blobjim [he/him]

Linux has an API now for allowing sandboxed apps to simulate keyboard input. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any simple Flatpak apps that use it to provide a virtual keyboard.

That’s a pretty cool idea. It would be especially neat for headless server installation.

The article says

Firefox on Linux to date has focused on the Video Acceleration API (VA-API) that works well for some vendors but lacks official support from NVIDIA unless using the independent NVIDIA-VAAPI driver project that layers VA-API on NVDEC. There are also various embedded drivers and more not supporting VA-API

So it’s basically just because the existing video decoder API in Linux doesn’t have support for various hardware devices for various reasons. But those devices still have Vulkan support. Not sure why Vulkan support for those devices wasn’t just added to VA-API, who knows.

state.gov using cloudflare, google analytics, and has social media tracker embeds

Chinese/North Korean media outlets need better websites. And Russia needs to be less chuddish. RT has the dumbest articles and headlines exclusively targeted at brain dead European Nazis. Ultimately just need better funding and more detailed articles. Instead of just publishing stuff that was sourced elsewhere. Also get more reporters in other countries.

You need to figure out what B-Bus API is called to open the URL, and block it using the flatpak run argument --no-talk-name=NAME

I quoted their Block the Bombs Act position, which the best progressives in Congress like Jayapal and Tlaib are supporting as recently as a day ago https://www.facebook.com/RepJayapal/videos/the-american-people-do-not-want-the-us-government-to-continue-using-taxpayer-dol/860051216542538/ (not that it’s a bad thing, but Block the Bombs obviously won’t get passed and doesn’t use strong enough language).

I’m saying, if weapons to Israel become secret, that will only move the narrative to the right. Progressives might start calling for transparency instead of sticking with Block the Bombs.

This is the line of the Congressional Progressive Caucus https://progressives.house.gov/2025/9/progressive-caucus-endorses-block-the-bombs-act

Following a vote of its membership, the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) endorsed the Block the Bombs Act, which prohibits the United States transfer of weapons that the Israeli military has used in its bombardment of Gaza until human rights violations cease

You can basically guarantee that any elected politician in this country appends weasel-words to any good-sounding policy they promote.

If the weapons transfers become secret, they’ll stop talking about Block the Bombs and start talking about how they need to be more transparent.

Make sure embedded video is selected (Tools > Preferences > “All” (bottom left) > Video > “Embeded video”)

Also are you using a distro package or the VLC Flatpak app?

Can’t wait for progressive politicians to change their platform from “conditioning military aid to Israel” to “making military aid to Israel more transparent”.

what even is there to say

There is at least already a userspace PCIe API. And USB and so on.

It’s frustrating that there isn’t much of an effort to turn Linux into more of a microkernel. Instead the kernel just keeps getting bigger with even more subsystems and modules that can be exploited.

ah I guess that’s exactly what a backdoor is. I read the headline and thought security vulnerability or privilege escalation.

How is this a backdoor if it requires being able to install custom PAM modules???

It’s such a well know piece of software now, I can’t believe that’s even an issue. The other definition of the word probably has a fraction of the people who know about it.