“But when you frame it that way, you understand that social media isn’t the problem: the extractive profit motive is the problem. And then, banning under-16s is like putting a plaster on a bullet wound. Sure, maybe it helps a bit, but you’re still bleeding out. The real question is, how do you stop the bullets?”
Barry Ferns
“Treating people as things can begin in many ways, but I think one of them is the idea that things can be people. The motivated muddling of categories so prevalent in writing and thinking about AI, beginning with the very name ‘artificial intelligence’, is intentional and serves the narrative that this software can and will take over for human workers, doing their jobs cheaper, faster, better and without requiring rest or dignity. The AI industry is selling a dream of digital slavery—infinite human labor with no actual human involved.”
Rusty Foster
With thanks to @codinghorror
“Replace ‘:poke’ with ‘Pokémon,’ or save some time by replacing ‘:greeting’ with a stock email template. That’s the basic idea, but Espanso goes much further. It’s one of the most powerful utilities I’ve used, and if you’re willing to do a bit of legwork to set it up properly, it can be one of the most powerful tools on your PC, too”, writes Jacob Roach.
Espanso is a cross-platform text expander written in Rust. Follow these instructions to install Espanso 2.3.0 for Wayland on your Debian-based distribution.
If you are installing on any platform other than amd64 or simply prefer compiling software from source, start at Step 1.
If you are installing on amd64 hardware and would like to use the binary package for installation, start at Step 7.
Install the required packages from your distribution’s software repository.
$ sudo apt install --yes build-essential git libdbus-1-dev libssl-dev libwxgtk3.*-dev libxkbcommon-dev wl-clipboard
Download and install the Rust Programming Language.
$ curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
Select option 1) – just press enter.
1) Proceed with standard installation (default - just press enter)
2) Customize installation
3) Cancel installation
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Reload the PATH environment variable to include cargo, which is the build tool for Rust.
$ source "$HOME/.cargo/env"
Clone the Espanso GitHub repository onto your local machine.
$ git clone https://github.com/espanso/espanso "$HOME/git/espanso"
Compile Espanso in release mode.
$ cd "$HOME/git/espanso" && cargo build -p espanso --release --no-default-features --features modulo,vendored-tls,wayland
Move Espanso to its correct location in your Linux system.
$ sudo mv "$HOME/git/espanso/target/release/espanso" /usr/local/bin/
Install the required packages from your distribution’s software repository.
$ sudo apt-get install --yes libwxgtk3.2-1t64 wl-clipboard
Download espanso-debian-wayland-amd64.deb onto your local machine.
$ wget -P "$HOME/Downloads/" --show-progress https://github.com/espanso/espanso/releases/download/v2.3.0/espanso-debian-wayland-amd64.deb
Install the downloaded package.
$ sudo dpkg -i "$HOME/Downloads/espanso-debian-wayland-amd64.deb"
Give Espanso the permissions required for its operation.
$ sudo setcap "cap_dac_override+p" $(which espanso)
Check to see whether the Espanso binary was installed successfully.
$ espanso --version
Register Espanso as a systemd service and launch the program.
$ espanso service register && espanso start && espanso status
Use the wizard and start with a practical example.
After completing the wizard, use [Alt + Space] to open the search bar.
Change the default shortcut for opening the search bar to resolve an existing conflict.
$ sed -i 's/search_shortcut: ALT+SPACE/search_shortcut: ALT+SHIFT+SPACE/' "$HOME/.config/espanso/config/default.yml"
Use [Alt + Shift + Space] to open the search bar.
Espanso has some known limitations under Wayland. Most notably, “there is currently no support for App-specific configurations”.
Syncthing is an open source tool that synchronises files continuously across multiple devices. It transfers data between two or more of your computers, without uploading any information to the cloud.
Syncthing 2.0 has recently been described as ‘A Giant Leap Forward in Decentralized File Synchronization‘.
Syncthing binary packages are available for Android, Windows, macOS and Linux (including Synology DSM). In addition, Synctrain enables iOS devices to “securely synchronise files with other devices that have Syncthing installed”.
The usefulness of the Syncthing Project cannot be overstated.
These instructions are targeting the latest release of the Syncthing stable channel.
Add the necessary release key for validation of downloaded Syncthing packages.
$ sudo curl -L -o /etc/apt/keyrings/syncthing-archive-keyring.gpg https://syncthing.net/release-key.gpg
Add the Syncthing repository as a new source.
$ echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/syncthing-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.syncthing.net/ syncthing stable-v2" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/syncthing.list
Install Syncthing on your local system.
$ sudo -- bash -c 'apt update && apt install --yes syncthing apt-transport-https'
Enable Syncthing for the current user.
$ sudo -- bash -c 'systemctl enable syncthing@$USER.service && systemctl start syncthing@$USER.service && systemctl status syncthing@$USER.service'
You may want to edit your firewall settings to open ports for incoming and outgoing traffic.
Configure ufw to allow connections to Syncthing.
$ sudo ufw limit syncthing
Configure firewalld to allow connections to Syncthing.
$ sudo -- bash -c 'firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-service=syncthing --permanent && firewall-cmd --reload && firewall-cmd --info-zone=public'
Use your browser to access the Syncthing configuration page by navigating to the following address:
http://localhost:8384
Complete your setup by referring to the Syncthing documentation.
If you have previously installed from apt.syncthing.net and are currently running Syncthing 1.x, upgrading to the stable-v2 channel is straightforward.
Remove the old APT sources configuration file.
$ sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/syncthing.list
Add the new repository for the stable-v2 channel together with its release key.
$ sudo curl -L -o /etc/apt/keyrings/syncthing-archive-keyring.gpg https://syncthing.net/release-key.gpg && echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/syncthing-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.syncthing.net/ syncthing stable-v2" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/syncthing.list
Upgrade to the latest stable version of Syncthing.
$ sudo -- bash -c 'apt update && apt upgrade --yes'
“A society cannot meaningfully debate policy, science or justice if information is locked away behind paywalls or controlled by proprietary algorithms. If we allow AI companies to profit from mass appropriation while claiming immunity, we are choosing a future in which access to knowledge is governed by corporate power rather than democratic values.” Bruce Schneier warns of a future in which access to knowledge is subordinate to corporate interests.
“Das Asylrecht setzt voraus, dass wir das Leid anderer als rechtlich relevant anerkennen. Wenn Empathie politisch diskreditiert wird, verliert das Recht seine Basis. Die Asylpolitik der Gegenwart lebt von dieser Empathieverweigerung. Sie setzt auf Distanz, auf administrative Neutralisierung. Wer Zuständigkeits- und Zulässigkeitsregeln so ausbaut, dass bereits die Möglichkeit der Antragstellung zur Odyssee wird, stiehlt sich aus der menschenrechtlichen Verantwortung. Insofern ist die deutsche und europäische Entwicklung der Abschaffung des Asyls nicht nur ein juristischer, sondern ein anthropologischer Vorgang. Die Diskussion soll unser Bild der asylsuchenden Personen verändern. Sie werden als gefährliche Regelbrecher gelabelt und ihr Schutzbedarf dadurch unsichtbar gemacht. Diese Entwicklung ist gefährlicher als jede Verfassungsänderung.” Constantin Hruschka beschreibt den Rechtsbruch als Beweis der staatlichen Souveränität mit den sich daraus ergebenden Folgen für unsere Demokratie.
The OneDrive Client for Linux connects your Debian or Ubuntu system to Microsoft’s OneDrive Personal, OneDrive for Business, OneDrive for Office365, Sharepoint and other such deployments.
Install the OneDrive Client from the Debian or Ubuntu repository.
$ sudo -- bash -c 'apt update && apt install --yes onedrive'
Begin to connect the client to your OneDrive account.
$ onedrive --sync
You will be presented with a dialog containing a URI similar to the following:
Configuring Global Azure AD Endpoints
Authorise this application by visiting:
https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize?client_id=e50ca730-u81r-1r1m-x381-28l5d9334f0y&scope=Files.ReadWrite%20Files.ReadWrite.All%20Sites.ReadWrite.All%20offline_access&response_type=code&prompt=login&redirect_uri=https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/nativeclient
Enter the response uri from your browser:
Open the URI from the previous dialog in a browser and log into your Microsoft account. You can either [Ctrl + Click] the URI in the terminal or copy and paste it into the address bar of your browser.
Upon successful authentication, you will be redirected to a response URI displaying a blank page. Copy the URI from the address bar of your browser.
Paste the response URI into the terminal. The OneDrive Client will connect to your Microsoft account and synchronise your data.
Initializing the Synchronization Engine …
Syncing changes from OneDrive …
Creating local directory:
Downloading file … done.
Uploading differences of ~/OneDrive
Uploading new items of ~/OneDrive
After downloading your data to ~/OneDrive, validate the configuration of your client.
$ onedrive --display-config
All done!
“The very worst-case speculative scenario for Huawei-as-Chinese-Trojan-horse is infinitely better than the non-speculative, real ways in which the US has killswitched and bugged the world’s devices.” Cory Doctorow explains why responsible governments should have to accelerate their countries’ independence from US tech and not just Russian gas.