HamishTPB 
@hamishtpb@linuxrocks.online
Hamish The PolarBear is a misanthropic Scottish Linux Gamer and Tabletop Gamer, https://thepolarbear.co.uk/
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Joined Jul 2018
Music faff and some chat tonight - too hot for gaming.
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Six easy and simple rules for good web design
-NO popups
-NO banners
-NO bars that scroll with you
-NO panels that appear or disappear depending on which direction you're scrolling
-NO misleading cookie consent dialogs
-NO tracking
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Me looking at distant things in my new glasses: "Ooooh FXAA"
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Here's a recap of what I got up to in August with the support of my lovely Patreon supporters. Topics include Bat Egg, Hive Time, plus-x, and Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/55612033
Jumping on the Linux birthday bandwagon, looking at FOSS games this coming week on stream.
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@olivia has just started streaming on their #owncast server! Check them out at:
https://live.oliviamaia.net.
krita art; taking requests
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Holy shit. OpenInsulin successfully formulated a non-proprietary version of insulin and they are ready to scale production! 👀
https://hackaday.com/2021/08/23/open-source-insulin-biohackers-aiming-for-distributed-production/
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"Apologies if it's a repost, I'm new here..."
submitted by ZSipho
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NeoChat is a free open source @matrix messaging app for Linux desktop and mobile. You can follow at:
➡️ @neochat
It's made by @kde and the official NeoChat website is at https://apps.kde.org/neochat
#NeoChat #Matrix #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Messenger #IM #InstantMessenger #Messaging
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Told my friend that the Welsh word for 'no' is sodium and now he hates me
(it's 'Na')
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Adobe Tells Users They Can Get Sued for Using Old Versions of Photoshop https://www.vice.com/en/article/a3xk3p/adobe-tells-users-they-can-get-sued-for-using-old-versions-of-photoshop
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the first vtuber was Max Headroom
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What else can Google do? To start, it must refuse to comply with geofence warrants and meaningfully support its users’ privacy. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/its-time-google-resist-geofence-warrants-and-stand-its-affected-users
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Providing more details about these invasive warrants is good, but Google must do more to address these unconstitutional general warrants. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/its-time-google-resist-geofence-warrants-and-stand-its-affected-users
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Google revealed Thursday that it has received more than 20,000 geofence warrants since 2018. These warrants allow law enforcement to sweep up massive volumes of innocent people’s sensitive data. https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/19/google-geofence-warrants/
Hamish The PolarBear is a misanthropic Scottish Linux Gamer and Tabletop Gamer, https://thepolarbear.co.uk/
#nobots
Joined Jul 2018
