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    gokrazy: instance-centric configuration released
    [11:15] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-michael.stapelberg.ch | gokrazy: instance-centric configuration released - Michael Stapelberg [11:15] schestowitz
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    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).

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    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.

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    Apple Has Begun Scanning Your Local Image Files Without Consent
    [11:37] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-sneak.berlin | Jeffrey Paul: Apple Has Begun Scanning Your Local Image Files Without Consent [11:37] schestowitz
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    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 Im 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 [11:37] schestowitz Apples own self-published transparency report. Im good without any of that nonsense, thank you.

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    #DeleteTwitter
    [11:43] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-alexn.org | #DeleteTwitter - Alexandru Nedelcu [11:43] schestowitz
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    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 doesnt matter, as your connections also get fed outrage, and start sharing. Whenever I see another flame war on Twitter, its always another US tantrum, and I have to wait for a couple of days for it to cool off. And [11:43] schestowitz US tantrums are digestible because at least Im not living in the US, whereas Facebook was giving me local news of gruesome local tragedies, many times as promoted posts.

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    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 dont want in our faces for profit.

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    • ● Jan 16 [12:04] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [12:04] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [12:45] *GNUmoon2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:48] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@g9h8vpxavhc2n.irc) has joined #techbytes [12:55] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [12:56] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 16 [13:25] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [13:26] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@fpfsqjchsbkme.irc) has joined #techbytes [13:46] schestowitz >>>> I had an epiphany some weeks ago, as I talked about software freedom to [13:46] schestowitz >>>> a person on a wheelchair. I found myself comparing her difficulties to [13:46] schestowitz >>>> obtain documents or get government services because of inaccessible [13:46] schestowitz >>>> offices with mine because of intolerable software. [13:46] schestowitz >>> I too describe this as an issue of "accessibility" -- whether a page [13:46] schestowitz >>> is accessible from the Free World. [13:46] schestowitz >> When people (here at least) hear accessibility they think of persons [13:46] schestowitz >> in wheelchair or something. [13:46] schestowitz > That's a very narrow view, that IMHO needs expanding. [13:46] schestowitz > [13:46] schestowitz > Blindness, color-blindness, deafness, various forms of oversensitivity [13:46] schestowitz > (several in the autistic spectrum) are all widely recognized as [13:46] schestowitz > accessibility issues. [13:46] schestowitz > [13:46] schestowitz > Whether my oversensitivity to this kind of injustice would be accepted [13:46] schestowitz > as one of the various common traits in the autistic spectrum is the [13:46] schestowitz > issue. It's not so far-fetched, but it can take some effort. [13:46] schestowitz > [13:46] schestowitz > The nice thing is that, if this effort succeeds, wherever such [13:46] schestowitz > accessibility is mandatory, we get law-mandate respect for software [13:46] schestowitz > freedom to those who need it for accessibility, and, as is common on [13:46] schestowitz > matters of accessibility, once it's available for those with the [13:46] schestowitz > strictest need, it becomes available for everyone. [13:46] schestowitz > [13:46] schestowitz > That's why I like this framing and feel it would be important to at [13:46] schestowitz > least give it a shot. ● Jan 16 [15:09] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:10] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [15:13] *rianne_ (~rianne@ubimf8izmv24i.irc) has joined #techbytes [15:13] *rianne (~rianne@freenode-r9p.jp8.7132oi.IP) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 16 [16:02] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Jan 16 [19:03] *geert has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jan 16 [22:22] *GNUmoon2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:24] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@5zgcj7t9mxsin.irc) has joined #techbytes