Wednesday, 2. November 12022
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Much ado about OpenSSL.

OpenSSL gave everyone alarm fatigue.

I took the OpenSSL team at their word, and I feel that I have done the right thing, even if it turned out to be a giant nothingburger in practice.

Monday, 31. October 12022
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A compilation and orchestration tool for the Nanos unikernel.

OPS – Easily Build and Run Unikernels.

Most Unikernels out there are specialized for a high-level language, but Nanos is capable of executing any valid ELF-binary. We provide pre-tested packages for common linux software, including support for interpreted languages to provide a similar Linux like experience.

Leaving Twitter was never enough.

Autonomy Online: A Case For The IndieWeb.

There is an alternative to corporate bubbles online — it’s called the IndieWeb. Build your own personal websites, control your online presence, and learn on your own terms.

Use your terminal shell to do awesome things.

Awesome Command-Line Apps.

Easy Ukrainian Book.

Як іноземці козака рятували.

This easy Ukrainian book is a humorous read with vocabulary lists and exercises. It includes audio and can be ordered as paperback or ebook.

Relevant: Ukrainian Phrasebook for Helping Refugees.

SSH (Reverse) Tunnel Through Websocket.

Have you ever been in a restricted corporate network where the only way to reach the internet is a dumb HTTP Proxy? It sucks. That's why i wrote webcat. Webcat aims to be the swiss army knife for websocket connections as netcat is for plain TCP.

Remember Ginger?

Best Inventions of 2001.

So what is It? Ten months later, we still don't know for sure, and no one who does is talking (…)

Relevant: Fads of the 2000s.

Sunday, 30. October 12022
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You can try it in your web browser right now.

Decker is a multimedia platform for creating and sharing interactive documents, with sound, images, hypertext, and scripted behavior.

Decker builds on the legacy of HyperCard and the visual aesthetic of classic MacOS. It retains the simplicity and ease of learning that HyperCard provided, while adding many subtle and overt quality-of-life improvements, like deep undo history, support for scroll wheels and touchscreens, more modern keyboard navigation, and bulk editing operations.

Saturday, 29. October 12022
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Jazz Without Patriarchy.

New Standards Vol. 1 (via taz.de).

Relevant: terrilynecarrington.com.

Welcome to hell, Elon.

What I mean is that you are now the King of Twitter, and people think that you, personally, are responsible for everything that happens on Twitter now. It also turns out that absolute monarchs usually get murdered when shit goes sideways.