Posts by irl@hackers.town
(DIR) Post #A3da2C0Ry6Nk0agGS8 by irl@hackers.town
2021-01-26T18:15:03Z
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@calculsoberic my most recent problem is that my "backup" GPG key that i encrypt my passwords to expired, and i couldn't generate a new password because gpg refused to encrypt to an expired subkey.problem is that i don't know of anything that is actually better.
(DIR) Post #A3dk4FbqXf8FIvnCgS by irl@hackers.town
2021-01-26T20:09:16Z
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@calculsoberic I just need to update the expiry on the public key but it's a hassle because I keep the backup key offline in a Tails USB stick.
(DIR) Post #A3dkF4sMn02jCTgN5k by irl@hackers.town
2021-01-26T20:11:14Z
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@calculsoberic There are definitely places where you can do trade-offs to make some thing more convenient, leaving enough brain budget left to make other things more secure. I might be doing a work project on this soon which I'll be able to turn into a blog post series perhaps.
(DIR) Post #A3f9goeDPXyyzQLY4e by irl@hackers.town
2021-01-27T12:31:06Z
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@calculsoberic I think a what is your second most used browser poll would be more interesting. The most used one is the one that is convenient. The second most used one might be the one that has features you want, but not necessarily ready for general use.
(DIR) Post #A3fAJN9jYfI51HTT16 by irl@hackers.town
2021-01-27T12:38:04Z
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@calculsoberic voted just now. my 3rd most used browser is lynx for gopher support and testing out my web stuff for retro computers and/or accessibility.
(DIR) Post #A3fBFYhSnOUHcPzprs by irl@hackers.town
2021-01-27T12:48:35Z
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@calculsoberic I started working on a gophersite but just haven't had the time to do any more on it recently. gopher://irl.xyz/
(DIR) Post #A3fDL9bbD33LR236lU by irl@hackers.town
2021-01-27T13:12:01Z
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@calculsoberic a complete mess of shell scripts and Markdown. the gopher server is gophernicus which is in OpenBSD packages.
(DIR) Post #A3fDWgDCJtNHkP8DUu by irl@hackers.town
2021-01-27T13:14:00Z
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@calculsoberic yeah, all my server stuff runs openbsd. work stuff runs debian and I used to be a Debian Developer. i've done a bit of openbsd development to add support for amateur radio network protocols (hambsd.org) but haven't yet got anything included in openbsd itself.
(DIR) Post #A3fE2xIiJpkK0y6NP6 by irl@hackers.town
2021-01-27T13:19:52Z
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@calculsoberic i'd advise against learning openbsd. the simplicity of it, the readability of the code and the complete documentation will absolutely ruin your ability to use anything else without feeling terrible. you'll wonder why the overbloated poorly documented thing has won and curse the world that has brought about that situation. you'll realise that it's not that good enough is the enemy of elegance, but that the usability, robustness and security of a system are not important. it is only profit that is important. when you measure tools in terms of velocity getting products to market and being able to exploit them and your customers it's clear that no one even acknowledged that a thing was "good enough", no one thought about what could have been, all they saw were dollar signs.
(DIR) Post #A3fE87k4vRm1qVMkU4 by irl@hackers.town
2021-01-27T13:01:41Z
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@Nikolai_Kingsley @calculsoberic what kind of emergencies?
(DIR) Post #A3fF3Wdl1mPfZWmSFE by irl@hackers.town
2021-01-27T13:31:12Z
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@calculsoberic a great example of simplicity bringing robustness and security in openbsd is the whole sudo thing that happened recently. openbsd doesn't use sudo in base, it uses doas, which you'll see has vastly simplified configuration:https://man.openbsd.org/doas.conf.5that's not to say that you can't have a bug in doas ever, you can, but so many less lines of code. you could read the doas source code (I have) and understand how it works. even if you don't know C you can still figure out the general idea.https://github.com/openbsd/src/blob/master/usr.bin/doas/doas.ci like having an understanding of what is actually happening in a system, because then i can really control it. debian was starting to feel like I couldn't actually control it anymore (NetworkManager, systemd, etc etc) with so many things changing so fast I couldn't keep up.
(DIR) Post #A3fG8DVDhzWpcTaWWG by irl@hackers.town
2021-01-27T09:29:59Z
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@thegibson Don't forget to update your smart TV, smart speaker, car, tumble dryer and fridge.
(DIR) Post #A3vkOrfUFPIPyibTkG by irl@hackers.town
2021-02-04T12:38:02Z
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@calculsoberic You can find anything you want on the dark web at https://3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion/ please let me know where to send the invoice. Thanks.
(DIR) Post #A3zf5FDkrFpClAzz72 by irl@hackers.town
2021-02-06T09:40:28Z
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Getting the #FOSDEM experience at home
(DIR) Post #A4X6DPKzP1WWLiQWDA by irl@hackers.town
2021-02-22T12:24:48Z
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@xerz I closed all my tabs this morning and it was great. 5/5 would close all my tabs again.
(DIR) Post #A553eIoY4Pg3Rs1UeW by irl@hackers.town
2021-03-10T10:24:08Z
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@Gargron it's not really a backup unless it's in multiple universes and timelines
(DIR) Post #A5dgQhtO1ZQk7s3H7Y by irl@hackers.town
2021-03-27T14:31:11Z
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hackers.town has new amateur radio emoji available!:handheld: :handmic: :base: :tower:thanks to @dzuk for making these and @thegibson for installing them.going to have to toot more #hamradio stuff now so i can make good use of them.
(DIR) Post #A6PGIGiXz5L4diNZz6 by irl@hackers.town
2021-04-19T14:02:07Z
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My code went to Mars!
(DIR) Post #AN5TsteeJroyTyyKYq by irl@hackers.town
2022-08-31T12:49:29Z
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@wolf480pl I have used a midi controller with a Python script to emit mqtt and control hue bulbs and stuff via home assistant
(DIR) Post #AQJiA0oXU6Lg3Vt70C by irl@hackers.town
2022-12-05T21:05:08Z
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@Polychrome @bobdobberson @siina @feonixrift I miss blue mode.