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The Telemessage fiasco keeps getting better
If you haven’t been keeping up with the news lately, after the whole Signal fiasco, it appeared that USA government officials are using some fork called “Telemessage”. That app claims to offer backup solutions for popular messengers including Signal, to comply with government directives. Funnily enough, their website got completely wiped, a large change from…
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Free.fr wins again
Recently, the French ISP Bouygues decided to add a €5 fee to cancel your landline. Free.fr, another major ISP in France decided “well, we’re going to pay for that if you move to us”: On a dedicated page, the ISP says that “the cancelling fees of your old provider will be taken care of up…
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The IRC client I wish existed earlier
Back before discovering Matrix, I mainly used IRC to talk with friends. Those were simple times, mainly spent using either mIRC or WeeChat. Recently, I needed some help getting BIRD working on the latest version, which meant I had to go on Libera Chat, and ask there. I then searched “IRC” in my Flatpak browser…
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Setting up NetNewsWire with Miniflux
As I previously mentioned, I use Miniflux to sync all my RSS feeds around. Today, I discovered NetNewsWire, a free and Open-Source app allowing you to read, and sync, RSS feeds on iOS. One issue: when opening the app, going in the settings, and trying to add an account, Miniflux is nowhere to be seen.…
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Somehow, we still have snow
With summer just around the corner, it still surprises me that we still have snow here. Not sure what they are doing over there, but Yle reported 30 cm of snow around the northeast of the country. Quite honestly, I wish we still had snow here, in the south (and I know people around here…
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9to5mac is slop at its finest
I personally own a few Apple devices, mainly my phone, so at some point, I started looking for a news source to know when updates will be expected, new features to expect, etc. 9to5mac is the one that pops up at the top of search engines, naive me thought it looked alright at first glance.…
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Happy May 1st!
Quick post to wish everybody a happy International Workers’ day. And for the few Finns reading this, happy Vappu as well.
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Your own local copy of Wikipedia
Recently, Wikipedia has come under a lot of attacks from malicious political entities. Unlike the Wikimedia Foundation, they have much more resources to harass projects such as this one into oblivion. This is why it is more important than ever to get your own copy of Wikipedia (or any wiki, really) at home. For this…
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Pixie radio board
Last Thursday, while being at the radio club OH2K, I built a Pixie radio kit V3 (generously given to me by one of the regulars). The Pixie radio is a low-power (about 0.4W when we measured), morse only radio that can only operate in the 7MHz (or 40 meters) band. Its main appeal is that…
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The best watch I’ve ever had
At the start of this year, I started looking at replacements for my Apple Watch Series 6. Smartwatches offer lots of features, for instance, I loved being able to pay with my watch and receive notifications directly, however, one thing was very annoying for me: battery. I hate things with batteries, I forget to charge…