Ed Davies @edavies@octodon.social

@aag @cynicalsecurity Assuming that's what's happening and given that that swap partition might hold data for another multi-boot operating system which is sleeping it seems to me that under UK law the authors of that portion of systemd have committed an offence under section 3(3) of the Computer Misuse Act 1990: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/18/section/3 Obviously, extra-territorial application of this law would be difficult, unfortunately.

@HerraBRE Off-site good, off-tectonic-plate better.

Yep, LUKS (almost) everywhere. Additionally gpg for the tars on the memory stick.

@HerraBRE Or get a waterproof one :-) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Traveler-Waterproof-Shockproof-Memory-Unibody-Silver/dp/B014IJXXR0/ref=sr_1_3/258-0147754-3306352?ie=UTF8&qid=1519052064&sr=8-3&keywords=waterproof+usb

Personally, I keep my backup drive at that level on my keyring so it's out of the house when I am but isn't likely to be lost or washed. (First level is 1TB drive on my desk, second USB drive on keyring, third is pair of 2TB drives which are alternately off-site from home.)

@mwlucas AFAIK, 1 attempt, which was successful.

I'm 61.

@starbreaker Would “Komsomol” would be in slightly less-bad taste?

@starbreaker Yep. But:

1) Electronic devices are generally good as long as…

2) they're not replaced too often. Having an iPhone isn't a problem, getting a new iPhone every year is.

3) Yes, durability and ease of repair. Also upgrade where it makes sense without throwing away the still perfectly functional bits.

4) Yes. But also less motion would be good. Everything from shorter commutes to vastly less air travel. Buses and trains are only less-bad than cars and planes.

@cynicalsecurity AFAIK the car's orbit (from Earth's orbit out to about the distance of Mar's aphelion) is pretty much as intended.

Musk misstated the aphelion soon after T“M”I which was an unnecessary bit of confusion so a bit irritating but not a big deal in the grand scheme.

@cynicalsecurity

1) NASA, like most organizations, has lots of internal conflicts of interest. I'm sure many insiders know they are idiots. The writer of that article is an ex-deputy administrator.

2) SpaceX is a private company. There's only so much they can do when they're desperately trying to keep things as simple as possible. Too much complexity it why SLS has already cost 10x more in development than Falcons 9 and H combined and is still at least 2 years away from flying.

@cynicalsecurity http://thehill.com/opinion/technology/372994-spacex-could-save-nasa-and-the-future-of-space-exploration

“…but It is time for the nation to decide if we want a space program — or a jobs program.”

“SpaceX offered NASA the opportunity to get a free ride on this first launch. But the space agency viewed commercial development of this rocket as "competition" and refused their offer.”

@cynicalsecurity NASA's mandate is far from clear. SLS exists largely as a result of corruption in Congress.

@HerraBRE Doesn't Bitcoin have an authority, though? It's just that it's very widely distributed and easy to check so unlikely to be suborned. The question, then, is how unlikely you need for your purposes.

But, yes, it would be nice to have a general solution.

@HerraBRE Yes, I was being a bit tongue in cheek. Still, I'd bet on Wikipedia over Bitcoin for longevity.

But it could work. Have done it before (2011) for an internet 'bet'. Can't remember the details now, to be honest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EdDavies

@cynicalsecurity The car stunt was an irritating distraction.

The irritating waste of resources is SLS: twice the payload for 10 times the price and will probably never fly often enough to become reliable. A hundred thousand dollar car is a completely trivial compared with the billions wasted on that.

@HerraBRE Just put the hashes on your personal Wikipedia page or in a Github gist? They'll timestamp them for you in the history. Perhaps the Icelandic or Italian tax authorities will accept that you don't have power of either of those.

@mwlucas I usually read everything in my timeline on the bird site and get very pissed off with repetition. I get why people repeat: because others don't read their full timelines but that in turn is at least partly because of repetition. Let's break that cycle on Mastodon.

@mwlucas Who's the ignorant developer, Theobromia or the palemoon people? A trademark doesn't have to be registered to be enforceable (though it's less strongly enforceable if it's not registered).

Another question, though, would be whether a simple name without any particular font, colour, or similar could be a trademark. I'm not sure about that.

@nydel https://edavies.me.uk/blog/

@HerraBRE Somewhat beside the point but those “IPv6-only” RPis actually have IPv4 for HTTP and HTTPS via a proxy (and you can SSH in over 4). See https://blog.mythic-beasts.com/2017/03/02/hosting-a-website-on-a-raspberry-pi-with-ipv6-and-ssl-part-1/ “Host your own domain name”.

@jalefkowit Well said. Lot of very silly behaviour and commentary re the Hawaii alert. Even 250 kt (largest estimated NK explosion) on Pearl Harbor would be survivable by many in Honolulu with luck and sensible actions: http://www.nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?&kt=250&lat=21.3633938&lng=-157.9694224&airburst=0&hob_ft=0&casualties=1&fallout=1&fatalities=7860&injuries=72427&psi_1=229735&zm=12