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Server Update


Server Update


Rocky 10 has been available since July. I am going to update the Rogue Project Friendica Instance VPS next Sunday on August 22nd. I will be doing this around midnight EST. So you can expect the Instance to be down for Maintenance at that time.


Unus Nemo


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#Instance Update #Maintenance

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⚠️ Important headsup if you are on the server mastodon.cloud:

Mastodon.cloud no longer seems to be moderated. Its admin account hasn't posted since Feb 2023, its code of conduct is blank and there are vile racists posting from there. The racists have been reported many times but their accounts are still active.

Because of this, other server admins are starting to block mastodon.cloud completely.

If you're on mastodon.cloud you might want to move to another server ASAP: fedi.tips/transferring-your-ma…

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mastodon - Link to source
Fedi.Tips

@volcano

Yes! There are simple non-technical step-by-step instructions here:

➡️ fedi.tips/transferring-your-ma…

If you want any help with this please ask 🙂



In A Word





Soul


Soul


Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda

Andromeda wrote:

Do you believe AIs have a soul

Rev wrote:

I believe anything that can love has a soul.
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Unus Nemo

@plan-A

These are quotes from a Gene Roddenberry's (the creator of Star Trek) Andromeda series. Without context you just will not get it. Watch the series and you will understand 😉.

Yacht Bots account has been deleted. We will see how long it take for them to get tired of making new email accounts for their spam. I may just block that mail server if this keeps up.

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friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
Unus Nemo

@plan-A

In the future just respond to them with the hashtag #SPAM. No need to put anything else. I will search for that hashtag and delete those that I find to be spam.









Reminder


Friendly Reminder


A month or so ago I made an announcement that abandoned accounts will be deleted. This is mainly due to my setting a ceiling on the number of users that can register on this Instance. The ceiling is set to try to keep the Instance usable. I can only afford so many resources.


If you need to take a sabbatical or are going to be off line for a while please let me know so that I will not delete your account. If I am not warned that you are not going to be able to use your account then I delete accounts that reach 60 days with no activity. I of course will be flexible with this for typically active users.


Unus Nemo


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#Reminder #Purge Inactive Accounts



TOS & Rules amendment


No Vulgar Display Names


Okay, I thought this would be self evident though apparently not. As I want this Instance to be accessible to all ages and demographics with a diverse outlook on ideologies there are certain expectations that need to be met by all users. Being polite is a given and I will delete an account over someone that cannot control their behavior on this Instance. I did not really think it was necessary to make a rule that states that you cannot use a vulgar or obscene display name. I was wrong. I deleted the account, they can try again with an appropriate display name if they choose to.


I officially updated the TOS & Rules to reflect that using a vulgar display name is not allowed. I will be the judge of what is vulgar and/or obscene.


Unus Nemo


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#Rules #TOS #Amendment




in reply to crkⓋ

the more correct figures should be that 0.01% control the wealth and power while everyone else are convinced that we should support the way things are. in addition, that larger population will fight to the point the smaller do nothing and are given all the credit.


Server Issues


Certificate Expiration


Due to an issue with an update to SELinux and it's targeting profile certbot ,the tool I use to renew my site certificate, failed. As SELinux was not allowing it to write the updates for the renewal process. I have corrected the issue though it has taken some time to get the certificate renewed.


I am sorry for any inconvenience that the delay in renewal may have caused. I hope everyone enjoys their day.


Unus Nemo


Tips & Donations


#SELinux #certbot #cert expired




Violation of TOS & Rules


@Thaddeuss

I deleted a post of yours because you chose to Market. Please review and observe the Terms Of Services & Rules. You may promote your own work or the work of your friends and family. You may not advertise or market for a business. What you may promote for yourself has limits. You can for instance promote your, or a friend or families book, art work, even a small arts and craft etsy site. You may not advertise for a major Incorporation or business even if you own or work for it. I do not allow marketing on this Instance. In addition your profile must not exist entirely for promotions or it will be considered a marketing account and deleted.





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In Between: A Week of Small, Sweet Moments


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in reply to Jamie Robillard II

Unholy Mask is my pride and joy it took more than 11 years for me to release this book to the public and I'm excited for everyone to read the world I created.











Morning Bevarage





Bash 5.3.0


in reply to Unus Nemo

friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
plan-A
 — (Proud Eskimo!)

@Unus Nemo
Thanks.
Mine came packed with latest it seem. NOT

bash --version
GNU bash, version 5.2.37(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

not available for me yet..

sudo dnf copr enable c3d/bash

Did you compiled your version of Bash? Is only way with pgp keys ok.

You laid it out, I know

" This works because by default, /usr/local/bin is before /usr/bin on the system path. This is by design. So that local installs by your admin (which is probably you) will override system defaults" which I'm not so found about.
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in reply to plan-A

@plan-A

Yes as I said bash 5.2.37 is the default for Fedora. You would have to be on Rawhide Fedora to get Release Candidates (RC) which I do not recommend. Yes, I compiled my bash straight from source from the GNU GIT Server. They sign everything and it is up to you to check the signature or not. Personally I use their savannah git service to get the source from the current maintainers. Though you can download the zip file with sig file if you prefer. We both know I am not nearly as paranoid as you are so I have no issues using their git server. Please note though that any version of bash on github is not the official version. It is just a version someone is playing with. Most GNU projects today use Savannah GNU git, which belongs to GNU.

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in reply to Unus Nemo

friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
plan-A
 — (Proud Eskimo!)
@Unus Nemo
I see now, thanks!
With search engine I had erronous ones..
This one it is.
savannah.gnu.org/git/?group=ba…
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in reply to plan-A

@plan-A

which I'm not so found about.

You should be, it was designed that way for a reason. Often you need to maintain the outdated system version so the system will stay stable. While you provide a local copy for your users to use. They can of course if they want to use the system resource instead. Most would not want to. Keep in mind you have to have root access to install to /usr/local/bin just like you would to install to /usr/bin. This system has worked quite well for over 50 years. There is no issue with it.

With that said no you would not want to have a program overshadow a system program if you did not know about it. Which is why it is recommended that you not put your Present Working Directory on the system path and if you do, to add it last, never to the front of the path.

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in reply to Unus Nemo

friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
plan-A
 — (Proud Eskimo!)
@Unus Nemo
55 years?? SheBang is designed to be dangerous..
And I know was for XOS from someone.
Thank you dear friend.
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in reply to plan-A

@plan-A

I correct that to 50 years. It originated in Unix. Neither env nor shebang was available in the original version of Unix 55 years ago (hence the correction). And the recommended way for the system path to be implemented is not dangerous at all, and neither is shebang.

You should, unless you happen to be maintaining system scripts, always use the #!/usr/bin/env bash form and never use the fully qualified path of the software. Let env find it on the path. This solves many issues. Such as not all software is installed the same place on all systems. Though where it is installed is on the system path.

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friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
plan-A
 — (Proud Eskimo!)
@Unus Nemo ok
while XOS auto sets it on env one should not use it even HomeBrew.
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@plan-A

You are confusing issues with software executing from the Present Working Directory with installed software. It is not dangerous and never has been. Homebrew uses the strategy for a reason, it was designed to work that way. Homebrew did not implement this, it is the way Unix and Unix like systems work. And it works quite well. Even without your approval 😉. You just see everything as a danger.

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@plan-A

If you need help compiling bash just read the file named INSTALL in the source directory.

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friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
plan-A
 — (Proud Eskimo!)
@Unus Nemo I did it before.
4 HomeBrew, to crypt this router dns..
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Agriculture


For the hearing impaired, please note the video has a transcript on YouTube to help you follow along.

youtu.be/jyVIqq4VBy4?si=ghnWxw…



in reply to troy_friz_zell

@troy_friz_zell @Robert Reich

No reason to be sorry, I just thought you were implying you had to be born in America to a citizen. If that is not what you meant then I apologize for the misunderstanding.


in reply to yianiris

@yianiris

Eric Arthur Blair AKA: George Orwell (pen name) is widely known for his novella Animal Farm and his dystopian novel 1984. He is a very popular author. Shame you have never heard of him. A lot of his work is mandatory reading in many high school and college literature courses in America at least.

note: The quote in this meme is from his novel 1984