"It belongs on the construction site, or in a police vehicle, or military helicopter, or army desert mission, or on an Antarctic research expedition... and that's pretty awesome." #Toughbook #ruggedlaptop https://pocketnow.com/panasonic-toughbook-40-review/
Gotta love those OLED screens. https://pocketnow.com/asus-vivobook-s-14x-oled-review/
That Lenovo X1 Fold looks really nice! https://pocketnow.com/hands-on-with-the-lenovo-thinkpad-x1-fold-its-awesome/
@mike_hales @gert @strypey @lightweight @bhaugen @organizingInFedi @matslats https://webxdc.org by the people behind @delta is interesting, in that it is webapps that uses chat as auth. As I understand, a "server" could be a chatbot sending webxdc apps as responses and handling app responses. If Quicksy support "appears", running community-member-friendly services sounds more tractable than otherwise.
The most badass wireless earbuds you can find today! https://bookofadamz.com/angry-miao-cyberblade-earbuds-review/
#Cyberblade
I started a new site for my writings. What do you think? https://bookofadamz.com/
Something a bit different today...
There's a really nice Fediverse admin on here called @stux who provides lots of free decentralised public services (public instances of Mastodon, PeerTube, Pixelfed, Matrix, Nitter, Invidious, Searx etc).
Stux is spending hundreds of euros a month so that these services remain free and operational.
Apparently Stux has had a tough time finding work recently, but has their own small business which provides web hosting.
If you're looking for a small indie hosting provider, this might be a really good choice as the money raised will help keep the Fedi going too:
β‘οΈ https://stuxhost.com
(I'm sorry to embarass you Stux, but I think you deserve a shout-out for the good work you do!)
Got to try some sweet new Lenovo laptops. https://pocketnow.com/hands-new-lenovo-slim-laptops
Also, if you prefer to still follow twitter users without an account and without using a bot mirror for mastodon, you can use #Fritter, a pretty decent client for Android that doesn't need an account to work, available on f-droid
For newbies here like me, a very good explanation of what is #Mastodon and the #Fediverse
https://youtu.be/S57uhCQBEk0
β¨οΈ I made a thing! ποΈ
Check out my brandnew webcomic, "Contra Chrome":
ποΈ https://contrachrome.com
Subtitle: How #Googleβs browser became a threat to #privacy and #democracy.
Featuring Shoshana Zuboff, vegan Piranhas, and everything you ever wanted to know about #Chrome but were afraid to ask!
Read and download for free β hope you like it! π
And if you do, please spread the word!
Thanks to @NLnetFDN and @NGIassure, the desktop version of Briar will get groups, forums and blogs. It will also run on Windows and MacOS.
https://nlnet.nl/project/Briar-beyond-Android/
I wrote another article about Briar so people know about a decent way to communicate in emergencies. https://pocketnow.com/how-keep-communicating-when-your-internet-disrupted
Here's a nice mid-range pen display. https://pocketnow.com/huion-kamvas-pro-16-pen-display-review
#FollowFriday / #FF recap of this week's recommended follows:
π @gancio - Libre online community calendar with Fediverse support
π @veloren - FOSS open world RPG with online multiplayer support, sort of Breath Of The Wild / Minecraft hybrid.
π @sergeaus - Skilful Australian photographer
π https://social.bund.de/explore - German Government's official Mastodon instance
π @wikihow - Randomly combined WikiHow images and titles
π @gxabbo - Videos about languages, especially Esperanto
RT @candiwrites@twitter.com
If you work in product, content or UX design, accessibility is part of your job.
Not someone elseβs.
Pass it on.
π¦π: https://twitter.com/candiwrites/status/1496946269914284040
I've been able to get my hands on the #TruthSocial source code (they do have a link to it on their website, although their website is not accessible to me).
They have disabled federation features. I absolutely expected that, just confirming it for others. It is just another walled garden.
Veloren is a FOSS open world multiplayer RPG, sort of like a cross between Breath Of The Wild and Minecraft. You can follow the official account at:
β‘οΈ @veloren
It's available for Linux, Mac and Windows from the official website at https://veloren.net
Veloren includes online multiplayer options, and you can host your own server if you want to.
#Veloren #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Gaming #Games #Game #VideoGames #VideoGame #OpenWorld #Voxel #RPG #RPGs #SelfHosting
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