srinicame @srinicame@bsd.network
Hi, I'm Jess.
I'm struggling financially. My Medication costs increased 3x.
If you can support me a little, I make lots of stuff!
Games: http://sudojess.itch.io
Music: http://sudojessmusic.bandcamp.com
Photos: http://500px.com/sudojess
Or you can support me directly:
http://PayPal.me/sudojess
Ed Mastery
@mwlucas took what could be a rather silly joke book and created a masterful book on something that normally would be lost to the ages.
Michael writes tech books the way they used to be written; full of opinions, humor, and a-ha moments that too often get overlooked in some modern books.
https://www.tiltedwindmillpress.com/?product=ed
(If only he made a book for the C programming language. 😁 )
I have created a #Librepay account for donations to me. I intend to use any monies to cover my open-source work, and for hosting this instance. https://liberapay.com/phessler/
Since donations through the service are anonymous, I don't know if, or how much, people have donated.
RT @MedievalPete@twitter.com: Someone on Reddit has photoshopped art ladies into a modern office and it's just excellent.
.@Framasoft's crowdfunding for #PeerTube has just passed 100%, so it will definitely get funding 🎉 👏 🍾
There's still 12 days to go, so the appeal is going for a stretch goal to add even more features 😎
Well done everyone! 👍
Alsø wik:
A federated blog instance would resemble Medium in that it could be a tagged, categorized, aggregated platform. Better content discovery (Medium's strength, other than pure hipsterism) means more readers.
Also cross-platform subscriptions to Mastodon, Pleroma, etc.
Can we please stop saying "free-to-use" and instead say, for example, "paid-with-data"? #ShitHNSays
[boost appreciated]
I'll do my master thesis in Sweden, Lund more precisely, in November. I'd like to live in Sweden on my own during one month before starting my thesis (1st october to 1st november). I'm looking for a place/roomate/squat/anything to live around Copenhague/Malmö/Lund during that time. A queer place would be the best but I'm open for any offer /advice/contact etc...
thank you !
@phessler Seeing how the bsd.network is administrated I am tempted to switch instances :)
Never been a fan of vi. Since my tryst with gnu/Linux computers, emacs is "my" editor. While trying to customize my i3 setup, I regularly came across qutebrowser. I thought of giving it a shot. I am just loving it. It goes well with the i3 philosophy. If u are using i3, I suggest u to definitely try it. And, no, my editor is still emacs.
The question isn't whether to get a microchip implant or not, it's who gets to own and control your microchip implant, how free are you to edit the software it runs, and who has access and copyrights on the data it will produce.
Qutebrowser is great, I thought it'd give me a bit of grounding to using Vim... and I actually had to use Vim today and had a grasp of how it works! Such a simple concept of switching between modes, but unless you 'get it' you're screwed.
Also, search and replace is AMAZING 😁
Sorry nano, this might be goodbye.
#yay #underutilised
@djsundog i've never used a qnx system in earnest, but i have very fond memories of their crazy single-floppy demo system with the desktop & web browser...
Agreed.. OpenStreetMap Should Be a Priority for the Open Source Community
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/openstreetmap-should-be-priority-open-source-community
I think that the goals of the FSF are laudable, and we need many more organizations like the FSF out there.
RMS is sometimes out of touch with reality, and at times I do find myself frustrated with his positions, but I will say that he has never compromised on the fundamental positions that free software activism requires, and overall, I have to respect that.
I also find myself frustrated with the FSF and GNU project (for example the handling of GNU social/GNU.io initiative in general and then previous handling of DotGNU were serious opportunity misses in my opinion), but that does not mean that they aren't important pillars in the software freedom movement. I think those failures were largely because they tried to take on technical initiatives that were outside of what they specialized in doing.
Proprietary SaaS is a major threat to software freedom, and the FSF is right to be vocal about this. I am not sure the ways they are vocal are effective, but the fact that they are being vocal about it is a good thing. Again, this is because it is a type of issue that the FSF isn't specialized in.
And before anyone says "but the BSDs," it should be noted that Stallman was one of the people who pressured UC Berkeley to free the BSD sources back in the 80s, because doing so allowed them to accelerate the GNU project.
What is needed, in my opinion, is for the FSF to concentrate on the things it does best, and for them to leverage the GNU project to technically innovate on those things, their support of things like coreboot for example is critical. They need to do this work in concert with other foundations that agree to the same pillars of software freedom that have specialization in other areas: for example, if DotGNU were an independent project with independent governance I think we would have been able to crush Mono before it became a problem. I also think that if gnu.io were an independent initiative, with independent governance, it would likely be doing better today (this is one of the reasons why Pleroma is not developed under the gnu.io umbrella, incidentally).
But at the same time, I think it is foolish to not acknowledge the mountains of technical contribution that the FSF and GNU project have given us to start with. It is time for us to build on that foundation with many new projects and foundations to move as quickly and be as hard hitting as possible...
Very interesting advice from a #Debian developer about #GitHub and #GitLab https://veronneau.org/lets-migrate-away-from-github.html
If you don't want to use Gitlab.com, here are two alternative instances for #FreeSoftware projects:
The Debian Gitlab instance is available for every FOSS project and not only for Debian-related ones. As long as the project respects the Debian Free Software Guidelines, you can use the instance
Riseup maintains a Gitlab instance for radical projects named 0xacab.
There's a big discussion going on around Linus Torwalds swearing at bad code on Hacker News, again.
I am really afraid when Linus steps down and somebody like GKH takes over. Don't get me wrong, GKH is great, but he is also overly nice and I feel like you need the Linus attitude to stop some of the utterly horrific code from being committed to the #Linux kernel.
When it comes to something as important as an OS used by critical infrastructure, swear away Linus! 😂
#PeerTube is free/libre software alternative to YouTube
-- federated (uses ActivityPub)
-- peer2peer streaming
-- currently in beta
non-profit @Framasoft is crowdfunding its development
https://www.kisskissbankbank.com/en/projects/peertube-a-free-and-federated-video-platform
this project is already usable (more than 50 instances)
and can be a game-changer.
Boost its development and give it more visibility.
Launched in 2017, Libreture is an alternative e-book storage service for readers who want the benefits of an online platform, without the dodgy practices of the large retailers.
Owned and run by me, @kevinbeynon, its goal is to balance the monopolistic platforms of Amazon, Google, and Apple, with a service that is designed to NOT be vertically integrated. In effect, supporting independent bookshops, publishers, and self-publishing authors.
