NerdResa @NerdResa@witches.town

#bash #linux #mac #unix

I'm off to learn more bash! I can get Lynda.com classes online for free through my public library. Check your library out, you might be able to, too. It looks like they have some easy classes for people new to Linux and/or who are new to programming and the command line. The Free Software Foundation's 'Intro to Linux' class on edX is good, but I got lost at at bash scripting as they assume you already know some programing and I don't (yet!)

https://www.lynda.com/Bash-tutorials/Up-Running-Bash-Scripting/142989-2.html

#linux #bash

You don't need to know the command line to use Linux but it helps you do cool stuff. It's like learning magic.

I just finished Joe Collin's BASH Basics. It's good for people new to Linux and who don't have much beyond basic computer skills (you aren't a programmer.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH8Z9zeywq0&list=PLTXMX1FE5Hj5ZJDt_WMbioFpdWO5SGy8r

He dropped a new Bash tutorial a couple of days ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEBJcFyJhSw&
t=1005s

And put up his scripts on his website for anyone to download.
http://www.ezeelinux.com/bash-scripts/

RT @dcousineau@twitter.com
Friend: Do dates make you nervous?
Me: omg yes especially when doing math across timezone boundaries

It's gay to do computer now actually sorry

boost if youre soft

http://blog.thelifeofkenneth.com/2017/11/creating-autonomous-system-for-fun-and.html
Maybe if FPT ever becomes a real entity I can hit up @staticsafe for a LoA on some IP space :)

@WelshPixie @nico Sounds a lot like Repair Cafés (https://repaircafe.org/en/), which are popular in Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and elsewhere, I believe.

So discussing poverty and putting off fixing household things with a few people because you can't afford it, and @nico suggested setting up something where people who have the ability can do repairs and maintenance and stuff for those who can't otherwise afford it. Use the hashtag #fixmystuff if you have services you can offer - tools, knowledge, skill - or if you have something you need fixed. Don't forget to mention your general worldly location too! ^.^

hey #FixMyStuff

area: brentwood, california, usa

skills: caulking, wall mounting, bicycle repair, some guitar and other instrument repair, cutting/dying hair (like dont ask me nothin fancy tho), and just kinda like… any low-skill random biz with a screwdriver… just dont ask me to solder nothin

#bash #linux
Just found this neat bash wiki. So far it seems clearly and simply written and I was able to look up some commands to help me through a bash tutorial on Lynda.com. Comes in PDF, too.

http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide

Yesterday, I attended a funeral of a trans girl in my circles who committed suicide. Little did we know that we were walking into a setup.

Beforehand, my friends (that I made on Mastodon) were assured that the ceremony would be respectful and they would respect Natalie's wishes of having a funeral with her name and image intact.

Obviously, that wasn't the case. She was placed in her casket not only wearing a suit, but also her face wearing makeup to make her more masculine. She was also wearing a hat that covered her hair.

We were absolutely livid. We wanted to get to the bottom of this, so all of us went to the funeral home director and started to speak with him, at first he started to say that it was the parents who wanted to it done that way, but something didn't add up as he went on about the laws about a woman living and dying in Washington with a legal name change, but how their hands were tied in California.

BULL FUCKING SHIT!

You see, the ordinary person would not know of what loopholes to exploit to say that California law would have the next of kin decide how to have the funeral done, but at the same time, ignore the 2014 California law that mandates that any funeral of a trans person in California must be used using the names and pronoun the deceased has used. The funeral home is complicit with not only disrespecting Natalie, but also desecrating her body. We are planning to fight this loophole in court. We have made contact with Lambda Legal and the whole transgender community is behind us 100% to make sure that this must not happen again.

I've got the open source firmware for atheros USB 802.11n devices working on #OpenBSD 😀

https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=151087493503756&w=2

(firmware source code is at https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware)

@nire here in Germany, they check everyone's ticket

but guess who gets away with not having a ticket without having cops called on them? people with money, who speak German.

so i got me a Ticket2000, which allows me to bring someone after 19:00, and on weekends.
so, in those times i intervene and say, this is a friend of mine, they travelling on my ticket. and, outside of those times, I just offer my friend help with translation, and, well, money.

remember that if you are on public transit when a fare inspector comes on and you can risk police interaction, a simple "hey, why aren't you checking mine" can waste their time at worst (so they can do less in a day) but has the chance, esp if the rest of the bus joins you, which you can often cause to happen if you talk about them wasting your collective time for targeting people who are marginalized

hackers.town is open for registrations again. have at it.

Hey people in USA

In december FCC plans another vote to end net neutrality. If you can, call your senator, and make sure they're aware that nobody wants to kill net neutrality besides cable companies. Let the people, not the highest bidder decide. Do what you can

Hey y'all, @justkelly_ok is now on Mastodon! You may know her from birdsite, where she is very funny and has proven her µblogging chops.

Follow her for feminism and nerdy software stuff, and please make her intro to this platform nice and easy!

every time we touch, I create an empty file