Futurology Today

Normally I'm opposed to NARCing on people to the fuzz but I'm considering making an exception...

Decided to roll with Opensuse Tumbleweed a while back which preconfigures snapper for you. Never used it or touched it before.

Did something stupid and bricked my install and could not figure out what was wrong. Saw I could boot to a snapshot, so I gave it a go. It worked and I restored it.

I will never go back. I’m sure this has been around for ages but this was a game changer for me. I’m so used to the old model of manual backups.

Writeup from 2022 that I assume is mostly still valid. TLDR:

1. Mainstream Linux is less secure than macOS, Windows, and ChromeOS. (Elsewhere: "[iOS/Android] were designed with security as a foundational component. They were built with sandboxing, verified boot, modern exploit mitigations and more from the start. As such, they are far more locked down than other platforms and significantly more resistant to attacks.")
2. Move as much activity outside the core maximum privilege OS as possible.
3. OP doesn't mention immutable OS, but I assume they help a lot.
4. Create a threat model and use it to guide your time and money investments in secure computing.

Once you have hardened the system as much as you can, you should follow good privacy and security practices:

1. Disable or remove things you don't need to minimise attack surface.
2. Stay updated. Configure a cron job or init script to update your system daily.
3. Don't leak any information about you or your system, no matter how minor it may seem.
4. Follow general security and privacy advice.

We actually never went anywhere, we just continue to be a couple of working shmucks with very little orgone left at the end of the day to promote a damn podcast. Can you imagine a more humiliating activity? “Hey everyone listen to my podcast!” Disgusting behavior.

In all seriousness my dear friend and super producer has been putting his whole ass into producing this little mini-series of ours about Florida.

The whole idea is to apply a lil of the ol Dialectical Materialism to the hot house horror story that is the history of Florida. It’s a very personal story for me and something I have struggled to understand my entire life.

We are most certainly going to get things wrong because; 1. We are fallable (and I, personally, am kinda lazy) and 2. Florida history is very contentious and there is a lot that is still hidden/lost/unknown.

I invite all of you to check it out and please subscribe if you can. We are also seeking out interviews with Floridians and particularly anyone with an indigenous background. So if that sounds like you and you wanna sound off about what these mayo-ass white boys are missing, we would love to have you!

Hope you enjoy the show and shouts out to @comradesharkfucker, who had us in regular rotation last i checked. Comrade shark fucker approved podcast here. Check it out!

Also check me out on Bluesky @butlersghost.bsky.social Super producer himself: @Brokenwindvane.bsky.social And the show @brokenwindpod.bsky.social

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In the dying days of the Zip drive, IOMEGA made one... that hooks up to your TV. Was this a good idea? Or a poorly-executed and frustrating act of desperation? Tune in to find out!

Fun game and it has a really cool soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/album/5PRIjjUUjKFJyFQIMvlj85

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I haven't played a Metroidvania in a while and I'm looking for suggestions of some good ones to try. Some I would recommend:

Ender's: Lilies (Magnolias is good too, but play Lilies first. The setting and theme hits better.)

Ori and the Blind Forest / Will of the Wisps (Will of the Wisps did bring a tear to my eye)

Monster Sanctuary (a creature capture metroidvania)

Any system is good, interested to hear of other good ones that are out there.

A Vanuatu provincial government says it will repeal parts of its new bylaw banning menstruating women from preparing and selling food at markets and roadside stalls after the decision sparked a public outcry.

In many cultures, coins are used as votive offerings, usually through the act of throwing coins at or in specific objects such as rivers, lakes, ponds, wells, fountains, bells, vehicles, and other objects to pray for blessings, avert disasters, and make wishes.