Sam Black samwwwblack@identi.ca
United Kingdom
Uses twice the recommended daily allowance of `dnf check-update`.
What.
2017-09-19T10:44:37Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
When I thought I couldn't dislike Canonical and Ubuntu more, they manage to surprise me.
2017-09-06T10:28:16Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
What are the odds we'll find BT has done a TalkTalk and lost personal records?
Indian call centre scammers are targeting BT customers
In some cases fraudsters knew their mark's personal details
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/06/bt_call_scam/Bravooo ¬¬
2017-09-05T19:26:59Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
VPS move completed, old VPS is now completely empty.2017-09-05T01:58:22Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
The `lapwing.org` server has been moved, DNS changes are propagating, everything should be running normally in the next few hours.
On the plus side, moving VPS provider has meant my costs have gone down, and the performance has gone up.
Just need to set up the backups, backup the backups, and clean up the old VPS; it has been a relatively painless move!2017-09-04T08:40:34Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
My VPS provider going into administration is what I want to have happen just before I go on holiday to a place without internet. /s
I seem to get through VPS providers at the rate of 1 a year, here's hoping that I don't have to migrate again in a year.2017-09-01T17:04:41Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
'Independent' gov law reviewer wants users preemptively identified before they're 'allowed' to use encryption
UK watchdog echoes Home Sec in anti-crypto comments
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/01/max_hill_qc_deny_encryption_anonymous_users/
Yea, as identity theft isn't a thing, captchas are foolproof, and verification is quick; did this QC just ignore the tech companies replies, or has he "had enough of experts"?
Is there no one in the UK Government who gets technology? Or is willing to acknowledge they don't understand it and need assistance?» Sam Black:
“[...] Is there no one in the UK Government who gets technology? [...]”
Nope.
It's the same around here. Welcome to governments xD
JanKusanagi at 2017-09-01T17:18:34Z
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2017-08-31T22:32:47Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
Created a very simple and limited Nextcloud app that allows you to share multiple files in one go https://code.lapwing.org/personal/nextcloud-files_multishare/2017-08-30T23:30:12Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
UK Home Office "erroneous deportation letters" look a lot like how copyright trolls operate; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-41101051 https://fightcopyrighttrolls.com/reference/about/
It honestly wouldn't surprise me to see this happening more frequently in the future, and it also wouldn't surprise me that it would be quite effective, especially during the Brexit process where non UK (and even UK!) nationals aren't 100% sure of their legal rights.
But hey, whats a few thousand settled, contributing people you've "encouraged" to emigrate when you're trying to attain your completely arbitrary, ideologically driven manifesto promise of <100,000 net migration?2017-08-23T16:38:06Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
TIL recruitment agents consider 250+miles as "commutable", for £12-18K/yr.
If only we had access to a free mapping service. /s
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/Coventry/Truro/@51.331547,-4.2457248,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m16!4m15!1m...2017-08-17T10:26:12Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
sponson-0.5.1 is out, actually includes documentation and a source tarball.
We're getting fancy over here.2017-08-01T22:13:09Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
kite.com, with its recent controversies, promised to be more transparent in future; they got caught collecting data from another editor plugin less than a week later.
This "collect all the data, all the time" mindset of software companies needs to die, and I hope it will when the EU GDPR comes into effect on the 25 May 2018.Charles Stanhope likes this.
2017-07-18T23:46:05Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
Spent the last few days trying to write a Pidgin C plugin to convert emoji text codes to their UTF equivalent, for example :laughing: -> 😆
I've not managed it, but rediscovered why I hate writing C.
People have my permission to forcibly reboot my computer if they see me writing C, ever.Dana likes this.
2017-06-20T10:38:04Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
Wow. Less than 15 minutes from reporting a scam site to it getting taken down. I am impressed.Efficient!
2017-06-08T21:32:39Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
Ooops.
Exit poll predicts Tories to be largest party: 12 short of a majority.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-402087312017-06-07T15:40:59Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
Two mood improvers: choc ices and bored, drunken developers replacing the PM with a small script: https://github.com/scarylooking/theresamayjs2017-06-03T10:51:36Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
My local Tory (Conservative Party) MP's election flyer has a picture of them raising awareness for a local food bank.
Given that their Tory Government has slashed benefits, capped public sector pay rises, and stunted the economy with austerity, forcing many (including those in work) to rely on food banks, I'm not sure if they're attempting irony or being hypocritical.
The picture of them with the Prime Minister Theresa May is hilarious though, the PM looks like a celebrity at a public event where fans can get their photo taken with them; I can imagine the restrictions:- Do not touch Theresa May
- Do not approach within 50cm of Theresa May
- If Theresa May says "Strong and stable", "In the National Interest", "Coalition of Chaos", "no magic money tree", nod sagely in agreement
- Laugh only when Theresa May laughs
- Do not react if Theresa May's fangs are visible when her mouth is open
- Do not, under any circumstance, ask, or allow someone else to ask, Theresa May a question
- Actually, just do not talk to Theresa May
2017-05-24T15:28:40Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
Is the right response to this, "Fuck Off, Google"?
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/24/google_closing_the_loop_comingling/2017-05-22T14:40:10Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
I think I may have driven a scammer offline for the day by trying to reconnect to their "secure server".
Today is a good day.Cool =)
2017-05-17T23:16:33Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
SMS import kept crashing, debug it to find "TODO: verify message exists before inserting it"; just adding `try/catch` would be better.2017-05-04T23:23:28Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
Finished updating https://lapwing.org and https://samwwwblack.lapwing.org to uikit3. Now with lots more orange.