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schestowitz<li>Jan 16 11:15
schestowitz                                    <h5><a href="https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2023-01-15-gokrazy-instance-centric-config/">gokrazy: instance-centric configuration released</a></h5>Jan 16 11:15
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-michael.stapelberg.ch | gokrazy: instance-centric configuration released 🎉 - Michael StapelbergJan 16 11:15
schestowitz                                    <blockquote>Jan 16 11:15
schestowitz                                        <p>The traditional way to run Go software on a Raspberry Pi would be to install Raspbian or some other Linux distribution onto the SD card, copy over your program(s) and then maintain that installation (do regular updates).</p>Jan 16 11:15
schestowitz                                        <p>I thought it would be nicer to run my Raspberry Pis such that only Go software is run by the Linux kernel on it, without any traditional Linux distribution programs like package managers or even the usual GNU Core Utilities.</p>Jan 16 11:15
schestowitz                                    </blockquote>Jan 16 11:15
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schestowitz <li>Jan 16 11:37
schestowitz                                            <h5><a href="https://sneak.berlin/20230115/macos-scans-your-local-files-now/">Apple Has Begun Scanning Your Local Image Files Without Consent</a></h5>Jan 16 11:37
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-sneak.berlin | Jeffrey Paul: Apple Has Begun Scanning Your Local Image Files Without ConsentJan 16 11:37
schestowitz                                            <blockquote>Jan 16 11:37
schestowitz                                                <p>I use a program called Little Snitch which alerts me to network traffic attempted by the programs I use. I have all network access denied for a lot of Apple OS-level apps because I’m not interested in transmitting any of my data whatsoever to Apple over the network - mostly because Apple turns over customer data on over 30,000 customers per year to US federal police without any search warrant per Jan 16 11:37
schestowitzApple’s own self-published transparency report. I’m good without any of that nonsense, thank you.</p>Jan 16 11:37
schestowitz                                            </blockquote>Jan 16 11:37
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schestowitz <li>Jan 16 11:43
schestowitz                                    <h5><a href="https://alexn.org/blog/2023/01/15/delete-twitter/?pk_campaign=rss">#DeleteTwitter</a></h5>Jan 16 11:43
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-alexn.org | #DeleteTwitter - Alexandru NedelcuJan 16 11:43
schestowitz                                    <blockquote>Jan 16 11:43
schestowitz                                        <p>When you log into Twitter, you get bombarded with political opinions that are counterproductive. Even if you judiciously block, even if you switch to the “latest tweets” timeline, it doesn’t matter, as your connections also get fed outrage, and start sharing. Whenever I see another flame war on Twitter, it’s always another US tantrum, and I have to wait for a couple of days for it to cool off. And Jan 16 11:43
schestowitzUS tantrums are digestible because at least I’m not living in the US, whereas Facebook was giving me local news of gruesome local tragedies, many times as “promoted” posts.</p>Jan 16 11:43
schestowitz                                        <p>People want more content moderation on these platform, this being seemingly in contradiction with freedom of speech. But we are missing the forest from the trees, I think. The problem with these centralized “public squares” is that their algorithms are now adversarial, shoving speech we don’t want in our faces for profit.</p>Jan 16 11:43
schestowitz                                    </blockquote>Jan 16 11:43
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schestowitz>>>> I had an epiphany some weeks ago, as I talked about software freedom toJan 16 13:46
schestowitz>>>> a person on a wheelchair.  I found myself comparing her difficulties toJan 16 13:46
schestowitz>>>> obtain documents or get government services because of inaccessibleJan 16 13:46
schestowitz>>>> offices with mine because of intolerable software.Jan 16 13:46
schestowitz>>> I too describe this as an issue of "accessibility" -- whether a pageJan 16 13:46
schestowitz>>> is accessible from the Free World.Jan 16 13:46
schestowitz>> When people (here at least) hear accessibility they think of personsJan 16 13:46
schestowitz>> in wheelchair or something.Jan 16 13:46
schestowitz> That's a very narrow view, that IMHO needs expanding.Jan 16 13:46
schestowitz> Jan 16 13:46
schestowitz> Blindness, color-blindness, deafness, various forms of oversensitivityJan 16 13:46
schestowitz> (several in the autistic spectrum) are all widely recognized asJan 16 13:46
schestowitz> accessibility issues.Jan 16 13:46
schestowitz> Jan 16 13:46
schestowitz> Whether my oversensitivity to this kind of injustice would be acceptedJan 16 13:46
schestowitz> as one of the various common traits in the autistic spectrum is theJan 16 13:46
schestowitz> issue.  It's not so far-fetched, but it can take some effort.Jan 16 13:46
schestowitz> Jan 16 13:46
schestowitz> The nice thing is that, if this effort succeeds, wherever suchJan 16 13:46
schestowitz> accessibility is mandatory, we get law-mandate respect for softwareJan 16 13:46
schestowitz> freedom to those who need it for accessibility, and, as is common onJan 16 13:46
schestowitz> matters of accessibility, once it's available for those with theJan 16 13:46
schestowitz> strictest need, it becomes available for everyone.Jan 16 13:46
schestowitz> Jan 16 13:46
schestowitz> That's why I like this framing and feel it would be important to atJan 16 13:46
schestowitz> least give it a shot.Jan 16 13:46
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