月之光影 -Moonlight Shadow-

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  最近在研究,如何用Syncthing/Nextcloud將單機非網路服務的行事曆軟體(Rainlendar、Osmo、Etar/內建行事曆),在三種不同的作業系統平台(Windows、Linux、Android)皆達成更新同步。

  棄用Google Calendar的陣痛期意外地長,但就「資安隱私議題」和「不因被單一服務綁架,而廢棄淘汰仍可使用的機器」來說,這陣痛期的適應和嘗試新方法又是必要的。

  但是要如何找到Google Calendar的替代品?這是個讓人相當頭大的問題。在經過長久的搜尋和嘗試之後,漸漸地有一個奇特的想法架構在腦中成型。

  這篇文章僅專注講述大概念,軟體操作細節則不會多加著墨。

架構

  兩台桌電,公司用的是Windows 7;家裡使用的是Windows 10和Puppy Linux Xenialpup雙系統;手機使用的是Android 4.4.4 Kikat;另外有一台筆電是用Windows XP,無網路。

  兩台電腦(先不計斷網的筆電)、一隻手機,系統不一樣,使用的軟體也不一樣,同樣也能同步更新行事曆。

  簡單來說架構是這樣:

  1. 桌電Windows 7使用Rainlendar。
  2. Syncthing同步ics檔案到手機、桌電Linux/Windows 10。
  1. 手機用Etar行事曆,匯入ics檔。
  2. Linux用Osmo,連結ics檔。
  3. 桌電Windows 10用Rainlendar,連結ics檔。
  4. 斷網筆電Windows XP用Rainlendar舊版,用傳統隨身碟/藍芽/手機MTF傳輸等方式手動更新檔案。
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Exclusive: “More Data”: Negativland's video short about data privacy and surveillance

  我曾經是電腦玩物的忠實讀者,也因為作者的推薦而使用Google的服務,確實體認到其行動資訊的方便性。

  然而最近開始體認到,許多軟體程式的方便性,是建立在犧牲使用者個資和隱私上所達成的效果。「科技始終來自於惰性」的這句笑話,如今看來卻是令人不寒而慄:為了我們的懶惰,就要犧牲個資安全和網路自由嗎?

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Due to the accident of fate, V. Adams contacted you through Lifeline. Thanked to your advice from time to time, he got to overcome some difficulties. While he was being hunted down by ALT, Adams had to go radio silent for your safety. After some time, he came back for you by a new comm, connecting you in these 0 and 1 network oceans, just like the line of fate.

V. Adams was a cyborg made by Dr. Sibellius, a scientist belonging to the company ALT. There were five “Adams” from the Adams series, and the one you met was the fifth: V. He once had four brothers, but they all died in incidents. I lost his mind and attacked V, V killed him out of self-defense; II suicided; III was killed in the helicopter crashed; IV sacrificed himself to help V escape. V lost his memories, but in the end, despite knowing the whole truth regarding his mechanic identity, he still wished to become a human.

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  徹底戒除社交手遊半年,把時間用來學語言、讀書,和運動,體驗到以前難以取得而今輕易獲得的充實感,我覺得這大概是最大的收穫。

  雖然有時候還是會陷入一種想要獲得「關注」而想逼自己創作的心態。因為覺得自己寫不好、畫不好,缺陷很多,所以不受關注也是很自然的事;而自己能用來練習技巧和創作的時間又是少之又少,無法付出時間就不會進步也沒有產出,於是就會陷入「很廢、懶惰」的自我厭惡循環之中。學語言和運動也是遇到同樣的狀況,期望自己有進步,可是帳面上的成績數字就還是原地踏步,便不免感到灰心。

  但也或許,這些灰心沮喪只是暫時的。

  覺得自由的時間隨著年歲增加越來越少了,即使玩遊戲的愛好不變,能全心全意投入其中心力也變得得衡量比例輕重,也要挑選遊戲的品質──非聲光效果的品質,而是做為一個可以讓人體驗、冒險其中的世界的品質,所以我又回去玩古典單機遊戲諸如Baldur's Gate和Fallout系列、甚至是NetHack了。一款好玩的遊戲,是放了二十年再回來重玩也會覺得好玩的遊戲,是不用連上網路為裝備和卡面課金,一個人也能獲得樂趣的遊戲。

  現在的遊戲(尤其是卡牌遊戲),很多都要求玩家耗費大量金錢課金,耗費大量時間肝,以金錢和遊戲中的社交機制建築階級制度。

  在遊戲中稱兄道弟,關掉遊戲就什麼也不是的陌生人,遊戲圈子的友誼往往就是如此短暫,除非跟著朋友的潮流換過一個又一個的遊戲。

  在其中建立友情的階級制度也是可理解、但可預期地荒謬和悲哀,當不斷向外尋求、試探、確認朋友的「忠誠」才能獲得滿足感,不就間接證明自己的內在「什麼都沒有」嗎?

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Last month, I got depressed about learning English.

Sometimes I feel depressed about learning English.

It doesn't give me the feedback I expected even though I spend a lot of time learning. The TOEIC grade has been stuck at 500-600 range for a long time, which consumes me with self doubt. Did I get the method wrong? Or should I take lessons with a cram school? I am confused.

Few hours later, I got a message from a LingQ user, she corrected the paragraph and said: you're doing great keep practicing. I thank her for the encouragement.

Nowadays I feel better. I must thank those kind people who sent messages with encouragement. Thank you all very much.

Most of the time, someone who claims I am a loser because of test scores is Taiwanese or Chinese, they are not native speakers of English. It might be a facet of Asian culture. I think being self-critical make people easy to control with advertisement and manners, like some kind of herd behavior. It's hard to get rid of the stress from culture. I'm still learning to practice with happiness rather than fear.

#diary #language

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I'm incubating and waiting for seeing the world again. Estoy incubando y esperando volver a ver el mundo.

Taken with Pentax *ist DS. 20190503 #PixelKnot

#photography #nature

Sometimes I feel depressed about learning English.

It doesn't give me the feedback I expected even though I spend a lot of time learning. The TOEIC grade has been stuck at 500-600 range for a long time, which consumes me with self doubt. Did I get the method wrong? Or should I take lessons with a cram school? I am confused.

Few hours later, I got a message from a LingQ user, she corrected the paragraph and said: you're doing great keep practicing. I thank her for the encouragement.

#diary #language

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  最近沉浸在分眾式去中心化(decentralized)的社群平台,申請帳號開始嘗鮮使用後,面對全新帳號的空白頁面,我一直在思考這個問題:我的個人專頁,要放什麼東西?這當然也有一個直截了當的快速解答:想放什麼就放什麼。那麼又回歸到最初的問題:「我想放什麼?」

  我們得利於中央集權式(或視其行徑也可考慮是否稱之為極權)的社群平台的群眾效應,人多勢眾說話就能大聲,在平台上展現自己最美好、最有趣的一面,放送廣告宣傳推播,獲得按讚分享再傳播。如果本身是個喜愛分享的表演型人格創作者,這樣的活動應該勝任有餘。反之,像我大多時候懶惰,心有餘力不足純做興趣,又可能再給自己多加幾種社交障礙標籤的創作者,比起一對多、上下階級分明的網紅與粉絲模式,更偏好的還是平等的一對一交流。

  去中心化的社群平台,沒有演算法的監控和干預,初階的分眾方式取決於我們選擇創建帳號的伺服器自我定位,工程師、設計師、動漫愛好者分別建立聚集在自己的站點,在ID上以站點位址表明屬性偏好,但也僅此而已,因為連上網站之後迎面而來的是各個站點互相連接組成聯邦,彼此自由交流來往的寬廣世界。

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The green lived beyond the decay. El verde vivió más allá de la decadencia.

Taken with Pentax *ist DS. 20190411 #PixelKnot

#photography #nature

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I made this animation in 2008/12 by ink and edited with AfterEffect. This animation compared the transgender to the gynandromorph.

The lost butterfly got stuck in the fishbowl which is as same as the unreasonably preconceived idea. Some butterflies ignored, but some butterflies came to help.

We hope all of us, no matter the gender and sex orientation, will love and beloved each other.

#art #ink #animation #transgender #LGBTQ  

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