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Just submitted a new ESTA application, and it's "under review" now (as opposed to having been granted right away last time). Wish me luck!

 

... no more complaining about GPGTools not working with new macOS/Mail.app versions, if you didn't throw in some bucks!

 

If you use GnuPG at all, you can support the development of GPG core, as well as GPGTools and Enigmail, all at once: https://gnupg.org/donate/

 

A star (about 25 times the mass of our sun) went missing. Where did it go? https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170606.html

 

Btw, Kosmos Kredits are coming along nicely, meaning we'll also have a transparent, decentralized way to sustainably fund community infra.

 

Prototype Fund application rejected. All the more reason to double down on Kosmos, so community chat infrastructure can compete with Slack.

 

A CCC event that only links to Slack and Twitter for official communication? Are you serious?! https://wiki.zeteco.ch/wiki/Static:Hauptseite

 

Inside a Chinese factory producing fake Budweiser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9mu79ihUFo

 

Orange is clearly the wrong color for a Zappa beard, but this time I couldn't resist. I'm sorry, Berlin.

 

If I were to build a PC in the near future, I'd probably use this case for it: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/33753221/dan-cases-a4-sfx-v2-an-ultra-compact-sff-case

 

Panem et circenses all around. Basic income is more panem, because the ratio is a bit heavy on circenses at the moment, so plebs are angry.

 

In "democratic" neo-feudalism, people are making fun of each other's preferred rulers on social media, pretending to have a say in things.

 

You know summer has arrived when you're hacking on the balcony at 8pm, with the sun out, cider on the table, and listening to Eek-A-Mouse.

 

Wanted: browser extension which lets me inline-search for URLs and directly link them in MediaWiki and Markdown fields in the browser.

 

At this rate of adoption, how long until Windows Server is just a Linux distro? https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/90-of-windows-devs-now-using-git-creating-176...

 

Had a great time cycling to OpenTechSummit and back with @jancborchardt@mastodon.social yesterday. Realized I should do way more social rides.

Anyone else in Berlin into cycling (fast-ish), and interested in a group ride this weekend or sometime next week?

 

Germans are currently paying 8 billion EUR/year in compulsory public broadcasting fees. Billion with a B.

 

Hanging out at in Potsdam today. Ping me if you want to chat about RemoteStorage, offline-first web apps, or @hackerbeach.

 
 

Unlocking a Samsung Galaxy S8 by iris-scanning a low-quality photo printed on paper: https://media.ccc.de/v/biometrie-s8-iris-en

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