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
Today, remembering writing this: https://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2010/fall/lending-a-solved-problem
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US Congress is like "We're gonna ban a website to prove that we're not like China".
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NASA is currently looking for a project scientist for the Transform to Open Science Project Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center.
Come join our team and advocate for Open Science in Space and Earth Sciences!
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If you have been suffering from mysterious crashes in apps on the #PinePhone, sometimes with *Apps fail with 'DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB failed: Cannot allocate memory* in the logs, cheer up.
Despite the Debian freeze, an updated mesa library made it into bookworm that fixes the crash.
I drove away from the trailhead leaving my backpack containing wallet and almost full notebook sitting on the ground. Didn't realize it till I got home.
Many, many thanks to the kind soul that found it and hung it up on a fencepost for me to find upon going back, everything still there.
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Hey folks! Does anyone have recommendations for self-hosted mailing-list management software that are alternatives to #Mailman? I just had to shut down signups to my lists because of DDoS attacks to the form (someone is attempting to sign up 1-2m users to the list/day).
I need a #FLOSS, self-hosted solution - absolutely no proprietary software, and no services hosted elsewhere!
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Next week I'll be at #CERN to give a lecture on « #OpenScience Best Practices for Source Code Preservation » https://indico.cern.ch/event/1232613/ cc: @swheritage
Check out also the other 4 lectures in the series, delivered by friends and colleagues, as there is some great stuff in there!
@spot It's like the saying goes -- "timing, location, venue" -- pick 2.
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@paul No sweat, German to the rescue:
Spaßbremse = person who stands in the way of other people wanting to have some fun while doing stuff.
Betriebsbremse = person whose behaviour undermines the efficiency of an organisation.
Stinkstiefel = person who combines the first two traits.
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This is why, against my better judgment, I still read Hacker News.
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Have a presentation you are itching to give?
#TIL #LWN apparently keeps a list of upcoming deadlines!
https://lwn.net/Calendar/Monthly/cfp/
And if you are looking to attend events:
If you are attending in-person events, please take responsible health precautions!
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Interesting funding opportunity for FOSS projects supporting digital base technologies and infrastructure:
https://sovereigntechfund.de/en/applications/
> We invest in projects that benefit and strengthen the open source ecosystem. Examples include libraries for programming languages, package managers, open implementations of communication protocols, administration tools for developers, digital encryption technologies, and more.
Minimum project cost 150k EUR, currently funding curl, OpenSSH, WireGuard...
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Have to choose, what should be self-hosted first? With timeframe for second indeterminate.
Are these available in the US? https://www.quorn.co.uk/products/quorn-uniquorns-vegan-unicorn-nuggets
Also props to Quorn for having their own products on their own site 3 out of 5 stars.
Hot dogs are sandwiches and peanut butter is a liquid.
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/22/1165249949/tsa-rules-peanut-butter-is-not-a-solid-its-a-liquid
@Greg A fair point for sure.
I agree with https://www.penboutique.com/blogs/blog/fun-with-water-resistant-inks that Sailor Sou-boku is a really nice pigmented and water-resistant ink. I've been using it daily for a couple of months now.
I switched to it for writing in my planner so that 1) I can use highlighters over entries without smearing, and 2) when my < 1 yro puppy licks my todo list, it doesn't smear/vanish.
Can confirm it passes both tests.
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
