mikegerwitz

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GHCQ’s “Exceptional Access”, E2EE, Decentralization, and Reproducible Builds(mikegerwitz.com)
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by mikegerwitz 8y ago
I don't need "modern alternatives" to things that aren't broken. I'm not interested in replacing my one tool with N others when I understand my threat model and understand the benefits of my existing, battle-tested
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by mikegerwitz 8y ago
PGP is still widely deployed, whether you like it or not. "I don't like it" isn't a valid argument for considering something "legacy", when it works just fine for certain cases.
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by mikegerwitz 8y ago
I'm a father of 7- and 5-year-olds, and I constantly think of this. I have some anxiety issues and frequently have mild panic attacks, which can have symptoms similar to heart attacks. I have vasovagal responses triggered by odd and b
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History of the GNU Project(gnu.org)
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by mikegerwitz 8y ago
rms refers to this combination as "GNU/kWindows". I wrote about GNU's perspective back in 2016: https://mikegerwitz.com/2016/04/gnu-kwindows Please remember that GNU is not just a collection o
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by mikegerwitz 8y ago
The fact that this comment was flagged is deeply troubling to me.
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by mikegerwitz 8y ago
This is a late reply, but thanks for your input. I'll look into them further. What interests me is your replacing Dovecot + Sieve with your MUA; I'll have to see if I want to do that or not.
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by mikegerwitz 8y ago
I haven't researched Notmuch, but I've heard some interesting things about it. I used to use Mutt back in the day. Whatever I use would have to have Org integration, though. Tbh, I just haven't researched other things and I
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by mikegerwitz 8y ago
Most of my communication with various people/communities is done via mail. For those using Emacs: I use a Kanban (or GTD, depending)-style workflow using Org mode and Gnus. Org mode recognizes `gnus:'-prefixed links. For certai
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by mikegerwitz 8y ago
For more information, see the GNU Coding Standards: https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#References In particular: > A GNU program should not recommend, promote, or grant legitimacy to the use of a
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Gitlab, Gitorious, and Free Software (2015)(about.gitlab.com)
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by mikegerwitz 8y ago
I also want to highlight what I wrote in 2015 about GitLab's commitment to free software: https://about.gitlab.com/2015/05/20/gitlab-gitorious-free-so...
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by mikegerwitz 8y ago
> Note IceCat is not very well maintained. Its maintainer is working on upgrading to the latest ESR now. If anyone is interested in helping maintain IceCat, please e-mail maintainers@gnu.org.
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by mikegerwitz 8y ago
Good catch: https://www.gnu.org/software/taler/ I'll contact Christian Grothoff today and make sure nothing suspicious is going on and ask him to update the GNU forward if the domain has indeed changed.
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by mikegerwitz 8y ago
Those interested in how prototypes and classical inheritance relate (and don't) may be interested in work I did on GNU ease.js, which works with ECMAScript 3+. I have since extended it to support Scala-like traits. https://
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by mikegerwitz 8y ago
That's orthogonal to the issue. Of course you have the freedom to refrain from use of any technology, unless you're somehow being mandated by law to use it.
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by mikegerwitz 8y ago
No. You aren't being denied your freedoms on someone else's computer because you have no right to exercise them to begin with---it's not yours. It's the same concept with the AGPL---I have no right to modify the source
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by mikegerwitz 9y ago
You need to do it properly; the comic is misleading on its own. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/07/new-wordlists-random-p...
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by mikegerwitz 9y ago
I use Automake and Autoconf (which generates the Makefile) for GNU ease.js: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/easejs.git/tree/Makefile.a... https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/easejs.git&#x
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by mikegerwitz 9y ago
I use them frequently. Having to write something like `(car (car (cdr foo)))` is common (`caadr`).
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by mikegerwitz 9y ago
Conventions exist in every language. `car', `cons', and `cdr' are also part of certain standards (e.g. RnRS). And, honestly, they compose a bit better than `first', and `rest' for combinations like `caddr' a
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by mikegerwitz 9y ago
Yes, you're correct. R7RS at least explicitly reserves brackets and braces, and only acknowledges parenthesis in its syntax.
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by mikegerwitz 9y ago
Some lisps use parenthesis and brackets interchangeably. Some people prefer to strategically alternate them, but you're free to use them exclusively. Guile Scheme, for example: scheme@(guile-user)> [list 1 2 3] $1 = (1 2 3)
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by mikegerwitz 9y ago
I'm giving a talk in March at LibrePlanet 2018 entited "The Ethics Void". The lack of ethics in CS education is a core component of the talk. I'm neck-deep in my talk research right now, so if you are a, student, educa
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by mikegerwitz 9y ago
I can't speculate what the norm might be today if businesses were talking about free software instead of "open source". It might have provided benefit to the movement, or it might have diluted the term. Ironically, in makin
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by mikegerwitz 9y ago
> and I think it's important to remember that both want user freedom As a free software activist, I haven't found that to be true. Remember that the term "open source" was created explicitly to sell the development m
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by mikegerwitz 9y ago
> There are a lot of examples, but the most notable is the endorsement / promotion of the X60 / X200 with non-free EC firmware See https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-hardware-designs.en.html
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by mikegerwitz 9y ago
> I'll believe it when I see it. We have become too dependent on core components that are not being properly maintained, lack funding or both. [...] more funding is put towards critical GNU components (instead of new bloated project
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by mikegerwitz 9y ago
Yes that's a different problem different than software freedom: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-s...

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