luluganeta

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by luluganeta 2y ago
Well, maybe next time just leave your siblings out of the discussion since it's you that can't jive with a speaker that does not correspond to your expectations of credibility (as your response to a sibling comment confirms to me)
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by luluganeta 2y ago
"I can't share a tech talk with my siblings because there's trans people in it" -- you definitely sound like part of the problem, esp. when so much of infosec research is done by trans people
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by luluganeta 2y ago
It's her birthday today! https://oldcompcz.github.io/jgs/joan_stark/me.html
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by luluganeta 2y ago
This is not how Mastodon works, the point is exactly that cross-instance communication can work smoothly, and it does. Replies show up on your notifications just like any other similar platform, whether they come from your instance or anoth
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by luluganeta 3y ago
Genuine question: why the need to make this point? The "no one should be surprised" take baffles me: you clearly care about the progressive loss of privacy, and news like this are the only way to spread awareness of this problem.
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by luluganeta 3y ago
"Other people are doing immoral things, so shut up about yet another instance of someone doing immoral things" -- thanks for being part of the problem
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by luluganeta 3y ago
It's not that clear cut. Such restriction to self owned content is not in the law at all, but is frequently raised by pro-copyright proponents as an interpretation.
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by luluganeta 3y ago
In Portugal there is an exception for copying copyrighted material for personal and noncommercial purposes. The lobby does try to twist the letter of the law to serve their interest, but it is legal
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by luluganeta 3y ago
Tidalcycles actually runs SuperCollider as its sound backend, through the SuperDirt library: https://github.com/musikinformatik/SuperDirt/
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by luluganeta 3y ago
This set by yaxu (Tidalcycles author) is what convinced me to get into livecoding seriously: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IzfMqs5NGw (this set is "from scratch", meaning that it opens with an empty file and st
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by luluganeta 3y ago
this paper is the real deal! However it might be a bit tough without context, which this post does decently: https://medium.com/code-music-noise/euclidean-rhythms-391d87... (it goes at length into the algorithms, but t
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by luluganeta 3y ago
not op, but k-9 mail is a fantastic mail client on f-droid
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by luluganeta 4y ago
that's a nice company, but parent comment had a really important point about depending on Whatsapp for basic social interaction. most informal social groups, parents included, now communicate mainly on whatsapp. You can naturally say n
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by luluganeta 4y ago
Since there's no mention yet: this was done by eBoy, a long-running design agency famous for their gigantic and quirky pixel cityscapes (among many other beautiful pieces) https://hello.eboy.com
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by luluganeta 4y ago
I'll take it, not much to praise. It reads well (kayden live) unlike other names I have to grudgingly pronounce (postgresql, qjackctl, systemctl come to mind). But cheers, now I see I was reactive towards a generalised view of your poi
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by luluganeta 4y ago
You're right, but I don't think memorability and brandability are universal priorities that F/LOSS projects must also be measured from. Sure they can go for that (and many do), but it's unfair to hold them to that very s
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by luluganeta 4y ago
The opposite exercise, treating proprietary software naming in such an un-generous way, is pretty easy too: - Fireworks: you'll make bitmaps so good they'll blow up in colors? - Dreamweaver: you can weave... dreams? I get the 90s
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by luluganeta 4y ago
The Polyend tracker makes for a complete portable music-making tool as well. https://polyend.com/tracker/ I'm sure there's others, but it's true that the OP-1 offers an impressive feature set for portabl
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by luluganeta 4y ago
> Scribus is very serious about PDFs This is its killer feature! I've had compliments from multiple pro printers regarding my print PDFs produced with Scribus. Even though most usual PDF pipelines are Adobe based, Scribus PDF files
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by luluganeta 5y ago
Thank you for sharing this, it's a beautiful writing experience. And so easy to install, it was straightforward to make it available on a Tilde server for others to try. (one suggestion for the docs: the included man page can be instal
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by luluganeta 5y ago
I'm a father and you're spot on. It's easy to project what you would like children to get into and just tell them to try it, but it's essential to show that you're into it as well (even -- and especially -- if you&#
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by luluganeta 5y ago
How about Sigal? It's a Python static site generator for photos that works pretty well: https://github.com/saimn/sigal
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by luluganeta 5y ago
It is legal, yet it is still tax evasion, even if one uses euphemisms like "tax optimization" and so on.
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by luluganeta 5y ago
It's not even an issue of "picking your battles" or "voting with your wallet". Whatever your position, OP is justified in not wanting (and looking for an alternative to) a potential surveillance device in their home
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by luluganeta 5y ago
While not as serious, Firefox only allows you to set the new tab page as 1. blank or 2. the Firefox home page. I wanted to use a startpage for every new tab and was surprised to find that it's not trivial at all, eventually gave up. I&
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by luluganeta 5y ago
IMHO, the suggestion of wokewashing is off the mark. Here in PT there have been recent instances of police violence, but they were not accompanied by a movement to force police to wear cameras. The government presented a single law package
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by luluganeta 5y ago
Indeed, Portugal was rightfully highlighted for zero-rating practices by some operators (not charging for some services, e.g. Facebook or Youtube). But recently the EU indicated it might move to crack down on the practice: https:/&#x2
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by luluganeta 5y ago
Right now, it's still unclear. Initially, it seemed like a done deal because of the likely support of the major opposition (PSD, centre-right), which has advocated for wider surveillance in other contexts. Its leader also has a history
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by luluganeta 5y ago
The article has tidbits of hyperbole (you're right that it's no secret move), but accusing it of "pure propaganda" is a pretty strong take. A bit more background to complement yours: the law was initially put forward in
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by luluganeta 5y ago
> the UI design is a blatant ripoff It follows the design patterns of many node-based programming environments, so to call it a ripoff of Max/MSP is unfairly harsh. The theme in the second half of the video looks a lot closer to VVV

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