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
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Pretty much all of my jobs in the last 20+ years have involved typing people's handwritten email addresses into a database, to some degree (small nonprofit before, now small business). I notice that it's a lot easier these days since everyone uses the same email domain! One half of the deciphering handwriting equation is solved. Sad face.
how to avoid the sunk cost fallacy but still finish what you start
TIL that Aviation #gin is distilled in "Indiana and/or Oregon".
#Emacs has decided to mess with me today -- suddenly getting an error every time I try to reply to a message in Gnus that contains emoji, or save a text file with emoji "No such file or directory, MULE-ethiopic". Doesn't matter how long you've been using it, some days it just decides it's going to teach you something new.
Has anyone ever *really* gotten onion and garlic out of a wood/bamboo cutting board? I've read and tried lots of tips but have resigned myself at this point to just having a dedicated board for trips to garlic town. #cooking
@vegantacos I think the option is Accessibility => Shake Cursor, uncheck "Shake cursor to find it". Thanks for the clue about it!
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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.
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
