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ashitlerferad··on While open source is free as in beer, it’s also free as in baby (2014)
If your software runs on a CPU, those are not under your control :)
ashitlerferad··on While open source is free as in beer, it’s also free as in baby (2014)
[2014]
ashitlerferad··on Is That Really Good Quality Code You’re Writing?
https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/4n3e1s/the_state_...
ashitlerferad··on Is your SSH password revealed when you attempt to connect to the wrong server?
I wouldn't use untrusted computers to access my servers.
ashitlerferad··on Deep down the certificate pinning rabbit hole of “Tor Browser Exposed”
or for a Firefox user?
ashitlerferad··on Pardon Snowden
I'd be more worried about the consequences of not signing it.
ashitlerferad··on Weirdly broken Wi-Fi access points
In this case yes, funding cz.nic has zero risk. They just sent an email saying the first shipments will start this week.
ashitlerferad··on ArduPilot and DroneCode
More comments:

https://lwn.net/Articles/700479/

ashitlerferad··on ArduPilot and DroneCode
DroneCode is indeed part of LF:

https://lwn.net/Articles/700497/

ashitlerferad··on Experiments with disabling the ME on Sandybridge x230
First you have to build a Fab that you trust. Then build an assembly line that you trust. Then make sure these don't have any humans in them, since humans are not trustworthy.
ashitlerferad··on Experiments with disabling the ME on Sandybridge x230
Also from that page:

Broadcom publicly released some code, licensed as 3-Clause BSD, to aid the making of an open source GPU driver. The "rpi-open-firmware" effort to replace the VPU firmware blob started in 2016: https://github.com/christinaa/rpi-open-firmware. See more at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11703842

ashitlerferad··on Show HN: Open-source search engine with 2bn-page index
Another open source search engine:

http://yacy.net/

ashitlerferad··on Weirdly broken Wi-Fi access points
cz.nic isn't risky in the slightest. Ubiquiti don't ship with open source firmware.
ashitlerferad··on Weirdly broken Wi-Fi access points
Or get a sane router:

https://omnia.turris.cz/

ashitlerferad··on HP is buying Samsung’s printer business for $1.05B
Where is my book full of e-ink pages?

Where is my stack of A4 e-ink pages?

ashitlerferad··on Libtiff goes offline
https://github.com/joeyh/github-backup/issues/6
ashitlerferad··on Libtiff goes offline
Google Code is dead.
ashitlerferad··on Libtiff goes offline
https://www.softwareheritage.org/
ashitlerferad··on Libtiff goes offline
Sourceforge still exists. sunsite.unc.edu merged into ibiblio.
ashitlerferad··on Ask HN: I'm 23, and I dislike my job as a software engineer
Become a gardener.
ashitlerferad··on Flights API
Use all of the APIs so you get more coverage.
ashitlerferad··on FSF stresses necessity of full user control over Internet-connected devices
They have the Respects Your Freedom endorsement system:

https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/respects-your-f...

ashitlerferad··on Scout: Securely Locate Peers Without Central Servers
Considered using pwnat?

http://samy.pl/pwnat/

ashitlerferad··on An anonymous phone number in your browser for an hour
WebRTC is not a hurdle, every recent browser supports it.
ashitlerferad··on Tor’s Branding Pivot Is Going to Get Someone Killed
Tor's response:

https://medium.com/@virgilgr/tors-branding-pivot-is-going-to...

ashitlerferad··on Tor’s Branding Pivot Is Going to Get Someone Killed
https://medium.com/@virgilgr/tors-branding-pivot-is-going-to...
ashitlerferad··on Show HN: Git–fiddle – Edit commit messages, author and timestamps during rebase
Just mail around the output of `git bundle`.
ashitlerferad··on Running a Tor Exit Node for Fun and E-mails
Tor relies on various kinds of diversity to protect anonymity. Your proposal probably reduces diversity in terms of sysadmin, hoster, network and jurisdiction.
ashitlerferad··on Running a Tor Exit Node for Fun and E-mails
Monitoring Tor exit node traffic would be exceptionally unethical.
ashitlerferad··on Florida programmer arrested for gaining unauthorized access to kernel.org
More discussion:

https://lwn.net/Articles/699128/

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