Daniel @da@mastodon.technology

@Jami hi, the stable repo for Fedora serves nightly builds instead of stable release builds.
https://dl.jami.net/stable/fedora_31/

Are full-size keyboards too wide for you? Here's how to determine what keyboard form factors are right for you.
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/keyboard-form-factor-guide.html#src=mastodon

Precautions when linking to outdated or incorrect information
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/label-low-quality-links.html#src=mastodon

Yahoo!, AOL, OneSearch search results biased in favor of parent company Verizon Media’s own brands and websites. #seo
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/verizon-media-search.html#src=mastodon

@mastonaut does your app provide a share extension? E.g. will it show up as a target in the Share menu? https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/macos/extensions/share-extensions/

I hate dealing with US companies. More people in the world use little-endian dates (DD.MM.YYYY) than middle-endian (MM.DD.YY[YY]) formats. Yet, US companies just can’t comprehend anything but the US locale. The universal migration to ISO 8601/big-endian (YYYY-MM-DD) can’t happen fast enough!

Inconsistent user-experiences with native lazy-loading images
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/lazy-loading-viewports.html#src=mastodon

"The government is supposed to use antitrust law to ensure competition and stop companies from becoming so big they push everyone else out. Basically, antitrust is supposed to prevent anti-competitive monopolies. In the US in recent decades, regulators, enforcers, and the courts have taken a more lax attitude toward antitrust, which has resulted in more mergers, or companies growing to the point that it’s hard for rivals to stay in the game."
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/2/18/21126347/antitrust-monopolies-internet-telecommunications-cheerleading

You should back up your password manager. 🔐
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/password-manager-backup.html#src=mastodon

Lessons learned maintaining EdgeDeflector for Windows 10. #browserchoice #opensourcecompensation
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/edgedeflector-retrospective.html#src=mastodon

Learn how to use systemd security directives to limit a compromised service’s system access. 🔐 #linux
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/systemd-opensmtpd-hardening.html#src=mastodon

Email politics, security, and why I sent you an empty newsletter from my blog. 📨
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/email-politics-security-newsletter.html#src=mastodon

Emoji IT security news:
🐡📮🌐🖥🔐🧨🩹
#CVE20207247

How is Siri on #macOS still unable to alert me after a set number of minutes? I believe I remember that both Amazon and Google have published research suggesting this is literally the only thing everyone does with their tin-can lady-boxes.

@Tutanota has your service received any indications from Roskomnadzor regarding service blocking in Russia? Your competitors have been blocked or are blogging about or fighting the blocking. However, I couldn’t find any communications from Tutanota on the issue.

The need for adversarial tech-interoperability legislation.
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/interoperable-cloud-legislation.html#src=mastodon

NFC-glucose readings with FreeStyle Libre Reader vs LibreLink app. #diabetes #diatech
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/freestyle-libre-reader-vs-app.html#src=mastodon

Smarter and reusable #IPFS chunks from HTML documents using subresource-aware splitting. #webperf #dweb
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/ipfs-html-chunks.html#src=mastodon

#systemd service sandboxing and security hardening 101. 🛡️
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/systemd-service-hardening.html#src=mastodon