Malinux @malin@linuxrocks.online

FOSS is political, but also kinda weird.

Most political viewpoints have nay-sayers, but you don't get people who say 'code should be hidden'. Nobody loves Windows - they put up with it. Nobody says it's great that all governments have their computers controlled by a single, foreign corporation.

It's 100% 'raising awareness' and 0% antagonism.

Got a new job doing HR.

Possibly the only HR person who looks after two servers as part of the job.

I've found an AUR package with a missing dependency.

On the archlinux.org website, I'm trying to request it be added, but the options present are 'deletion request', 'orphan request', and 'merge request', none of which I want to do.

What am I doing wrong?

Privacy is officially a commodity:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/technology/alexa-jamming-bracelet-privacy-armor.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage

I tell have a crontab with:

0 * * * * /usr/bin/ssh name@host 'who' > ~/log

Today it gave me an output for the first time, but I wasn't online at the time.
Was someone that machine, or can 'who' show output when nobody's on the machine?

Prediction:
Detective dramas of the future will have the murderer knicking someone else's electronics in order to frame them.

Didn't notice the date till I wandered onto /r/linuxmasterrace.

https://i.redd.it/54rip2osgqg41.jpg

I wish caffeine had a faster onset time.

I'm countering being tired all morning, now it's 7pm and I feel like I've just piqued.

Adobe Sign: $34 per month, per person.

Apparently that's how much people value not typing 'gpg --sign my_file.odt', because I'm seeing zero benefits to the paid version of this brand new wheel.

And this year's award for worst password requirements goes to Zoom.

Steps to repeat:
Put in a password with spaces. It won't tell you there's a problem, it'll just quietly remove the spaces without telling you.

Just had a conversation with a family member who's a member of a local council. She told me about how they were doing electronic voting, which was safe because she 'witnessed the transfer'.

A stern lecture followed.

Anyone else find themself squeezing and mangling an address into websites?

Just gimme a box that says 'Address'. Give it multiple lines.

No, I don't have a house number. No zip code either.
No, this one's not in a city.

Where do I put the 'by that town' line? The postal services need it because nobody knows where the address is.