Charl P. Botha

@cpbotha
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These days, mostly microblogging from https://bsky.app/profile/charlbotha.com

From mastodon, you can follow my slightly more active BlueSky account above via the bridge: @charlbotha.com

If you don't like blue sky or bridges, you can also just connect right here @cpbotha

See https://mastodon.social/@cpbotha/113340325817581254 for why I moved

webhttps://charlbotha.com/
Show threadCharl P. BothaAug 24, 2025
@faker Thanks for writing this up! I have received 6 of these spams starting on August 11. I keep on blocking the actual sender domain (different for each email), but indeed, inside the attached PDF CV one keeps on finding <applicant>@jsmailbox.com contact emails. :(
Charl P. BothaOct 26, 2024
Show threadMarc van OostendorpOct 26, 2024

This week, the government announced an additional cut of roughly 300 million euros, primarily impacting the Dutch Research Council (NWO), that finances most research done at Dutch universities.

Given this government’s xenophobic and destructive stance, it’s uncertain whether any petition—especially one initiated abroad—will sway their decisions. Nevertheless, it could boost morale here and reinforce the will to resist.

Please add your name to the petition!

https://www.change.org/p/stop-cuts-on-dutch-higher-education

Petition unterschreiben

Stop cuts on Dutch higher education!

Change.org
Charl P. BothaOct 24, 2024

TIL how to setup #OpenPGP 's "WKD as a service" so that correspondents can easily and automatically retrieve your #PGP public keys to send you encrypted email

blog: https://vxlabs.com/2024/10/24/openpgp-wkd-for-easy-pgp-key-discovery/

thanks @stefanv + fmalan for the pleasant chaos figuring this out

#infosec
#encryption

OpenPGP WKD for easy PGP key discovery

Web Key Directory (WKD) “is a standard for discovery of OpenPGP keys by email address, via the domain of its email provider”. In short, through some DNS and files-on-your-webserver conventions, some email clients (e.g. Thunderbird or ProtonMail) and tools like GnuPG are able to retrieve your PGP keys automatically. This is of course super convenient and desirable for your correspondents, because PGP encryption is hard enough as it is. OpenPGP makes this even better by offering “WKD as a service”, which means you only have to do the DNS bits, and not the files-on-your-webserver bits.

vxlabs
Show threadCharl P. BothaOct 21, 2024
@svw ... like part of me is also exploring bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/charlbotha.com :D
Charl P. Botha | code, data-*, Emacs, running, humans (@charlbotha.com)

Enjoyer of programming, data visualization / science / engineering, ML / AI, Emacs (org, evil), running and other humans. https://charlbotha.com/

Bluesky Social
Show threadCharl P. BothaOct 21, 2024
@svw I'm happy to make your acquaintance even under these circumstances!
Show threadCharl P. BothaOct 20, 2024

@DrVeronikaCH moderator van je uni instance, very cool!

Ik ben zelf stiekem-niet-zo-stiekem ook bij bluesky aan het kijken.

Show threadCharl P. BothaOct 20, 2024

@DrVeronikaCH dankjewel!

(weet niet op je gezien hebt: "mijn" mastodon instance emacs.ch stopt ermee eind dit jaar, vandaar dat ik dit nieuw account heb aangemaakt op mastodon.social. vind het iig fijn om vanaf hier ook weer mutuals te zijn ;) )

Show threadCharl P. BothaOct 20, 2024
I double-checked: Indeed Mastodon does not yet support import of exported posts see https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/12423
Support Post Migration · Issue #12423 · mastodon/mastodon

#177 – Support Account Migration – was closed after implementing follower migration, but this is only one small part of a true migration. To really be able to change instances, you need to be able ...

GitHub
Charl P. BothaOct 20, 2024

Cross-post: My favourite mastodon server, emacs.ch, is shutting down.

I will be continuing my modest microblogging efforts at bluesky. Find me at https://bsky.app/profile/charlbotha.com OR mastodon: @charlbotha.com )

I've also created a new account here https://mastodon.social/@cpbotha which will be less active but hopefully not go down.

So long, and thanks for all the fish!

#bluesky

P.S. Following https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/06/how-to-migrate-from-one-server-to-another/ I was able to export my posts, but these can't be imported at new instance. doh

Charl P. Botha | code, data-*, Emacs, running, humans (@charlbotha.com)

Enjoyer of programming, data visualization / science / engineering, ML / AI, Emacs (org, evil), running and other humans. https://charlbotha.com/

Bluesky Social