The Penguin of Evil

@etchedpixels
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Retired Linux hacker, gamer, retrocomputing, model trains

ESO: EtchedPixels & PenguinOfEvil (Wombles, Greymanes, Chill Mode)

Businesshttp://www.etchedpixels.co.uk
Fuzixhttps://www.fuzix.org
Codeberghttps://codeberg.org/EtchedPixels
RC2014 Boardshttps://hackaday.io/EtchedPixels

hey all #codeberg folks, codeberg currently need helps with the following: we wish to deploy a latest version of our "membership registration form" with lots of new information (https://join.codeberg.org), but we are waiting for translations by the community. you can view a more recent version and compare here: https://join-test.codeberg.org

if you have a couple of minutes of time, it would really help a lot: https://translate.codeberg.org/projects/codeberg/ev-registration-server/

source code: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg-e.V./registration-server

Join Codeberg e. V.

If your old kindle has been killed by Amazon and you can't be arsed to jailbreak it, I'm hoping to adopt a small number of these to learn how to do the jaikbreaking process.

Assuming the process works, your kindle can be returned to you afterwards if you wish.

DM me if you'd like to post me a kindle or would like me to collect it from you in London

#kindle

Ah BTW. Today I got these in a box.
@vees "Enter Launch Code" works a treat too

New, by me: Mounir Idrassi, the developer of the popular file encryption software Veracrypt, says Microsoft has locked his account used for sending software updates, and warned that Windows users who encrypt their PCs with his software may soon find it "impossible to boot," Idrassi tells me.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/08/veracrypt-encryption-software-windows-microsoft-lock-boot-issues/

Developer of VeraCrypt encryption software says Windows users may face boot-up issues after Microsoft locked his account | TechCrunch

The maker of the popular open-source file encryption software VeraCrypt said Microsoft locked his online account, which may prevent device owners from booting up their computers.

TechCrunch
@penguin42 there is some level of local access except maybe to their EV charger but that should fail to dumb mode
@nolitimere Suggested start point would have to be Will Prowse for US stuff I think.

Remember when @pluralistic highlighted Chamberlain’s closing down of MyQ’s APIs so they could force ads into your app?

Well here’s the next step in their #enshittification plan: partnering with #Honda to charge you a subscription to open your own garage door from your own car.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb2fEBW0oDA

Honda Puts Its Garage Door Opener Behind a Paywall

YouTube
@stefanie yep. Well they can't charge you for the sun so that's the next best option 8)
@HighlandLawyer @marjolica @cstross Just saw a letter from Reform about "saving the NHS" by a Dr Bull .... 8)