Phil Rukin @phil@rukin.me

Legendary Apollo project programmer Margaret Hamilton, next to a printout of the node_modules directory listing for her first Hello World react app

Sleeping.
Chrishallbeckstore.Com

"If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production."
- Peter Seeger

NewPipe is a really great app, we should use it more as an example of why FOSS puts users first and proprietary software doesn't

Facebook pays teens to install VPN that spies on them - https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/29/facebook-project-atlas/ #rr

#Mastodon 2.7 is released 🎉

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/01/mastodon-2.7/

#Newpipe 0.14.2 can't play YouTube videos anymore. Downgrading to 0.14.1 seems to work for the moment. (Need to uninstall the latest version first.)

The problem is fixed upstream in version 0.15 which will be on fdroid in 1-2 days.

Just bought a stolen macbook from a flea market and found the original owner and we are returning it to them right now. My friend still needs a computer but at least someone didn’t lose all their data and school work and will probably have a little new found faith in humanity.

I can't believe @dansup did it. The absolute mad lad. @pixelfed federates!

Doom was released 25 years ago today. It was about 2.39 MB, the size of an average webpage today. News sites average closer to 8 MB.

Please shotgun the javascript demons and make more efficient & accessible websites.

Windows Refund Day - When Linux Users Demanded Their Money Back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j9j-Ywjmbk

So I wrote a thread on birdsite on the #Six4Three Facebook files confiscated and released by UK Parliament. Enjoy + feel free to RT the crap out of it:

https://mobile.twitter.com/aral/status/1070537560244580352

#SurveillanceCapitalism #Facebook

sr.ht, the hacker's forge, now open for public alpha

https://drewdevault.com/2018/11/15/sr.ht-general-availability.html

A visualization of the terms of service for your popular web service.

"I agree" 🙃

Trying to connect to some blind linux users to talk about accessibility, please boost

Oh...

Go 1.11 got me to stop ignoring Go

https://drewdevault.com/2018/10/08/Go-1.11.html