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fouuler··on Pass: The standard Unix password manager
Thanks. There wasn't any manual page or --help output, so I gave up on it, but now this may be the best option I know of. But, yeah, I could have just `cat /bin/passmenu`.
fouuler··on Jonathan Smith walks free after 21 years of wrongful imprisonment
Not really. quid/quod can mean `what' or `something'. Here it clearly means `something'.
fouuler··on Zorin OS 16
Why isn't this just a desktop environment?
fouuler··on Pass: The standard Unix password manager
I wasn't, thanks! It's very nice to be able to type part of the domain name first and then space and then part of the username.

... but as far as I can see, passmenu just copies to clipboard and doesn't use xdotool?

fouuler··on Pass: The standard Unix password manager
> I usually use the -c option to copy/paste my passwords

In X11 it's also possible to get passwords typed automatically with xdotool, which I call through an xmonad package. The only thing I'm missing is more powerful autocompletion.

fouuler··on Zoom zero-day discovery
I'd be really interested in a longer answer. I'm running Void Linux. What would exactly would Qubes add in this respect?
fouuler··on Zoom zero-day discovery
What I mean is: am I safe from those who have a Zoom 0day, if Zoom is running on a separate user; assuming they do not also have a Linux 0day.
fouuler··on Zoom zero-day discovery
Naive question. I'm forced to use Zoom by my University, so I run it from a dedicated user (on Linux). That's fairly safe, right?
fouuler··on Opensource.cooking: A simple, bloat-free cooking site
This page has some empty-square glyphs and some crossed-square glyphs. What do I have to install for it to be rendered as intended?
fouuler··on I want a computer that I own
Surely this depends on the system being run and the programs running on it. Are you claiming that a basic installation of OpenBSD is wide open to the NSA? Even if that is true, I would think that fewer vulnerabilities are better than more, and that vulnerabilities that cannot be found because their source is secret are worse than those that can be found.
fouuler··on I want a computer that I own
> Owning my computer is still relatively possible. I can build a computer from parts which I can choose, and have a choice in which operating system to install on them.

Where can I find, how can I build a computer---that isn't 13 years old---with open firmware of which one doesn't reasonably suspect that the NSA put a backdoor into it?

fouuler··on I want a computer that I own
In Norway, some businesses use Corona as a pretext and say that credit cards are dirty too. What's the cash situation in the Netherlands? Aren't businesses legally bound to accept cash?
fouuler··on I want a computer that I own
> since a lot of normal interactions such as banking almost requires you to have such a phone.

I can get by without carrying a microphone-and-camera equipped computer controlled by someone else around, and so I don't; but, if I want to return something I bought on the Internet, I don't get a receipt; and, if I want to go to a bar, there's a risk I won't be allowed to pay. (There is a law against the latter problem, but it is not enforced.)

fouuler··on Just because I have a vertical screen doesn’t mean I’m on a phone
Syntax error.