Updates are sometimes welcome, sometimes hated. This is how the slogan: “never touch a running/working system” originated. But in the times of the wild west internet, all directly or indirectly internet connected devices need to stay as up to date […]
which pretty much reads like: it probably has to do with: https://wiki.mozilla.org/ServerJS/Introduction (used in firefox and/or thunderbird?) (checkout this search for more javascript rants X-D) one day either JavaScript or Autocomplete will cause the 3rd world war: now imagine Biden […]
all those pictures were post processed with “Auto Adjust” via RawTherapie Open Source picture optimizer. 1x Zoom 4:3 3x Zoom 4:3 10x Zoom 4:3 1x Zoom 108MP Mode: without RawTherapie: with RawTherapie post processing: (click on the pictures to get […]
they are fast, they are small, they use very little energy (less than 30W), the Lenovo ThinkCentre M92p Tiny despite being also pretty old (2012/2013) it still rocks, the naming ain’t sexy, but they work very well. now let’s look […]
what’s in the (Debian apt) repo concerning RSS (News) Feeds? apt search rss … then manually filtered. akregator/stable 4:20.08.3-1 amd64 RSS/Atom feed aggregator cairo-dock-rssreader-plug-in/stable 3.4.1+git20201022.a0d3415c-1 amd64 RSS Reader plug-in for Cairo-dock chromium-tt-rss-notifier/stable 0.5.2-2.1 all Chromium extension providing toolbar button for […]
Open Source is about enabling users “Amazon, Microsoft, Google” and the White House, want to help make Open Source more secure… https://www.golem.de/news/openssf-150-millionen-us-dollar-sollen-open-source-absichern-2205-165382.html https://www.golem.de/news/openssf-linux-foundation-will-security-praxis-vereinheitlichen-2008-150036.html src of src: “White House OSS Mobilization Plan” 2022: https://openssf.org/blog/2022/05/11/testimony-to-the-us-house-committee-on-science-and-technology/ 2020: “The OpenSSF is a cross-industry collaboration […]
cyber is on heightened alarm levels … ya’ll know why. timeline of a successful attack on the most basic tools like: exiftool cve-2021-22204 (failed to properly validate parsed input) This was reported by a security researcher on April 7, 2021, […]
a word of warning: NEVER EVER INSTALL GAMES ON “FOR WORK” MACHINES! also: NEVER run any downloaded games while being connected to a network of importance (no matter if private or business) (nobody knows what those C++ dlls are up […]
a word of warning: NEVER EVER INSTALL GAMES ON “FOR WORK” MACHINES! NEVER run any downloaded games while being connected to a network of importance (no matter if private or business) (nobody knows what those C++ dlls are up to) […]
update: there is indeed a small screw missing from the angle grinder: Ersatzteilinformation: part detailed information: 1603300016 Sachnummer: 1603300016 Beschreibung: Sechskantmutter DIN-Text: M7, SW10 Preis * 1,04 €* Preisgruppe 11 * Alle Preise inkl. Mehrwertsteuer zzgl. Versandkosten Always say something […]
Update: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-uses-ai-software-improve-its-surveillance-capabilities-2022-04-08/ https://merics.org/en/merics-briefs/china-2022-look-ahead PSS: PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT IT-SECURITY IS TIGHT! & IT WON’T BECOME “SKYNET“ Terminator Skynet AI Network: damn, those Terminator robots have good dentists! “Skynet is a fictional artificial neural network-based conscious group mind[citation needed] and artificial […]
0) for security: keep all internet connected devices as up to date as possible! “Freifunk updates its router firmware and closes a critical security vulnerability that could allow attackers to install their own firmware on the devices” (src: heise.de) Also […]
the risks of all digital (no cash) payment systems & amok AI: “This happens quite often with customers of the Cashgroup banks (@DeutscheBank / @Postbank / @Commerzbank / @Comdirect) as soon as their algorithms hit your account is directly without […]
not employed by Oracle in any kind, the only advantage VirtualBox (still) has over all the other virtualization systems: was designed to be cross OS from the start and does that pretty well. Holy Crap! Google (crazy guys) ported KVM […]
it is part of a scripts package straight after (Debian based) GNU Linux OS setup, usually doing those modifications: vim /scripts/install_basics.sh #!/bin/bash echo “tested on: Debian 10 & 11” echo “=== install the basic tools needed to work with a […]
will be redone soon
many users have/had macbooks. what was/still is great: OSX can be reinstalled over internet! (no more searching for licence keys or setup sticks/DVDs/CDs/) ‘power up or reboot your Mac then quickly hold down Command-Option-R until see the “Spinning World Logo”‘ […]
can smart phone cameras compete with the “big” ones with big lenses? more flower pictures (unedited): wanted to get the best smart phone camera that is not Apple 😜 (this phone is a offline camera-only phone (it will not get […]
Lenovo Ideapad: What is it and can it run Debian? hint: it’s also not mine. The Lenovo Ideapad is a “notebook-tablet” (a very slim notebook that pretends to be a tablet (it has a touch screen!) 🙂 can it […]
ZFS is probably THE most controversial filesytem in the known universe: “FOSS means that effort is shared across organizations and lowers maintenance costs significantly” (src: comment by JohnFOSS on itsfoss.com) “Mathematicians have a term for this. When you rearrange the […]
if the user get’s this error message: (recommended to run this one-liner on server AND client while debugging ssh connection problems) lsb_release -d; # tested on (server and client) Description: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) less /var/log/auth.log May 23 14:37:03 SshServer […]
First of: no fan of cancer. In both cases: Fission and Fusion the user is dealing with cancer causing nuclear (gamma and neutron) radiation. The advantage of Fusion over Fission is: no need for colonial style of war efforts in […]
what is great about books vs blogs? (+) paper books don’t need electricity and hightech to function. energy grid and tcp networks (up to now) have worked pretty reliably, but at any given day, a massive solar flare or a […]
as seen on: https://ytpak.net/search?q=Cl9hkEu7Ieo other crazy stuff: https://www.instructables.com/workshop/projects/?page=2
criminals abusing tor for malicous behavior should be blocked, right? “50% of the attacks are leveraging the Tor anonymity service to mask their true origins” https://thehackernews.com/2021/12/new-local-attack-vector-expands-attack.html this could destroy the “honest” part of the network that truly exists, because it […]
Motorola, Apple, Samsung, and now even Fairphone 4: NO 3.5mm headphone jack!!! For the audio junkies among us, this is a no go. Was so looking forward to the Fairphone, but will probably use a phone with audio jack as […]
inxi – Command line system information script for console and IRC DESCRIPTION It is also used a debugging tool for forum technical support to quickly ascertain users’ system configurations and hardware. inxi shows system hardware, CPU, drivers, Xorg, Desktop, Kernel, […]
simplicity is key: what is definately great and a big plus is the “openness” of the Android (a by Google heavily modified GNU-Linux) environment. no need for extra software (itunes) to access the device a usb-c-cable will do connect it […]
mplayer is still a great program 🙂 that let’s you play streams and files on command line (per default it has no gui) creditz: http://sheet.shiar.nl/mplayer # install it su – root apt update apt install mplayer ffmpeg Ctrl+D # log […]
