Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)

Social Analytics – A StatusNet Plugin

• statusnet

Coding Relic: The Six Million Dollar LibC

• android
• linux
• programming

What's wrong with Android as a `Linux' platform? Let me count the ways....

Will malloc implementations return free-ed memory back to the system? - Stack Overflow

• cs
• malloc

Life after Google: You Have Options « Sense & Reference

• google

European Foundation Says Android Impinges on Freedom and Privacy

• android
• google

What is real-time?

• linux
• programming
• realtime

Scripting News: Why I stand up for Stallman

A Strange Sort of Prison, a Strange Sort of Freedom

Weekend Project: Monitor Your Server with StatusNet Updates | Linux.com

• statusnet

A Decentralized Certification Authority Based on Real World Trust Relationships

YOURLS: Your Own URL Shortener

• shorturl

I’m an Engineer, Not a Compiler | Numbergrinder

• engineering
• hiring
• interviewing

Selecting an operating system for your new Lemote Yeeloong - loongson-dev | Google Groups

• lemote
• yeeloong

U.S. Enables Chinese Hacking of Google

• google
• privacy
• schneier
• security

"In the aftermath of Google's announcement, some members of Congress are reviving a bill banning U.S. tech companies from working with governments that digitally spy on their citizens. Presumably, those legislators don't understand that their own government is on the list."

aseigo: Spark answers

Idea #4871: "GUI for elderly people" - Ubuntu brainstorm

• computing
• old
• ubuntu
• ui

"Ubuntu Eldy"? Hmm....

Electronic Frontier Foundation is Fighting for Your Electronic Rights

• eff

How not to develop Open Source Software? — An Architect's View

• dev
• foss
• howto
• irony

A band-aid solution

• bandaid
• hack
• webcam

"I am creeped out by having a built-in video camera on my laptop. I never use it, so the only thing it's good for is being taken over by malicious spyware in order to stream video of me pottering about in my bathrobe to malfeasants across the globe. I don't trust disabling it in software - I'm an OS programmer, and I can think of a dozen ways to turn it back on. I don't even trust the little "I am recording" light to go on. Even if the programming interface for the device doesn't define a knob to turn it off, it's the kind of thing you'd build in to the chip and disable via firmware (or just not mention it in the spec). Go ahead and call me paranoid because, well, I am. So the only reliable solution is to disable it via hardware - i.e., tape it over. I finally got around to it today, but when I pulled out the electrical tape, I realized it might gum up the camera lens, which would be irritating if I ever wanted to use it again. So I used a band-aid. I took one of those "spot" band-aids, trimmed it a little, and aligned the padded part over the camera lens. Results: ..."

ZaReason: An Amazing Attack of Linux Cluefulness - Valerie Aurora Webcam mod - Reviews - LinuxPlanet

• hardware
• linux
• vendors
• zareason