There's quite a lot of this sort of thing going on these days. The headline makes a claim that the first sentence of the article then immediately backs away from - from aliens *are* living among us to aliens *may* be living among us.
Ok, so clickbait's nothing new, but didn't the Telegraph used to be a reputable publication?
extremely unpopular automotive opinion that I deeply hold
When it comes to #privacy, it's not that I have nothing to hide, I simply don't have anything I would like to share, especially unknowingly.
Dislike of apps' account creation method
I really really dislike it when the only way to create an account in app is by using your phone number, I don't have one and even if I did I won't be giving it to an app, phone numbers are like one of the most private pieces of data a person has and these app developers just expect it to be handed over.
I don't understand why accounts can't just be created with a username and password or even email address if one must since anonymous or throwaway email accounts can be created pretty easily nowadays.
Wired, 1993: Rebels with a Cause - Your Privacy. "On the cover were Eric Hughes, Tim May, John Gilmore, holding up an American flag, faces hidden behind white mask, their PGP fingerprints written on the foreheads. Gilmore even sporting an newly-founded EFF T-shirt. (from Thomas Rid, CS Monitor)"
Wired, 2019: YOU'RE IN PRIVATE MODE. To continue using a private window, sign in or subscribe. The title of the article being denied reads "It's Time to Switch to a Privacy Browser. Ad trackers are out of control".
Fun fact: you can't name any file anywhere in windows 10 "aux.txt" or "aux" anything with any extension, because it was a reserved name in CP/M before dos was a thing.
If you commit "aux.txt" to a git repo, you break it for windows users. If you distribute "aux.txt" in a zip file, windows computers cannot extract it without error.
Unreachable State
https://xkcd.com/2200/
I've written errors like this into my code. Wonder if anybody's ever seen them yet...
Last week, I discovered #xpra ("Screen for X11"), and after a week of use, I'm impressed! https://xpra.org
I've used it to run graphical applications on one computer and interact with them from a different computer. And I can honestly say that I can't notice a difference compared to running the app locally.
It's basically what I always wanted #vnc to be—but without any of the lag I always experienced with VNC.
It's time for that annual tradition again - debating whether to reformat and flash my phone with the new version of #android, or keep the 'dirty flashed' OTA version.
Anyone have any advantages or disadvantages of either method these days?
Happy 28th birthday Linux! https://www.networkworld.com/article/3434780/celebrating-linux.html "By some accounts, more than 95% of the top 1 million web servers run Linux, along with over 90% of the public cloud and well over 80% of smartphones. So, even if you're walking around offices still dominated by Windows desktops, Linux is winning big time in some of the most important markets and remains the beating heart of the open source movement."
They're much-loved, but even then I think people under-appreciate how amazing tech standards/RFC sets are compared to basically every other document set.
To read a big long thing in the modern era, get to the end wanting to read more, and then the every little piece of the "more" is *also* in RFC form, easily accessed, rather than a bunch of references locked away behind books and subscriptions an individual may not be able to find or afford?
Amateur (and on rare occasions professional) #programmer, #Linux enthusiast, and general prodder of #computers and similar #technology.