Need? No. But I certainly do *prefer* a temperature above 16ยฐC.
It's nice after coming in from a hot day on the surface in the summer, but in the winter it doesn't exactly feel "warm". ๐คฃ
Live in a place where the power goes out for extended times? Going on vacation?
Here's how you can determine if your freezer has thawed and refrozen.
1. Freeze a half bottle of water
2. Put it on its side (still in the freezer)
If you get back and the ice is still at the bottom, and not the side, then it didn't thaw. Your food is safe.
Yeah, but two candles uses as much oxygen as a person.
Can't be having that in your secret underground lair.
Whelp, we finally committed to releasing an experimental release of Pidgin 3.0 by the end of the year! To be clear, this is a **pre-alpha** release, but you can read more here https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0-0-experimental-1-announcement/216
#OpenSource #Pidgin #UniversalChat #IRCv3
They've dropped support for all protocols except IRCv3.
That's the exact opposite of what I'd expect from Pidgin.
You interested in carrying #signet devices for your store?
If you're not familiar with it: Open source hardware password manager. Fully encrypted. No clouds. No telemetery. No ability for anyone to stop you from using it once you have it.
It seems like it'd fit right in there. :-)
Garlic
Bell peppers
Jalapeรฑos
Hungarian peppers
Horseradish root
Sunchokes
All harvested today. It's a sadly small quantity of each, and most of the bell peppers are partially eaten (by non-humans), but it's a pretty good variety. No pics. Too busy working. ๐ And there's more yet to harvest tomorrow too.
Oh and I ate 5 cherry tomatoes, but that wasn't really a harvest. They were there, I was there, I was hungry... and the rest of the story basically writes itself.
Self-Hosting Isn't a Solution; It's A Patch https://lobste.rs/s/eisgx0 #privacy
https://matduggan.com/self-hosting-isnt-a-solution-its-a-patch/
That top comment nailed it!
"Donโt host your own website. Instead, simply change the entire legal system of your country in a way which directly disadvantages the organizations that are wealthiest and most influential, in an era that has seen a shift away from that idea for six decades and counting. /snark"
I think we can all agree that self-hosting needs to be easier and require less maintenance, and working on that problem seems far easier than changing the laws of even just one country, let alone all of them.
#Signet got featured in the #OSHWA October roundup.
https://www.hackster.io/news/october-2024-oshwa-certification-roundup-91e39f66707d
Next up, their monthly Show & Tell!
Stream will be at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVXza7CV6OY
#OpenSource #security #OpenHardware #hardware #electronics #freedom #SelfHosting #SelfHosters #infosec
When I went to start putting it together, I realized that not only do I not have a complete parts list, I don't even have all the parts.
Once I have a working node put together, I'll give away the parts that were actually used. Giving out an untested list is just adding noise to people trying to get started. I don't want to be part of that problem.
Some people know what controls it, snd they agree with you.
https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/usenixsecurity14/sec14-paper-brocker.pdf
I talked to one of the authors of that paper at a party once and they said some of the other cameras they looked at had the light on any time the camera had power. No faking out that design!
If you use #QubesOS, you should donate to the project. This reminder was brought to you by one of the core contributors giving me a workaround for a bug in their system that affects #signet. ๐๐๐ป
I've wanted this for at least 9 months and ended up building a second computer, just for testing what turned out to be a bug in Qubes.
#Signet got featured in the #OSHWA October roundup.
https://www.hackster.io/news/october-2024-oshwa-certification-roundup-91e39f66707d
Next up, their monthly Show & Tell!
Stream will be at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVXza7CV6OY
#OpenSource #security #OpenHardware #hardware #electronics #freedom #SelfHosting #SelfHosters #infosec
It's interesting that people feel that if you don't have a bunch of #bugs and #vulnerabilities to fix (and/or introduce) every month, that your project must be dead.
What's sad about this is that many projects have dozens, hundreds or even thousands of #dependencies, and for those, they're almost certainly right. They do need constant
#updates.
#security #infosec #cybersecutity
Spending a bunch of money on #3DPrinter filament for #prototyping sucks, but on the flip side, we get to have little trees that can perform some kind of tree ritual.

All hail the center tree! #3dprinting
Well, looks like the solar node will have to wait until next month. I bought all the right modules (I think), but not the board to connect them to one another. I thought they snapped in to each other, removing the need for a connector board. Nope.
Additional parts ordered, should arrive in about 3 weeks.
#meshtastic #reticulum #solar #mesh #networking

Parts for a #solar #meshtastic or #reticulum node, including MPPT and battery discharge protection board.
But first, I'm going to enjoy a BBQ. I'll be back later this week to build this little guy!
Huh. My client shows me an image that is not a link and no URL. Here's a screenshot

In any case, it looks like a cool project.
Looks like they're still active