Lunatech @Lunatech@social.cleverlibre.org
Joined Dec 2022
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BREAKING: A sixth Memphis police officer has been “relieved of duty” after the traffic stop that led to Tyre Nichols’ death, police say.
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OpenSnitch App-Level Firewall May Find a Home in Debian 12
https://www.linuxtoday.com/news/opensnitch-app-level-firewall-may-find-a-home-in-debian-12/
#OpenSnitch #Debian12 #Debian #News
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Religious harms
SHORT LIST OF RELIGIOUS HARMS:
1. Rejecting reality 2. Confusing fantasy for fact. 3. Judging & condemning nonbelievers. 4. Robbing believers. 5. Encouraging the oppressed to accept their oppression as Divine. 6. Demanding obedience to authority. 7. Commanding forgiveness of abusers. 8. Rigid, authoritarian thinking. 9. Condemning skepticism. 10. Patriarchy. #atheist #nullifidian #humanist #secular #criticalthinking #exchristian #ReligiousTrauma
@engineerminded Also another problem is that many #Linux distros don't offer the types of software that users want, but some add on a lot of unwanted bloat. For example #LinuxMint is supposed to be a user-friendly distro but they install tons of additional software that you may never use. What they should do is at the time of installation, give you the option to go with the standard package of applications (for "give me all the goodies" types) OR to pick the packages you really want from a list. But then they don't offer some types of packages that people might actually want for security or privacy reasons, such as #OpenSnitch (a Linux application-specific firewall equivalent to the #MacOS #LittleSnitch program) or a good password manager such as #KeePassXC, or a good full-system backup utility similar to the #MacOS #TimeMachine program (most Linux backup utilities only back up a subset of the system, such as user files only or system files only, and none have the equivalent of the #MacOS #MigrationAssistant which lets you restore your applications, settings, and data to a new machine, or if your main storage fails and you have to replace it). The lack of an equivalent to Time Machine/Migration Assistant is one of the major reasons I have not personally gone to Linux on my desktop.
@engineerminded The #Linux developers and users who refuse to believe that some Linux users have no knowledge of, experience in, or desire to learn computer programming. Therefore, when something doesn't work and a user has problems, they are expected to spend hours searching the Internet for answers, because if they dare ask in a Linux forum someone will accuse them of wanting to be spoon-fed the answers (and what is wrong with that anyway?). Most computer users are just that - users. Most people don't want to be computer programmers or system administrators any more than most automobile drivers want to be auto mechanics or racing technicians.
In short most users don't fit into the Linux mindset. If a #Windows or #Mac user is having a problem nobody tells them to "send code", that only happens in Linux-related forums. This IS gradually changing (especially when people find out that most Linux upgrades are completed in less than five minutes) but still it is the people who love Linux the most that send the message that "just plain users" aren't welcome, and that is what drives people back to Windows or #MacOS.
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Jordan's entire interview on Meet the Press was about how the federal government should have no power to do anything -- except investigate Hunter Biden.
RT @thehill@twitter.com
Jim Jordan says he’s uncertain reform can stop "evil" seen in Tyre Nichols video https://trib.al/bAY0l1z
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GOP right now: Trump would be great "without the drama."
Also GOP right now: His speeches are boring and he's passionless.
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The imposter "George Santos," who should be immediately removed from the House chamber by Capitol Police as a grave national security risk, was funded by non-existent donors. He's a walking #Russian money-laundering operation. #GOP #USpol #politics https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/01/we-tried-to-call-the-top-donors-to-george-santos-2020-campaign-many-dont-seem-to-exist/
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New Distro 'BlendOS' Combines Arch Linux, Fedora Linux and Ubuntu
Link: https://blendos.co/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34578197
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🏳️🌈🖖🏽
Utah didn’t ban youth hormone therapy such as testosterone boosters for cis boys. It didn’t ban “gender affirming surgery” such as breast augmentation for cis girls.
Just for trans kids.
You know, in case you’re wondering if lawmakers are really out to “protect the children” like they claim.
Give me a break.
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Donald Trump thinks it would be "easy" for him to end the war in Ukraine in one day.
Just don't ask him how he'd pull this off.
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Me at an IT job: "I don't understand why everything, even our DevOps has to be microsoft."
IT staff: "Part of the benefit of buying from a large corporation is support. We pay big money to get actual support, instead of a community forum."
Also IT Staff: "Jo fixed the issue we were having. He asked Microsoft, and they were no help but he was still able to fix it!"
Me: 🙊
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Please stop using “mom” as an example of an unsophisticated user of technology. This reinforces harmful stereotypes.
Instead, I suggest using “congressperson”.
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Exactly 90 years ago today Hitler came to power. With the rise of fascism across the globe, that dark anniversary means much. It can happen anywhere. Preserving democracy is a never ending fight demanding constant vigilance from all of us.
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@juddlegum
If they were sincere in their beliefs, the Bible would be banned along with My Two Daddies. There's more sex and violence in the Bible than in most of the texts they want to ban.
The American Taliban is alive and well-funded.
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@juddlegum
Time for a book called "50 things conservative bigots want to keep hidden from you" (or similar).
Something like the 21st century edition of the "Anarchist Cookbook".
(As PDF and in formats that can easily be printed at home, so that "subversive" kids can "spread the word" at school.)
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Response: This isn’t an official form. It asserts rights that do not exist in law. We cannot accept it.
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@juddlegum where do the 100 parents per school come from? Didn’t they already opt out for charter schools or vouchers or homeschooling or whatever?
Does this really have legs if you don’t have a critical mass of rioting Karen’s, and it’s just 5% of the pop trying to make a big stink?
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I'd like to see the schools give them exactly what they ask for — their kids get to opt out of all schooling. They can just stay home in their parents' maga safe-spaces and still graduate "without penalty or loss of academic credit."
If they want to opt out of tens of thousands of free childcare, who is the state to restrict their freedumb?
