Notices by 翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com), page 5
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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 00:22:29 JST
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@phnt @Cocoa @Wiz Careful, you don't want to bring all the GNU/Jihadi's together. -
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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 00:20:47 JST
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@phnt @zaire None of that should ever be implemented, as doing so restricts the execution of free software. -
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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 00:18:41 JST
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@ari >Protected.
>Demon rectangle in hands and looking down at it with a bad posture. -
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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 00:16:57 JST
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@phnt It was a decision by PAM maintainers as it allowed PAM to qualify with some proprietary specification that seriously requiring locking accounts for 15 minutes after only 3 failures.
A sane default is deny=12, but of course distro's don't enable that. -
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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 00:15:10 JST
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@deprecated_ii Yes, technologies actually can take off once enough of the massive glut of patents expire.
Li-Ion batteries for example took 20 years until businesses were able to produce decent ones with less risk of being extorted, same as solar panels. -
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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 00:05:00 JST
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@Wiz @phnt @Cocoa https://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/ -
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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 20-Mar-2026 00:04:26 JST
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@Cocoa systemd-kerneld would be fine if it was actually free software.
Too bad systemd is proprietary software now, so kill it with fire.In conversation from freesoftwareextremist.com permalink -
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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 19-Mar-2026 23:46:07 JST
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@heavens_feel Why use adobe's terrible interface instead of experiencing GIMP's interface (just need to configure the setting to unscrew the icon theme and ungroup the tools). In conversation from freesoftwareextremist.com permalink -
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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 19-Mar-2026 23:32:34 JST
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@snacks It's solid state - liquid electrolyte batteries burst into flames, or leak electrolyte everywhere if the packaging is compromised. In conversation from freesoftwareextremist.com permalink -
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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 19-Mar-2026 23:06:32 JST
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@snacks That's kind of expected if you heat a battery up to 100°C.
Clearly that's a simple matter of engineering to use a decent heat-sink so the battery doesn't hit 100°C.In conversation from freesoftwareextremist.com permalink -
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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 19-Mar-2026 22:35:21 JST
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@snacks Link? In conversation from freesoftwareextremist.com permalink -
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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 19-Mar-2026 21:58:07 JST
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@phnt Yes, the free software that serves me can have access to all of the information it needs.
When it comes to a DoB, free software won't access that, but proprietary malware indeed will.In conversation from freesoftwareextremist.com permalink -
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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 19-Mar-2026 21:56:53 JST
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@snacks >STL of a PLASTIC GUN that will explode if you are dumb enough to print it and try to fire a round bigger than a .22.
Being accused of possessing pizza and then refusing to give up a password will in fact get you more than 2 years in prison in some countries.In conversation from freesoftwareextremist.com permalink -
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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 19-Mar-2026 20:34:58 JST
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@devuan >The logic error security flaw in uutils that GNU coreutiles hasn't had for the last 20+ years. In conversation from freesoftwareextremist.com permalink -
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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 19-Mar-2026 20:32:37 JST
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@mac_ack Since the government says no and will arrest you if you try? In conversation from freesoftwareextremist.com permalink -
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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 19-Mar-2026 20:28:42 JST
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@p Unless the cable or jacks are broken, or the cable is routed too close to power cabling with a significant amount of power going through it.
But it's still 99% more reliable than Wi-Fi, as all you really need is a cable tester to see why it doesn't work.In conversation from freesoftwareextremist.com permalink -
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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 19-Mar-2026 20:21:14 JST
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@phnt @SuperDicq windows is in fact not used on computers that need to work. In conversation from freesoftwareextremist.com permalink -
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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 19-Mar-2026 20:17:20 JST
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@SuperDicq @iro_miya Calculating dates manually is too hard.
Use this GNU bash script instead;
#!/bin/bash
#argument needed
[ "$#" -eq 1 ] || exit 1
#Unix seconds
birthdate=$(date -d "$1" +'%s')
today=$(date -d today +'%s')
seconds_between=$(($today-$birthdate))
#years+months old, no decimal places, no repeats if 0 months
printf "%s %s %s %s %s old today\n" $(units --output-format "%.2g" -- "$seconds_between seconds" 'years;months') | tr --squeeze-repeats ' 'In conversation from freesoftwareextremist.com permalink -
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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 19-Mar-2026 20:13:16 JST
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@zaire Such proprietary restrictions are quite "FOSS", which gnome is.
That's why you use free software instead.In conversation from freesoftwareextremist.com permalink -
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翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 19-Mar-2026 20:11:19 JST
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@phnt @Pi_rat @deadheat @romin Those who support such proprietary scheme clearly aren't people, let alone deserve to be referred to as GNU/. In conversation from freesoftwareextremist.com permalink