Harald Eilertsen

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Harald Eilertsen

Thu, 17 Oct 2019 11:29:12 +0200

Da er det i gang! Fire dager med skrekkfilm begynner nuh!

#ramaskrik

Ramaskrik

Harald Eilertsen

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 16:47:21 +0200

Laura Kalbag wrote the following post Wed, 16 Oct 2019 13:00:45 +0200

“Platforms *are* societies of intertwined people and machines. There is no such thing as “online life” versus “real life.” We give massive ground if we pretend that these companies are simply having an “effect” or “impact” on some separate society.”

https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/10/tech-platforms-are-where-public-life-is-increasingly-constructed-and-their-motivations-are-far-from-neutral/

Harald Eilertsen

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 00:49:06 +0200

Bryan Lunduke wrote the following post Tue, 15 Oct 2019 23:32:20 +0200

Holy smokes.

LibreOffice runs on the Librem 5!

AND IT WORKS.

Saving files, opening files, typing... the UI is a bit cramped (it's a desktop app on a phone)... but hot-diggity! It works!

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Harald Eilertsen

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 19:52:55 +0200

@Frank Aerror Did you try directly from Hubzilla, or by remote following from his profile?

Frank Aerror

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 20:45:21 +0200

@Harald Eilertsen I tried both

Harald Eilertsen

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 20:54:07 +0200

@Frank Aerror Strange, I'lk give it a try a bit later.

Harald Eilertsen

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 14:56:30 +0200

KDE wrote the following post Tue, 15 Oct 2019 14:21:02 +0200

KDE's Plasma 5.17 just landed! Check out the new smart notification system, improved and expanded System Settings, increased usability and gestures and much more!

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.17.0.php

hEARt PhoniX

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 17:58:51 +0200

Harald Eilertsen

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 18:46:34 +0200

@hEARt PhoniX It's not here quite yet, but I guess it'll be here by the time I get back from Ramaskrik. As a desktop I really like ArchLinux, but would probably go for something less on the edge for server use.

Mobilizon: lifting the veil on the beta release

Harald Eilertsen

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:28:49 +0200

We decided to showcase it to you as soon as possible, even though most features are not developed yet. This is precisely what a beta is : some things are still rough around the edges, the paint is fresh, not everything is in place (yet)… but you can still get a clear picture of what we have achieved and how much work still remains to be done.

https://framablog.org/2019/10/15/mobilizon-lifting-the-veil-on-the-beta-release/

This looks really promising! Play around with the test instance to get a feel for how far they've come. I really like how multiple identities are baked in from the start. A lot of work remains, though. among the key aspects remaining is of course federation. Still this is a solid start! Great work from the people at @Framasoft!

#mobilizon #framasoft #events #calendar

Harald Eilertsen

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 07:21:20 +0200

Drew DeVault wrote the following post Tue, 15 Oct 2019 03:24:28 +0200

The ancient hard drive whirs under the apprentices right hand, as the others' fingertips rest over the keying board. The kernel ventures to the dead sectors, fragmented and distant from the seek head though they may be. The codec, deftly won in a game the evening prior, lays open on the desk nearby.

Runes suddenly flood the screen. Attention is closely paid, notes are taken. Within moments, the drive succumbs to its oxidation and the screen darkens, but the secret has been told. The apprentice utters a small gasp. "The rumors were false," he says. "Rust really does have a specification."

Harald Eilertsen

Mon, 14 Oct 2019 20:35:11 +0200

Klaus wrote the following post Mon, 14 Oct 2019 18:23:17 +0200

The-Open-Book
joeycastillo/The-Open-Book

THE PREMISE: As a society, we need an open source device for reading. Books are among the most important documents of our culture, yet the most popular and widespread devices we have for reading — the Kobo, the Nook, the Kindle and even the iPad — are closed devices, operating as small moving parts in a set of giant closed platforms whose owners' interests are not always aligned with readers'.

The Open Book aims to be a simple device that anyone with a soldering iron can build for themselves. The Open Book should be comprehensible: the reader should be able to look at it and understand, at least in broad strokes, how it works. It should be extensible, so that a reader with different needs can write code and add accessories that make the book work for them. It should be global, supporting readers of books in all the languages of the world. Most of all, it should be open, so that anyone can take this design as a starting point and use it to build a better book.

Harald Eilertsen

Sat, 12 Oct 2019 13:28:18 +0200

Velstandsfanden wrote the following post Sat, 12 Oct 2019 13:25:02 +0200

Miks og master i boks

Miks og master er endelig i boks! Tror jeg da, spesielt masteringbiten fremstår egentlig mer som magi enn noe annet enn så lenge. Det begynner i hvertfall å låte nisselig på de testanleggene jeg har vært i stand til å prøve på. Bedre enn det blir det neppe.

Henger litt etter skjema, men satser på å få sendt godsakene inn til nisseverkstedet i begynnelsen av uka. Tror det skal holde til at Nissen kan besøke en postkasse nær deg i begynnelsen av desember (ble nødt til å slutte å klatre ned skorsteinene på grunn av røykeloven og meetoo, så holder meg til postkasser heretter.)

#jul #nissepønk #oppdatering

Frank Aerror

Sat, 12 Oct 2019 13:30:23 +0200

Great! Time to send out some remix material then ;P

Velstandsfanden

Sat, 12 Oct 2019 14:27:47 +0200

@Frank Aerror Sender deg noen saker så snart jeg får tid :)

Harald Eilertsen

Sat, 05 Oct 2019 17:37:58 +0200

Jakobu wrote the following post Sat, 05 Oct 2019 17:21:38 +0200

Pejman Hadadi

Doyek

The Nigerian udu drum in a spiffy modern version.

#music #parcussion #udu #quintet #PejmanHadadi #quintet

Hellions (Can, 2015)

Harald Eilertsen

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 20:26:25 +0200

As Halloween is approaching it was time to dust off this canadian film from a few years back. A lot is done right in this one. It's creepy, has a gloomy and somewhat surreal atmosphere, and the score and the way it mixes with the story adds nicely to the creepy atmosphere. This is a nightmareish and aesthetically well made film!

#horror #film #canada #halloween

Horror Film

hEARt PhoniX

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 07:37:11 +0200 last edited: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 07:46:29 +0200

Harald Eilertsen

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 13:30:38 +0200

Yes, I should probably have spelled out Canada in full :)

hEARt PhoniX

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 15:35:32 +0200

Harald Eilertsen

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 10:32:59 +0200

Elena ``of Valhalla'' wrote the following post Thu, 03 Oct 2019 09:42:50 +0200

♲ Software Freedom Conservancy - 2019-10-02 21:30:43 GMT

Two companies have begun a fight regarding GPL compliance, yet neither complies with GPL's most basic provisions. https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2019/oct/02/cambium-ubiquiti-gpl-violations/ #gplcompliance

It follows (USA, 2014)

Harald Eilertsen

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 23:52:32 +0200

This film has been bothering me for a while. Again it's one of those films that has been hyped as "the scariest movie the year," without actually being able to live up to it. As such I was disappointed the first time I saw it. Letting the hype fade, and seeing it again now a few of years later it works much better. It definitely has a creepy feel to it, and the premise is not bad at all. I also like that it for the most part manages to keep a slow pace, while still keeping up the intensity. It still feels a bit too much like a high-school film for my taste.

#horror #film

Horror Film

Harald Eilertsen

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 20:05:52 +0200

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Harald Eilertsen

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 11:49:56 +0200

Det er godt å se at Norwegian gjør sitt for å redusere flytrafikken. Det er nå så smertefullt og ubehagelig å fly med dem at det ikke er særlig aktuelt å prøve seg på det igjen.

#fly #smerte #helvete #norwegian

Norsk

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Frank Aerror

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 10:00:41 +0200

Spørsmålet er om det er reward eller straff 🤔😄

Harald Eilertsen

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 10:20:37 +0200

Kanskje det er en orkestrert sammensvergelse, ja... "Ikke bare har vi for trange seter, vi plager deg med Celine Dion også!"

Frank Aerror

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 12:37:06 +0200

..og så en ny sammensvergelsesteori ble født :D

Jeg er norsk

Harald Eilertsen

Sat, 28 Sep 2019 19:01:12 +0200 last edited: Sat, 28 Sep 2019 19:01:47 +0200

For det er det etnisk norsk betyr i all virkelighet. Hvit. Og det er det den plutselig handler om, min nærhet til hvitheten, mitt såkalte blodsbånd til Norge. Det er et soleklart fortrinn i dagens offentlighet. Den gir meg og andre en mulighet til å parkere debatten, men når vi gjør det, går vi med på idiotenes premisser: at ikke absolutt alle borgere i dette landet har rett til å kritisere det norske demokratiet og delta i samfunnsdebatten. Uavhengig om de er født her. Uavhengig av hvor lenge de har bodd her, eller hvor besteforeldrene deres er født. Det at jeg er født her, burde ikke være et verdifullt argument, fordi motargumentet i seg selv er verdiløst. Grunnpremisset er udemokratisk.

Igjen et veldig bra innlegg av Camara Lundestad Hoof. Vi trenger mer av disse perspektivene.

Jeg har alltid ment at "etnisk norsk" er et problematisk begrep som ikke burde brukes i det heletatt. Det bygger på tanken om at nasjonen har en "etnisk" befolkning, men det er også helt feil. Fascismen bygger på denne forestillingen, men den har ingen ting i et rasjonelt moderne samfunn å gjøre.

#norge #rasisme

https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/jeg-er-norsk/71624202

Samfunn Norsk

Bokbransjen og hatefullt tankegods

Harald Eilertsen

Sat, 28 Sep 2019 18:45:37 +0200

Ikke bare tjener bokhandlene her penger på hatefullt tankegods. De putter også penger i lommene til de politisk ekstreme kreftene som fremmer disse tankene. Det er ikke greit.

https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/putter-penger-i-fascistenes-lommer/71597460

#norge #fascisme #kapitalisme

Norsk Samfunn

Tale

Sun, 29 Sep 2019 18:21:40 +0200

Samme forretningsmodell som Youtube, altså. Ikke akkurat noe å være stolt av.

Harald Eilertsen

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 10:52:57 +0200

@Tale Nja, nå står det vel ingen ting om at de lever av å samle adferdsdata om deg for det markedet for fremtidig manilpulasjon. Men at det også er andre problemer med dagens alt for sentraliserte forretningsmodeller er det jo ingen tvil om.

DNB videreselger data om handlemønster

Harald Eilertsen

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 15:53:11 +0200

Bankene sitter på enorme mengder data om handlemønsterne våre. Nå vil DNB tjene penger på å selge anonymisert statistikk om kundene sine.

Enda en grunn til å styre unna DNB. Skjønt andre banker vil selvsagt følge opp med lignende "tilbud". Dataene de allerede sitter på er en gullgruve i dagens marked for adferdsdata, og å ikke gjøre seg nytte av dette er nok lite fristende. Jeg er som vanlig også skeptisk til graden av anonymisering av slike datasett. Ofte betyr ikke det annet enn at man ikke oppgir hva du heter, men med informasjon om hvor du bor, jobber, hva din inntektsklasse er og hvor og hva du handler vil det neppe være vanskelig å finne ut hvem du er.

#overvåkningskapitalisme #norge #dnb #samfunn

Norge Samfunn

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Haakon Meland Eriksen (Parlementum)

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 06:24:31 +0200

Penger. Dine penger ved å tilby budsjett- og regnskaptjeneste i nettbanken koblet direkte mot forbruk, for eksempel hvor mye usunn mat familien har spist per måned. Butikkens penger ved å tilby statistikk om handlemønster over tid, som kan gi bedre varer og tjenester hvis butikken endrer retning til hva folk vil ha. Forsikringsselskapets penger for å gi innblikk i økte helserisiko. Og så videre. Det som er tull er å koble person. Postnummer holder i massevis for å svare på spørsmålene, hvis vi skal holde oss i et positivt hjørne.

Harald Eilertsen

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 13:49:46 +0200

@Tale En bank er bare en hvilken som helst privat bedrift. Hovedoppgaven deres er å tjene penger til eierne sine.

Harald Eilertsen

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 21:03:57 +0200

@Nadia @Tale Ja, det er velkjent at facebook ihvertfall i begynnelsen av sin vei inn i overvåkningskapitalismen kjøpte data om kjøpsmønster osv fra Mastercard og andre. Det er også en grunn til at google nå har utviklet sin egen betalingsløsning. Og nei, grunnen er ikke å gjøre det enklere for deg, men å få enda bedre data på forbruksmønsteret ditt. Libra prosjektet til fb har nok mye samme motivasjon, men de vil også eie selve betalingsmidlet.

Harald Eilertsen

Sun, 22 Sep 2019 11:43:05 +0200

Vy hvor det går...

#norge #vy #tog

Norsk Daily life

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Harald Eilertsen

Sun, 22 Sep 2019 15:22:52 +0200

@Roelof Pieter Not daily, but mostly bi-weekly. Not the worst commute to have, though.

Frank Aerror

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 19:07:52 +0200

Jeg tok natt toget til Oslo forrige uke og det var en veldig hyggelig erfaring, mye bedre enn 50min innestengt i en cola boks i himmelen. Fikk t.o.m. et pledd, en øyemask, et par ørepropper, en 80,- coupon og masse tid til å lese helt gratis 😁

Harald Eilertsen

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 11:52:51 +0200

Ja, nattoget er undervufdert!

Harald Eilertsen

Sun, 22 Sep 2019 10:10:56 +0200

Brilliant! Ruter viser avgangstider i nettleserens tidssone. Så om man går via Tor-Browser (som man jo bør i flere sammenhenger,) så viser den avgangstidene to timer for tidlig. Forøvrig ser jeg nettsidene til Brakar, som er den lokale operatøren i distriktet gjør det samme. Antar feilen ligger upstream hos Entur.

#ruter #entur #norge #distriktsnorge #fail

Norsk

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Harald Eilertsen

Sun, 22 Sep 2019 12:09:58 +0200

@Esteban Manchado Velázquez Interessant. Får høre hva de sier selv, da.

Esteban Manchado Velázquez

Sun, 22 Sep 2019 12:15:19 +0200 from ActivityPub

@harald Oh, LOL, jeg får riktig tid når jeg bruker Vivaldi (Blink). Så det er kanskje et problem med Firefox generelt, ikke Tor Browser?

Harald Eilertsen

Sun, 22 Sep 2019 15:20:07 +0200

@Esteban Manchado Velázquez Det må sjekkes. Tenker å teste fra litt diverse tidssoner også.

Billie Eilish - When the Party's Over

Harald Eilertsen

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 17:41:14 +0200

A simple, but quite dark video that seems to fit nicely with the song.

Billie Eilish - "When the Party's Over"
by Carlos Lopez Estrada on Vimeo

!Slightly Weird Music Videos

Music videos

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hEARt PhoniX

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 18:11:54 +0200

Harald Eilertsen

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 21:52:32 +0200

I don't know anything about her at all, just came across this video and liked both the visuals and the music. From your praise it seems I should check out more from her.

Karin A

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 22:04:53 +0200 from Diaspora

I dont know much either, know that song 'Bad guy' you should check that out

Harald Eilertsen

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 22:05:38 +0200

Thanks, @Karin A, I will do!

Karin A

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 22:07:23 +0200 from Diaspora

hEARt PhoniX

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 01:29:27 +0200

hEARt PhoniX

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 01:40:39 +0200

Harald Eilertsen

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 11:31:24 +0200

@h.EAR.t

If you look at current songwriting and compare it to some years ago, real melodies have become less and less important, it's more and more about hooks and groove, beats.

That depends entirely where you look (listen.) My problem with "pop" music in general is that it's not made by the artists, but essentially by office workers whose job it is to produce hits. It's simply a business fuelled by the combination of commercial radio (or nowadays streaming services like Spotify,) royalties and marketing power. This makes for extremely uninteresting music.

Minimalism is fine, but when you recognize the office behind he music by the loops or even entire backing tracks they're reusing to push out another hit with another forgettable singer it becomes a parody of itself.

All the more pleasing when somebody actually manages to come up with something interesting within this framework. I don't know if Eilish writes her own music (most likely not,) or if she's just a poster for her label/managements ads (music.) This first taste was intriguing enough that I'll check out more though. When I get the time. Right now there's enough to do with my own musical projects :)

hEARt PhoniX

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 18:54:44 +0200

hEARt PhoniX

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 19:00:16 +0200

hEARt PhoniX

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 19:26:36 +0200

Harald Eilertsen

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 22:50:26 +0200

@h.EAR.t That's definitely promising. One of the few who make it. I hope she manages to keep her originality.

And yes, I agree. The fact that pop music is made by professionals and not by the artists is nothing new. Still does not make it interesting :)

hEARt PhoniX

Sat, 21 Sep 2019 08:32:02 +0200

Harald Eilertsen

Sat, 21 Sep 2019 20:44:25 +0200

@h.EAR.t

But I guess that's just human nature. I get stung anyway. :)

That means you're passionate about it. Nothing wrong with that :) And I didn't mean to come across as overly negative. There's never a need to excuse the music you like, regardless of genre or how it was made.

Anyways, I'll definitely check out more by Billie Eilish. This track is great, and if there's more to like there it's a win. (And if not, nothing is lost either :)

hEARt PhoniX

Sat, 21 Sep 2019 21:21:44 +0200