Happy Linux on the desktop day!

YEAR OF LINUX DESKTOP

and it happened on linux desktop day.

i am once again reminding you that God's creation is proof not only of His existence but also that He loves you very much.

interesting new content check added when uploading videos to youtube

Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 5.7.1 Service unavailable; client [134.122.17.16]
blocked using zen.spamhaus.org

SPAMHAUS LIED
PEOPLE DIED
I really do hate these people. Theyre a bunch of stupid unelected internet cops who appointed themselves. They claim that they do not block for TCP SYN scanning and it was proven 5 years ago that they do.
SpamHaus are lying idiots. Every couple of months I have go back and tell these morons that im not malicious, spamming, or even scanning- which is a completely benign activity.
if you use SH lists you are making the internet worse. Stop doing that.

SpamHaus blocks me because the VPS provider I use is Digital Ocean, who rightfully do not care what their customers use their servers for as long as its not malicious or criminal. Some people use DO servers for scanning and because other people with IPs that are close to mine scan the internet (not spam, not run malware c2 servers, not attempt exploits!) they block me. They have readily admitted that they do this. They have even gone as far as to claim that my previous VPS provider was a criminal for- gasp!- allowing users to scan the internet. I've spoken with them personally over email and they admitted that I have done nothing wrong and they only blocked me because my IP neighbors were scanning.

spamhaus ops when they see a SYN packet

if they ever ban a server that I use for business and it causes lost profits I'm stuffing a lawsuit up their ass

When Eve ate of the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil nothing happened initially. It was not until Adam also ate the fruit that sin entered into the world for the first time.
I think about this whenever i see a man being led by his wife.

>see a good post on twatter about cybersecurity
>follow the poster
>look at twitter an hour later
>most braindead mud for brains political take of all time on my feed
>its the person i followed an hour ago.
this happens way too often and that says something because i use twitter very sparingly

really nice tool for easily proxying to any server that you can run arbitrary binaries on. its also a lot nicer than trying to use openvpn because
1. client setup is literally just apt install sshuttle ; sshuttle some.server.tld instead of fiddling with configs
2. common vpn ports/protos get blocked but net admins at colleges/stores/airports/etc dont block ssh so you're more likely to get a secured, unmolested connection

i think its very important to maintain opportunities to have change without needing to resort to violence. As an example, this is the entire point of democracy. Every so many years (2 in the US) elections are held which result in a bloodless revolution where some leaders remain while other voluntarily abdicate to be replaced with someone else more preferred. Were there no elections, the only other option to replace leaders usually involves spilling blood.
I think western oligarchs have forgotten this, and as a result we are fast approaching a system where the only way we can make things better is by killing health insurers, politicians, etc.
I do not want this future.

I just found out one of the best works from my favorite author got turned into a short film. I'm rather excited.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-IiVeGAydE
There are 4 episodes so far.

oc

its really fun to be an "old fart millennial" and walk up to zoomers and say "what's up my rizzler"
the confusion and disgust on their faces is a treat

oc