@lxo
It would be one thing if you advocated against firmware that can't be changed without a signature by the hardware manufacturer, but that's not the case here. You're generalizing that all hardware requires signed firmware blobs.
I agree that verifying firmware signatures in hardware is evil and should be outlawed. But hardware that does no verification, or that verifies only a checksum, in hardware? That's perfectly fine.
@mjg59
It would be one thing if you advocated against firmware that can't be changed without a signature by the hardware manufacturer, but that's not the case here. You're generalizing that all hardware requires signed firmware blobs.
I agree that verifying firmware signatures in hardware is evil and should be outlawed. But hardware that does no verification, or that verifies only a checksum, in hardware? That's perfectly fine.
@mjg59
@lxo
When there was no free GNU system yet, most people believed that Emacs was a nice editor but there is no chance they'll ever succeed in writing a free os.
When there was a free compiler and a free libc, must people were like, this is a nice user space but nobody will ever make it a fully free os.
At every stage, the GNU project proved them wrong.
Why would the situation be different for non free firmware replacements?
@mjg59
When there was no free GNU system yet, most people believed that Emacs was a nice editor but there is no chance they'll ever succeed in writing a free os.
When there was a free compiler and a free libc, must people were like, this is a nice user space but nobody will ever make it a fully free os.
At every stage, the GNU project proved them wrong.
Why would the situation be different for non free firmware replacements?
@mjg59
@lxo
Today, there is no way to run a computer without non free firmware. The good and proper way to handle that would have been to accept that (as with the non free operating systems in the early 80s) and to fund/promote/encourage projects to produce free replacements.
Instead, the fsf chose to put their heads in the sand and pretend non free firmware doesn't exist when it's burned to ROM.
@mjg59
Today, there is no way to run a computer without non free firmware. The good and proper way to handle that would have been to accept that (as with the non free operating systems in the early 80s) and to fund/promote/encourage projects to produce free replacements.
Instead, the fsf chose to put their heads in the sand and pretend non free firmware doesn't exist when it's burned to ROM.
@mjg59
@hrw
I mean, what you call 'rant' is what I call 'the whole point of that blog post', but sure 😂
I mean, what you call 'rant' is what I call 'the whole point of that blog post', but sure 😂
Got an email from Hetzner.
'Update on our pricing'
Long and extensive text about how the market is evolving and things are getting more expensive and how they're genuinely sorry and and and that I skip past after the first three or so sentences to just figure out how much they're bumping things by.
€1.27/month
😂
No sweat Hetzner. But this kind of information? That's why I love you guys.
'Update on our pricing'
Long and extensive text about how the market is evolving and things are getting more expensive and how they're genuinely sorry and and and that I skip past after the first three or so sentences to just figure out how much they're bumping things by.
€1.27/month
😂
No sweat Hetzner. But this kind of information? That's why I love you guys.
@mcc
I use keepassxc on my laptop, which is synced using nextcloud to my phone. There, I use keepassdx which is able to read the same files.
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.kunzisoft.keepass.libre
@liw
I use keepassxc on my laptop, which is synced using nextcloud to my phone. There, I use keepassdx which is able to read the same files.
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.kunzisoft.keepass.libre
@liw
watch nerd question
@brennen
Since it was a birthday present I don't know how much it cost at the time, but I can say that
- my parents and my 4 siblings all put money together to pay for it, so it wasn't cheap, and
- whatever the price was, it was worth it given the number of years I've gotten out of it.
Since it was a birthday present I don't know how much it cost at the time, but I can say that
- my parents and my 4 siblings all put money together to pay for it, so it wasn't cheap, and
- whatever the price was, it was worth it given the number of years I've gotten out of it.
watch nerd question
@brennen
My Festina.
I got this as a birthday present for my 25th birthday. I'm 47 now. It still works perfectly, though it's badly in need of a service; its battery lived for about two years when I first got it, now it needs replacement after six months.
I've swam with it, dropped it, did all kinds of things to it, and it has survived all that and more.
My Festina.
I got this as a birthday present for my 25th birthday. I'm 47 now. It still works perfectly, though it's badly in need of a service; its battery lived for about two years when I first got it, now it needs replacement after six months.
I've swam with it, dropped it, did all kinds of things to it, and it has survived all that and more.
Morbid thought
Morbid thought
@CliftonR
A friend once told me a story of a guy who suddenly passed away of a heart attack while working on an overhaul of one of his customers' networks and websites. He'd moved things to his own servers while reinstalling the customer's kit, then when he passed away and his next of kin stopped paying the bills for the server, suddenly the customer's entire network stopped working.
@mjg59 @Mossop
A friend once told me a story of a guy who suddenly passed away of a heart attack while working on an overhaul of one of his customers' networks and websites. He'd moved things to his own servers while reinstalling the customer's kit, then when he passed away and his next of kin stopped paying the bills for the server, suddenly the customer's entire network stopped working.
@mjg59 @Mossop
Current mood ...
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