Privacy-focused, not-for-profit DNS provider Quad9 moved HQ from L.A. to Zürich.
The Swiss government produced findings of law that Quad9 is exempt from both law enforcement and intelligence data-collection and retention requirements, as well as KYC.
Still funded by sponsors an ddonations : https://quad9.net/about/sponsors/
Use 9.9.9.9 as your Name Server.
Public comparisons :
https://www.dnsperf.com/#!dns-resolvers
https://www.andryou.com/2020/05/31/comparing-malware-blocking-dns-resolvers-redux/https://www.skadligkod.se/general-security/phishing/malicious-site-filters-on-dns-in-2020/
"Fedora Kinoite" Coming For Fedora 35 As An immutable KDE Desktop Spin
Somehow wondering if the *idea* of an immutable desktop isn't better then an *actual* immutable desktop. But it /does/ sound interesting...
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-35-Kinoite-Plans
Git submodules:
https://chrisjean.com/git-submodules-adding-using-removing-and-updating/
submodules are mostly fine for external dependencies that only very rarely change and remain pinned at a specific version over weeks or months.
Giving submodules a special set of git commands, and providing the users so many easy opportunities to shoot themselves in the foot are baffling design decisions though.
E.g. I'd really like to know why "git clone --recursive" isn't the default.
Full list of services offered by a default OpenBSD installation
https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2021-02-16-openbsd-base-services.html
gemini://perso.pw/blog/articles/openbsd-base-services.gmi
Hi all, I'm new so here's my #introduction/ #introductions.
I'm a 26 year old #artist who specializes in digital #art and #illustration. I like drawing weird plants and environments. I tend to spend hours painting the same details over and over again with tiny brushes.
The creative world can be pretty tough so I'm looking forward to hanging out with you all and helping each other survive/grow.
Sorry about the redraft, I noticed a sentence error and it bothered me.
Found this among my bookmarks:
https://switching.software/replace/google-analytics/
2 more alternatives. Goatcounter has by far the best name.
Wayland is slowly but surely getting there. OBS merged EGL/Wayland renderer code:
https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/pull/2484#event-4323890525
With Ubuntu planning to be wayland-first on 21.04 we will probably start seeing improvement for all the little things still missing. Good times ahead!
via: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OBS-Studio-Wayland-Renderer
System76 Takes Open-Source Approach and Unveils a Configurable Mechanical Keyboard
jwz is always entertaining, good post about 'the Internet Archive'
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2021/02/internet-archives-book-scanning/
Somebody has to actually put that information *in* the archive: unsung heroes of culture.
J. Edgar Hoover was even more of an asshole than I realized: he stole credit for America's first female cryptanalyst's work hunting Nazis https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-pbs-film-tells-story-wwii-codebreaker-elizabeth-friedman-180976759/
The magic of Fibonacci numbers | Arthur Benjamin https://tube.odat.xyz/videos/watch/ba601bf8-635c-4353-b23c-378b167c17c2
Emacs may be kind of a ridiculous software, especially when you're trying use it as a Vim replacement (among many other things) like I am, but the community is unendingly helpful!
I hate it. I want it. I hate how much I want it.
The Aurora 7 Is A Seven Screen Laptop Battlestation
WFH Battlestation
Not a particular fan of lyft, but their use of open-street-map is laudable (even if it's for selfish reasons.
(src, hackernews:)
https://eng.lyft.com/how-lyft-discovered-openstreetmap-is-the-freshest-map-for-rideshare-a7a41bf92ec
Especially nice link:
https://eng.lyft.com/how-lyft-creates-hyper-accurate-maps-from-open-source-maps-and-real-time-data-8dcf9abdd46a
Remember Independance Day? Terrible movie, absolutely 😍 it! Of course it's impossible for a human computer virus to work on an alien ship, right?!
LodaRAT, the Windows malware, now also targets Android. Jeff Goldblum would have been proud!
https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2021/02/kasablanka-lodarat.html
(LodaRAT: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2020/02/loda-rat-grows-up.html)
Talk about creepy:
From a technical viewpoint this is so cool: your phone can detect if you're sitting, or walking or anything. From a privacy viewpoint, eeew!
bunnie huang's new #OpenHardware device (its not a phone, what is a phone anyway?) looks really lovely and I am excited to see where this project goes!
Coffee, Linux and an occasional beer. And jazz, loads of Jazz