I’m Hunter Perrin. I’m a software engineer.
I wrote an email service: port87.com
I write free software: github.com/sciactive
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I’m Hunter Perrin. I’m a software engineer.
I wrote an email service: port87.com
I write free software: github.com/sciactive
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Trump demands drug test for Biden ahead of first debate ( thehill.com )
Former President Trump said he wants President Biden to be drug-tested before their first debate....
Is Privacy Worth It? ( blog.thenewoil.org )
When I announced I would be closing my communities earlier this year, a curious thing happened: a surprising number of regulars replied with some variation of “I think this is my exit.” While some were specifically talking about Matrix, claiming that mine was the only room they were really active in and therefore they saw no...
Students Show Up to Graduation, Find Commencement Speaker Is an AI Robot ( futurism.com )
Why FOSS projects are using proprietary, privacy invasive infrastructure?
As you can easily notice, today many open source projects are using some services, that are… sus....
NYC's 'Portal' to Dublin to temporarily close after incidents of joy, mischief, occasional nudity ( www.fox5ny.com )
Linux Kernel 6.9 Officially Released, This Is What's New - 9to5Linux ( 9to5linux.com )
Linux 6.9 released ( lore.kernel.org )
Jellyfin | "We are pleased to announce the latest stable release of Jellyfin, version 10.9.0!" ( jellyfin.org )
Take a skim through the link for full details (especially the breaking changes), but I have included some parts that I thought were important:...
‘Roof Ninja’ Woman Secretly Lived in Grocery Store Sign for Nearly a Year ( www.thedailybeast.com )
libyear: A simple measure of software dependency freshness ( libyear.com )
Microsoft wipes out evidence of real ads in Windows 11 Start menu ( www.xda-developers.com )
Are we (linux) ready for Arm devices?
Are we (linux) ready for arm devices like snapdragon elite X?...
[ META ] What is the community's opinion of Pop!_OS?
It’s an Ubuntu downstream maintained by Linux box maker System76 which is targeted for both general usability and design/media applications. They will soon be debuting their own home-spun desktop environment, Cosmic DE, which is highly anticipated by the Linux community....
What email provider do you use for sign ups?
I used to use Protonmail, however the verification steps become tedious when creating unique emails for sign ups. I've switched to Tutanota despite it contravening their one account policy. What do you all use for one off emails (for sign ups etc )? Or do you prefer one of those 10 minute email sites?
How do you handle family requests that you disagree with?
Interesting problem here. So I self host jellyfin, happy to share my (owned) movies with my family. Well, my mother has asked me to digitize her collection too and have me host it. Originally, fine, you give your movies to me, I host them, same thing....
Here is what 6 decommissioned servers looks like. My Jellyfin will be very happy ( lemmy.world )
6 servers were decomissioned, Iwas able to only get the disks, RAM, CPUs and Network Card....
End-to-end encryption may be the bane of cops, but they can't close that Pandora's Box ( www.theregister.com )
What VPN are you using?
I use Proton. But I continue to run into more and more websites and services that detect my VPN and refuse my connection, or just run literally 40 captchas in a row until I just give up....
Which file system do you recommend for Linux?
Just a simple question :...
Nextcloud appreciation post
After months of waiting, I finally got myself an instance with Libre Cloud. I was expecting basic file storage with a few goodies but boy, this is soooo much more. I am amaze by how complete this is!!! Apps let me configure my instance to fit everything I need, my workflow is now crazy fast and I can finally say goodbye to...
HTC One M8: The Android GOAT, 10 Years On! ( www.youtube.com )
TUXEDO announce the desktop-replacement Stellaris 17 gen6 notebook ( www.gamingonlinux.com )