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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My friends on IRC are discussing how realistic Star Trek is. The thing that's least realistic is video conferencing, which always works. That's just not possible.
Teleporting? Fine. Warp drive? No problem. Holodeck? Easy. Video conferencing: no way.
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New blog post: https://www.harihareswara.net/sumana/2019/06/12/1 "Hey, You Left Something Out"
On the reply/comment pattern that goes (playfully or dismissively): "you did not mention the thing that I think should be mentioned. Therefore, something is wrong." What it's aiming at & what it misses.
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Piracy is Ethically Acceptable To Many Harvard Lawyers https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-is-ethically-acceptable-for-many-harvard-lawyers-research-finds-190607/
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if any Boston-area #floss #freesoftware #opensource folks are thinking of going to Grendel's for the weekly get-together tonight https://libreplanet.org/2019/fun/ , look for https://jasonaowen.net/ and say hi? He's visiting
https://worldginday.com -- but I kinda feel like every day is World Gin Day in my life.
@rhonda Ich lerne Deutsch. Vielen Dank für das Wort „Plumpsklo” :)
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More than 50 police departments have partnered with Ring to create a resident-powered surveillance dragnet. That's 50 cities too many. https://www.cnet.com/features/amazons-helping-police-build-a-surveillance-network-with-ring-doorbells/
@xor I read "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom" last week(?) in the NYT, thought it was good but wasn't sure enough to read the collection. Worth it?
@cwebber I suggest you wait till right before your next trip to change filesystems.
I also still post from GNU social for FSF things at https://status.fsf.org/johns
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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
