ban trangender soldiers

surprised pikachu when they lose a lot of cybersecurity talent

inb4 they double down and ban furries too

I think it was August or September. Issue is documented in this forum thread:

https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=19928

I lile my pinenote a lot. I mostly use it for reading.

As long as I’m reading or doing any touch-screen-y things (taking notes, viewing images, etc) it’s great! For anything that involves writing/copying/pasting text, it’s not very usable with just the on-screen keyboard, you really need an external bluetooth interface. I find web browsing very tedious if I have to type anything in the url bar without a physical keyboard.

Also, it’s still very much a WIP. The version of Debian it shipped with had a bug where I couldn’t install any software updates without deleting some random lib64 directory. Once I did that, everything was fine. The device has no security by default, so I created a new user with an encrypted HOME.

With import tariffs to the US, I ended up paying $500 for it, which really got me down. As a $400 open hardware machine, it would have been easier to look past the rougher edges. And I wish it had more RAM.

But overall it’s worth it to me because I’ve wanted a more libre e-reader for a long time. It’s gotten me back into reading books, which has been a lot of fun. Plus, because it’s an actual computer, I set it up as a tablet-like interface to my home automations.

Seems like this system relies on defending from well-defined entrypoints to the network. I’m not sure how a group of enthusiasts could use this unless they centralize their systems.

Conspiracy time: Trustee #3 “lost” their key because polling suggested that they wouldn’t like the results.

I have no reason to believe that’s actually the case, but it’s interesting that the org uses a 3 key system to prevent collusion between trustees, but didn’t think about how this might enable lone-trustee sabotage.

Still a win for the shipping companies. I’m sure DHL’s flat $17 “duties processing fee” won’t get refunded.