sam ✅🇬🇪

@sam@chven.us

I like , software, , , . Maybe other things too.
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pixelfedhttps://pixelfed.sdf.org/saba
websitehttps://chven.us
HomeBodbe, Georgia

The Real Grunfink »
@grunfink@comam.es

Hi. I was feeling apocalyptic the other day and programmed this bot: @eschaton@comam.es

It gives a daily report of those asteroids with a reasonable probability of crashing into Earth, in case you are not already afraid enough of the future. Of course, using , what else.

It takes its data from a very cool NASA site, so (again) in these days of uncertanty, I'm not sure how long will it work.

Everyone, take care, and have a great week.

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    sabunia »
    @sabunia@mastodon.social

    If you are not watching, what is going on in , you should start! and get all the information you can. This is a literal fight for and by Georgian people. This is the showdown of this Generation against the and . is unfolding.

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      George Takei 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 »
      @georgetakei@universeodon.com

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      cqd_sos »
      @cqd_sos@mastodon.online

      @georgetakei
      Isn't the US renowned for being an ask-for-forgiveness-instead-of-permission country?

        GJ Groothedde 🇪🇺 »
        @Eetschrijver@mastodon.social

        @georgetakei What I make of it is that I'm absolutely shocked by the apparent number of fellow travelers in America.

          Winjay »
          @winjay@universeodon.com

          @georgetakei That's not an apology. Her actions betrayed their trust. She took the money from a monster, then told people he's literally hurting "I'm sorry you feel that way."

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            sam ✅🇬🇪 »
            @sam@chven.us

            who will save her soul, when she sings for the devil now...

              samiamsam »
              @samiamsam@mastodon.social

              @georgetakei

              nazi is as nazi does

              anti-vax is as anti-vax does

              nope, apology not accepted

                TheNovemberFella ✊🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦☸️🛰️🚀 »
                @TheNovemberMan@bookstodon.com

                @georgetakei Yeah, no, not ok. And that wasn't actually an apology. 🙄

                She also doesn't give any indication that she gets why what she did is wrong.

                  Professor_Stevens »
                  @Professor_Stevens@mastodon.gamedev.place

                  @georgetakei

                  I am so tired of listening to airheaded musicians telling me how I have to look for common ground with people trying to kill folks I care about. You do not stop your declared enemies from hurting you by "reaching out" to them.

                  And this guy? He made a recording of himself selling his soul to the biggest enemy of decency and freedom since Adolf. He's not just a vicious evil scumbag, he's corrupt and dumb.

                  Oh, Jewel? So are you.

                    ngrbdx »
                    @ngrbdx@mastodon.social

                    @georgetakei removed from the artist I liked on spotify. Simple answer.

                      Mad Dog Ace Run »
                      @BluesHarp@musicians.today

                      @georgetakei
                      Weak apology after the fact.

                        Mopperswompf »
                        @mopperswompf@mastodon.social

                        @georgetakei
                        Nice try, but too little too late.
                        It was clear what kind of people they are and what they were planning to, way before they came to power.
                        And I can’t believe she is thàt stupid.

                          m0n90053 »
                          @m0n90053@mastodon.social

                          @georgetakei Too little too late, in this administration with its very identifiable lack of humanity the response is you shoulda known better beforehand.

                            ProScience »
                            @proscience@toot.community

                            @georgetakei Don't know who she is but I for one will never forgive anyone collaborating with anyone from the fascistic regime.

                              tomasino »
                              @tomasino@tilde.zone

                              US Gov website purge underway. CDC right now. NIH Office of Women's Health is already gone. Happening quick.

                              github.com/end-of-term/eot2024

                              End of Term archive backed up everything. ~260TB. If you can seed/ share, please do so

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                              Petra van Cronenburg »
                              @NatureMC@mastodon.online

                              @tomasino And it comes even worse: reuters.com/world/us/musk-aide "The systems include a vast database called Enterprise Human Resources Integration, which contains dates of birth, Social Security numbers, appraisals, home addresses, pay grades and length of service of government workers, the officials said."

                                9to5Linux »
                                @9to5linux@floss.social

                                25.0 Open-Source Educational Suite Released with Five New Activities, Now Ported to Qt 6 9to5linux.com/gcompris-25-0-op

                                @gcompris

                                Screenshot of GCompris showing the main window with the activities and application menu.

                                Alt...Screenshot of GCompris showing the main window with the activities and application menu.

                                  tiddy roosevelt »
                                  @babe@glitterkitten.co.uk

                                  "I really wish there were something around now like IRC so we didn't need to use discord"

                                  amazing

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                                  tiddy roosevelt »
                                  @babe@glitterkitten.co.uk

                                  I believe, and forgive me for saying this, but the alternative you may be looking for is a thing called IRC.

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                                  Tisha Tiger »
                                  @tisha@htt.social

                                  @babe Best things last forever 🧡

                                    Sim »
                                    @sim@universeodon.com

                                    @babe I'm not keeping my personal computer on 24/7 for that.

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                                      tiddy roosevelt »
                                      @babe@glitterkitten.co.uk

                                      @sim That's what zncs are for!

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                                        Sim »
                                        @sim@universeodon.com

                                        @babe I'm going to have to ask my IRC friends who are on Discord with bots posting Discord to IRC what zncs are now.

                                          argv minus one »
                                          @argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org

                                          @babe

                                          XMPP also exists. With chat history, messages longer than 512 bytes, and all!

                                            snow wicche ⛧ »
                                            @wicche@kvlt.zone

                                            @babe I've been curious to go back to IRC but my hangup is I've largely assumed there's no encryption?

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                                              Lykrast »
                                              @lykrast@eldritch.cafe

                                              @babe is IRC like IRC?

                                                Troed Sångberg »
                                                @troed@masto.sangberg.se

                                                @babe Matrix! Nice mobile clients too (Element X)

                                                (and then install an IRC bridge on the server)

                                                ((yes I do this))

                                                  liebach »
                                                  @m@helvede.net

                                                  @babe Well, after Discord bought IRC, they shut it down, so that's what we have now.

                                                    b3lt3r »
                                                    @b3lt3r@mastodon.b3lt3r.com

                                                    @babe all you younglings have no idea - pow-wow and ICQ ftw 🙂

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                                                      Fedi.Tips »
                                                      @FediTips@social.growyourown.services

                                                      I've had a lot of people ask how BlueSky compares to Mastodon and the Fediverse. I've tried to make the answer as simple and easy to understand as possible:

                                                      🦋 BlueSky is designed to give corporations and wealthy people full control of the network. All of its traffic has to flow through expensive-to-run corporate relays.

                                                      The Fediverse is designed to give ordinary people control of the network. All of its traffic flows directly from one cheap-to-run server to another.

                                                      Diagrams of how BlueSky and its AT Protocol functions, compared to how The Fediverse and its ActivityPub protocol functions.

BlueSky's traffic flows from servers to corporate-owned relays, and these relays communicate with each other before allowing traffic to flow to servers. The servers cannot communicate with each other at all.

The Fediverse's traffic flows directly between cheap-to-run servers, with no need for any corporate involvement.

While technically these are both forms of decentralisation, the BlueSky interpretation puts corporations, rich people and wealthy organisations in full control of the network. The Fediverse interpretation puts ordinary people in full control of the betwork.

                                                      Alt...Diagrams of how BlueSky and its AT Protocol functions, compared to how The Fediverse and its ActivityPub protocol functions. BlueSky's traffic flows from servers to corporate-owned relays, and these relays communicate with each other before allowing traffic to flow to servers. The servers cannot communicate with each other at all. The Fediverse's traffic flows directly between cheap-to-run servers, with no need for any corporate involvement. While technically these are both forms of decentralisation, the BlueSky interpretation puts corporations, rich people and wealthy organisations in full control of the network. The Fediverse interpretation puts ordinary people in full control of the betwork.

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                                                        Mastodon Migration »
                                                        @mastodonmigration@mastodon.online

                                                        @FediTips

                                                        ☝️ This is a great explainer of the difference between Mastodon and Bluesky, with one correction. At present there is only ONE corporate node, and the technology to create more has not been proven.

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                                                          Fedi.Tips »
                                                          @FediTips@social.growyourown.services

                                                          @mastodonmigration

                                                          Even worse then, isn't it! 😬

                                                          I've mainly put multiple relays on there so people can see even in the best case scenario, the AT protocol is still putting corporations in control of the network.

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                                                            Ayo Ayco »
                                                            @ayo@social.ayco.io

                                                            @FediTips great job with the visual 💯

                                                              David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*) »
                                                              @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

                                                              @FediTips It would be quite easy for me to trust BlueSky’s intentions if the flagship instance had been set up as an independent non-profit.

                                                                stux⚡ »
                                                                @stux@mstdn.social

                                                                @FediTips Yup!

                                                                Been saying this for a while

                                                                People flee from one centralized place to another making endless accounts in the menanwhile

                                                                But ofc the Fedi is certainly too much work

                                                                  Absinthe »
                                                                  @absinthe@mammut.sch.moe

                                                                  @FediTips
                                                                  From what I've read, bluesky is vulnerable to being scraped (?) by 3rd party bots/spiders, and may be that way for it to make a profit in the future?

                                                                  Just start out on a big server on Mastodon, get the community of friends & hashtags you like, then if you want later, easily transfer your settings & follows to a specialized server.
                                                                  @PamelaBarroway

                                                                    Valdis Krebs »
                                                                    @Valdis@mastodon.social

                                                                    @FediTips Nice diagram! How many other servers does a typical fediverse server connect to? Is there a min/max/mean? When two servers connect, is it an asymmetric flow or a symmetric flow? 🤔

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                                                                      Fedi.Tips »
                                                                      @FediTips@social.growyourown.services

                                                                      @Valdis

                                                                      There's no typical amount on the Fediverse AFAIK, and the connections aren't to entire servers but specific accounts on other servers.

                                                                      If you want exact details on what Fediverse servers notice there's a list here:

                                                                      fedi.tips/which-posts-and-acco

                                                                        Neil Brown »
                                                                        @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk

                                                                        Every so often, I wonder about not having a smartphone.

                                                                        Something which could do cellular calls, XMPP and Signal, basic PIM (email, calDAV, cardDAV), and have a decent enough camera.

                                                                        Which, sadly, is enough to push it into "need a smartphone" territory, AFAIK.

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                                                                        Justine Smithies »
                                                                        @justine@snac.smithies.me.uk

                                                                        I long for something like this too. No android compatibility layer just Linux or FreeBSD but the latter I fear isn't going to happen any time soon.

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                                                                          sam ✅🇬🇪 »
                                                                          @sam@chven.us

                                                                          I didn't have much more than that installed on a pinephone running postmarketOS and using interface. Getting calls and texts to work (and proper audio routing) was still in development at the time and then the modem in it just quit working. I wanted to get another, but was hoping they would come out with a better device.

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                                                                            Asbestos »
                                                                            @Asbestos@pnw.zone

                                                                            Could any , people weigh in on whether the you tube guy Rob Braxman is legit. The usual searches don't lead to much.
                                                                            youtube.com/@robbraxmantech

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                                                                              GrapheneOS »
                                                                              @GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social

                                                                              @Asbestos He's not an actual privacy or security expert. He's a serial fabricator and charlatan who pushes endless unsubstantiated and outrageously false claims about privacy and security topics. His focus is convincing people to buy his insecure products and services. Look into what actual privacy and security professionals have to say about his content. He has also repeatedly engaged in libel and harassment towards privacy and security engineers/researchers who debunk his endless false claims.

                                                                                tiddy roosevelt »
                                                                                @babe@glitterkitten.co.uk

                                                                                The fedi experience

                                                                                Girl walking down a road with her hands over her ears with the words "mentioning any minor software issue" next to her. Following her down the road is a boy obnoxiously playing a trumpet at her, the words overlayed "The problem here is that you're using proprietary software and just giving your data away to corporations, what you need to do is adopt free open source..."

                                                                                Alt...Girl walking down a road with her hands over her ears with the words "mentioning any minor software issue" next to her. Following her down the road is a boy obnoxiously playing a trumpet at her, the words overlayed "The problem here is that you're using proprietary software and just giving your data away to corporations, what you need to do is adopt free open source..."

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                                                                                Daniel Pomarède »
                                                                                @pomarede@mastodon.social

                                                                                Wow what a view captured by Perseverance just 8 hours ago. This is probably her new science site: Witch Hazel Hill.

                                                                                Dec. 16, 2024 (Sol 1359)
                                                                                📷 areo.info/mars20/ecams/1359

                                                                                A photography of a Martian landscape, captured by the Perseverance rover on the west side of the rim of Jezero Crater.

                                                                                Alt...A photography of a Martian landscape, captured by the Perseverance rover on the west side of the rim of Jezero Crater.

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                                                                                  Fedi.Tips »
                                                                                  @FediTips@social.growyourown.services

                                                                                  The long-running Fedi server mstdn.social (not to be confused with mastodon.social 🙂 ) has just received a takedown request from the Russian government for hosting @Bellingcat, a news site which has long been critical of Putin:

                                                                                  mstdn.social/@stux/11365246164

                                                                                  Thankfully mstdn.social isn't in Russia so Putin has no power over it.

                                                                                  If anyone wants to turn this into a Streisand Effect kind of thing, you might want to follow @Bellingcat and slip a donation to @stux at mstdn.social/@stux/11362379158

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                                                                                    DoomsdaysCW »
                                                                                    @DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social

                                                                                    “The Earth is not dying,
                                                                                    it is being killed.
                                                                                    And the people
                                                                                    who are killing it
                                                                                    have names
                                                                                    and addresses.”
                                                                                    -

                                                                                    “The Earth is not dying, 
it is being killed.
And the people
who are killing it 
have names 
and addresses.”  - Utah Phillips

                                                                                    Alt...“The Earth is not dying, it is being killed. And the people who are killing it have names and addresses.” - Utah Phillips

                                                                                      Ulfh3dnar »
                                                                                      @Ulfh3dnar@mstdn.social

                                                                                      ... [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                                                      The fourteenth evening of anti-government protests has begun in Georgia.

                                                                                        Kevin Beaumont »
                                                                                        @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social

                                                                                        Mastodon isn't perfect.

                                                                                        But the fact a social network exists that is completely free to use

                                                                                        has no venture capital investors

                                                                                        has no shareholders to answer to

                                                                                        has no growth targets

                                                                                        with a web interface with zero tracking cookies

                                                                                        and mobile apps with zero trackers at all

                                                                                        with ten thousand server administrators who donate their time for user safety

                                                                                        is - in my opinion - mindbogglingly cool, given the state of the world we live in. Not everything has to be shit. People make things better.

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                                                                                        sam ✅🇬🇪 »
                                                                                        @sam@chven.us

                                                                                        The Real Grunfink »
                                                                                        @grunfink@comam.es

                                                                                        I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.66 of , the simple, minimalistic instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

                                                                                        As many users have asked for it, there is now an option to make the number of followed and following accounts public (still disabled by default). These are only the numbers; the lists themselves are never published.

                                                                                        Some fixes to blocked instances code (posts from them were sometimes shown).

                                                                                        Fixed non-appearing buttons Approve and Discard if the account requesting a follow were being followed.

                                                                                        https://comam.es/what-is-snac

                                                                                        If you find useful, please consider contributing via LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/grunfink/

                                                                                        This release has been inspired by the songs All Is Lost by and All Is Not Lost by .

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                                                                                          9to5Linux »
                                                                                          @9to5linux@floss.social

                                                                                          500 Computer Launches with the Official Raspberry Pi Monitor, Based on 9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-500

                                                                                          Photo of the Raspberry Pi 500 computer with the RaspberryPi Monitor and Mouse.

                                                                                          Alt...Photo of the Raspberry Pi 500 computer with the RaspberryPi Monitor and Mouse.

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                                                                                            sam ✅🇬🇪 »
                                                                                            @sam@chven.us

                                                                                            It might be a little too close to Christmas to get this in time, but my son will be 7 in February and it might be a good birthday gift! I hope he'll like it; otherwise, I'll have to use it myself :D

                                                                                            Thom, HP-UX™ evangelist »
                                                                                            @thomholwerda@exquisite.social

                                                                                            The rebels in Syria might inadvertently be doing more to help Ukraine than we are.

                                                                                            Jesus fucking Christ.

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                                                                                            Ulfh3dnar »
                                                                                            @Ulfh3dnar@mstdn.social

                                                                                            ... [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                                                            Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha walked out of the OSCE plenary hall in Malta as Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov began his speech.

                                                                                            Earlier, in his speech, he had called Lavrov a "war criminal."

                                                                                            In addition to Sybiha, the foreign ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic, and several other foreign ministers and diplomats also left the hall.

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                                                                                              Fedi.Tips »
                                                                                              @FediTips@social.growyourown.services

                                                                                              @thenexusofprivacy

                                                                                              Just to add, this is not a "you do you" situation.

                                                                                              The danger from is they allow hatred to spread, and that puts people in danger who don't even use Meta's networks. The hatred radicalises people who then do nasty stuff in real life against innocent victims. Radicalised people don't block Meta, they keep being fed more hate.

                                                                                              This cycle leads to real life violence of the worst kind:

                                                                                              thebureauinvestigates.com/stor

                                                                                              This is not an isolated case.

                                                                                              Please defederate 🙏

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                                                                                                Ulfh3dnar »
                                                                                                @Ulfh3dnar@mstdn.social

                                                                                                ... [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                                                                Students from dozens of schools across Georgia are refusing to start the school week.

                                                                                                They are protesting against police violence and expressing support for the demonstrators.

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                                                                                                  Ulfh3dnar »
                                                                                                  @Ulfh3dnar@mstdn.social

                                                                                                  ... [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                                                                  Students of Batumi State University have halted the educational process and declared a strike.

                                                                                                  They are calling for an end to violence against protesters, freedom of assembly, and a return to European integration.

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                                                                                                    sam ✅🇬🇪 »
                                                                                                    @sam@chven.us

                                                                                                    "However, some websites are specially written to function pretty much like apps"

                                                                                                    that's funny, because I've always thought a lot of apps behave pretty much like a website and the app is unnecessary.

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                                                                                                      sabunia »
                                                                                                      @sabunia@mastodon.social

                                                                                                      This is a very good and informative piece done by PBS. Explains everything you need to know about and there.

                                                                                                      youtube.com/watch?v=eNpQKMAmzx

                                                                                                        Mark Mullen »
                                                                                                        @mmm@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                                                                        Georgia's ruling party, the Russian puppet regime "Georgian Dream", is showing who they truly are. Openly cutting ties with the West, specifically the EU, so they can once again make Georgia an autocratic Russian colony. The people of Georgia are having none of it and the regime is beating them to a pulp. The regime is also targeting journalists because they are embarrassed and afraid of the world and the Georgian people seeing who they really are. But we see.

                                                                                                        Young woman facing a police line in Tbilisi at night with smoke, wrapped in an EU flag waving a Georgian flag.

                                                                                                        Alt...Young woman facing a police line in Tbilisi at night with smoke, wrapped in an EU flag waving a Georgian flag.

                                                                                                          Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot🥄🥄 »
                                                                                                          @libreleah@mas.to

                                                                                                          Libreboot T480 and Libreboot M920 coming soon, on minifree.org/

                                                                                                          If anyone still wants Haswell (4th gen) T440p, W541, 9020 etc, order now. It'll be gone soon (won't be deleted from Libreboot, only minifree).

                                                                                                          Libreboot replaces proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware. I run the project; Minifree sales fund the work.

                                                                                                          I'm doing a new Libreboot release soon, with ThinkPad T480 and ThinkCentre M920q support. Intel 8th gen. They'll replace the Intel 4th gen (Haswell) machines that I currently sell.

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                                                                                                          sam ✅🇬🇪 »
                                                                                                          @sam@chven.us

                                                                                                          currently in, but next year out

                                                                                                          edit: my move isn't about politics. Looks like things are not going to be much better where I'm going.

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                                                                                                          sabunia »
                                                                                                          @sabunia@mastodon.social

                                                                                                          ... [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                                                                          I watched live on TV as Guram Rogava, was assaulted by one of the unmarked "police" operatives, while he was reporting on brutality against protesters in

                                                                                                          Politicians and activists are targeted explicitly, what seems to be a clear punitive operation.

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                                                                                                            sam ✅🇬🇪 »
                                                                                                            @sam@chven.us

                                                                                                            peekaboo skills just leveled up

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                                                                                                              sam ✅🇬🇪 »
                                                                                                              @sam@chven.us

                                                                                                              sounds great! My email can easily be deduced from my fediverse address

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