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site/about/niels.org

@@ -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
+from my desktop computer to an encrypted partition on my USB flash drive with
-flash drive in one of my left pockets and forget about it. The next day, when I
+Unison. Then I place my USB flash drive in one of my left pockets and forget
-need to synchronize my files with my laptop, I remember putting my flash drive
+about it. The next day, when I need to synchronize my files with my laptop, I
-in my lower left pocket. I pick it up and put it in my laptop, and then I run
+remember putting my flash drive in my lower left pocket. I pick it up and put it
-Unison again.
+in my laptop, and then I run Unison again.
 
-It's fast, secure and durable (I sometimes have poor or even none connection
+It's fairly fast, secure and durable (I sometimes have poor or even none
-when working on my laptop).
+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
+repositories are distributed, it is easy to move a git repository from GitHub to
-to another git repo hosting service --- just change the push address of your
+another git repo hosting service --- just change the push address of your local
-local repository. All of this means that GitHub cannot cause serious problems
+repository. All of this means that GitHub cannot cause serious problems when it
-when it comes to control over the data you give to it. As such GitHub is far
+comes to control over the data you give to it (and I don't think it's as hungry
-from being as great a problem as e.g. Facebook. But I still don't like GitHub's
+for data in general compared to Facebook).
-attitude. I use GitHub because someone created a repository to which I
+
-contribute code on GitHub, not because of its "social coding".
+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
+I might have forgot some.
-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'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
 

site/index.org

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #+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')@>