Today I’ve read «Linux Is Fine, Nothing to See Here» by lawless.tech. This passage got my attention: The difference in question between GPL v.2.0 and v.3.0 is the inclusion of the non-rescission clause. GPL v.3.0 in § 2 Basic Permission stipulates: “All rights granted under this License are granted for the term of copyright on…
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Tricks
Useful tricks
Most of them are quite unnecessary when you have a POSIX command line (i.e. a GNU/Linux machine) available, but they may be nevertheless useful: Website Safety & Security Check https://www.ssltrust.com.au/ssl-tools/website-security-check Online port scanner https://www.whatismyip.com/port-scanner/ when you don’t have nmap Find my real IP address https://whatismyipaddress.com/ . When you just can’tFind my public ip address from…
Gnome, Senza categoria, Software Libero, Web
Mozilla ha deciso: Firefox dice addio al protocollo FTP
Mozilla ha deciso di disabilitare supporto al protocollo FTP in Firefox 88 e di rimuoverlo definitivamente in Firefox 90. Source: Mozilla ha deciso: Firefox dice addio al protocollo FTP Speriamo che quelli di Gnome non li seguano a ruota perché il supporto FTP di GnomeVfs è proprio buonino!
Ethics
Computer…
Mika Yeap in his recent article “Web Apps Aren’t the Future” correctly hinted that many people hardly use websites, anymore, …most of our time is spent on platforms. A very small array of platforms. …. you probably spend more time on Twitter, Instagram, and Netflix. … My best answer: Existing platforms with massive amounts of…
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Tracotanza
hubris → tracotanza tracotanza arrogance, hubris insolenza insolence, hubris, contumely, sass alterigia haughtiness, arrogance, hubris
Documentations, Tricks
FFMPEG to Youtube Live
video – FFMPEG to Youtube Live – Stack Overflow After a lot of trial and error the solution below works pretty much perfectly. To make sure it runs 24/7 wrap it inside a service of some description. This is with an up to date version of FFMPEG to include -stream_loop -1. The background is an…
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It’s still a masterpiece
I confirm what I wrote in 2018: I still think that the document once known as SQLIte Code Of Conduct is a masterpiece.
Fediverse
Fedivers links
Just a couple of links about the growing Fediverse: https://fediverse.party/ lists all the main implementation https://instances.social/ helps you choosing an existing instance to subscribe to