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The_Franz: Aug 8, 2003

i was a weird, quiet, socially anxious kid, and even 25 year old me wanted to go back in time and slap teenage me around for being such an awkward dork

i guess i'm not canonical material

e: and current me deserves to be slapped for this utterly lame snipe

# ? Mar 20, 2024 00:34

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# ? May 26, 2024 16:35

git apologist: Jun 4, 2003

FlapYoJacks posted:

lmfao, when I graduated HS, I had a 1.9 GPA and was 430 out of 512 in my class. I have worked for Fortune 50 companies. Canonical asking about HS poo poo is incredibly dumb and a red flag the size of the moon.

epic same, i was pretty much an insane burnout until i was 25, now i work for a big tech

# ? Mar 20, 2024 00:37

FlapYoJacks: Feb 12, 2009

In HS I put 8,000+ hours into Tribes 2 and jerking off.

# ? Mar 20, 2024 00:39

shackleford: Sep 4, 2006

imagine slapping together an SSL CA with uhh i dunno SSLeay and some perl scripts when you're 23, and when you're 26 verisign hands you a billion dollars

https://twitter.com/Merman_Melville/status/1088527693757349888

# ? Mar 20, 2024 03:57

FlapYoJacks: Feb 12, 2009

For Plasma 6, is there a way to enable a three-finger swipe-up for the open application overview screen? I can't find an option in the control panel.

# ? Mar 20, 2024 17:01

Woolie Wool: Jun 2, 2006

shackleford posted:

probably cheaper to just hire 17 year olds

don't give him ideas

# ? Mar 20, 2024 20:27

Tankakern: Jul 25, 2007

Red Hat's Long, Rust'ed Road Ahead For Nova As Nouveau Driver Successor

# ? Mar 21, 2024 07:38

Tankakern: Jul 25, 2007

Redis is no longer free software

# ? Mar 21, 2024 08:42

Cybernetic Vermin: Apr 18, 2005

Tankakern posted:

Redis is no longer free software

nice nice, amazon can get hosed

# ? Mar 21, 2024 09:05

NihilCredo: Jun 6, 2011; iram omni possibili modo preme:
plus una illa te diffamabit, quam multæ virtutes commendabunt

Cybernetic Vermin posted:

nice nice, amazon can get hosed

+1

I'm all for redefining free software in TYYOL2024 as "free for actual users, not necessarily for for-profit middlemen".

It's a restriction that doesn't hurt any of the positive aspects of FOSS.

# ? Mar 21, 2024 09:15

Kazinsal: Dec 13, 2011

Free Software (tm) sowing: "haha gently caress yes this owns"
Free Software (tm) reaping: "what the gently caress CHANGE THE LICENSE"

# ? Mar 21, 2024 09:17

mystes: May 31, 2006

NihilCredo posted:

+1

I'm all for redefining free software in TYYOL2024 as "free for actual users, not necessarily for for-profit middlemen".

It's a restriction that doesn't hurt any of the positive aspects of FOSS.

Nah just call that shareware

# ? Mar 21, 2024 15:27

shackleford: Sep 4, 2006

mystes posted:

Nah just call that shareware

# ? Mar 21, 2024 21:26

eschaton: Mar 7, 2007; Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

Clark Nova posted:

it is right to be deeply suspicious of a south african entrepreneur who has novel ideas about quantifying the intrinsic worth of other human beings

# ? Mar 22, 2024 08:27

eschaton: Mar 7, 2007; Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

Tankakern posted:

Redis is no longer free software

don�t worry, the Internet interprets license changes as damage and routes around them

one of the most idiotic responses that I saw to this was someone saying that this wouldn�t have happened if they�d used the GPL

like, hey dumbass, the copyright holder can unilaterally change the license no matter what, but whether they used MIT, BSD, GPL, or Apache 2 they can�t change the license on what�s already been distributed, this is like �Intro to Open Source Licensing for TBI Sufferers� level poo poo

# ? Mar 22, 2024 08:32

BlankSystemDaemon: Mar 13, 2009

eschaton posted:

don�t worry, the Internet interprets license changes as damage and routes around them

one of the most idiotic responses that I saw to this was someone saying that this wouldn�t have happened if they�d used the GPL

like, hey dumbass, the copyright holder can unilaterally change the license no matter what, but whether they used MIT, BSD, GPL, or Apache 2 they can�t change the license on what�s already been distributed, this is like �Intro to Open Source Licensing for TBI Sufferers� level poo poo

Was Redis only written by a single person?
If not, and it doesn't have copyright assignment to the original author, all significant contributors would still need to agree.

# ? Mar 22, 2024 08:35

shitface: Nov 23, 2006

BlankSystemDaemon posted:

Was Redis only written by a single person?
If not, and it doesn't have copyright assignment to the original author, all significant contributors would still need to agree.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contributor_License_Agreement

# ? Mar 22, 2024 09:44

Cybernetic Vermin: Apr 18, 2005

BlankSystemDaemon posted:

Was Redis only written by a single person?
If not, and it doesn't have copyright assignment to the original author, all significant contributors would still need to agree.

was a startup project from the start, and primarily a one-man show for a long time, so i imagine it was well kept track of.

# ? Mar 22, 2024 10:16

fresh_cheese: Jul 2, 2014; MY KPI IS HOW MANY VP NUTS I SUCK IN A FISCAL YEAR AND MY LAST THREE OFFICE CHAIRS COMMITTED SUICIDE

it will be forked by amazon, microsoft, google and others basically immediately and theyll maintain themselves a new flavor going forward

ref: hashicorps change of terraform and vault licenses

# ? Mar 22, 2024 12:57

shackleford: Sep 4, 2006

fresh_cheese posted:

it will be forked by amazon, microsoft, google and others basically immediately and theyll maintain themselves a new flavor going forward

ref: hashicorps change of terraform and vault licenses

snapchat already forked it a couple years ago

https://github.com/Snapchat/KeyDB

# ? Mar 22, 2024 15:26

Cybernetic Vermin: Apr 18, 2005

fresh_cheese posted:

it will be forked by amazon, microsoft, google and others basically immediately and theyll maintain themselves a new flavor going forward

ref: hashicorps change of terraform and vault licenses

yeah, but i think that is still then a more sensible place for the company to be

# ? Mar 22, 2024 22:27

shackleford: Sep 4, 2006

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1066910

quote:

In recent versions, chromium started downloading a file
~/.config/chromium/screen_ai/*/libchromescreenai.so. Evidently, the
source of this shared object is not in the chromium source package. I
think the chromium package - being in main - should not download a
shared object and run it without user confirmation.

quote:

- disable/screen-ai-blob.patch: add patch to not register the
ScreenAI component. Previously, if you opened a PDF and clicked
"open in reader mode", it would download a binary blob to
~/.config/chromium/screen_ai/, and do OCR stuff (and who knows
what else) in that opaque blob without warning you. We, uh, don't
want that. (closes: #1066910).

# ? Mar 22, 2024 23:18

git apologist: Jun 4, 2003

i am a binary blob (cishet male)

# ? Mar 23, 2024 01:42

shackleford: Sep 4, 2006

quote:

� Manifest V3 is the latest standard for Chrome extensions.
� All existing extensions will need to be migrated to V3 by June 2024 to continue working. Beginning June 2024, Chrome will gradually disable Manifest V2 extensions running in the browser.

welp, it has come to this

code:

$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozilla.sources
Types: deb
URIs: https://packages.mozilla.org/apt
Suites: mozilla
Components: main
Signed-By:
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$ cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/99local-mozilla
Package: *
Pin: origin packages.mozilla.org
Pin-Priority: -32768

Package: firefox
Pin: origin packages.mozilla.org
Pin-Priority: 1000

now to crack open the preferences and hose down the AI, cloudflare, identity protection / people search, VPN, etc. funk

# ? Mar 25, 2024 20:04

Share Bear: Apr 27, 2004

there is certainly a fork that has already done that

# ? Mar 25, 2024 20:20

Well Played Mauer: Jun 1, 2003; We'll always have Cabo

Thanks for subscribing to FIREFOX FACTS

DID YOU KNOW

Firefox was originally named Firebird, but had to change its name due to a lawsuit they settled with Pontiac.

# ? Mar 25, 2024 20:23

Clark Nova: Jul 18, 2004

pontiac made them change the name after they got it to stop leaking, crashing and dying constantly :dadjoke:

# ? Mar 25, 2024 20:59

Scrotum Modem: Sep 12, 2014

Pontiac loves databases but hates web browsers

# ? Mar 25, 2024 21:06

Sapozhnik: Jan 2, 2005; Nap Ghost

shackleford posted:

now to crack open the preferences and hose down the AI, cloudflare, identity protection / people search, VPN, etc. funk

install Librewolf and disable fingerprinting protection.

You don't even need to install ublock origin because it is built in.

# ? Mar 25, 2024 22:02

Woolie Wool: Jun 2, 2006

Scrotum Modem posted:

Pontiac loves databases but hates web browsers

I would absolutely not trust my data to Grand Am

# ? Mar 26, 2024 03:48

gabensraum: Sep 16, 2003; LOAD "NICE!",8,1

Sapozhnik posted:

install Librewolf and disable fingerprinting protection.

You don't even need to install ublock origin because it is built in.

the above is all you need to do to have a working good config.

i relax a few more personal annoyances with a custom librewolf.overrides.cfg, which i agree almost makes it pointless over vanilla firefox, but not quite

code:

// disable accessibility services
defaultPref("accessibility.force_disabled", 1);

// show compact mode
defaultPref("browser.compactmode.show", true);

// restore autoscroll but disable middle click paste
defaultPref("general.autoScroll", true);
defaultPref("middlemouse.paste", false);

// enable firefox sync
defaultPref("identity.fxaccounts.enabled", true);

// do not clear these things on shutdown
defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cache", false);
defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies", false);
defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.history", false);
defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.offlineApps", false);
defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.sessions", false);

// disable rfp and enable webgl - note: install CanvasBlocker addon
defaultPref("privacy.resistFingerprinting", false);
defaultPref("webgl.disabled", false);

# ? Mar 26, 2024 08:25

Athas: Aug 6, 2007; fuck that joker

Well Played Mauer posted:

Thanks for subscribing to FIREFOX FACTS

DID YOU KNOW

Firefox was originally named Firebird, but had to change its name due to a lawsuit they settled with Pontiac.

I am pretty sure it was originally named Phoenix. I remember installing it under that name when I was a teenager.

# ? Mar 26, 2024 09:19

gabensraum: Sep 16, 2003; LOAD "NICE!",8,1

yeah because it "rose from the ashes of netscape" and i think it was the firebird database people who eventually got them to change from firebird to firefox

# ? Mar 26, 2024 09:41

Sapozhnik: Jan 2, 2005; Nap Ghost

oh yeah that's right, Librewolf deletes all cookies on close by default, which is a little bit insane. you have to disable that.

the important thing is that LW makes prompt decrapified Firefox releases any time there is an upstream release, and they are also trustworthy, erring on the side of being too aggressive about blocking ads and tracking than being too lax.

# ? Mar 26, 2024 09:43