Lunatech @Lunatech@social.cleverlibre.org
Joined Dec 2022
Sure, THEY know Covid is a serious thing, but they hope you don't if you aren't rich like them A lot of their agenda seems to be to, as Ebenezer Scrooge said, "let them die and reduce the surplus population" (may not be an exact quote but that's how I remember it from the old movie). They fan the flames of anti-vax and anti-mask sentiment but still they protect themselves.
Note that the politicians that are anti-masking and anti-vax are not part of that "elite" group. They like to think they are, but they are just toadies carrying the water for the ultra-rich, and they are replaceable as far as the "elite" are concerned.
"A few weeks ago, the New York Times called mask-wearers "the last holdouts". This week, the world's richest people went to great lengths to protec...
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"A few weeks ago, the New York Times called mask-wearers "the last holdouts". This week, the world's richest people went to great lengths to protect themselves from COVID"
https://thegauntlet.substack.com/p/billionaires-at-davos-dont-think
@nixCraft Definitely look into Medicaid however be aware that is some staes there is an asset test, so if your friend has too much in assets they may not qualify until they have paid enough out of pocket to be below the asset limit. The FL agency that administers it MAY also look at any vehicles they own but as I said the qualifications vary from state to state. Also they may qualify for food assistance (what used to be called "food stamps" for some odd reason I could never understand) and possibily even some cash assistance. But you have to ask to find out if they qualify for anything. The one downside is they also consider household income when looking at assets so if there is a spouse that is earning income, that could be a disqualifier depending on the amount earned.
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Re the Supreme Court leak, the most plausible explanation for the report's findings is pretty obvious in retrospect:
They investigated everyone -- including a look at their digital communications -- who had access to the draft ruling EXCEPT the justices.
That's basically a roundabout way of saying the leaker had to have been one of the members of the court.
This is a coverup, not an investigation.
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House Republicans seem to be doing everything in their power to ensure a crushing defeat in 2024.
As they say, never interrupt your opponents when they are making a mistake.
Not a chance.
What happens when ChatGPT starts charging monthly fees like everything else on the Internet? Would you pay for it?
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regex ~ When you have a problem and solve it using RegEx, you end up with two problems https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/grep-regular-expressions/
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It's disheartening to see that lots and lots of posts here are simply retweets from the birdsite. Apologies to those posting, but my policy is only to click through when there's also a link to what the tweet was pointing to.
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EU Court puts end to emergency use of bee-toxic pesticides – EURACTIV.com
These emergencies were not actual emergencies so I commend the court.
There is sometimes a reason people won't do that. For example with one piece of software I'm aware of, in order to open an issue you have to first fill out a form that says you have performed several tasks first, half of which are things many users would either not know how to do or would find very difficult. In another case, in order to report an issue the developers want you to include a huge log file that may contain personl or private information that you don't care to reveal to the world, and they don't give you any way to send it to the developers privately.
So, people who are put off by such demanding requirements to file an official issue will often yelp about their problem in a forum instead, hoping that perhaps some other user has experienced the same issue and can tell them what to do without necessarily getting the developer involved.
And when you say "Devs are humans", I can tell you that sometimes we users seriously question whether that's true! 
There is one dev I am convinced is a parrot because he only knows how to squawk "debug log" whenever anyone mentions an issue.
Open Source user golden rule: Do not complain online. First open an issue. Devs can't be aware of your problem if you don't report it. Dev are hu...
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A free-to-read gift link for our story on the frenzy of performative TikTok bans:
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I was blunt: “This has become a politicised issue that is not really about data security or the security of the national discourse, but is really about making TikTok into an example, or a sort of manifestation, of a broader political struggle around what to do regarding China.”
This is from Times Higher Education whom I told that the TikTok risks are non-zero, but pointed out that the reactions are blown way out of proportion inaction on a hundred more immediate risks.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/us-universities-caught-crackdown-tiktok
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OpenSnitch is an open source Linux application firewall with a simple graphical interface that allows to easily accept or deny network connections from any program
Shows a popup message box giving technical stats about an app that is trying to access the Internet OpenSnitch, an application-based firewall, protects you from unwanted data leaks by letting you set customized rules for all your applications. The main thing that OpenSnitch does is track internet requests made by applications you have […]
https://gadgeteer.co.za/opensnitch-is-an-open-source-linux-application-firewall-with-a-simple-graphical-interface-that-allows-to-easily-accept-or-deny-network-connections-from-any-program/ https://squeet.me/objects/962c3e10-0f0d2e3c-6227c15196fa6050
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No Florida Miracle - Excellent post explains the fraud in Texas that led to NCLB and the fraud in Florida that is leading to terrible student progress through the grades. https://reflectionsinedblogblog.wordpress.com/2023/01/20/no-florida-miracle/ #Education
Most lists of this type are just rehashes of things you probably already knew if you are a #MacOS user. This one was different, I had not heard of any of these before as far as I can remember, and there are some genuinely useful tips here.
10 macOS Tips to Boost Your Productivity https://www.macrumors.com/guide/10-macos-tips-boost-productivity/
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TRUMP DUMP!
Less than 24 hours after being fined $1,000,000 by a Florida judge for filing a frivolous lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump withdrew his $250,000,000 lawsuit against New York Attorney General Latisha James
Trump had filed his own suit in response to a $250 million lawsuit by James.
HOW can anyone support him?
WHAT are they thinking?
WHY are they blind to his actions?
WHERE is their love for our country?
WHEN.. WHEN.. WHEN?
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When active duty military are in on the coup, it'’s time to do some investigating. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/20/politics/marines-us-capitol-riot-arrest/index.html
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People exposed to weedkiller chemical have cancer biomarkers in urine – study | US news | The Guardian
The problem is the genetically modified crops called "Roundup Ready". They allow farmers to blanket spray the entire field. The plants absorb it but are not affected. You eat the plants and are affected.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/20/glyphosate-weedkiller-cancer-biomarkers-urine-study
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So, if you are writing a program under #Linux and you would like to use some storage to keep temporary data, you can create a temporary file. And then you need to remember to clean up the file at the end of you program execution. However, because of the semantic of Linux (and other unixes as well, it might come from #POSIX), one can remove (unlink) the file from filesystem. However, as long as the file is being open by at least one process, the content of the file is still there. Just the name disappears from the directory listing. As soon as the file is closed (and that happens automatically when process ends), the data is not accessible anymore (well, not without the tools for data recovery) and the space used by the file is freed. So, one could create a file and open it, unlink it, and still use it for purpose of keeping some temporary data.
Because creating a unique file name in a secure manner is a feat itself, since Linux 3.11 one can ask the kernel to create an unnamed file directly. Just the descriptor is provided to the process. The file does not have an entry in the directory listing. Check man 2 open for details, look for O_TMPFILE.
That last functionality is not available in #bash (the #shell I am using on every day basis), however the trick with creating and removing the file keeping the descriptor still works.
Below is the code using the trick. However, I cannot decide, if that's a neat trick I should show people at the company and teach them to use it, or rather an abomination which should never had see a daylight and should be exterminated immediately.
#!/bin/bash
tmpfile=$(mktemp)
exec 3>${tmpfile}
exec 4<${tmpfile}
rm ${tmpfile}
sleep 1
echo Test >&3
date >&3
echo Does the file ${tmpfile} exist?
ls -l /tmp
ls -l ${tmpfile}
echo "Let's check its content"
cat <&4
