Gratitude for an Open Android

Today I’m grateful for the open Android operating system.
https://lzon.ca/posts/series/grateful/keep-android-open/

#IndieWeb #PersonalWeb #Blog #KeepAndroidOpen #Android #Google #RightToRepair

How to make a single instance program in C++

I just discovered a neat trick for enforcing a single instance of a C++ program.
https://lzon.ca/posts/tips/cpp-single-instance/

#IndieWeb #PersonalWeb #Blog #TechTips #Programming #Cpp #CPlusPlus

Keep Android Open!

Google is trying (again) to take away user freedom on Android.
This is not OK.

They've pulled this trick before. They want to take 3 steps forward
so that they can take 2 steps bacl and say they care about what we think.

Lets push hard this time and stop them in their tracks!

Please spread the word: https://keepandroidopen.org/en/

#KeepAndroidOpen #Android #Google #RightToRepair

Pleasant Passwords

My method for making passwords that I don't hate to use.
https://lzon.ca/posts/tips/pleasant-passwords/

#IndieWeb #PersonalWeb #Blog #Passwords #LifeHacks #TechTips

An enlightening story. It demonstrates how executives are manipulated into participating in economic hype bubbles such as AI, or otherwise.

https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/brainwash-an-executive-today/

I've added it to my list of curios:
https://lzon.ca/curios

#indieweb #personalweb #blog #curios #AIBubble #InstitutionalIsomorphism

I found back an old vlogbrothers video that I really like.
It's about motivation, and it resonated a lot with me (and still does).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAEewFj_-dg

I've added it to the site as a curio. You can check those out here:
https://lzon.ca/curios

#indieweb #personalweb #blog #motivation #vlogbrothers #johngreen #youtube #curios

Looks like The Onion is getting ready to take over the infowars.com website.

I found this new page, seems to have been made by them, and will be the new 'owners' of InfoWars.

https://global-tetrahedron.com/

I believe very strongly in freedom of speech, but Alex Jones crossed a line.

I may not fully agree with the verdict, but I'm also not going to shed a tear for Alex Jones.

#TheOnion #InfoWars #AlexJones #InfoWarsTakeover #Satire #FreedomOfSpeech

I just finished re-reading Understand, by Ted Chiang
It's a short scifi story. It has similar themes to Flowers for Algernon.

Here's the link if you want to read it for yourself:
https://web.archive.org/web/20060101043301/http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/under.htm

I've also added it to my list of curios:
https://lzon.ca/curios

#SciFi #TedChiang #ShortStories #Bibliophile #ReadingList #Curios