Owen Jacobson @owen@mastodon.transneptune.net

Typo of the day: "delendencies".

In order to build this software, the following packages must be destroyed.

What are you doing with a computer connected to the internet that you wish was easier?

My cases:
* publishing my notes
* running a game server and a forum
* running a mastodon instance
* sharing code I've written
* making plans with my friends

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Just got my annual flu shot. You should too! BUILD IMMUNITY! 💉💪 #immunilipo

Stopping git naming the first branch "master":

reducto$ git config --global init.templateDir ~/.config/git/template
reducto$ mkdir -p ~/.config/git/template
reducto$ echo "ref: refs/heads/main" > ~/.config/git/template/HEAD
reducto$ mkdir newRepo
reducto$ cd newRepo/
reducto$ git init
Reinitialized existing Git repository in /home/kurt/newRepo/.git/
reducto$ git status
On branch main

No commits yet

nothing to commit (create/copy files and use "git add" to track)

From https://twitter.com/_Gaeel_/status/1184740771548803077

If you’re making a retro-style game that looks like it’s from 1999 and it absolutely must have loading screens, then I think you should make it play an extremely load Dreamcast disc read noise over speakers. Especially if it’s a Switch game

If this gets ten boosts, I'll post a page from my 2nd grade journal

@owen This is a really tough issue IMHO. Everything that gives you freedom to do what you want with your device also gives malicious actors an attack surface. And usually it's a few years before the malicious possibilities become obvious and widely utilized. There's definitely not an easy answer, it's a balance people like Apple have to walk. Android/google makes different choices: more freedom, but their app store is rife with scamtastic malware.

@owen In the real world, shady extension vendors are regularly pushing out unwanted and in fact weaponized code to users without "meaningful consent."

I'm gonna miss uBlock Origin too but I recognize the reasoning for and value of this move.

@owen Given the vast history of browser extensions being weaponized against the user, even extensions produced at one point by supposedly trustworthy developers, this is an incredibly positive, responsible move by Apple. Ad blockers are still possible without handing complete surveillance and control of every web page you're on to an extension and to whoever happens to currently control that extension (maybe, maybe not its original creator).

@owen Confirming that the update description was super generic and did not mention negative consequences for the users.

@owen @ton

Compilation of some links on this. https://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=69967