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To have a moral stance on AI is to be an outcast, and it sucks.

https://musings.martyn.berlin/to-have-a-moral-stance-on-ai-is-to-be-an-outcast-and-it-sucks

«
I know the technology, I understand what it's doing and I know the impact, so I am vehemently anti-AI.
»

-- @martyn

Finally got around to updating my script to update my #OpenBSD #pf firewall with @JulianOliver 's fantastic parasites.txt. (Apologies if you've seen a bunch of HEAD requests from me, Julian!)

If anyone's interested:

#!/bin/ksh
set -euo pipefail

cd /home/pertho
ftp -TV https://scienceispoetry.net/files/parasites.txt
sed -e '/^[^0-9]/d' parasites.txt | sed '/^$/d' | sed '$d' > parasites.new
doas /usr/bin/install -g wheel -m 0644 -o root /home/pertho/parasites.new /etc/parasites.txt
doas /sbin/pfctl -t parasites -T replace -f /etc/parasites.txt
[ -f /home/pertho/parasites.new ] && rm -f /home/pertho/parasites.new

Please, go easy on Julian's server. Don't blast it with requests. He's providing this for free. (Thank you!!!!)

I use my home directory because I need to store parasites.txt with its timestamps. OpenBSD's ftp (which does talk https) checks the timestamp to see if a newer one is available and only proceeds if there is a newer one.

/etc/doas.conf edited to allow the install and pfctl commands to run (just look in doas.conf(5) for details and use the args)

after a substantial development cycle, #netatalk v4.5.0 is now out of beta and ready for daily use

this the most feature-packed release from this project in a decade; to loosely quote the release notes:

making Finder search (i.e. Spotlight) usable out of the box, rebuilding the AFP directory cache for much larger and faster workloads, and tightening security across authentication, filesystem handling, parsers, and build defaults, bringing a new SRP authentication UAM, a pluggable Spotlight backend architecture, a modernized afpstats interface, and many portability improvements for Unix-like platforms like NetBSD and OpenBSD...

...and an additional 22 CVEs fixed

there is too much to list here, so check out the release notes for all the details:

https://netatalk.io/4.5/ReleaseNotes4.5.0

Configuring WireGuard between FreeBSD and OpenBSD

https://discoverbsd.com/p/e96da684ad

I am proud to present GlobalTalk Chat 1.2, taking it from a rushed #MARCHintosh hack-job to something I'd be proud to release as shareware 30 years ago!

The headline update is it now allows anyone to host their own room! And it works on any AppleTalk network, not just #GlobalTalk

Get it on BaroNet, or Macintosh Garden https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/globaltalk-chat

And for anyone who has been curious how it all works, documented source code is available! https://github.com/kalleboo/GlobalTalk-Chat

#VintageApple #RetroComputing #mb

Didja see the cool TashTalk USB mentioned by Jeff Geerling? Well, JCM-1.com has them in the shop, and we include the 3D case for free!

Grab one, and get your modern machine talkin' to your vintage Mac!

https://jcm-1.com/product/tashtalk-usb/