Daryl Sun 
@darylsun@social.privacytools.io
- WriteFreely
- https://write.privacytools.io/darylsun/
- Liberapay
- https://liberapay.com/DarylSun/
Biology graduate, amateur blogger, FLOSS enthusiast. She/Her. Useful links, ventures with static sites, and occasional musings on apps at 2 AM.
Avatar by Loren Isaac on Unsplash. Header by Jeremy Thomas on Unsplash.
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #LibreSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #SoftwareFreedom #Decentralization #IndieWeb #OpenWeb #Fediverse #Federation #InternetFreedom #Alternatives #Cybersecurity #Security #InfoSec #Encryption #Cryptography #Privacy #Technology #HumaneTech #EthicalTech #Science #nobot
Joined Jul 2019
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"To help some of the newcomers make connections: name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same. Add #introductions to the post."
#Writing, #Blogging
#Productivity, #Minimalism
#LibreGames, #FreeGaming
#DigitalRights, #FreeCulture
#Research, #OpenScience, #OpenData, #OpenAccess, #OpenEducation
#PlainText
#HTML, #CSS
#Git
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My first blog post - the merits and caveats of WriteFreely (and a mini-rant on why I'm never touching Medium ever again):
https://write.privacytools.io/darylsun/writefreely
#blogging #WriteFreely
Windows Apps That Amaze Us: a wiki of cool and interesting software for Windows.
https://amazing-apps.gitbook.io/windows-apps-that-amaze-us/en
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Protect your schedule, including the empty time.
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Pick 2-3 small tasks and get them done so that you feel a sense of accomplishment.
In retrospect, I should've just looked for a podcast player separate from my music player, but I didn't want to install more programs than necessary.
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Reel2Bits, a federated music-sharing platform, needs volunteer developers!
A new addition to the federated music space needs your help! https://wedistribute.org/2019/12/reel2bits-a-federated-music-sharing-platform-needs-volunteer-developers/
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You're doing great!
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> This is an HTML email, please update your email client to view.
This is an email client. Please update your mail generator to stop wasting electricity and emitting extra carbon with HTML mail, or at least provide graceful degradation for users whose email clients only receive plaintext (as anyone who cares about there computer security does).
#MakeHTMLemailOptional!
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Twitter wants to decentralize because they see how fast Mastodon and other decentralized networks are growing and Jack wants to monetize that.
He doesn't care about a freer, more open internet, he cares about watching Mastodon grow and that he's not making money off it.
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Jack Dorsey followed Mastodon on Twitter a month ago so it's not like he doesn't know Mastodon exists, take from that what you will
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Working theory: Twitter wants to develop their own protocol so that they have control over it, and in turn we'll see federated walled gardens form between corporate social networks.
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twitter will embrace decentralization just like they did with 3rd party developers.
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If Facebook is making you unhappy today, maybe take a break from it?
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The free software mail client #K9Mail finally got a #Material redesign and tons of other changes & fixes with version 5.700. 
https://github.com/k9mail/k-9/releases
Also available via #FDroid: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.fsck.k9/
Be aware though that this is still a preview release. #Android
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Yahoo! is sealing it's own fate. Hopefully people are waking up and realizing that Yahoo! doesn't care that users trusted that they wouldn't delete their stuff with little/short notice.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/12/verizon-reportedly-blocks-archivists-from-yahoo-groups-days-before-deletion/
RIP Wunderlist. You were a good to-do list app while you lasted.
I knew that Git for Windows had BASH, but I didn't know that I could use it for other commands, not necessarily Git-related. Guess it saves me from having to install Cygwin?
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Being tired is not a badge of honor. It doesn't make you more worthy, it just means you're tired.
A further explanation of the Keybase spam problem:
https://www.whiskey-tango.org/2019/11/keybase-weve-got-privacy-problem.html
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Take a moment to consider the profound impact each of us has in the fediverse.
The fact we can communicate across the world using open source technology is pretty amazing.
We also have a responsibility, as developers, to ensure platform privacy and safety are legitimate priorities and not just buzzwords used in marketing.
We can do it better than Silicon Valley if we step outside our bubbles and listen to the people. The fediverse depends on it!
- WriteFreely
- https://write.privacytools.io/darylsun/
- Liberapay
- https://liberapay.com/DarylSun/
Biology graduate, amateur blogger, FLOSS enthusiast. She/Her. Useful links, ventures with static sites, and occasional musings on apps at 2 AM.
Avatar by Loren Isaac on Unsplash. Header by Jeremy Thomas on Unsplash.
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #LibreSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #SoftwareFreedom #Decentralization #IndieWeb #OpenWeb #Fediverse #Federation #InternetFreedom #Alternatives #Cybersecurity #Security #InfoSec #Encryption #Cryptography #Privacy #Technology #HumaneTech #EthicalTech #Science #nobot
Joined Jul 2019
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