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jones89176on A graph that should be front-page news

Shouldn't the y-axis better be called "Standard DeviationS"?

According to one comment on the site, the 3.5 means "3.5 times the SD", which makes much more sense to me.

I initially tried to make sense of "SD being 3.5 on that day of the year", which seems to be a wrong interpretation.

jones89176on Germany Power Prices Turn Deeply Negative on Renewables Surge

it makes private energy storage a viable investment option. You can just invest in a large battery (or other storage system) and make a profit over buying/selling energy.

I really hope, this happens on a big scale and further reduces the dependency on fossil fuels (at least over 24h. winter is a different question)

jones89176on AI generated music barred from Bandcamp

unfortunately in German, but here's a recent talk on how to self-host your won music streaming:

https://media.ccc.de/v/gpn23-153-tschss-spotify-und-co-self-...

you can scroll through the slides to get the idea

jones89176on Crypto investors face tax crackdown as 70% non-compliant

hodl

jones89176on Germany: States Pass Porn Filters for Operating Systems

while I certainly do oppose many of the cuts of our civil liberties, I think that statement is quite an exaggeration...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Index

jones89176on Germany: States Pass Porn Filters for Operating Systems

https://freedom.to/

(I expected it to be harder to find with that generic name)

edit: I like Leechblock for Firefox

jones89176on Germany: States Pass Porn Filters for Operating Systems

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jones89176on Verifying your Matrix devices is becoming mandatory

FYI: here are the videos of the latest matrix conference: [1]. I think there's a lot of interesting stuff going on!

also, instead of hosting your own server or using some (more or less well-financed) public servers, you can simply throw some money at [2] to pay for hosting for your group of friends or family or whatever. (not affiliated, but I like the idea)

[1] https://media.ccc.de/b/conferences/matrix-conf [2] https://etke.cc/

jones89176on Pakistani newspaper mistakenly prints AI prompt with the article

no shit, Sherlock! ;-)

jones89176on Laptops with Stickers

See here for some archives:

https://hacker-archive.org/s/Start/item-set/6601

https://github.com/mwarning/chaos-sticker-collection

jones89176on Laptops with Stickers

Here's a good talk that gives some advice on how to make good stickers yourself:

https://media.ccc.de/v/camp2023-57194-from_c3stoc_with_love_...

jones89176on Laptops with Stickers

There's a big difference between the materials that's used for the sticker itself (paper, plastic) and the glue they used. By now I have a good feeling about the "removability" of a sticker once i have it in my hand.

jones89176on Realtime BART Arrival Display

What's that "NUDES" sign in the background?

jones89176on Türkiye will not sell rare earth elements to the USA

"Following an official letter submitted to the United Nations by the Republic of Türkiye, the country's name has been officially changed to Türkiye at the UN.

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that a letter had been received on June 1 from the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavuşoğlu addressed to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, requesting the use of “Türkiye” instead of “Turkey” for all affairs." [1]

"Foreign Minister Cavuşoğlu said in a tweet that the move would "increase our country's brand value".

The country’s English language public broadcaster TRT World said, the move would help to disassociate the country’s image from the large bird of the same name."[2]

[1] https://turkiye.un.org/en/184798-turkeys-name-changed-t%C3%B... [2] https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/turkey-or-turkiye-why-th...

jones89176on This World of Ours (2014) [pdf]

I enjoyed "The Night Watch" a lot:

https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/mickens/files/thenightwatc...

> A systems programmer will know what to do when society breaks down, because the systems programmer already lives in a world without law.

jones89176on Linux phones are more important now than ever

I think Parent is using a Gigaset GS5

jones89176on Linux phones are more important now than ever

Oh, hello, i recognize your username from the jolla forums :-) I do have two Gigasets here (GX290 and GX4 pro) waiting to be flashed, but I still need to finally set up a windows machine to make a proper backup of the stock android images and generate the scatter files. Like with most of the SoC-Vendors, the MTK tools are quite a PITA. I have to download some weird binaries from some weird websites. How can it be that there are no official tools available for things like this?!

And there is one more Question I have since you're already here ;-) I'm already doing embedded Linux development in my day job, so I would say I have quite some knowledge in that area. However I haven't found a good introduction to this whole "porting" topic. Do you have some advice on how to get started in that direction? What exactly happens when I flash (say) sailfish onto some (specific) Android version? Why do I even need this? How does the whole libhybris thing work and why don't people just use the binary drivers from some Android image? It's all very confusing to me. Especially since people from the android corner seem to use different terminology that the embedded Linux crowd...

anyway, thanks for your work so far. I hope I can join the SFOS users (again) soon!

jones89176on Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android

> "banking apps still require Android compatibility layer"

I would say that this is really not the OS's problem, but the bank's problem. I find it absolutely intolerable that there are banks that force me to use a OS from one (or two) specific vendors.

Same goes for public transportation services (German Bahn Card is now only available in their app) or post mail services (German Post "Mobile Stamp" is only available in their official app).

jones89176on Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android

I wouldn't say "Sailfish failed". It's still well alive, mainained and useable. All they need is some more traction and a proper business case

jones89176on Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android

Ah yes, sailfish is actually pretty usable. (Unlike Ubuntu Touch, tbh). I've used it in the past on my Nexus5 for some years. However, they are still not 100% open source and they're too much into the AI-Hype as of recently (Mind2). Also, I'd like to have more official ports. It's such a hassle to be dependent on that one guy who maintains that port for your device...

jones89176on How well does the money laundering control system work?

Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like banana.

jones89176on Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux kernel?

my family takes care of a large-ish forest, so I have to help since my early teens. Let me tell you: think twice, it's f*ckin dangerous. Chainsaws, winches, heavy trees falling and breaking in unpredictable ways. I had a couple of close calls myself. Recently a guy from a neighbor village was squashed to death by a root plate that tilted.

I often think about quitting tech myself, but becoming a full-time lumberjack is certainly not an alternative for me.

jones89176on PYX: The next step in Python packaging

Obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1987/

(I've seen https://xkcd.com/927/ in the comments a few times, but apparently I'm the first one who had this one in mind)

jones89176on It's a DE9, not a DB9 (but we know what you mean)

it's not always 9 pins. you can get pretty creative regarding the number and type of pins (high current, coax) you can fit in that shell:

DE with 2 High current contacts:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Sub#/media/Datei:D-Sub_conne...

DE with 15 contacts ("VGA"):

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Sub#/media/Datei:D-SUB_DE-9-...

jones89176on Volvo delivers 5,000th electric semi

Here's the actual EU directive:

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/1996/53/oj/eng

I tried to find some official document that properly explained how and why they agreed on these values, but it's really hard to find proper documents. After all, the directive was agreed on in 1996...

Here's a link to perplexity: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/why-is-the-length-of-trucks...

To sum it up, it's a mix of everything: Safety (for infrastructure and humans), efficiency, and of course EU-wide harmonization of standards.

jones89176on Volvo delivers 5,000th electric semi

I think it's mainly a regulation/law thing:

"In contrast, European regulations are much stricter regarding the dimensions of trucks. In European Union member countries, trucks cannot exceed 18.75 meters in length, which prioritizes the maximum use of available space for cargo. Manufacturers resort to solutions such as the use of smaller cabs and flat bodies to comply with these regulations while still maintaining cargo capacity."

https://www.sgibinc.com/en/differences-between-american-and-...