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Is VeraCrypt still the best choice for creating encrypted backups when you have the following requirements?

- Works across operating systems
- Has a graphical user interface
- Is (halfway) easy to use

#AskFediverse

Can you recommend a 64-bit ARM Single Board Computer to run #OpenBSD?

I'm going to use it with cwm and a set of lightweight Text User Interface programs: tmux, mc, etc.

#BSD

We (Prosody project) just published a blog post with a range of advice and links to resources for dealing with the recent spam wave on #xmpp. Hopefully folks find it a useful and informative summary!

https://blog.prosody.im/simple-anti-spam-tips/

there’s countless xeons in landfills with 10k+ CPUMark scores.

there’s warehouses full of unsold DDR3 ECC

you can look in dumpsters in any major city and find 5-10 year old dell precisions that still run fine

and we’re still manufacturing new, flawed consumer tech - and making extremely substantial compromises to keep it cheap.

Moore’s law has slowed down enough that we can just use the old shit. If it was good enough for businesses five years ago, it’s good enough for me today

@Shufei This reminds me of a fun story.

Once upon a time it was illegal for US amateur stations to make contact with their Cuban counterparts.

One day a US station hears a Cuban station down on HF (I forget what band). US station says to his buddy "It's a real shame we're not allowed to talk to Cuba because I'm hearing <callsign> 59 here."

Cuban station then says to nobody in particular "It's a shame we cannot talk to the US because I hear <callsign> 59 here."

No regs were broken that day.

Rare photo of mother wrench feeding her hatchlings in the wild. Breathtaking

QWERTY cheatsheet.

@irl I feel like this encapsulates why blog engines are depleted uranium ammunition for nerd sniping.