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hyperstar··on Turing Complete is a game about computer science
can this be played on linux? what is the meaning of `steamos + linux'? if `+' stands for combination, how does one combine two operating systems? or is `+' simply an unconventional `and'?
hyperstar··on NixOS on Framework Laptop
good! i'll buy one when i can know it won't spy on me. and might i suggest (if you don't have this already) a physical off-switch, not just for the mic and cam, but also for wifi and bluetooth.
hyperstar··on NixOS on Framework Laptop
is it possible to install coreboot or libreboot on this thing? does it have something equivalent to the intel management engine?
hyperstar··on Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of ink
Any recommendations for printers or scanners without wifi that work on linux without unfree software?
hyperstar··on The Uncertain Future of Ham Radio
is that a yes?
hyperstar··on The Uncertain Future of Ham Radio
How much time and money would someone who knew absolutely nothing about ham radio and had no equipment have to invest to get a license?
hyperstar··on The Uncertain Future of Ham Radio
> Right now it's illegal to transmit encrypted data over the air

does this include caesar-shifted morse?

hyperstar··on XMonad – The Automated Tiling WM
I switched to StumpWM, but I miss layouts.
hyperstar··on iPhone remains findable after power off
Why? wouldn't it just be a matter of activating a low-power mode and turning off the screen? It's been said a long time that this is done by certain malwares.
hyperstar··on A World Without Sci-Hub
is it impossible to access sci-hub without a browser extension?
hyperstar··on iPhone remains findable after power off
wtf?! is this true of 5s as well?
hyperstar··on Inkscape 1.1.1 Is Released
What's the best resource for learning to use Inkscape?
hyperstar··on Norwegian Data Protection Authority choose not to use Facebook
chooses
hyperstar··on iOS 15
My i-thing says it's up to date at 12.5.4. Wonder what that means securitywise.
hyperstar··on If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs (2020)
How long has wiby existed? Does it only show pages that have been submitted explicitly?
hyperstar··on Ireland raises privacy question over Facebook smart glasses
> changing the laws to ban public surveillance is the only option

i wonder if it would be feasible to require that all surveillence footage from public areas be immediately encrypted so that it could only be decrypted by a certain number of judges (following a court order).

hyperstar··on ChucK: Strongly-Timed, Concurrent, and On-the-Fly Music Programming Language
according to the tutorial,

SinOsc s => dac;

is a valid program, but i get

[chuck]: no active JACK server detected (or connection error)... [chuck]: no audio output device with requested channel count (2)...

hyperstar··on Speaking Latin
https://www.textkit.com/greek-latin-forum/

For spoken Latin, there are Corderii colloquia, which are also made into an audio book.

hyperstar··on OpenRA: Red Alert, Command and Conquer, Dune 2000, Rebuilt for the Modern Era
Is there a bug in Chernobyl? We weren't able to capture the missile silos with engineers.
hyperstar··on OpenRA: Red Alert, Command and Conquer, Dune 2000, Rebuilt for the Modern Era
Would be nice to have the original discs with videos &c.
hyperstar··on Reverse-Engineering Apple Dictionary (2020)
At the moment, I'm using a slight modification of the gist plus `sed 's/<[^>]*>//g'` to look up words from the shell on Linux. It would be nice to have some XML parsing into plain text, but it kind of works.
hyperstar··on Germany's federal police agency purchased and used 'Pegasus' spyware
Seems from that article as if, if one disables i-message and face-time, it MAY not work.
hyperstar··on Germany's federal police agency purchased and used 'Pegasus' spyware
Can this thing infect any i-phone remotely?
hyperstar··on In which a laptop defies the trends
Is this a COMPLETELY free computer or not?
hyperstar··on Ministry of Freedom – GNU+Linux laptops with Libreboot preinstalled
> Did you know that most modern Intel and AMD computers come with backdoors implanted by the NSA and other agencies? You do now, and it isn’t pretty.

The mere possibility that this is true should be enough for us to seek alternatives, but is there any evidence that it is actually the case? My impression was that the Intel Management Engine was a stupid idea but not intended to undermine security.

hyperstar··on Switching to the i3 window manager
I don't think so.

https://security.stackexchange.com/a/171916/257701

hyperstar··on The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web
Are there any web sites that have beautiful typography?
hyperstar··on Bringing “The Elements of Typographic Style” to the Web
Web pages shouldn't have typography, and typography shouldn't have 100 characters per line.
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