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  • cmhe@lemmy.worldtolinuxmemes@lemmy.worldPipeline
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    I’ve been using Linux since IDK over 25 years. But I have multiple devices and frequently distro hop. Currently, Bazzite on SteamDeck, a CachyOS upgraded from an Archlinux on Laptop, Fedora Kinolite on a different one and a tablet, QubesOS on a third, OpenSuse MicroOS on a container host, Debian on a Server and another container host, Archlinux on another server, bunch of OpenWrts on routers and switches, NixOS on some RaspberryPies and a build server, some Debian based Proxmox PVE systems…

    So… I guess I’m just confused on my identity on that pipeline.



  • cmhe@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldThanks 🙏🏻
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    It really depends on the purpose. Sometimes you can hide stuff in unexpected places when there isn’t much interest for other people to find it, or if they don’t even know about it’s existence.

    Also sometimes it is good enough to just delay the discovery of something for a while, because its value after a certain time diminished completely.

    So, I would argue that sometimes security by obscurity can be useful. But I agree that it generally shouldn’t replace proper encryption.



  • There are two versions of the bangle.js watch. The second version looks pretty similar to the pinetime.

    I used to use the pinetime for a while and now have the bangle.js 2 watch.

    Pinetime is cheaper in DE than the bangle.js (40€ vs 90€ IIRC).

    Both are nice watches and integrate well with gadgetbridge and have a couple of weeks battery. Which is much more then what you get from a Android watch.




  • I really don’t think it’s just “economic culture” as you’ve described.

    I didn’t say it is just economic culture that is the issue here…

    I really don’t think people are accurate about the feeling that “Obtaining and hoarding valuable things” is an act borne out of the laws of our current society.

    Also true, but what is? Is your point that it is human nature? I would disagree there, humans have the capacity of acting against greed and selfishness. Question is why they are so often acting greedy and selfish then?

    My answer would be two options with both apply to some degree, and there might be more:

    1. Resources are scarce and distributed non equally. So hoarding gives power over others
    2. The system incentivizes greedy behavior, by it’s structure and rules. Either by actively, by giving greedy people direct rewards, or passively by not punishing greedy behavior.

    Other ideas?



  • But you don’t need to misuse language to assign responsibility.

    What? I am interested… How else would you assign the responsibility to people that designed something intentionally bad, if you cannot used language?

    “Misuse [of] language” is a concept I cannot even begin to wrap my head around…

    Do I loose the warranty if I use language in unintended ways?

    It is their responsibility for breaking the system.

    You just ‘misused’ language to assign responsibility to people for breaking the system.

    Saying the system was always designed for this removes responsibility.

    No? Responsibility is not a binary concept. Someone can kill someone else, and would be responsible for that death, and the people around that killer could also share responsibility for not noticeing their unusual behavior. And the system could also be responsible for not giving the killer the support they needed, which drove them to kill someone. And the people that designed or constructed that system could also be responsible for not caring enough about these kinds of deaths to prevent them systemically.


  • There is a difference is saying “I does what it does” and “what it does is per design”. The latter assigns a responsibility.

    In OP Aziraphale gives socienty the responsibility to fix a broken system incrementally and Crowley gives the people in power the fault of intentionally creating a bad system and calls for revolution.



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    The issue there AFAIK is that some app builds aren’t fully reproducible, because if they were the developer signature would still apply and be used. In the reproducible case the security of the build infra wouldn’t matter, because the same app would be produced the same regardless were they are build.

    Without reproducible builds, you cannot really trust the software anyway, because the Dev could hook some hidden code only for the released binary app and sign that.




  • I think humanity is really slowly being replaced by LLMs.

    Presentation and simple, but stupid and wrong ideas, are preferred over actually researching and understanding situations, isolating the underlying issues and working on ways to resolve or at least lessen them.

    Just like LLMs, fewer and fewer people seems to care about a deeper understanding, and more about if the stream of words look ‘good’.