Elias @eliasr@librem.one
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Human being. Programmer, sailor, researcher, teacher, student, parent, child, etc. Free/libre and open-source software (FOSS/FLOSS) enthusiast. Likes human rights, including digital rights such as privacy of communication. Lives in Stockholm. He/him. No DMs.
Joined Jun 2020
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Like, it bears repeating:
Windows 11, by default, takes regular screenshots of your computer. These are analysed for advertisement purposes, you can be sure of it.
Windows Recall blacks out copyrighted material from those screenshots, but not passwords or other sensitive information, including account numbers, TANs, etc.
This is not an issue for my bank.
Mandating spyware-ladden corporate operating systems should be grounds for getting their banking licence revoked.
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Seriously though: I want (okay, demand) a version of Firefox with the "AI chatbot" functionality removed. Not disabled. Removed. I want all code which is specifically designed to connect to OpenAI removed from my computer completely. I do not care if the vampires have promised not to suck my blood. I do not want the vampires in my house in the first place. https://mk.nyaa.place/notes/9xvolkux40ok0n1m
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In Swedish, E-identification, FOSS
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The next #Tor relay operator meetup is this Saturday,
September 7 at 19UTC! For the agenda and more info, check out the Tor Forum.
https://forum.torproject.org/t/tor-relays-next-tor-relay-operator-meetup-september-7th-2024-at-19utc/14203
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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
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Really @ngisargasso, do I have to subscribe to your news letter through LinkedIn. What about #DigitalSovereignty?
See there:
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In Swedish, E-identification, FOSS
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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.
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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
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Last night of Sweden summer #sweden #summer #lastnightofsummer #August
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
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The #Transitous integration in #GNOME maps is just great. Instantly turned maps from being unusable here in Vancouver BC to my preferred maps app!
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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.
Från NOSADs nyhetsbrev aug 2024
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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).
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The OmniOpenCon #conference will take place on September 26-28, in #Bucharest, #Romania
https://omniopencon.org/
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #OpenData, #OpenScience #OpenHardware, #OpenEducation #Event
- My web page
- https://eliasrudberg.se/
Human being. Programmer, sailor, researcher, teacher, student, parent, child, etc. Free/libre and open-source software (FOSS/FLOSS) enthusiast. Likes human rights, including digital rights such as privacy of communication. Lives in Stockholm. He/him. No DMs.
Joined Jun 2020
