Dean @dean@librem.one
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I am into science and climate activism. I love to learn about social issues and to challenge my own perspectives. I'm also into free and open-source software and I am back in University studying computer science.
Joined Jun 2019
I just watched David Attenborough's A Life on our Planet. A very good look over his and our natural world's life and what our future could be. Worth the watch. 😁
Currently in Netflix.
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GNOME Asia 2020 registration is now open! This year's summit will be held on November 24-26 all online.
You can sign up for this free event here: https://events.gnome.org/event/24/registrations/21/
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It turns out that the reason free, open source messengers suck on iOS is that #Apple force-closes background applications unless you pay them for the privilege - which is why proprietary applications like WhatsApp, Discord and Facebook Messenger work just fine.
This means small and free actors are banned from participating.
A look at the future of Mozilla and its looking good!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AbwBBbk2JI
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GNOME Asia 2020 Call for Proposals is now open!
This year's summit will be held remotely, Nov 24-26, and we're looking for speakers. All submissions are due by Sept 25, see our news feature for topic ideas and details on where to submit!
https://www.gnome.org/news/2020/09/gnome-asia-2020-call-for-papers-now-open/
I'm in, are you?
Let's change the $63 Trillion consumer market to support the Poor.
https://youtu.be/iQ4F46m1_Y4
#THANKYOUTOTHEWORLD
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Handibox is an accessibility tool that will allow Human-Computer interaction with people who have some degree of motor disability. Through #Handibox, users can carry out elementary activities such as using the Internet, writing emails, and more!
The team, Alejandro, Fabio, and Matias, seeks to integrate with other #accessibility applications in GNOME and are looking for guidance from the accessibility team. They also need community help precompiling libraries like dlib. #GNOMEChallenge
@gnome @joao would this app be worth adding to the list? I don't know if it'll even be possible to adapt the app for the form factor, ARM, or memory constraints. 🤔 https://tracker.pureos.net/w/pureos/mobile_optimized_apps/
Current 'security measures' and 'best practises' do not classify privacy as an issue and treat users like children. Creating prisons for us.
https://puri.sm/posts/your-phone-is-your-castle/
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Can we please, please – PLEASE! not make the nonsensical US date format month/day/year the default in applications? 🤦♂️
PRE 👏 TTY 👏 PLEASE
And to all users of that format: it makes no sense, it's counter-intuitive, it makes collaboration frustrating, it introduces inconsistencies and errors... Just stop. Please. Use international standards.
(And don't get me started on your other units of weights, volumes and distances. Bloody hell.)
Boost if I'm right.
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#PureOS for Creatives Part 1: Music Production with the #librem15
"In 2020, there is a free software equivalent for every mainstream commercial program on the market today."
https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-for-creatives-part-1-music-production-with-the-librem-15/
The first in a three-part series on PureOS for Creatives by our guest blogger, Tre Scranton
@lunduke I think it's because Google is cutting funding.
@purism how good is Microsoft Office 365 and One drive?
My wifes' school has both and the executive are pushing Microsoft services over Google.
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The #GUADEC fun doesn't end with the sessions, we have social events and activities too! Take a look at what we've got planned: https://blogs.gnome.org/engagement/2020/07/16/social-events-at-guadec-2020/
#GUADEC #OpenSource #FOSS
@exalm@floss.social how can it not be aligned!?
@purism thanks for these posts. I enjoy reading them.
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Surveillance capitalism is the same as climate change, but for data:
- Some people have been warning about its consequences for years
- Most people don't care because they don't feel concerned, they can't see it affecting them
- A few companies are making a lot of damage with the help of governments
- When we will face the consequences it will be too late
- We can still do something about it, and the sooner the better
@lunduke Just because they didn't fit the Elf's expectations of beauty, Elf's discarded them to the swamps of the world! #greenisthenewblack
@gnome my timezone (UTC+8) puts the event in the middle of the night. Is there a way I could watch and still be involved?
@teknari@1929.com @purism to do that you'll need access to the cellular modem and I don't think we can that level of access with any modem on market. We are able to do that with wifi when a network has multiple access points.
- Country
- Australia
I am into science and climate activism. I love to learn about social issues and to challenge my own perspectives. I'm also into free and open-source software and I am back in University studying computer science.
Joined Jun 2019
