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
John Sullivan
boosted
🎟️ Today is the last day to get DISCOUNTED EARLY BIRD tickets for FediCon 2026 — don't miss your chance to grab a discounted pass!
(Tickets will be regularly priced after today.)
FediCon is a conference about the Fediverse and the Open Social Web
Come be part of a community gathering focused on the Fediverse, the Social Web, and the people building the future of open social platforms.
📅 August 6–9, 2026
📍 UBC campus, Vancouver, BC
🎫 Get your FOSSY ticket, which gets you into FediCon:
https://
2026.fossy.ca/attend/tickets/
And of course the batteries are branded MedCell. I'm sure they are very special.
The (wearable) heart monitors in this hospital run on regular AA batteries, which don't last even 12 hours. Every day, twice a day, nurses are running around changing batteries. Fortunately, they have nothing better to be doing with their time. :/
huh, Groupon still exists
@vathpela That too!
Previously confused by job applicants sending resumes with filename "Resume.pdf", now also confused by vendors sending invoices with filename "Invoice.pdf". It's sort of like making a hotel reservation and having your confirmation number be 1. Which is also a thing that sort of happened to me once.
John Sullivan
boosted
YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK
(sourced from Alex McMillan, @undeniablyalex.bsky.social)
John Sullivan
boosted
BACK IN MY DAY, AI STOOD FOR ADOBE ILLUSTRSTOR, AND WE HATED THAT TOO
John Sullivan
boosted
I miss liking computers.
Can you change the color of the selection tool rectangle in #LibreOffice Calc? The barely visible light blue isn't doing it for my old eyes anymore. Without changing all system theme colors..
John Sullivan
boosted
Little project I've been working on for the past two days. A reverse engineered implementation of the Android Auto server, running on my OnePlus 6 with PostmarketOS. The implementation is incredibly basic, only has basic video, but it's enough to display Sway and firefox :D
Next major step is getting it to work on a "proper" headunit. It works with my generic Chinese portable Android Auto / CarPlay screen but on a proper Toyota headunit inside a 2019 Toyota Aygo it fails somewhere along the way on the authentication chain.
#postmarketos #mobilelinux
Next major step is getting it to work on a "proper" headunit. It works with my generic Chinese portable Android Auto / CarPlay screen but on a proper Toyota headunit inside a 2019 Toyota Aygo it fails somewhere along the way on the authentication chain.
#postmarketos #mobilelinux
@cwebber @farfalk I think it more corresponds to the death of personal computing as it was? People don't have desktops anymore and barely have laptops other than for work? Which is a problem for p2p? Seems like most people's decentralized/federated nodes for things are hosted in data centers? All question marks because just speculating.
John Sullivan
boosted
🚨 Call for Speakers — FediCon 2026🚨
The Fediverse is gathering in person once again — and we’re inviting the community to take part!
FediCon is a conference about the Fediverse and the Open Social Web — and we are now accepting session proposals!
We're looking for:
• Talks
• Demos
• Lightning talks
• Panels
Got a project, idea, experiment, or story to share?
📩 Submit your proposal: hello@fedicon.ca
(or DM us on the Fediverse)
🗓️ Submission deadline: May 31, 2026
🎥 Watch last year's talks: https://spectra.video/c/fedicon_videos/videos
...
More about FediCon 2026:
📅 When: August 6th–9th, 2026
📍 Where: UBC campus in Vancouver, BC, Canada
John Sullivan
boosted
What are your plans for this weekend? How about submitting a talk for #SeaGL2026
It's easy: https://seagl.org/cfp
#cfp is open until end of May. First time speakers also welcomed.
#linux #opensource #FLOSS #FOSS #OSS #oshw #free #libre #open #tech #community #event #seattle
Did Nullachtfünfzehn sow the seed for 6-7?
Really what's the deal with credit cards with MM/DD/YY expiration dates that are at the end of the month (ie 06/30/30) when everyone in the world wants MM/YY. Why create the ambiguity of, is it 06/30 or 07/30?
@mek2600 sure, probably needs some qualification about retail/hospitality/service businesses.
TIL the "tac" command. !GFMO
@dneary reverse corollary I have seen, "accuse the secretary of modifying the notes"
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
