libera/#neo900/ Wednesday, 2019-07-31

houkimefirst-pass crude placement of the UPPER components done.00:03
houkime(those components that aren't fixed by N900 compatibility requirements. Fixed ones were placed earlier and their position is exact)00:05
houkimetired. will sleep. All commits are pushed to https://notabug.org/Houkime/Neo900 for now.00:07
houkimeFor more serious placement will need to add missing courtyards for some footprints tomorrow.00:08
houkimeWill be tedious since kicad doesn't know that RECTANGLES exist and are often used.00:09
houkimethen there will be connector wires reassignments again probably, more exact positions of those B2B connectors and lot of other bureacracy before FINALLY i will be able to start serious routing of the LOWER.00:13
houkimeThe most final step will be tuning tracks for radio (right now i made them mega wide placeholders so that they for sure can be tuned later)00:19
houkime(so if you see a ridiculously wide track - it is sth that leads to antenna)00:20
houkimebye.00:21
enychoukime: oooh prorgess sound =)00:27
izaberathanks xmn06:47
DocScrutinizer05hw switches still are a joke in my book07:35
DocScrutinizer05if you don't trust your linux system you got full control over, then you rather should 'fix' the device with a sledge hammer than trying to fuzz around with nonsensical hw switches07:36
* Oksana nods07:37
DocScrutinizer05a rogue rootkitted linus would leak all sorts of info as soon as you enable any of those hw switches, no matter what07:37
OksanaBut diagnostic LEDs are still appreciated, in case hardware switch fails somehow and stays on when expected to be off.07:38
DocScrutinizer05if otoh you are confident with *your* OS, there's no benefit at all from a silly hw switch, compared to a smart OS-controlled transistor switch07:38
DocScrutinizer05Neo900 has diagnostic LEDs07:39
DocScrutinizer05and tight monitoring07:39
* Oksana nods07:39
DocScrutinizer05and a OS-controlled solid state switch07:39
OksanaAlso, a funny little thing: https://www.tindie.com/products/ICStation/phone-signal-radiation-indicator-diy5202/ <-- Regarding rogue wireless07:39
DocScrutinizer05which kills RF in case sth rogue happens much much faster than a user could toggle a hw switch07:40
* Oksana nods - a lot can be transmitted in such seconds07:41
DocScrutinizer05hw switches are snakeoil with glass shards, Rubbing it in you feel and see cuts so it MUST be effective. Big surprise when it nevertheless doesn't cure the disease07:43
xmnizabera: No problem. Thanks for what :D07:44
xmnDocScrutinizer05: You make some great points07:46
xmnI guess I'd like to have both :P07:46
xmnBut yes if you can't trust your system your screwed07:47
DocScrutinizer05even RMS doesn't request HW switches. What he wants is a SW-switch for modem and a pager to passively sense inbound calls so the OS could axtivate the modem (*NOT* the user by sliding a HW switch)07:47
xmnThough I do like what they are do with the secureboot (name?), for their laptops if anything was changed it warns you.07:48
xmnAnd it does make sense to have the machine who listen 24/7 and can act in milliseconds vs a human that is looking at some social media video thing and would take minute to even notice :D07:49
DocScrutinizer05windows warns you since win95 about certain stuff. Nobody understands the warnings though07:50
DocScrutinizer05"do you want to start FDISK with administrator permissions?"  <TL;DR> OK!07:51
xmnlol07:51
DocScrutinizer05"CMD.exe CHANGED!!!"  <TL;DR-WTF?!> OK!07:52
izaberamy bf brought up the same argument about kill switches07:52
sixwheeledbeastVirus.exe wants to access your system. Please enter Admin password! Password1...07:52
clapontDocScrutinizer05: there are times when you wish to quickly switch off BT/wifi/screen.. although I 100% agree with the security "approach" that you mentioned :-)07:52
izaberaand that's why he's so keen on baseband isolation07:53
DocScrutinizer05moin sixwheeledbeast :-D07:53
xmnI'm not as knowledgeable as you in anyway when it come to these thing, but this sounds pretty compelling to me. https://puri.sm/posts/pureboot-the-high-security-boot-process/07:54
xmnI think these days it takes too much understanding of tech for most people to really know when things have gone bad. So kill switch could be a false sense of security, that could open them to more problems.07:55
DocScrutinizer05>>Oksana nods - a lot can be transmitted in such seconds<<  LTE 20Mbit uplink? 2MB/s07:55
dazinismAndroid has had verified boot for a long time. Just you tend to loose it if you change the OS07:56
DocScrutinizer05more than 3 old style floppy disks07:56
xmninteresting07:56
izaberawhy are yall pretending to be snowdens?07:56
xmnmaybe one of us is. Did you ever think of that?07:56
izaberawhy are yall (minus at most one person) pretending to be snowdens?07:57
dazinismCalyxOS, GrapheneOS, RattlesnakeOS all provide verified boot with an Open Source OS07:57
xmnnice07:57
DocScrutinizer05and in the end of the day the #1 problem, with looong distance to anything #2 or later: PEBCAK user allowing whatsapp to download all contacts07:58
xmnWhat do you guy think of the librem key vs yubikey07:58
DocScrutinizer05all apps are made in a way so they are intrinsically useless when you don't allow that rogue aspect07:59
xmndont get me started with all your contact giving away all their sh!t :(07:59
sixwheeledbeastI wonder how Whatsapp get away with storing all those contact details with GDPR.07:59
xmnOne reason I love the n900 still. does everything I need and only the weather is really needed08:00
dazinismThe GrapheneOS Auditor App provides security audits that use cryptographic signing and the devices security hardware to attest the device is running the expected,  unaltered OS08:00
DocScrutinizer05sixwheeledbeast: ROTFL08:00
DocScrutinizer05sixwheeledbeast: they ask for permissio08:00
xmnyeah silly ppl give it to them freely08:00
sixwheeledbeastThey ask for permission from the user of the app but not all his/hers contacts08:01
xmnThough one gdr slip up could change that no?08:01
sixwheeledbeastIt's personally identifiable inflammation.08:01
DocScrutinizer05sixwheeledbeast: very interestig poit ideed08:01
dazinismIsnt librem key just another key rebranded?08:01
sixwheeledbeastOr potentially PI.08:01
xmnyeah I would join a lawsuit for that08:01
sixwheeledbeastIf user stores your full name in contacts.08:02
xmnbut you could say the same about medical, financial info too08:02
sixwheeledbeastJust batter them with subject access request.08:02
sixwheeledbeastThere is potantial for you to be added to Whatsapp without you knowing every minute of the day.08:03
xmnsharing with partners. I read a 13 pg medical patience right the other while waiting for a family member and it incredible08:03
DocScrutinizer05we all already are08:03
xmnthey can share soooo much with out asking you if you are not careful or sign the wrong thing.08:03
DocScrutinizer05suckerberg knows YOU08:03
xmnReally for me the only thing worth saving is you thoughts. We can assume everything else is compromised08:05
DocScrutinizer05alas so true08:05
* DocScrutinizer05 gave up08:05
xmnand they are working on you thoughts too, so not much longer on predictable pattern based on your habits and post .. yyiippy08:05
DocScrutinizer05indeed08:06
sixwheeledbeastDifference between Whatsapp and Facebook RE GDPR is that they are allowed to harvest data with no personally identifiable information. You can have a tracking profile with your face and no name this would be fine under GDPR. Then if you sign up to facebook you have given consent to use PI on that account.08:06
xmnI simple just tire to minimize the amount of data I personal hand over08:06
DocScrutinizer05Amazon knows you're mpregnant before you do. Literally! no kidding08:06
xmnlol, yup remember that story with the father DocScrutinizer0508:07
xmnyeah very true sixwheeledbeast08:07
xmnsad, but one of the reasons I'm torn in doing things like podcast or video or even using google hangouts08:08
xmnthey just suck it all up and store it for later.08:08
xmnAnd people just don't care. Make my life harder in many ways08:08
dazinismThe Auditor App is nice08:09
dazinismhttps://attestation.app/about08:09
DocScrutinizer05yeah, companies using google documents to share and co-edit texts and spreadsheets. How utterly silly08:10
sixwheeledbeastSo its a none issue for facebook to have a photo of you with geolocation posted by someone else as long as your PI isn't stored with them as a none user.08:10
xmnyeah reason I just stay out of picture now. When I can.08:12
xmnyeah DocScrutinizer05, company just sharing all there secret sauce with outside company ... cray cray crazy.08:13
DocScrutinizer05:nod:08:13
DocScrutinizer05and you'd come to see this habit in companies where you'd expect the least08:14
DocScrutinizer05e.g. Openmoko08:14
DocScrutinizer05and a few other in my last 15 years08:15
dazinismCalyxOS is also supported by the Auditor App, along with many stock Android OS. Can quickly add devices launched with Android ,  theres an option to submit data in the app, if they arent already supported.08:15
DocScrutinizer05generally the more a company is about commuity and FOSS, the less any sense of google being rogue can be found08:16
dazinism*launched with Android Oreo or Pie08:16
xmnI never understood how everyone jumps on github, slack, goggle doc etc when with just a tiny bit of effort these days you can have it all08:16
xmnI mean hot dam nextcloud is so dope these days08:17
DocScrutinizer05~trust08:17
infobotextra, extra, read all about it, trust is safe, or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cbS_lDJuJg08:17
DocScrutinizer05xmn: pondering to get a nextcloud instance08:17
dazinismAnnoys me that most people default to Google Docs08:17
dazinismNextcloud is great08:18
DocScrutinizer05I evaluated it for a project of PIA08:18
xmnyeah, I hate it. client use google calendar and it had a hangout link in there. I'm like why is there a video link if everyone is in the same room ... sign08:19
DocScrutinizer05sucks08:19
xmnDocScrutinizer05: Nextcloud, actually owncloud has be transformative for me. It's has allowed me to continue using my n900 and still sync files, contacts and calendar.08:20
DocScrutinizer05though really whatsap is worse08:20
xmnwell thankfully I probably wont need to use hangout08:20
DocScrutinizer05xmn: now THAT is a great info08:20
xmnnot on whatsapp08:21
DocScrutinizer05do you prefer owncloud?08:21
xmnDocScrutinizer05:  yeah08:21
DocScrutinizer05hmmm08:21
DocScrutinizer05I found it feels too ... commercial08:21
xmnno, not really. I have to keep an old vers for the n900. Until I have time to test a sync script to replace the onwcloud CL app08:21
dazinismNextcloud gets loads more development and use though doesnt it??08:22
DocScrutinizer05not clear about which I prefer08:22
xmneverything else should work with the nextcloud.08:22
xmnonce I can move to nextcloud I will08:22
DocScrutinizer05huge issue with *cloud: security updates.  no?08:22
xmnso sorry I don't prefer owncloud, I just have to use it at the moment08:23
DocScrutinizer05aaah ok08:23
dazinism> huge issue with *cloud: security updates.  no?08:23
dazinismWhat you mean?08:23
xmnthough owncloud seems to be making a big move to modern frontend and backend. They made an announcement recently08:24
DocScrutinizer05keep your own next cloud secure at all times08:24
DocScrutinizer05needs some effort08:24
xmnwell it's getting better all the time. But yeah just like any server08:24
DocScrutinizer05:nod:08:25
xmnbut with containers now, it should be much easier to handle updates and security08:25
xmnwell if you believe in container :D08:25
DocScrutinizer05sorry folks, got an appointment. Need to run08:25
DocScrutinizer05bbl08:26
xmncheers DocScrutinizer0508:26
xmnfun chat!08:26
dazinismxmn: I become increasingly weary of Purism. They create loafs of excitement and hype, hire loads of folks in communities they think will like their products, but often they dont live up to the hype08:35
dazinismQuite a few folks have left them and didnt have a great experience working with them.08:36
xmnyeah, I mostly agree. But they are important, as there investments in software and hardware can be used by other to continue. Look at pinephone. So I'm happy someone is trying, just like jolla. Even though sailfish is not the ideal open os, it's still currently better than android and iOS to me.08:38
xmnIt will be interesting how they manage expectations. I think the have the hype part right, but the delivery is not always immediately up to what they promised.08:39
xmnBut I'm happy they exist08:39
dazinismI'm kinda into open android.08:40
xmnThat's cool, no shame in that. I just can't get behind anything google.08:41
xmnWell I do watch a good amount of youtube :(. But with out an account :)08:41
dazinismYeah, thats a big problem with it for me. Also the model of development they follow isnt great.. Not really that open to external input08:43
xmnnope08:44
dazinismBut all the hours spent on it pay off.  Its a pretty well designed operating system08:44
xmnAnd really they an open OS with closed software which they've moved all the important stuff behind. So I feel like why help them with market share. I'm happy for andriod base alternatives, but can't support them either. But this is just me.08:46
xmnI wish I didn't feel like this. Life would be much easier ..lol08:46
dazinismNot sure they've moved all the important stuff08:46
xmnbut got burnt by apple with the newton 2000, which I LOVED!! it was so ahead of it's time.08:47
xmnBut they killed it right when it was getting good.08:47
dazinismI've been on Android for about 5 years, never had a phone with proprietary Google stuff08:47
xmnAt that point I said I will try and stay away from closed off formats and OS as best I can. So went zaurus 5500 and n900 :D08:48
dazinismI've been constantly amazed at what my phones have been capable of08:48
xmnnice08:48
dazinismI wish there was a compelling alternative08:49
xmngood on you man. Not judging. Kinda of envious sometimes. But for me it still help google take control of the market and pushed out other OS like firefox, sailfish, ubuntu OS, windows (yuk)08:50
dazinismYeah, I hear you08:50
xmnwell I'm hoping with hardware like purism, pinephone. This will start growing bigger08:50
xmnthe firefox phone was pretty success from a getting carries to sell it stand point at first .. lol08:51
* DocScrutinizer05 just yesterday tried to get a decent IRC client on Samsung Note9, so installed UserLAnd and hexchat. Result: after 20 minutes the thing started spamming all chanels with constant rejoins. Prolly caused by android, in its eternal wisdom, suspending ULA task when locking screen08:51
DocScrutinizer05fsck android08:52
xmnall the carries seem to want to get away from apple and android. But then got scared or had backroom deals08:52
xmnthe docs back08:52
xmnthat was fast08:52
DocScrutinizer05no, just prepared some papers for appointment still pending08:52
xmnheh08:53
xmnfine08:53
dazinismYeah, it'd be nice if there was a decent phone developed outside of Android or Apple08:53
xmnwell just pretend your still away ;P08:53
DocScrutinizer05have to08:54
DocScrutinizer05o/08:54
xmnalready said goodbye :D08:54
xmndazinism: there is the fork of firefox. https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/26/kaios-a-feature-phone-platform-built-on-the-ashes-of-firefox-os-adds-facebook-twitter-and-google-apps/08:55
xmnbut they are slowly getting in bed with facebook and google ... :(08:55
xmnit's becoming the 3 most popular OS be default08:56
dazinismOh08:56
xmnhttps://github.com/kaiostech08:57
dazinismNot sure I liked the Firefox model, IIUC pretty much everything ran in the browser?08:58
xmnnot sure HOW open they are, but https://support.kaiostech.com/en/support/solutions/articles/35000078432-can-i-access-the-source-code-08:58
xmnI never used it in person. But with webapps these days it become less of an issue. How many apps are really just css, html and js anyway.08:59
xmnBut I hear what you saying.08:59
xmnI'm hoping meego get new life again08:59
xmnbasically the best of sailfish just open08:59
xmnlike a nokia n950. but updated with modern features09:00
dazinismI kind of suffer from geeking out on the architectural details of Android. Other stuff feels kind of old/broken/insecure.09:03
xmnheh09:03
dazinismhttps://arxiv.org/abs/1904.0557209:03
xmnI get that09:03
xmna billion dollar company, putting billions into it working to catch up and compete with apple. It should be amazing.09:04
dazinismThe amount of work that has, and continues to go into android.09:05
dazinismWill take so long to get anything else to somewhere that is close to what android is now09:06
xmnWell, google will soon likely need to fight their own PR nightmares. These may give good enough new OS a chance to at least become number 3. But they need to push progressive web apps as the way for big corps to join and keep local app for devoted devs and built in apps.09:08
xmnblack berry, sailfish and all the other relying on android apps to get people to use their OS. Never seem like a good long term strategy to me.09:10
dazinismI wonder if anything could be built from something like seL409:10
dazinismBut who would do all the work, to start fresh?09:11
dazinismThe https://grapheneos.org/ roadmap is an interesting plan09:11
dazinismMaybe what you say about web apps could be the way, although they feel a bit crap. I makes sense to me to try to tap into all the development thats gone into all those android apps09:14
dazinismAll that effort to make things that work great on phones09:15
xmnI think the orginal meego approach was interesting. they I think basic too everything. QT app, maybe c, web apps. and I'm sure they would have done android eventually too09:17
xmnI guess my main point is to make it super easier to people to move apps to it. and give people the chance to make money on there apps. Image having open store to buy apps from. If they have too much malware ... just go to the next big one :D09:18
xmninteresting, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXk30OqvkEE09:19
xmnHow KaiOS is catching up with Android.09:19
sixwheeledbeastif there was a move towards web apps there would be less dependency on proprietary app stores.09:21
xmnyup09:21
sixwheeledbeastI also liked Qt and the Maemo way but your unlikely to get development on another platform now, even Microsoft throwing pots of money at it didn't work.09:21
sixwheeledbeastHTML5 has a lot of support for most things an app needs to do now.09:22
xmnwell qt had a real chance, since black berry, meego, ubuntu and even original tizen was suppose to support it.09:23
xmnThat was THE chance to really make a 3rd option OS or app platform at least09:23
sixwheeledbeastThere is still a lot of Qt development, it's a nice cross platform solutions IMO09:23
xmnbut the never thought to band together and make it work, idoits09:24
xmnimage if just BB, meego and ubuntu team up on an app platform or cross platform store ... :(09:24
sixwheeledbeastI think people are looking at it wrong. We should strive more to cross platform or web app solutions then mainstream dependency on a platform is removed09:26
dazinismMozilla is pushing geckoview09:26
sixwheeledbeastDon't build a new app store aim open.09:26
dazinismBut that is kind of like the electron app model for phones09:27
xmnyeah, I should probably not say store. Since qt apps can be download from any where.09:27
sixwheeledbeastelectron :shudder:09:27
xmnbut I still think giving many entry point for dev is the best way. give them all first class treatment too.09:28
xmnnever heard of geckoview09:29
xmnhttps://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/06/geckoview-in-2019/09:29
xmndazinism: where did you hear that it's an electron app? seem silly for mozilla to use another browser tech for their app.09:32
dazinismIts not electron09:32
dazinismJust the kind of the same model09:33
dazinismEach app bundles its own copy of geckoview09:33
xmnwell, weren't they the OG in the regards :D. thunderbird, komodo code editor and more09:33
dazinismSo if you got a load of geckoview apps on your device you got loads of code duplication09:34
xmnit's smart ... although a bit late09:34
dazinismPlus you rely on every app dev to keep up with security updates09:35
xmn:(, "GeckoView is pretty directly tied to the Android platform, so turning it into an Electron-like Desktop runtime isn’t directly feasible. We do, however, hope that Android developers find creative uses for GeckoView!"09:35
xmnhttps://hacks.mozilla.org/files/2018/09/focus-geckoview-webview-1.png09:36
dazinismYeah, I think klar and focus were the first things to use it09:38
sixwheeledbeastI am thinking similar to snaps and flatpak more than electron. i am not keen on that either.09:38
dazinismSince about December09:38
sixwheeledbeastAs you say code duplication is very inefficient09:39
dazinismSnaps, or maybe more likely Flatpak could have been good, introducing a decent app sandbox environment to linux desktop, but neither of them did09:40
sixwheeledbeastBut again you suffer from code duplication. There is also more chance of malicious code sneaking in.09:43
xmntrue09:44
dazinismYeah I guess, but with a decent app sandbox, malicious code is less problematic09:47
dazinismAs I said before I'm liking AOSP. I wish there was a compelling/competing open alternative phone, but I dont see anything great happening any time soon. Building from the open Android ecosystem feels like the smart move.09:57
dazinismThe reliance on Google isnt great, but they are somewhat tied to remaining open. Also how much of their code is in the Linux kernel,  which every open  phone project uses.10:01
xmnit will be interesting once fushia become the main platform.10:02
dazinismNot sure that it will10:03
xmnthey keep saying it wont. But I think they will and replace chromeOS and android. Becoming a universal platform.10:05
DocScrutinizer05ecosystem: you *need* a) compatibility (like hybris) to Android, and b) option for minimal to no mods to run geuine Linux X11 apps10:42
DocScrutinizer05maemo checkmarks b) while providing a plethora of maemo-apps too.10:44
DocScrutinizer05fuchsia is a major disruption10:45
DocScrutinizer05and I honestly hope it *never* will become "main platform"10:45
DocScrutinizer05though, actually can't get worse than it is right now with Android for me10:46
xmnwell I think it can get worst. Right now kids are mainly the victims of being forced to use chromeBooks and all there data being collected starting at a young age. But imagine if fushsia became bigger than windows and linux, maybe even mac os for most things. then there would be pretty much not data they could mine all the time :(.10:50
houkimeand here i am, storming through IPC standards once again trying to understand how wide courtyards should be in each case.13:59
houkimeI actually have opened an issue about that a while ago, and suggested myself 0.25mm, but it is bigger then most current footprints have and i don't really remember a rationale.14:00
houkimeneed to write better issues))14:01
houkimethough they DID help me to recover my memories and fix them (issues) quite a lot.14:02
houkimeanyway, reading IPC once again is always a good idea.14:03
atkwebapps are slow16:18

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