Michel Salim @michel_slm@floss.social

https://www.ifixit.com/News/43008/apple-emails-reveal-internal-debate-on-right-to-repair

#rmlint is a filesystem junk cleaner.

rmlint is a simple tool that scans a directory or a set of files for duplicates, empty files/directories, orphaned files, and several other problematic things. After rmlint finishes scanning it creates a #JSON file and shell script which contains the to be removed files. Running the shell script deletes these files after confirmation.

Website 🔗️: https://rmlint.readthedocs.io/

apt 📦️: rmlint

#free #opensource #foss #fossmendations

Next kernel update in #Mobian will have ZRAM support enabled. So, if you install the zram-tools package on your #pinephone, you will be able to test *IF* this improves performance or not. Take note that this is a RAM saving vs CPU consumption tradeoff and it is not clear if ZRAM benefits the pinephone. See https://wiki.debian.org/ZRam

Steam controller on the #pinephone works

naming your router Pete and your wifi extender Repete

The #matrix server set up for #hopeconf may go offline soon, but a public Matrix room has been set up to keep the party going. Join the room #hope-2020:hackers.town from any federated Matrix server!

#Protip: "Drafts" on Mastodon

Mastodon doesn't natively support a "draft mode", where in-process toots can be saved and re-edited.

... but ... you can emulate this by setting default posting to "DM", and not filling in any recipients. A DM toot not shared with any third parties is visible only to yourself. You can then post, and delete/redraft this toot until it's complete to your satisfaction.

On devices/platforms where Web content is prone to disappear without notice (o hai Chrome Android mufferphuckerz) this may prove useful, especially where researching links / content for a substantial toot.

#MastoTips #ProTips #DraftMode

@o0karen0o You've listed four principles. There's a chance here to make that memorable, like the FSF Four Freedoms etc. Give it a name. The Four Cornerstones. The Four Pillars of Ethical Technology? I dunno - something catchy.

Molly de Blanc and I wrote a Declaration of #DigitalAutonomy, outlining the Principles of Digital Autonomy. We'd love to hear your thoughts: https://techautonomy.org/

As @markosaric said, DDG sells ads through Microsofts Bing Ads platform. Someone put a scam on Bing Ads with buzz word tags to reach many people. I don't see this as DDG's problem but as MS's problem.

If MS gonna automate adding ads on their own and their partners' platforms, they should have put a sophisticated filtering mechanism in place to catch scamming attempts.

Fun fact: I used MS's SMS Organizer to filter scam SMSes in India. It has a great filter.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/garage/profiles/sms-organizer/
@kev

Interesting timing on #TikTok ban in the US, coming right after TikTok's blogpost about how #BigTech algorithms should be open for audit and scrutiny:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-01/trump-says-he-will-ban-china-owned-tiktok-from-operating-in-u-s-kdb1nhx1
https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/fair-competition-and-transparency-benefits-us-all

Probably a coincidence, but still.

This is so wonderfully funny though. US government is making all the arguments about the necessity of keeping the data locally that EU had been making in the past (with the US gov't then strongly pushing back, because of course).

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Americans Who Mainly Get Their News on Social Media Are Less Engaged, Less Knowledgeable

Those who rely on social media for news are less likely to get the facts right about the coronavirus and politics and more likely to hear some unproven claims

https://www.journalism.org/2020/07/30/americans-who-mainly-get-their-news-on-social-media-are-less-engaged-less-knowledgeable/

Apparently, #DEFCON is free to attend this year (online, of course). This is kinda a Big Deal ™ for students like myself and I’m surprised to only just be hearing about it #infosec #defcon28

(The conference starts this Friday fyi)