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@ -54,18 +54,29 @@ internet, and I cannot be sure that my data is secure, except if I spend time
encrypting it heavily.
When I am done using my desktop computer at the end of a day, I transfer files
from my desktop computer to my USB flash drive with Unison. Then I place my USB
flash drive in one of my left pockets and forget about it. The next day, when I
need to synchronize my files with my laptop, I remember putting my flash drive
in my lower left pocket. I pick it up and put it in my laptop, and then I run
Unison again.
from my desktop computer to an encrypted partition on my USB flash drive with
Unison. Then I place my USB flash drive in one of my left pockets and forget
about it. The next day, when I need to synchronize my files with my laptop, I
remember putting my flash drive in my lower left pocket. I pick it up and put it
in my laptop, and then I run Unison again.
It's fast, secure and durable (I sometimes have poor or even none connection
when working on my laptop).
It's fairly fast, secure and durable (I sometimes have poor or even none
connection when working on my laptop).
(Actually, my desktop computer died, so currently I use only my laptop.)
** Things which Niels uses but doesn't like
*** Facebook
I used to not be on Facebook, but now I am. It annoys me, but I felt I had to.
I still believe that the solution to Facebook and other centralized services is
to use decentralized services. So in the case of "social networking", I ought to
use Diaspora, friendica, or something else instead of Facebook. In any case, I
don't seem to use social networking sites very much for some reason. Just look
at the number of posts I have on the StatusNet Identi.ca site. I try to use
Facebook as little as possible.
*** GitHub
When I want to make a git repository available online, I like to do it on the
server which also hosts metanohi, or a free software online host, such as one
@ -73,42 +84,38 @@ running Gitorious. I don't quite like the very popular GitHub service, because
it is not free software. The negative effects of GitHub's proprietarity is that
its users cannot learn from studying GitHub's code, and that they cannot run
their own GitHubs. Users mostly use GitHub for public data, and since git
repositories are distributed, it is easy to move a git repository from GitHub
to another git repo hosting service --- just change the push address of your
local repository. All of this means that GitHub cannot cause serious problems
when it comes to control over the data you give to it. As such GitHub is far
from being as great a problem as e.g. Facebook. But I still don't like GitHub's
attitude. I use GitHub because someone created a repository to which I
contribute code on GitHub, not because of its "social coding".
repositories are distributed, it is easy to move a git repository from GitHub to
another git repo hosting service --- just change the push address of your local
repository. All of this means that GitHub cannot cause serious problems when it
comes to control over the data you give to it (and I don't think it's as hungry
for data in general compared to Facebook).
As such, GitHub is far from being as great a problem as e.g. Facebook. But I
still don't like GitHub's attitude. I use GitHub because someone created a
repository to which I contribute code on GitHub, not because of its "social
coding". GitHub's focus on making branching, merging, etc. easy is probably the
right one, but I don't see why that can't be done in a decentralized way. After
all, git is decentralized.
** Virtual existences
In order of randomness:
+ [[http://hongabar.org/profile/nqpz][My public friendica profile]]
+ [[http://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:NqpZ][Libreplanet]]
+ [[http://identi.ca/nqpz][Identi.ca]]
+ [[http://nqpz.filmaster.com/][Filmaster]]
+ [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:NqpZ][Wikipedia]]
+ [[https://savannah.gnu.org/users/nqpz][GNU Savannah]]
+ [[http://identi.ca/nqpz][StatusNet]]
+ [[http://hongabar.org/profile/nqpz][My public friendica profile]] (currently down, didn't use it much anyway)
+ [[https://gitorious.org/~nqpz][Gitorious]]
+ [[http://openlibrary.org/people/nqpz][Open Library]]
+ [[http://en.literateprograms.org/User:NqpZ][LiteratePrograms]]
+ [[https://launchpad.net/~ngws][Launchpad]]
+ [[http://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:NqpZ][Libreplanet]]
+ [[http://en.literateprograms.org/User:NqpZ][LiteratePrograms]]
+ [[http://nqpz.filmaster.com/][Filmaster]]
+ [[http://openlibrary.org/people/nqpz][Open Library]]
+ [[https://savannah.gnu.org/users/nqpz][GNU Savannah]]
+ [[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/User:Schabeindividuum][Uncyclopedia]] (don't take this one seriously)
Also, I don't use Facebook (or Facebook-/like/ social networks). If I did, my
data would be in Facebook's virtual hands. Users have way too little control
over Facebook. The solution to Facebook and other centralized services is to
use decentralized services. So in the case of social networking, use Diaspora,
friendica, or something else instead of Facebook.
I might have forgot some.
*** I'm not on Facebook --- I'm on friendica!
Apparently someone else sharing my first name and my last name is on
Facebook. That's not me. I don't use PhageBook. I do, however, use [[http://friendica.com/][friendica]] on
[[http://hongabar.org/][Hongabar]] (currently down).
** Keys

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#+title: Home
#+summary: This is the start page.
#+license: cc0, own text
#+license: cc0
* Meta-meta-meta-meta-meta-metanohi!
@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ never really worked right, so now there's just a lot of footnotes.[fn:alot].
* Quick links
If you're not the type who crawls through the entirety of a website when you
visit it, here are the author's pick of metanohi pages you should read:
visit it, here's the author's pick of metanohi pages you should read:
+ <@eval macros.titlelink('/writings/atem')@>
+ <@eval macros.titlelink('/writings/software-licenses')@>