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Type in Morse code by repeatedly slamming your laptop lid (github.com)
China is attempting to mirror the entire GitHub over to their own servers, users report in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

And I was just asking yesterday what would you feel if someone evil used your FOSS software: https://lemmy.world/post/16898871

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FOSS programmers, what do you think of horrible people using your software? (lemmy.world)
 

I just learned that Nmap is almost GPL except that they revoked the license specifically for SCO group for their SCO–Linux disputes.

This got me thinking, what do open source programmers think of evil companies or horrible people using their software?

Don't get me wrong, FOSS software by its nature can't be controlled or strictly prevented of being used. But in case of companies like SCO, that is a thing that at least can cause them headache and they risk getting into legal trouble. A programmer for example can modify GPL to make so that his software can't be used by Microsoft or Facebook, but it is GPL for everybody else.

Is it worth waiting for WhatsApp interoperability anymore ? Is it ever coming ? in c/[email protected]
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Commandline memes (lemmy.world)
 

I found out that this tool http://www.convertlit.com/ provides a program with a funny name. I wonder if there are similar programs with offensive names or puns like this one. For example, I remember reading a fortune output saying something along the lines of

man Why did you get divorced? 
man: Too many arguments.

And of course, there is the cliche touch grass.

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It would be ironic for song writers to have annoying earworms of songs they wrote (lemmy.world)
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People named "Frank" always pun when they say "to be frank, ..." (lemmy.world)
What is the most destroying command you can type in the Linux terminal? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Everyone is talking about rm -rf / and damage to storage drives, but I read somewhere about EFI variables having something to do with bricking the computer. If this is possible, then it's a lot more damage than just disk drives.

Edit: this is interesting SE post https://superuser.com/questions/313850

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This site donates 10 grains of rice for every question you answer (www.freerice.com)
Dropbox is sharing users' files with OpenAI, here's how to opt out in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 36 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yet another reminder that the cloud is just a fancy name for someone else's computer.

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Yin Yang cats (lemmy.world)
 
Xfce appreciation post in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Woah. Interesting setup. Looks like a PinePhone with 3D-printed case. But what about the keyboard? and the original Android status bar?

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What is the best for privacy among the worst companies? (lemmy.world)
 

If your employer forced you to either use Google or Microsoft or some other tech company (Apple, Samsung, etc.) what would be a better choice?

Which company is more compliant in terms of privacy or generally better and why?

I was thinking about Google since there were new regulations enforced by government and at least I don't have to pay for Google Docs, unlike Microsoft where I pay and I'm still spied on.

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What are some good Twitter accounts that you really wish they move to Fediverse? (lemmy.world)
 

For me it's Naval.

Logo sampul surat in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Dope logo. Reminds me of Tutanota.

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What's a euphemism or a less explicit word for "Asspull"? (lemmy.world)
 

How would a real gentleman say it?

Aha! Moments. Share yours! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Great prompt OP. It's great to reflect and share those moments.

For me it's a management trick that I realized after having my files (computer ones and physical ones) all over the place.

You don't have to have a file for everything. Instead create a dump.txt file in every directory instead of having few paragraphs scattered in files.

This way I separate "organizing files" from actually typing out my thoughts.

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Which way do you expand variables? (lemmy.world)
 
What is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your skull acts as an antenna

How?

YSK - X percent of Y is equal to Y percent of X. So, if you want to find out what 7% of 50 is, you could instead find out what 50% of 7 is, which is 3.5. This means that 7% of 50 is also equal to 3.5. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Percentage is just a fancy form of decimal point. I just multiply them together then move decimal digit to the left twice.

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