Tom Maszerowski @tommasz@mastodon.technology

I just spent a few hours talking my guitar teacher through downloading and building Jamulus and QjackCtl. Why he has Ubuntu on his laptop is a mystery but it was the only computer he has that can run Jamulus. After all was said and done he couldn’t hear me, although I could hear him just fine. I’m having a beer now, but further struggle awaits.

Oh crap, the Zuckerbot is malfunctioning!

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/05/zuckerberg-dismisses-fact-checking-after-bragging-about-fact-checking/

@ashfurrow Just make it cheaper than this stuff.

https://supersense.com/oneinstant/

Forgive the bird site link, but here’s more proof AMP is evil.

https://twitter.com/Zenexer/status/1265633022709301249

Birdsite is a festering sh*t hole. Period.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/05/husband-lori-klausutis-twitter-ceo-dorsey-delete-trump-tweets-scarborough.html?via=taps_top

More fuel for the Intel vs. AMD debate. With bonus mention of ARM.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/24/linus_torvalds_adopts_amd_threadripper/

GitLab ran an internal phishing test and hooked 20% of its employees.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/21/gitlab_phishing_pentest/

Trying out Fedora 32 in VirtualBox. I know it’s a VM but it seems slower than Ubuntu at similar tasks.

Install Doom Eternal, get a free kernel-level driver that "doesn’t have annoying tray icons or splash screens”.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/05/doom-eternal-anti-cheat-kernel-driver-is-safer-than-others-denuvo-says/

So, how long before Elon Musk builds a death ray and starts his own country? I’m thinking 5 years, tops.

“Surfing the web” using Classilla on Mac OS9 is quite the retro experience, as expected.

Having a Mute button changes everything.

YouTube, your go-to source for misinformation.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1001252/youtube-covid-conspiracy-theories/

Nothing is free.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/04/28/otter_ai_trims_free_plan/

This is bad design.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/05/uk_coronavirus_app/

Why is the latest Intel hardware unsupported in libreboot?

https://libreboot.org/faq.html#intel

Mouser got my order to UPS late and missed the window for 2-day delivery so they upgraded it to 1-day for free. That’s how you keep customers.

I get it now.

ROFL

https://www.wired.com/story/snoo-smart-bassinet-vulnerabilities-shaking-loud-noise/?mbid=social_facebook&utm_brand=wired&utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=facebook

#internetofshit

I’m not a gamer but this is still worrisome.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/04/ring-0-of-fire-does-riot-games-new-anti-cheat-measure-go-too-far/