Diane @alienghic@octodon.social

I ❤️ magit + tramp.

I got my ipsec transport connection to go from my home server to my work server and I could even send dns through it away from AT&T's prying eyes.

Unfortunately then any other computer behind my NAT couldn't talk my server.

What is systemd doing in my nsswitch file?

Hi my name is alienghic.

I argue to much on twitter.

Though aren't we all soldiers in the information war?

http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2017/01/27/the-information-war-has-begun.html

Is it just me or is strongswan & ipsec quite difficult to configure?

Also maybe trying to link my home computer into a 6to4 subnet hosted elsewhere via a ipv4 ipsec tunnel to get around the crummy AT&T internet gateway filtering isn't the easiest place to start.

Feeling a bit sad after finally getting around to cleaning out my jabber roster of old AIM and Yahoo Messenger friends.

I couldn't bring myself to delete the gmail ones, though I think those connections are dead forever too...

xmpp is looking emptier and emptier.

I wish I was better at convincing people to get off of google.

Yesterday voted in CA primary, today trying to figure out who I should vote for for Python Board of Directors.

Have a cheery trending story from birdsite. Benedict Cumberbatch saves a cyclists from a mugging, apparently near enough to Baker Street that you can make jokes about Sherlock Holmes saving the day.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/jun/02/benedict-cumberbatch-saves-deliveroo-cyclist-london

I used a bardic ability other than inspire courage or competence.
#Winning #Pathfinder

Who'd have thought.

Random code you find on the internet has bugs.

Moral: Tests all the things.

Also the Steam Link app works on a LinageOS 14.1 tablet without google apps installed. (I installed it with gplaycli, and a private fdroid repository)

Spouse was pining for a nintendo switch to play stardew valley on the couch. I decided to try faking it using the new steam link app. I could get the game on the screen with music coming out of the tablet, but I couldn't get the controller to have a playable configuration.

Maybe Black women candidates deserve some donations since they're getting ignored by the DCCC https://www.axios.com/black-women-running-for-office-feel-slighted-by-the-national-party-1e5b31ea-1d4f-4463-aaef-1797a047ed31.html

So does anyone else like having locally installed documentation?

I was working on packaging documentation for libraries I've uploaded to Debian, and I wonder if anyone else likes using them?

Not terribly important but Meghan Markle's coat of arms has many Californian design elements.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/26/meghan-duchess-of-sussex-coat-of-arms-california

*sigh*

I was bored, so I searched for a hashtag for the metro area I live in...

And mostly I found switter.at accounts advertising. I understand the value of sex working having a place to advertise... I just wish I could opt out of seeing it.

The author is Henry Kissinger. Yes that one from the Nixon administration.

This was a pretty interesting essay questioning the implications AI raises for what it means to be human, for how we think about our world.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/06/henry-kissinger-ai-could-mean-the-end-of-human-history/559124/

Be still my beating heart.

Crowd supply's most recent marketing email used simple links without any apparent tracking parameters for their more information links.

Their previous email did use tracking links.

I wonder if this is a GDPR gift.

I was looking out my window and my neighbors window had no blinds, so I could see that their TV looks to fill their entire wall.... i'm guessing at least 5 feet tall. Spouse was shocked to be able to read their subtitles.