John Sullivan @johns@librem.one
Former shipper and executive director at the Free Software Foundation, now https://alliterativeadvising.com, https://crazyalansemporium.com, and board of directors for https://f-droid.org.
Joined May 2019
@vegantacos I think the option is Accessibility => Shake Cursor, uncheck "Shake cursor to find it". Thanks for the clue about it!
John Sullivan
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the advice of "if you do it more than a couple of times, automate it" _really_ needs to be balanced against "everything you automate will one day break and require maintenance, probably after you've forgotten how it works and possibly even that it exists"
@vegantacos Wow, I'm not alone. So maybe I can disable it in accessibility features settings, thanks. Do you also experience unintended zooming of the text / application window?
What is it that I keep doing on my laptop that supersizes the mouse cursor briefly? It has something to do with brushing against the (evil) touchpad. Environment is Debian/KDE/Wayland. Doesn't seem to be application specific.
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CfP for the #FOSDEM #Legal and #Policy devroom is out. The DevRoom invites hackers, developers, contributors,
lawyers, and decision-makers alike to share their knowledge with the community. Deadline is 7 December:
https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2025q4/003703.html
(Transparency: I am one of the organisers together with @karen @tmarble @bkuhn @richardfontana @lexelas )
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In one hour, there will be a hearing in the VIzio law suit!
It's about a motion VIzio made, asking the court to rule (without any discussion at trial) that there is no installation right in #gplv2. The "tentative" ruling published this morning denies VIzio's request! The parties will discuss further at the hearing to see if the tentative becomes final.
If you're comfortable using proprietary software (zoom via browser), you can watch:
https://occourtsapp.occourts.org/aci/checkin-results?dept=C33
Apparently @copiesofcopies is writing for The Onion now?
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process - The Onion
https://theonion.com/not-sure-how-they-deal-with-criminals-in-your-town-but-round-here-we-use-a-restorative-justice-process/
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Last call! The Open Source Initiative is hiring its next Executive Director. Applications close tomorrow (Nov 12). If you’re ready to help shape the future of Open Source, apply now: https://opensource.org/blog/open-source-initiative-now-accepting-your-application-for-executive-director
Is there any organization seriously working on eliminating the presidential pardon?
I've seen top posting, I've seen bottom posting, now I've seen posting the same text both top and bottom.
@evan no but I haven't tried to make them yet
Remembering Aaron Swartz.
"Facebook Internet Tracking Settlement Administrator has sent you $4.01 USD."
Well, that should cover it.
So yeah banks can't order pennies anymore.
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This week, the #Python Software Foundation rejected a $1.5MM NSF grant, due to a requirement that the PSF abandon diversity work.
So I joined forces with Python folks (@offby1, @petrillic, @amethyst) and we're matching up to $12,000 of donations to the PSF. 🧵
Relatedly, I have seen Google Maps direct people to pull this very move.
One of my tests for good-human-being-or-not is do you, without truly extenuating circumstances, do the "exit and immediately re-enter the highway in order to get ahead" move.
New theory: Trump is receiving kickbacks from the dynamic digital pricetag industry. Can you please leave my prices alone for even 1 week so I can actually get something else done?
I feel like a big ambiguity in most availability polls and conversations is "are we talking about when the meeting would *start*, or is it my total available time to be in the meeting?"
Former shipper and executive director at the Free Software Foundation, now https://alliterativeadvising.com, https://crazyalansemporium.com, and board of directors for https://f-droid.org.
Joined May 2019
