sirmacik @sirmacik@mastodon.technology

So apparently using Tor in polish public institutions is wrong just because. I'm connected to a network which allows only HTTP/HTTPS traffic but got banned because I've had tor service running and it was repeatedly trying to gain connection. Of course it was blocked but I got banned nevertheless.

#Linux Tip of the day:
If you want to run some command in screen from a script or cron so you can return to it later, do it with:
screen -S session-name -dm bash -c 'command'

So today I woke up wondering how people clipped their nails centuries ago and then the internetz provide: Fingernail Trimming History: What We Did Before Nail Clippers
https://tedium.co/2017/02/07/fingernail-trimming-history/

I you're downloading your PGP keys from SKS servers you better stop doing it right now. Keyserver network is under attack with no time frame for mitigations deployment: https://gist.github.com/rjhansen/67ab921ffb4084c865b3618d6955275f

Trolling level Google. Nice one:
Nearly 100 drivers followed Google Maps detour ended up stuck in an empty field https://edition-m.cnn.com/2019/06/26/us/google-maps-detour-colorado-trnd/index.html

Feds: Cyberattack on NASA's JPL Threatened Mission-Control Data | Threatpost
https://threatpost.com/feds-hackers-mission-control-data-nasa-jpl/145842/

So it seems that pretty soon we'll land in a very nasty position. Google does it already with moving features from open to premium version, Firefox by opening its premium subscription might be eager to join. https://www.techradar.com/news/firefox-is-planning-to-offer-a-premium-subscription-before-the-end-of-the-year

I recently stumbled upon Joe's Armstrong interview with Alan Kay and what they said is very interesting one thing struck me: While Joe Armstrong is great at giving talks he does a really bad job at interviewing someone or conversing with person he himself invited. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhOHn9TClXY

So I had to retreat to GNU/Debian from Guix System. Too many infancy level bugs I didn't have time to deal with.

That moment users finally realize the hard way, that paying for license doesn't mean owning the software.

After another day of work using GNU Guix System I have almost daily driver ready OS. Only blocker is nasty bug with ghostscript/printing which causes me trouble in my graphics work that I need to get done.

So my first steps with GNU Guix System were a bit shaky, but I've finally got a hang of it and now I want to run it everywhere. This project has excellent documentation and my protip is that one should really commit himself (one afternoon will suffice) to read it before running install.

Morning well spent. I've replaced intel card in my x220 with Atheros one, so I'm ready to migrate to guix on libre kernel later today (:

There are many reports that for many even new Firefox release haven't fixed addons issue. How about global #HappyMovingToGNUIceCatDay same time next year?

Until yesterday there was IceCat instead of Firefox but shit happened and I needed to do quick fresh debian install so haven't had any time to set it up.

So my web browsing workflow goes like this: Tor Browser for normal websurfing, Firefox with security addons like NoScript/uBlock/PrivacyBadger for everytime I need to login with my true identity, Firejailed Firefox (fresh profile on every run) for online banking and those times when I just need website to work (plus webdevelopment). What is yours?

As WordPress developers we're getting first important security features update in a really long long time: https://paragonie.com/blog/2019/05/wordpress-5-2-mitigating-supply-chain-attacks-against-33-internet