Dear @BBCNEWS
Plenty of tomatoes in Sainsbury's, you bunch of Remain campaign, Labour voting #Scaremongers

Hmm? Ping @github's IP, and ping works
PING 140.82.114.4 (140.82.114.4) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 140.82.114.4: icmp_seq=1 ttl=42 time=133 ms
64 bytes from 140.82.114.4: icmp_seq=2 ttl=42 time=133 ms
64 bytes from 140.82.114.4: icmp_seq=3 ttl=42 time=133 ms

Ping the domain, and it just sits there.
ping www.github.com

Now this would make an interesting #podcast episode, especially with @drjessicabarker and @_Freakyclown_

Who should be responsible? Your ISP? After all, they gave you access to the web. Your router manufacturer? After all, it's their kit that lets you on. Microsoft? (Or OS of usage) AV provider? The list is endless. It's a nice idea, but implementation is a nightmare.

arstechnica.com/information-te…

Biden administration wants to hold companies liable for bad cybersecurity

Amid an onslaught of cyberespionage and ransomware, Biden calls on tech to step up.

^{Ars Technica}

"Some folk come to work just to be with other people. They fill up their time with tasks to complete the day."
#BountyHunter

I've known a few people like that during my working career.

@Friendica Support

I'm trying to upgrade my instance but git is not connecting.
Your current version is 2022.10, upstream version is 2023.01

sudo git pull
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/friendica/friendica.git/': Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Connection timed out

I am not behind a proxy, and firewall is not the issue.

git config --list
safe.directory=/var/www/html/friendica
safe.directory=/var/www/html/friendica
safe.directory=*
safe.directory=*
safe.directory=*
safe.directory=/var/www/html/friendica
safe.directory=/var/www/html/friendica
safe.directory=/var/www/html/friendica
safe.directory=/var/www/html/friendica/addon/
safe.directory=/var/www/html/friendica/addon
core.repositoryformatversion=0
core.filemode=true
core.bare=false
core.logallrefupdates=true
remote.origin.url=https://github.com/friendica/friendica.git
remote.origin.fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
branch.stable.remote=origin
branch.stable.merge=refs/heads/stable

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

For the love of The Pond Gods!

sudo git pull
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/friendica/friendica.git/': Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Connection timed out

Nine years ago, apparently.
#ubuntu #linux #opensource

Open Source ERP Application Server powered by Epesi running on a Pi Zero
github.com/jtylek/RasPiEsi

I've used Epesi a number of times in the past and blogged about it. Epesi is an excellent CRM package that can be deployed cheaply (Raspberry Pi) anywhere.

So I've had a play with Fedora SilverBlue in a VM, and I like the concept. I downloaded the iso and burnt it to the Fedora USB I got from #fosdem; however, my X270 refuses to boot the USB; a spare DELL Laptop I have lying around did show me GRUB and looked like it was booting the "Try" option, but the screen just stayed black. This is 2023, not 2003, people! Get a grip for the love of The Pond Gods.

I really need to get back into Podcasting because my predictions keep coming true!

I was talking about this potentially happening to a few people at #fosdem

𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁:
You're sending too many Tweets for the Freebie account. I'm convinced Elon is about to implement accounts for $5 a month with unlimited Tweets & enhanced character limits, plus a few other benefits.

For crying out loud. How hard was that?

𝗡𝗲𝘄𝗚𝘂𝘆: "So the customer's hard drive has failed, and he says there's important data on it, and the base unit has an asset number. Do you know where the records for asset numbers are kept?

𝗠𝗲: "Hmm? Well, they should be in the contract, but I bet they aren't. TBH, it is unimportant. Basically, we need to swap the drive out, re-install and take the machine back; we can worry about files on dead drives later."

𝗡𝗲𝘄𝗚𝘂𝘆: "But I wanted to see what size the drive is."

𝗠𝗲: "You'll see that when we get the machine back here? Give the ticket to me; I'll sort it out [It'll be quicker if I do it by the looks of it!]." 🤦‍♂️

Dear Mastodon

Please allow the exporting of followers. I really can't see the point of not allowing this because all I have to do is select all of my followers under my profile, copy them, and then paste them into a spreadsheet. The ballache is having to manually edit the content of the cells so that they can be imported into A-another instance.

Regards
Mr Fedup of Hersham.

I shit you not

Me: "So I've done another cracking deal. We'll go and collect a new laptop from the customer, bring it back here and set up the new user, put all the required programs, VPN etc. on via intune, take the laptop back, and I'm charging £95 per user."

NewGuy: "They buy their stuff from Dell, don't they? Why don't they give Dell their AZURE keys, and Dell will put the programs on for them?"

Me: "GREAT! You've just stopped our company from earning around £6K a year for very little work."

cast.garden is becoming insanely popular on #Hive. Get your creativity in front of people's faces and in their ears. Can't afford to host your own show? Speak to @Agorise_world; he may have some free space, or @Hacker Public Radio and stream through #RSS to start earning!

Here's a thought. All these tanks that are being sent to Ukraine, are they really of much use or will they actually turn out to be a nightmare? They're all different, have different systems and, for all I know, different ammunition.

Any predictions of when ChatGPT will become self-aware?

Just bought this from Amazon for £35 to play some cassettes I have from forty-five to fifty years ago! 🤣

Dungeons & Dragons move to a Creative Commons license.

games.slashdot.org/story/23/01…

D&D Will Move To a Creative Commons License, Requests Feedback On a New OGL - Slashdot

A new draft of the Dungeons & Dragons Open Gaming License, dubbed OGL 1.2 by publisher Wizards of the Coast, is now available for download.

^{games.slashdot.org}

ROTFLMAO

Twitter- Read Elon Musk- has sold off over 600 items, including the kitchen sink, in a bid to scrape together enough money to pay the first instalment of his loan, potentially $300M, next week.

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

Twitter auction’s highest bid was $100K; it could owe $300M next week

Twitter's first loan payment deadline is reportedly next week.

^{Ars Technica}