Richard Levitte
@levitte.mastodon.nu.ap.brid.gy
I write software. I play with software.
I take pictures, photographic pictures.
I dance; tango, Swedish and continental folk, medieval inspired.
Sometimes, I also […]
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I take pictures, photographic pictures.
I dance; tango, Swedish and continental folk, medieval inspired.
Sometimes, I also […]
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@mrundkvist what makes political dissent in a democracy acceptable is the fact that all participants agree to play by the rules. The very idea that there are rules applying to all is anathema to Fascist thinking.
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
@mrundkvist what makes political dissent in a democracy acceptable is the fact that all participants agree to play by the rules. The very idea that there are rules applying to all is anathema to Fascist thinking.
Random thought: I see lots of proposals of the sort "if you want to get out of GAFAM [1], sign up here!", and am thinking, what does that gain me, more than being an alternative centralised place to host my stuff? Why would that new org be more reliable in the long run?
[1] Google, Amazon […]
[1] Google, Amazon […]
Original post on mastodon.nu
mastodon.nu
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Random thought: I see lots of proposals of the sort "if you want to get out of GAFAM [1], sign up here!", and am thinking, what does that gain me, more than being an alternative centralised place to host my stuff? Why would that new org be more reliable in the long run?
[1] Google, Amazon […]
[1] Google, Amazon […]
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'So let’s rewrite the new OWASP item. It’s not “Software Supply Chain Failures”. It’s more accurate to say “Collection of random software I found in the couch cushions that I don’t understand and we don’t know where most of it comes from”.'
nicely phrased by @joshbressers […]
nicely phrased by @joshbressers […]
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mastodon.social
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
'So let’s rewrite the new OWASP item. It’s not “Software Supply Chain Failures”. It’s more accurate to say “Collection of random software I found in the couch cushions that I don’t understand and we don’t know where most of it comes from”.'
nicely phrased by @joshbressers […]
nicely phrased by @joshbressers […]
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It's always difficult for me to understand people who seem to truly believe "I would rather a world where everyone loses, but the people I don't like lose even more" than they would having a world where "everyone wins."
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It's always difficult for me to understand people who seem to truly believe "I would rather a world where everyone loses, but the people I don't like lose even more" than they would having a world where "everyone wins."
I shall not comment in threads where 'muricans whine about votes.
I shall not comment in threads where 'muricans whine about votes.
I shall not comment in threads where 'muricans whine about votes.
...
Lesson learned.
I shall not comment in threads where 'muricans whine about votes.
I shall not comment in threads where 'muricans whine about votes.
...
Lesson learned.
October 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I shall not comment in threads where 'muricans whine about votes.
I shall not comment in threads where 'muricans whine about votes.
I shall not comment in threads where 'muricans whine about votes.
...
Lesson learned.
I shall not comment in threads where 'muricans whine about votes.
I shall not comment in threads where 'muricans whine about votes.
...
Lesson learned.
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Tack till V, S, Mp och C i #VäxjöKommun som gör gemensam sak med Jokkmokk och vägrar göra skillnad på människor!
https://www.smp.se/vaxjo/vaxjo-kommun-vagrar-hjalpa-regeringen-om-atervandring/?shareSource=sharebutton
https://www.smp.se/vaxjo/vaxjo-kommun-vagrar-hjalpa-regeringen-om-atervandring/?shareSource=sharebutton
Växjö kommun vägrar hjälpa regeringen: ”Vill motverka splittring”
Kommunen motsätter sig regeringens förslag.
www.smp.se
October 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Tack till V, S, Mp och C i #VäxjöKommun som gör gemensam sak med Jokkmokk och vägrar göra skillnad på människor!
https://www.smp.se/vaxjo/vaxjo-kommun-vagrar-hjalpa-regeringen-om-atervandring/?shareSource=sharebutton
https://www.smp.se/vaxjo/vaxjo-kommun-vagrar-hjalpa-regeringen-om-atervandring/?shareSource=sharebutton
The car inte front me has (Swedish) reg RFC 392.
Of course I had to look it up!
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc392/
Of course I had to look it up!
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc392/
October 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The car inte front me has (Swedish) reg RFC 392.
Of course I had to look it up!
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc392/
Of course I had to look it up!
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc392/
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I forgot it in my drafts to post yesterday. Anyway, it still matters:
27 years ago Mathew Shepard was killed because he was #gay. He was 21, I was 18. It was the first murder of a gay person that actively recognized. The first murder of a gay person that reached […]
[Original post on ohai.social]
27 years ago Mathew Shepard was killed because he was #gay. He was 21, I was 18. It was the first murder of a gay person that actively recognized. The first murder of a gay person that reached […]
[Original post on ohai.social]
October 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I forgot it in my drafts to post yesterday. Anyway, it still matters:
27 years ago Mathew Shepard was killed because he was #gay. He was 21, I was 18. It was the first murder of a gay person that actively recognized. The first murder of a gay person that reached […]
[Original post on ohai.social]
27 years ago Mathew Shepard was killed because he was #gay. He was 21, I was 18. It was the first murder of a gay person that actively recognized. The first murder of a gay person that reached […]
[Original post on ohai.social]
A photographer friend invites to a photo trip in Northern Sweden. Have a look! (it's written in Swedish, but he is English speaking as well)
https://grokphotography.se/2025/10/11/fotosafari-till-norrskenet/
#photography #sweden
https://grokphotography.se/2025/10/11/fotosafari-till-norrskenet/
#photography #sweden
Vad sägs om en resa till norrskenslandet?
Nu kan du boka en fotosafari till Norrbotten. Vi åker tillsammans till Jokkmokk, centrum för norrskenet. Tre till fem dagar, beroende på önskemål! Ta med din kamera, ditt stativ, din utrustning och få guidning i hur man tar superfina bilder på både norrsken och den fantastiska naturen.
Garanterad kyla och snöknarr under skorna. Vi är ute, vi dricker varm glögg och choklad ur termosar, vi fotar allt som är vackert och fint. Om intresse finns kan även aktiviteter såsom skoterutflykter eller hundspannsåkning. Varje resa blir unik, skräddarsydd för deltagarna och väldigt hands-on med omgivning, fotografering och tankar.
Vad sägs? Kontakta mig för prisförfråga och önskemål kring längd och andra tankar. Mycket går att ordna.
(Det finns dock ingen garanti på norrsken då norrskenet är en opålitlig älskarinna, men vi åker dit då chanserna är som absolut störst och tro mig – oavsett om hon visar sig eller ej kommer du att komma hem med bilder och minnen för livet.)
grokphotography.se
October 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
A photographer friend invites to a photo trip in Northern Sweden. Have a look! (it's written in Swedish, but he is English speaking as well)
https://grokphotography.se/2025/10/11/fotosafari-till-norrskenet/
#photography #sweden
https://grokphotography.se/2025/10/11/fotosafari-till-norrskenet/
#photography #sweden
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"Just using open source software isn't radical any more. Europe needs to dig deeper.
Companies must realize they can be more than pure consumers, and public sector ought to go beyond 'promotion'."
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/26/open_source_in_europe_2025/
#opensource #europe
Companies must realize they can be more than pure consumers, and public sector ought to go beyond 'promotion'."
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/26/open_source_in_europe_2025/
#opensource #europe
Just using open source isn't radical any more, Europe
Feature: Companies must realize they can be more than pure consumers, and public sector ought to go beyond 'promotion'
www.theregister.com
September 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
"Just using open source software isn't radical any more. Europe needs to dig deeper.
Companies must realize they can be more than pure consumers, and public sector ought to go beyond 'promotion'."
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/26/open_source_in_europe_2025/
#opensource #europe
Companies must realize they can be more than pure consumers, and public sector ought to go beyond 'promotion'."
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/26/open_source_in_europe_2025/
#opensource #europe
September 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Of all things annoying...
Steam on Debian still forces me to have i386 stuff installed.
Last time I checked, we are 2025 going to 2026. Can we please relegate 32-bit to the past?
Steam on Debian still forces me to have i386 stuff installed.
Last time I checked, we are 2025 going to 2026. Can we please relegate 32-bit to the past?
September 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Of all things annoying...
Steam on Debian still forces me to have i386 stuff installed.
Last time I checked, we are 2025 going to 2026. Can we please relegate 32-bit to the past?
Steam on Debian still forces me to have i386 stuff installed.
Last time I checked, we are 2025 going to 2026. Can we please relegate 32-bit to the past?
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When your code works but no idea how
August 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
When your code works but no idea how
After some discussions about #openssl and it's manuals, I've come to wonder how relevant it is to keep to the #manpage format for all your #documentation.
August 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
After some discussions about #openssl and it's manuals, I've come to wonder how relevant it is to keep to the #manpage format for all your #documentation.
"Learn to use AI or get out" sounds quite threatening, and I understand the uproar. At the same time, this could be a possible future, and perhaps we (developers) will indeed have to adapt.
But at this point in time, I regard this prediction as too early to make […]
But at this point in time, I regard this prediction as too early to make […]
Original post on mastodon.nu
mastodon.nu
August 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
"Learn to use AI or get out" sounds quite threatening, and I understand the uproar. At the same time, this could be a possible future, and perhaps we (developers) will indeed have to adapt.
But at this point in time, I regard this prediction as too early to make […]
But at this point in time, I regard this prediction as too early to make […]
Tomorrow starts #StockholmPride, ending with a parade through the city on Saturday.
That'll be my hangout the whole week. See ya there if you're there too, perhaps?
That'll be my hangout the whole week. See ya there if you're there too, perhaps?
July 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Tomorrow starts #StockholmPride, ending with a parade through the city on Saturday.
That'll be my hangout the whole week. See ya there if you're there too, perhaps?
That'll be my hangout the whole week. See ya there if you're there too, perhaps?
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Efterlysning: medborgare (och läsare) som agerar som ansvarstagande, aktiva medborgare.
Ni har informationen. Ni vet vad som pågår. Yttrandefriheten, förenings- och demonstrationsfriheten är era att använda i den fysiska verkligheten, bortom sociala medier.
Ni har informationen. Ni vet vad som pågår. Yttrandefriheten, förenings- och demonstrationsfriheten är era att använda i den fysiska verkligheten, bortom sociala medier.
July 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Efterlysning: medborgare (och läsare) som agerar som ansvarstagande, aktiva medborgare.
Ni har informationen. Ni vet vad som pågår. Yttrandefriheten, förenings- och demonstrationsfriheten är era att använda i den fysiska verkligheten, bortom sociala medier.
Ni har informationen. Ni vet vad som pågår. Yttrandefriheten, förenings- och demonstrationsfriheten är era att använda i den fysiska verkligheten, bortom sociala medier.
Her: Your hands are so soft
Me: ... Software
Me: ... Software
July 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Her: Your hands are so soft
Me: ... Software
Me: ... Software
It's a bit infuriating that all the *fun* software dev conferences I hear about are not through my job.
June 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It's a bit infuriating that all the *fun* software dev conferences I hear about are not through my job.
June 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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### My feedback to the EU regarding the newly proposed law forcing all websites to plaintext store everything users do or write for law enforcement.
This may be the dumbest law the EU has proposed as of yet, and it already attempted chat control and article 13 / 11, so this says a lot!
Not […]
This may be the dumbest law the EU has proposed as of yet, and it already attempted chat control and article 13 / 11, so this says a lot!
Not […]
Original post on mastodon.de
mastodon.de
May 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
### My feedback to the EU regarding the newly proposed law forcing all websites to plaintext store everything users do or write for law enforcement.
This may be the dumbest law the EU has proposed as of yet, and it already attempted chat control and article 13 / 11, so this says a lot!
Not […]
This may be the dumbest law the EU has proposed as of yet, and it already attempted chat control and article 13 / 11, so this says a lot!
Not […]
This goes to show that science fiction has a good chance of becoming reality one day...
From: @mcc
https://mastodon.social/@mcc/114548751724494922
From: @mcc
https://mastodon.social/@mcc/114548751724494922
mcc (@mcc@mastodon.social)
Me, 1996: No, "Goodtimes" is a hoax, an email can't run computer code or give you a virus Me, 2000, miserable: Microsoft did something weird and now emails can give you a virus. Bubbleboy is real --- Me, 2010: No, the "Enhance" bit from CSI is not real. There aren't algorithms that can add information to an image. Me, 2025, miserable: Microsoft did something weird and now the "Enhance" button is real, but the details are fake. Law enforcement IS using it and innocent people will go to prison
mastodon.social
May 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
This goes to show that science fiction has a good chance of becoming reality one day...
From: @mcc
https://mastodon.social/@mcc/114548751724494922
From: @mcc
https://mastodon.social/@mcc/114548751724494922
