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
Mysterious NYT correction: "A picture caption with an article...misidentified the brand of office chair that Brandi Susewitz was examining on her visit to Sitecore's office. It was not a Herman Miller Aeron chair."
so what chair was it???
Ashbery vowel sounds:
"withers wrung, stalls swept, a stray colt consoled, mud / drained, dried, blown off into the sun."
("The History of Photography")
Dry time with Kakimori pigmented ink on Regalia paper is unfortunately untenable. Two great things that don't go great together. #fountainpens
Wordle but you track how many consecutive days you've plugged in a USB-A cable the right way up in 1 guess vs how many days it took 3
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Has anyone managed to run Guix System on pinephone? Share your experience.
Please boost! 🙂
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People often talk about their software "stack" when really they mean their software "house of cards".
@tahnu Actually looks like I was wrong about the example this morning -- it *was* just gmail rejecting my upstream SMTP server. But I have had issues with them looking into the prior headers in the past.
I guess I need to get serious about finding a solution to this problem of my mail to gmail users being rejected because of my laptop VPN IP -- even though the mail is actually delivered by an upstream SMTP server that gmail has no issue with.
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@mlinksva @Greg I'm not actually totally sure having never bought a pair that required it, and the requirements seem only sketchily documented because everyone assumes you'd just be okay with an app. But I know when I was looking last year I saw things like needing the app to turn noise reduction on/off and to change sound profiles. Maybe also to only use one ear at a time (something I do frequently, see above about ambient sound). I don't think it's an issue in the < $50 range.
@Greg Be careful -- a significant number of bluetooth headphones/earbuds now require proprietary apps in order to do pretty basic things. I wouldn't exactly "recommend" PineBuds, but they work and have the promise of flashable firmware. Definitely plenty loud :) As a person who fundamentally doesn't like not being able to hear ambient sound, I also really like bone induction options.
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It's #tax season, so #TurboTax is once again advertising just about everywhere.
Remember:
• TurboTax spent decades fighting to stop Americans from filing taxes for free:
https://www.propublica.org/series/the-turbotax-trap?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
• There are ways to file for free without TurboTax:
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-file-taxes-for-free-without-turbotax?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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I got laid off yesterday. We'll be ok, but it still sucks. Tough time to be on the market.
I'm giving myself space this week, but applied to a role yesterday 🤞🏻
Looking for roles in open source as a senior IC, management in a larger org, or nonprofit leadership. I'm most known for partnerships, community building, nonprofit operations, and program management, and I hold my own in compliance and media relations. 
Resume etc: https://joshsimmons.com
@n8 Maybe you need to specify walking *forwards* downhill. It is showing you walking backwards downhill, as one does.
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Seeking your input: What is CC’s to do around generative #AI to support #BetterSharing — sharing that is contextual, inclusive, just, equitable, reciprocal, and sustainable? https://creativecommons.org/2023/03/07/cc-community-input-better-sharing-for-generative-ai/
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"#NASA’s need for high-quality scientific software has led it to #OpenSource developers, and now to an ambitious new program based on the larger principles of #OpenScience."
https://thenewstack.io/nasas-thirst-for-open-source-software-and-for-open-science/
Excellent profile of a committed agency.
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RT @AntonioCasilli
Top cited AI articles since 2020 were all written by Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet-aligned researchers. Only exceptions: 2 articles by prestigious academic institutions… and the one on stochastic parrots by Timnit Gebru et al. (That really backfired on Google)https://www.zeta-alpha.com/post/must-read-the-100-most-cited-ai-papers-in-2022
@steve Blue Cross Blue Shield just did something very similar -- sending out an email not from their domain, pointing to a 3rd-party survey site to enter personal census info about employers' health plan usage. How does this stuff get through? I don't think theirs even had the perfunctory effort of including a zip code.
Automated message from W3C: "Subject: Planning to close Restricted Media Community Group due to inactivity unless we hear from you"
Those...were the days?
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
