSFW

    This used to be a witty title but some pro-censorship arse complained so here we are

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  • Have you ever been confused by coconut milk? Do you think that hamburgers come from Hamburg? Are sweetbreads made from wheat and sugar?

  • NSFW

    This used to be a witty title but some pro-censorship arse complained so here we are

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  • Following the Money: A Beginner’s Guide to Using the OpenCorporates API - bellingcat

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  • The whole Bellendcat thing sounded a bit sus to me when I first came across them being lionised in the UK press. One plonker sitting in his bedroom outdoing the might of the Five Eyes? Mmm, sure.

  • Following the Money: A Beginner’s Guide to Using the OpenCorporates API - bellingcat

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  • Pot/kettle.

    ‘CIA sidekick’ gives £2.6m to UK media groups

    https://declassifieduk.org/cia-sidekick-gives-2-6m-to-uk-media-groups/

    NED money has gone to UK investigative groups Bellingcat, Finance Uncovered and openDemocracy, as well as media freedom and training organisations Index on Censorship, Article 19, the Media Legal Defence Initiative, and the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

  • What was your gateway product to open source?

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  • It was Mozilla for me back in 2000. I gradually replaced all the proprietary apps I was using on Windows with FLOSS alternatives and then finally made the mover to Linux around 2010. The only closed stuff I use now is an iPhone and I despise it.

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  • A Thunderbird bridge would be useful but the missing Calendar feature for me is search. Other than that it's close to perfect.

  • No 10’s Ulez stance reverses ‘decades of clean air progress’, says Sadiq Khan

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  • Quite.

  • TIL: F3 and F4 keys in Dolphin

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  • Ask ten people what good defaults would be and you'll get ten very different responses. This is exactly why Dolphin, and Plasma in general, are so easy to tweak to your ideal.

    Dolphin the file manager I always wanted.

  • No 10’s Ulez stance reverses ‘decades of clean air progress’, says Sadiq Khan

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  • The problem* with No. 10 is that there's no one in there old enough to remember walking to school through winter smog. Pollution kills and legislation saves lives: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Air_Act_1956

    • This problem is just one of many.

  • 'Version of PIN' for Boris Johnson's old phone may have been found by govt

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  • Just read what I said again. Mrs Spudger does this for a living. She knows what she's talking about. The phone doesn't have to be connected to the public internet. It can just be connected to a private wi-fi network for this purpose.

    Phones like this are very tightly locked down. This is not the iPhone you may be used to. The management software even has its own private Apps Store. The user can't just add or remove random apps from the public App Store. The device manager can also prevent any deletion of content.

    These things aren't left to chance, especially when we're talking about the highest office in the land.

  • 'Version of PIN' for Boris Johnson's old phone may have been found by govt

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  • Mrs Spudger manages a fleet of mobile devices, mostly Apple. She uses an Apple service called Business Manager to administer the devices. Here's a quote from the manual:

    "Reset user passwords

    If users forget their password, you can reset it. Resetting their password allows them to get a new temporary password, at which time they will have to create a new password for their Managed Apple ID."

    In other words, Johnson is talking utter bollocks. He doesn't need to know the password. His best defence is to drop it off a North Sea ferry, in a Rebekah Vardy stylee.

  • 'Version of PIN' for Boris Johnson's old phone may have been found by govt

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  • Mrs Spudger manages a fleet of mobile devices, mostly Apple. She uses an Apple service called Business Manager to administer the devices. Here's a quote from the manual:

    "Reset user passwords

    If users forget their password, you can reset it. Resetting their password allows them to get a new temporary password, at which time they will have to create a new password for their Managed Apple ID."

    In other words, Johnson is talking utter bollocks. He doesn't need to know the password. His best defence is to drop it off a North Sea ferry, in a Rebekah Vardy stylee.

  • Boris Johnson fails to hand over mobile with Covid WhatsApps before inquiry deadline

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  • Didn't the Tories bring in some legislation that would enable the government to store all our private communications? I know this buffoon will argue that the law is only supposed to apply to the little people. It doesn't count for old Etonians.

  • A response to the Sarah Silverman suing OpenAI post from yesterday: [AI doesn't read or write like humans, and we shouldn't act like it does.]

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  • I don't know what the authors are complaining about. All the AI is doing is trawling through a lexicon of words and rearranging them into an order that will sell books. It's exactly what authors do. This is about money.

  • Nitter, alternative frontend for twitter, is back online!

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  • Oh, it's not that simple. I could call, email or any number of other methods. It's just that I'd rather not communicate with a right wing, paranoid, fear-spreading, racist nut job. I just need to know they're still breathing. This individual is spewing bile every single day,

  • United Kingdom @feddit.uk
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    What were your first cars/jazz mags?

  • UK Politics @feddit.uk
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    What happens to campaign Web sites after an election?

  • Technology @beehaw.org
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    Message; system of messages

    www.jwz.org /blog/2023/07/message-system-of-messages/
  • Matrix @lemmy.ml
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    Matrix Live S08E29 — Your Bridge May Stop Working

  • Science @beehaw.org
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    Solar panels could be about to get much better at capturing sunlight

    www.newscientist.com /article/2381425-solar-panels-could-be-about-to-get-much-better-at-capturing-sunlight/
  • Science @beehaw.org
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    Did the Average American Gain 29 Pounds During Pandemic Lockdowns?

    www.snopes.com /fact-check/average-american-gain-29lbs/
  • Chat @beehaw.org
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    AI image, real person or Thunderbird puppet?

  • Technology @beehaw.org
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    Schneier: Self-Driving Cars Are Surveillance Cameras on Wheels

    www.schneier.com /blog/archives/2023/07/self-driving-cars-are-surveillance-cameras-on-wheels.html
  • Technology @beehaw.org
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    End-to-end encryption; the will of the British people

    element.io /blog/end-to-end-encryption-the-will-of-the-british-people/
  • retrocomputing @lemmy.sdf.org
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    BBC Master 128: The evolved 8-bit computer from Acorn

  • Science @beehaw.org
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    How to read a weather map: Do you know your isobars from your weather fronts?

    www.sciencefocus.com /science/how-to-read-a-weather-map/
  • UKCasual @lemmy.world
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    BBC

    1963: Mockumentary Predicts The Future Of 1988

  • Science @beehaw.org
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    Saturn’s rings steal the show in new image from Webb telescope

  • World News @beehaw.org
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    Nigel Farage is now considering whether “life was worth living” in the UK.

    inews.co.uk /news/nigel-farages-claims-being-shut-out-banks-true-what-know-politically-exposed-persons-2444633
  • Free and Open Source Software @beehaw.org
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    Firefox on Reddit: 📣 Announcement: We have reopened.

    teddit.net /r/firefox/comments/14mmjv1/announcement_we_have_reopened/
  • Technology @beehaw.org
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    “Lying” in computer-generated texts: hallucinations and omissions

    blog.oup.com /2023/06/lying-in-computer-generated-texts-hallucinations-and-omissions/
  • UKCasual @lemmy.world
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    It's Adele

    b3ta.com /board/11395779
  • Technology @beehaw.org
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    Apple joins the opposition to encryption-bypassing 'spy clause' in UK internet law

    www.theregister.com /2023/06/29/apple_online_safety_bill_opposition/
  • Free and Open Source Software @beehaw.org
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    The German Digital Healthcare Agency joins the Matrix.org Foundation

    matrix.org /blog/2023/06/gematik-joins-the-foundation/
  • Technology @beehaw.org
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    50,000 tonnes of copper, 500 tonnes of silver and 100 tonnes of gold.

    www.theregister.com /2023/06/28/gsma_smartphone_recycling_plan/