When I first began exploring the IndieWeb several months ago, I stumbled upon the tildeverse, which describes itself as "a loose association of like-minded tilde communities" for those "interested in learning about nix (linux, unix, bsd, etc)." It's important I tell you about these communities, because Wikipedia deleted the article on it, justifying the decision by saying there was "no coverage available in reliable sources, provided sources are non-independent". A "tilde community" is, essentially, a shared, public-access computer. And you know how much I love public access, right? The name comes from the Unix shorthand symbol (~), denoting a user's home directory (e.g., server.org/~username), because these communities exist on Unix/Linux servers (often called a "pubnix") run with love by hobbyists. The Heartbreak of Copy Fail Sadly, right now, many tilde communities are shut down due to the CopyFail and Dirty Frag vulnerabilities. Copy Fail is a local privilege escalation flaw in…
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