Isn’t GitHub already blocked in China?

Yes, I admit it’s still a pretty complex explanation. I gave it my best shot :)

RISC-V (pronounced risk five), is a Free open-source Instruction Set Architecture (ISA). Other well established ISA like x86, amd64 (Intel and AMD) and ARM, are proprietary and therefore, one must pay every expensive licenses to design and build a processor using these architectures. You don’t need to pay a license to build a RISC-V processor, you only need to follow the specifications. That doesn’t mean the CPU design is also free, no, they stay very much the closed property of the designer, but RISC-V represents non the less, a very big step towards more transparency and technology freedom.

I am joking of course. I am a privacy freak myself:

1. All my computers run Linux
2. I self-host all what I can and encrypt as much as I can by myself too
3. On desktop, Mic and Cam are connected to a USB hub with individual switches such that they are powered ON only when I need them
4. Laptop is a Framework 13 with HW switches for both Cam and Mic

There is something about the webcam switch on the Lenovo from work, that I like better than the Framework: The switch also physically blocks the camera. It makes me feel more safe and it’s actually much more intuitive to understand when it is disable. On Framework, the switch shows either red or black, but I never know what is enable and disable. Is it red for “Careful, it’s active !” or red for “Disable” ? (It’s Red=Disable, Black=Active).

Hackers won’t have much to blackmail me, I fap completely silently.

Do not expect this thing to be a daily driver. It’s aimed at developers who need a Risc-V testing platform. Very few Software will run on it unless you can spend hours making it compile for Risk-V and lets not talk about drivers. Also it will likely cost over $1000.

I am exited for the future of Risc-V in the consumer space, but we aren’t there yet.

Who is this someone you’re talking about, FuglyDuck ?

We all have Jean-Baptiste Kempf, and many other brilliant volunteer developers to thank for it

Probably cameras and rain sensor :)

I can’t seem to find information about the Ford Escape having a LiDAR, it’s not on the spec. Sheet on Ford’s website and in the news it’s only about prototypes.

I am not saying Teslas should or shouldn’t have LiDARs. I am just curious. I only know about Audi, Mercedes, Honda and Hyundai currently selling cars with LiDAR used for ADAS. They might be more Chinese OEMs selling cars with LiDARs, buy Ford, it surprises me.

The LiDAR you have on your vacuum isn’t going to cut it as a safety relevant component onboard your car. Automotive-grade LiDAR are on another price range. Development for such sensors is quoted separately from the part price, and it costs millions of $.

Always think about tar commands in your best German accent !

Teams is the absolute worst, my SO has some interviews lately and we had to figure out how to make it work:

1. Linux + Firefox
2. Plz create a Microsoft account. Urg… Fine.
3. Sorry, web browser not supported. BS
4. User-Agent switcher: ok you’re in ! But other participants don’t see the webcam feed despite it showing just fine on our end
5. Ok, let’s try Chromium. Nope, can’t join the meeting
6. Let’s go over to the MacBook Air. Can’t install Chrome, MacOS is too old, no more updates from Apple
7. Let’s try on Android. Would work, if you could find a way to open the meeting link in the App LoL !
8. Ok, let’s install, windows 11 and get it working, fucking painful, again create and account, sign all of our most intimate data off to the overlords, takes fucking hours to install… #GettingThingsSetupForyou… #Hi
9. Finally, Install Flatpak Chrome on Linux, works ! WTF… I am so fucking done with this…

For those like me who didn’t get the joke: Systemd v256 Introduces run0: A Safer Alternative to sudo / linuxiac.com

To make KDE Plasma the new default Desktop environment for future Fedora Workstation releases in place of Gnome.

Winget wasn’t a thing until 2020, and they at least partially stole it from an open-source project AppGet

OP clearly state in the post “it’s not just Google I want to remove, but proprietary Software”. Going from GrapheneOS to iOS would be a giant leap backwards in that regard.

You can offer your friends the option to use Signal for messaging. It’s not a big deal to use several apps for messaging different people.

I don’t know how old you are or were you live, but it just sounds crazy to me your parents want to know your location at all time, it seems paranoid. Maybe there are other “location sharing” apps out there, but they are by definition not very privacy oriented, not sure if I would trust another app more than Google-Maps…

1. GrapheneOS: custom Android ROM with harden security and de-googled
2. New Pipe: YouTube app, let’s you play video in the background and other cool features
3. Signal: privacy and security focused messaging app
4. MPV: video player, supports all the codecs you will ever need, very lightweight
5. Libre wolf: Firefox with harden security and privacy
6. KeepassXC: password manager
7. Aurora Store: frontend for Google Play store, you can download and manage apps without a Google account
8. FDroid: app store for Free Open Source Software apps
9. (Free tube: another client for YouTube as but I am not familiar with this one)

Ah… Perfectly arranged, as all things should be 😘🤌🫴