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Here is a link announcing a new report on open source in public services, by our colleagues at the Open Source Observatory:
Look closely and you can make out a dewy #spiderweb I spotted on my way to work this morning. #ShotOnLibrem5
Really @ngisargasso, do I have to subscribe to your news letter through LinkedIn. What about #DigitalSovereignty?
See there:
I'm using a #Librem5 as my daily phone. Yesterday, I discovered that in the #Railway #GNOME app for public transportation planning, you can set #transitous as the routing engine. This works pretty well in the #Netherlands. Highly recommended. Of course you can install it also on your regular Linux computer.
When he’s not busy being one of our best fiction writers, Ted Chiang has become our best critic of generative AI:
“The programmer Simon Willison has described the training for large language models as ‘money laundering for copyrighted data,’ which I find a useful way to think about the appeal of generative-A.I. programs: they let you engage in something like plagiarism, but there’s no guilt associated with it because it’s not clear even to you that you’re copying.”
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/why-ai-isnt-going-to-make-art
Jordbruksverket (The Swedish Board of Agriculture) is Sweden's expert authority in the areas agriculture, fishery and rural areas.
They now have source code on Codeberg! https://codeberg.org/jordbruksverket
@Codeberg
As noted in the NOSAD newsletter here https://nosad.se/news_aug_2024 Jordbruksverket are looking to do more joint development together with other orgs in the future.
Are we beginning to see a little bit of "Public Money? Public Code!" in Sweden? 😃 https://publiccode.eu/en/ @fsfe #FOSS #FreeSoftware
The #Transitous integration in #GNOME maps is just great. Instantly turned maps from being unusable here in Vancouver BC to my preferred maps app!
Jag har insett att jag kommer att behöva någon form av #RSS-läsare om jag ska klara av att sluta använda Facebook. Tror att #CommaFeed eller #Feedbin kan vara vettiga alternativ, någon som har provat dessa som har något att säga? Eller har ni kanske andra tips? Tar emot allt jag kan få, har inte använt RSS-läsare på väldigt väldigt länge.
We have been collecting priority missing items for using a GNU/Linux OS on smart phones for daily driving for a few days now.
We had an #XMPP group as well https://xmpp.link/#debphoshfund@chat.disroot.org?join
which is now bridged to #Matrix https://matrix.to/#/#debphoshfund:fortysixandtwo.eu
Some people were reluctant to join codema.in so you might want to join via XMPP or Matrix to get updates, though polls would still happen via codema.in (tracking this in multiple places would be too much work).
The OmniOpenCon #conference will take place on September 26-28, in #Bucharest, #Romania
https://omniopencon.org/
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #OpenData, #OpenScience #OpenHardware, #OpenEducation #Event
Are you also concerned about the @EUCommission decision to cut the funding for #FreeSoftware projects?
Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper 🗞️ to make their readers aware of the importance of funding #FreeSoftware solutions with a long-term sustainable funding:
#Wayland #inputmethod team GO!
I assembled a team to continue work I started for #mobilelinux with #phosh , #squeekboard and #librem5 .
We're going to finish the mobile side of screen-based input, and also try to properly bring traditional input methods (like for Chinese) to Wayland.
Thanks @nlnet for providing the motivation.
Watch this account!
At a kids' football cup recently I heard players mentioning the "brexit tackle", and "doing a brexit", while they were talking about one of the games they just played. As I understand it, by "doing a brexit" in this context they mean to throw yourself wildly against an opponent with complete disregard for the safety of both yourself and the opponent, also not caring about the ball or winning the game. I find it hopeful that the kids already have such deep understanding of European politics. 😁
@erikdelareguera Har bra erfarenheter av PeerTube, föreningen DFRI.se har en här: https://play.dfri.se
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