Do you ever just randomly re-realise that like most people go to bed before midnight?

nearly 2 years ago, my chrome got hacked. (I don't use chrome any more don't worry) All my accounts were compromised. my mastodon account got used by someone in dallas, texas, usa; obviously not me since i'm in da nang, viet nam anyway, my account was protected totp 2fa yet they still got in after trying and failing to get back in, and filing at least 2 appeals, the mastodon team have "reviewed" my appeal and rejected it. based on what, i wonder? despite the amount of time it took to respond to me, this reeks of ai-management and is very clear that a human wasn't involved in this decision. anyway, tl;dr: mastodon accounts can apparently be accessed using session tokens even when you have 2fa/totp set up AND the staff/system will ban your account even after you regain control 🤷

I've just written a page about all the extensions I use that make my Gnome desktop actually usable. They're of course personal to my use cases, but some of them are fundamental requirements for me and it took a long time to discover them! So if you're looking for ways to ease your workflow (because KDE is always a bit too beta for you) then check it out:

Gnome extensions | Linux | FarrAndDroid Tech Support

just a reminder if you use yay on arch, failed builds don't seem to clear themselves out! check your ~/.cache/yay for oversized folders :))

I so desperately want Linux to be my daily driver but every time I try to use it at my workplace, it fails on me. Today the failure was HDMI connection to the random TV in the classroom. The screen wouldn't stop flickering, totally unusable. My HDMI works perfectly with my monitor at home. And my HDMI works perfectly with this TV when I'm running Windows. How does a bug like this exist? For the fourth time in a row — for different reasons each time — my Linux laptop failed while teaching my class, due to unforeseeable issues. My laptop is from 2021, I think the GPU is 2019.

Remember the old days when you just used cash and ATMs? Yeah those days are still available actually

A reminder: If it's not a resounding "yes", it's a no.

For anyone who claims this is a new problem under Trump — it's not, he's just made it easier to be open and brazen about it. "Police in Sacramento, California, in 2018 worked with neo-Nazis to pursue charges against anti-racist activists" More quotes below... Original:

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For those saying, 'Call the police', during kidnappings - think again: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/27/white-supremacists-militias...

Warning for Windows update kb5058499 When it rebooted, it randomly decided to boot a different uefi boot entry. No idea why, and I couldn't test it further.

testing out nostrbook.com, a nostr site for publishing articles in ebooks here's my article, cross-posted from substack, about the process of creativity & inspiration through serendipitous and random encounters https://nostrbook.com/books/5cd57ff34b32cd7805babc045c430917fcc2d1befa3e13b73de4320b2db775e1

wait I posted a long-form article via nostrmo but it hasn't appeared on my profile viewed through primal. I think I still don't understand nostr well enough

Didn't think this needed to be said but, if you're riding a motorbike bike and approaching a pedestrian, aim behind them, obviously

IT'S ALWAYS WINDOWS MODULE INSTALLER WORKER THAT FUQS UP MY FLOW I HAVE A GORRAM 16-CORE CPU STOP LAGGING ME OUT WHAT THE FUQ MICROSOFT YOU ARE GONNA GET YOSELF ASS ASS IN 8 ED

First, put your mind on the vertex of Collective. The world, societies, communities, used to have all, most or many people focussed on the collective: community health, social structure, guidance & steering, resources, land management, etc. Now... All or most of our attention is focussed elsewhere. Not focussed — diverted, distracted. Think of the elders, who perhaps were training and guiding the youth. Now, most elders are whiling away their days distracted by tiktok. We are in a dearth of attention and, although we're starting to feel the effects, the heaviest consequences won't be seen until it's much too late.

Always amazing how many people think they can wrangle me into working hours that I explicitly state I don't work for just $10/hr

can nostr clients include a notifications-read item in the npub/nsec object? every time I open nostr on a different device, it shows me ALL the notifications since I last used *that device*

proton trials day .. 8? idk proton drive sync is shite fam after adding a file to the proton drive folder, it takes a good minute or so before it *starts* uploading... then opening proton drive on my other computer, it says "last synced X days ago", i.e. the last time that a file was synced. and... it STILL saied that after a bunch more minutes there's NO "sync now" button there's no way to make it sync sooner it was maybe 5 minutes before the new files were even listed this is weird.

listen up, if you don't allow politics to influence your choices of products, services, platforms and software, then you are directly supporting your political enemies.

I'm currently compiling a bunch of info & guides for setting up your digital life to be secure, private, encrypted, decentralised, and unsurveillable and uncensorable. Including: VPN DNS Firewall Antivirus Encrypted cloud storage Encrypted messaging Decentralised social media Decentralised messaging Encrypted email Blocking telemetry This is especially important for those of you who live in authoritarian countries.

What do I need for getting started? | Digital Life Freedom | FarrAndDroid Tech Support

if you keep refollowing me in an attempt to get me to follow you back, i will mute you. (this probably only applies to generic faceless accounts so don't worry if you're a human account, i'll follow you if you are interesting for me & my path)