Free Soft&Hardware Enthusiast @goatwildernesscollective@librem.one

Starship 28 is sitting outside of the high bay this morning. This will be the next Starship to launch.

1/27/24

FluffyChat MatrixRTC support!

#matrix #FOSDEM #fluffychat

In addition to the new handbook, GNOME also has a shiny new release schedule page:

https://release.gnome.org/calendar/index.html

UI freeze in 10 days... 😬

A sentence I do not often hear myself say: "I agree with the president of Xbox." https://www.engadget.com/xbox-president-thinks-apples-eu-app-store-plan-is-a-step-in-the-wrong-direction-130551604.html #Apple

Many of the ills of today’s internet have a single thing in common: they are built on a system of corporate surveillance. This Data Privacy & Protection Day, we're calling for a ban on the targeting of ads based on our online behavior. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/ban-online-behavioral-advertising

it's kind of funny how frustrated and annoyed apple's announcement reads in regards to the changes they have to implement to comply with EU DMA, like > This change is a result of the DMA’s requirements, and means that EU users will be confronted with a list of default browsers before they have the opportunity to understand the options available to them. The screen also interrupts EU users’ experience the first time they open Safari intending to navigate to a webpage.

"Parents Rights" is a dog-whistle for abuse.

The US is the *only* country in the world which is not party to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

There was a proposal by Russia a few years ago to include so-called "Parental Rights" in the convention, and it was widely rejected as it inherently is at odds with the idea of the rights of a child to be heard, respected, protected, a right to their own name and identity.

In the US, rejection of the convention is specifically because of conservative Republicans who believe that children should not have rights, and that only the authority of parents is what matters.

I've been on the #internet before becoming an adult.

I'm not sure what adults occupied themselves with before internet. (As an internet-free kid, doing things I was not allowed to do was good.)

Maybe not being able to escape into the 'net is how people could focus on great pursuits.

I bet in the future historians will split time into "before internet" and "after internet" eras.

#history #futurology

Wine 9.0 was released just yesterday, and it's already available for TUXEDO OS users! 🍷 🎉
https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-9.0

#Wine #Wine9 #TUXEDO_OS

Lutris 0.5.15 Fixes Crashes When Using Wayland With High DPI Gaming Mice

Lutris 0.5.15 has been released as the newest version of this open-source game manager that allows managing games from within Steam, GOG, various retro game console / emulator solutions, and other sources...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Lutris-0.5.15-Released

"OpenAI says it’s “impossible” to create useful AI models without copyrighted material"

10 years ago three dudes from Sweden were hunted by FBI, Interpol and their own government for challenging copyright laws and seeking a fresh approach without ever profiting from it. 🏴‍☠️

Now venture capitalist-backed corporations will sell us our own copyrighted material at a premium. Working tirelessly to embed it in every product designed from now on so you will not be able to avoid it. 💰

Who did it better?

Please use Firefox in 2024

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/dec/29/google-lawsuit-settlement-incognito-mode

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I seriously can’t understate how important all of the work on #postmarketOS is to the #solarpunk future.

If installing adblockers is the largest consumer boycott in history, then #postmarketOS is an insurgency against planned obsolescence.

the "fragile" but quite well working reform next prototype and the almost production grade pocket reform at #37c3