W!zardxx on Twitter (Twitter)
“The number isn't surprising (no #dataprivacy etc.). What does seem interesting here, and less popular, is the Tire Pressure Monitoring System, which could be manipulated quiet easily (few studies done on the subject recently, raising the interest in this issue). #Automotive https://t.co/6uqzxphXLe”

Love the work of https://github.com/jboone/tpms ott of . Got quite some insight from him.

The sad case of Unreal Engine 1 on Mesa and Linux in 2020 (GamingOnLinux)
Community support for Unreal Tournament was able to breath some new life into the game, even with the limitations of the closed binary. By 2018 however the game was no longer launching for Mesa users. For an engine with such a pedigree on Linux this outcome is still disappointing.

Those were the days 😀

Adora Belle on Twitter (Twitter)
“So. Bevor hier wieder Halbwahrheiten laufen erkläre ich euch mal, was #compassionateuse ist, was es mit der #Gentherapie von #SMA auf sich hat und warum es keine "#Überlebenslotterie" ist. Wen's interessiert: Ich bin mit der Herstellerfirma nicht assoziiert. #thread”

@_Adora_Belle_ Dies gerne auch als 📰 Artikel oder 📢 Cast für die Lesezeichen – wird gefühlt öfter gebraucht werden 👍

To embed or not to embed by an author (IN FULL FLOW)
In my previous post, I embedded a YT video. I am fully aware of the trackers an embed comes with, yet I did it anyway. The main reason: I know people are generally lazy browsers so clicking on a link is already a lot of work. A second reason: I placed the

@elmine it is probably a problem related to gdpr. As for me personally I don’t care because I use my own setup to keep some privacy when it comes to tracking. Also I’m reading your feed that doesn’t embed anyway 😁

There’s some no cookies domain for YT you could use tho. Find that option in extended embed dialog on share. Not much use if a visitor is logged in to G tho.

I doubt there’s a good solution for privacy and usability at the same time.

Decentralised SMTP is for the greater good (poolp.org)
TL;DR: - SMTP is the way computers exchange e-mails - it is a decentralised protocol meaning that ANYONE can run a node and be independant - it is being centralised at companies that have a history of abuse - it is being centralised in a country that has a history of abuse Where did you read this already ? In August, I published a small article titled “You should not run your mail server because mail is hard” which was basically my opinion on why people keep saying it is hard to run a mail server.

This is a good read about SMTP and why it’s a bad idea to roll with the big 5:

https://poolp.org/posts/2019-12-15/decentralised-smtp-is-for-the-greater-good/

We’re currently at a point where it is even difficult to run your own mailserver because small mailservers tend to end up on some blocklist thanks to “bad neighbourhood”. That’d be ips “next” to you. Getting removed again – even for no reason – is a PITA, because there is no unified way of doing so. Happened again and again and while the big 5 won’t bother blocking entire ranges most of the spam bouncing of my own mailserver is indeed from the big mailserves themself. So nowadays I simply stopped caring at all.

My advice for affected people is the same: Use a smaller provider or even run your own. Do not use the mailservices of the big companies. It’s not that hard. Even a consumer NAS can do it.

Strategies for linking to obsolete websites (shkspr.mobi)
I've been blogging for a long time. Over the years, I've linked to tens of thousands of websites. Inevitably, some of those sites have gone. Even when sites still exist, webmasters seem to have forgotten that Cool URls Don't Change. I use the WordPress Broken Link Checker plugin. It periodically mon...

I recently started checking all my old posts manually. Turns out only a handful of links still work. The thing that really annoyed me tho is when a domain changed ownership and displays wildly different content eventually. Some even with disreputable content.

So yeah, some “link hygiene” on occasion is probably a good idea.

Rosemary Orchard on Twitter (Twitter)
“If, when you solve a bug, you don’t find at least one other (or accidentally create it) then you often haven’t looked/tested hard enough! 😂 I look forward to the day when the only bugs are spelling mistakes in visible strings. I estimate the year 2258? https://t.co/Gn40jmZQ4t”

Somehow spelling mistakes in source annoy me the most 😂 They disturb my flow somehow 😅

Book Review - Terry Pratchett's Discworld Imaginarium (shkspr.mobi)
Terry Pratchett's Discworld Imaginarium Terry Pratchett wearing a top hat. Paul Kidby has collected the very best of his Discworld illustrations in this definitive volume, including 40 pieces never before seen, 30 pieces that have only appeared in foreign editions, limited editions and BCA editions,...

Nice. Huge fan myself. So where is your X-Clacks-Overhead header? 😁

Katha schreibt on Twitter (Twitter)
“ARD, ZDF, C&A BRD, DDR & USA BSE, HIV & DRK GbR, GmbH, ihr könnt mich mal THX, VHS & FSK RAF, LSD & FKK DVU, AKW & KKK RHP, USW, LMAA PLZ, UPS & DPD BMX, BPM & XTC EMI, CBS & BMG ADAC, DLRG, ojemine EKZ, RTL & DFB ABS, TÜV & BMW KMH, ICE & Eschede PVC, FCKW is' nicht OK https://t.co/8sQXtQekTV”

FCKW sind wir wenigstens los geworden 🤔