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
One of my greatest frustrations with contemporary computing is SCROLLING.
Why is this worse than it used to be, and why does it keep getting worse?
ohio.gov "blocking" VPN IPs by just returning 404. For a hot second I thought the state had gone missing. But no, just awesome digital government.
This doesn't seem good: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article278145272.html
(Bacardi added by Ukraine to war sponsor list)
Bacardi owns many brands, including favorites like Angel's Envy.
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Debian Linux founder Ian Murdock would have been amazed at its legacy https://zdnet.com/article/debian-linux-founder-ian-murdock-would-have-been-amazed-at-its-legacy/ by @sjvn
I talked with Debian fathers, Bruce Perens and Bdale Garbee about Debian #Linux's early days.
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The #ScienceFiction and #Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) Adds #Poetry and #Translation As Qualifying Works for Membership
The overwhelmingly positive results (90% yes for poetry; 83% yes for translated works) affirm that SFWA members are eager to welcome poets and translators into the organization.
https://www.sfwa.org/2023/08/21/sfwa-poetry-translation-qualifying-works-membership/
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Somebody at Google thought they’re being funny. I don’t think this is funny. It’s wrong. The exact opposite should be true. Whatever remains must *not* be an empty page.
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if I can’t have an Amtrak station in the town I live, I should be allowed to have one of those hand pumped rail carts to ride to the next town over on the line
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This Android tablet asks for your password in order to turn it off. But if you just keep holding down the power button, it turns off. Eh?
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10 years since the last Groklaw post https://social.gibiris.org/display/bad25f96-2064-e347-f745-2f1300704732
"re:Mix" -- best product name ever for what it is ("open source" repairable blender).
https://www.wired.com/story/open-source-your-blender-to-fight-electronic-waste/
I guess when you make yogurt in it, that's re:Mix culture.
Lovely hike this morning with Nessie, assisted by #PinePhone GPS and PureMaps. (Photos not with Pine though.) #dogsofmastodon
"When Netflix shipped DVDs to customers, there were about 100,000 to choose from. Streaming...has reduced that to about 6,600 US titles." -- NYT 2023-08-13
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Happy 30th to the Debian project! 🥳
We're celebrating with a special episode featuring DPL @highvoltage!
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The Monterey Bay Aquarium have announced their departure from Twitter with this.
Proud today to be a #Debian Developer, even just as a minor contributor on the keyring team. I don't agree with every decision the project makes, but I agree with participating in a project that makes democratic decisions toward the goal of user freedom and by the way is technically excellent. I believe it has made and will continue to make the world a better place, and that there will be many internal and external challenges along the way.
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If you are using Zapier be aware they are using your analytics, configuration and task data to train their #AI model.
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Any day I can stop someone from using “your Mom” or “your grandma” as an example of a technically unsophisticated user is a good day.
Maybe this is just a "I didn't know it so therefore it's dumb" thing, but the 1D vs 2D barcode terminology seems pretty not intuitive or accurate. (Currently shopping for barcode scanners.)
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
