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title = "Links for 2020-03-06: Async Rust, Leadership, Firefox removing old cookies, X-Windows, Linux distributions, PC cases"
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date = 2020-03-06
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[taxonomies]
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tags = ["links", "rust", "async", "leadership", "firefox", "cookies", "linux", "distros", "pc", "case"]
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Interesting things going on the internet, 2020-03-06.
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# [async/await on embedded Rust](https://ferrous-systems.com/blog/async-on-embedded/)
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Not production ready yet, but the guys from Ferrous Systems are working on a
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way to embbed async/await on embedded systems. While this may sound strange
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("What? But Rust doesn't support async/await already?"), the fact is that most
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async/await runtimes use Glibc functions and do not work without it. They even
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have a [repository](https://github.com/ferrous-systems/async-on-embedded) with
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some code.
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This is huge.
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# [Taking someone aside](https://www.jefftk.com/p/taking-someone-aside)
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Some tips on how to talk to someone when you want them to stop doing
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something.
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# [Purge site data when site identified via old tracking cookies](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1599262)
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This is a direct link to a Firefox "bug" (actually, a feature) for removing
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cookies older than 30 days if you don't interact with the site in 30 days.
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"My logins!", you may be thinking. But this will also remove any tracking site
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as long as you don't interact with the site anymore (goodbye Google tracking
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sites, if you use DuckDuckGo, ProtonMail, Invidio.us, and so on).
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# [The X-Windows Disaster](http://www.art.net/~hopkins/Don/unix-haters/x-windows/disaster.html)
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This is a piece of hate on XWindows -- you know, the thing that first was
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XFree86, then turned to X.org, then was completely scratched and is slowly
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being replaced by Wayland.
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But the curious part is not the hate, but the fact that it tells the story
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behind X-Windows, how it came to be and how it works -- and the steps people
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made to make it actually work.
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# [Try Linux](https://www.trylinux.today/)
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Not using Linux yet? Wondering which the myriad of distributions you should
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use? Not really getting into that distribution that you Linux-fan friend
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suggested?
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This page has a list of distributions and their knowledge required.
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Even if you already use Linux, you may pick something more "advanced", just to
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explore new things.
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# [The beautiful machine](http://fabiensanglard.net/the_beautiful_machine/index.html)
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I'm not running desktops anymore, but _heck_ if that isn't a pretty case!
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