UNIX84

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Plants that repel mosquitos? in c/greenspace@beehaw.org
[–] UNIX84@beehaw.org 6 points 2 weeks ago

Lemongrass in large quantities supposedly helps. About 2/3rds as effective as Deet based on one study.

I planted some along my driveway two years ago, but I still got bit a lot. I'm the mosquito whisperer so they will bite me even when not biting others. YMMV.

Self-Host & Tech Independence: The Joy of Building Your Own in c/foss@beehaw.org
[–] UNIX84@beehaw.org 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

One software not mentioned is Ente (https://ente.io/) which can also be hosted locally.

Also, I think it would be great to have a self-hosted AI assistant with voice to text, but I'm not sure if we are three yet.

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Self-Host & Tech Independence: The Joy of Building Your Own (www.ssp.sh)
 

"Tech Independence is something I learned from Derek Sivers, and basically means that you do not depend on any particular company or software."

Gnome adds Pride wallpapers! 🏳️‍🌈 in c/technology@beehaw.org
GUILTY in c/usnews@beehaw.org
Do you want to tell us something about your religion? in c/askbeehaw@beehaw.org
American Airlines Blames 9 Year Old Girl for being Filmed in Bathroom in c/usnews@beehaw.org
Japan protests over Chinese ambassador's "extremely inappropriate" comment about Japanese people who would be "dragged into the fire" if they support Taiwan's independence in c/news@beehaw.org
[–] UNIX84@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I guess don't get involved then?

Also, this conjures images of Shinzo Abe in a fighter jet with the numbers 7-3-1 on the side.

Biden signs TikTok “ban” bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] UNIX84@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, Facebook and Twitter are still useful for the status quo.

Biden signs TikTok “ban” bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] UNIX84@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

Fox News isn't rallying people to support Palestine.

Biden signs TikTok “ban” bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] UNIX84@beehaw.org 20 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Thanks AIPAC, for protecting Americans from foreign misinformation campaigns.

Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it in c/technology@beehaw.org
It's Official: OZZY OSBOURNE And FOREIGNER Are Among 2024 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Inductees in c/music@beehaw.org
[–] UNIX84@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ozzy the man was already in from Black Sabbath. But Ozzy Osbourne the band is in now. Their first six albums (through No More Tears) are as good as any other band in metal.

I assume this means Randy, Zakk, Jake E. Lee, etc are in.

Curious to see what they do about the bassist and drummer who sued and were subsequently removed from the reissue of Blizzard of Oz and Diary.

EDIT: Looks like Randy has been in the hall of fame on his own since 2021. TIL.

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Here's what's new about the Fairphone 4 - Fairphone (www.fairphone.com)
 

"We just gave the Fairphone 4 a revolutionary update, with a completely refreshed camera experience, and we couldn’t be prouder."

The Fairphone 4 was released in summer 2021 and has been superseded by the Fairphone 5, but this major update addresses one of the biggest complaints about the device since day one -- the camera.

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Signal Blog: Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames (signal.org)
 

Finally, we can have usernames in Signal instead of giving our phone number to everybody.

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The Mozilla Blog - Mozilla’s new Firefox Linux for Debian derivatives (blog.mozilla.org)
 

Mozilla now has an official Debian repository for running the latest Firefox releases.

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Libreboot – HP EliteBook 820 G2 support added to Libreboot! (libreboot.org)
 

Leah is now selling the 820 G2 with Libreboot. Now you have another choice when it comes to a completely libre firmware. Intel management engine is neutered. This is the newest laptop supported by Libreboot.

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What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it • The Register (www.theregister.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by UNIX84@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org
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Bruce Perens, one of the founders of the Open Source movement, is ready for what comes next: the Post-Open Source movement.

First of all, our licenses aren't working anymore," he said. "We've had enough time that businesses have found all of the loopholes and thus we need to do something new. The GPL is not acting the way the GPL should have done when one-third of all paid-for Linux systems are sold with a GPL circumvention. That's RHEL.

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