today's leftovers
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A basic ASRock board for my FreeBSD tower
Clara bought me a slim Fractal Ridge case in white for my birthday earlier this year, which has let me downsize my FreeBSD tower to save space for my burgeoning retrocomputer stack.
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Ambiq’s newest open-source AI model helps IoT applications capture clean speech [Ed: Openwashing. The dash in "open-source" gives that away, too.]
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On The Fediverse, No One Knows You're A Liar
One of the reasons I'm still on the original Mastodon.social instance is that I am vain. I joined shortly after the project was announced and, as a consequence, I have a "joined" date of 2016 and a user ID of under 10,0001. This doesn't make me an "elder statesman" and is rarely useful beyond bragging rights.
If I moved to a different server, my "birthday" would be irrevocably lost 😢
But… what if I moved to a self-hosted Mastodon instance? Why! Then the database would be under my complete control and I could put whatever data I wanted in there. I could even lie about things!
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Linux OS and VPN: An Unbeatable Combination [Ed: Linkspam disguised as "article" with the veil of Linux]
Most Linux OS users, especially beginners, often wonder if they need a VPN on Linux. The answer depends on how and where you use your devices. In some conditions, a VPN is simply necessary, in others it is simply desirable. However, there are no conditions in which private browsing would be unnecessary or even harmful. Here is our vision of the advantages and disadvantages of virtual network security for Linux.