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
"I agree to the UPS Technology Agreement and confirm I've been given enough time to read it and understand that it contains important terms about my use of UPS Technologies, like limiting UPS's liability and my agreement on how disputes between UPS and me will be handled."
you're hanging your hat on "confirm I've been given enough time to read it"?
Headline should read: Microsoft rebrands its ^.*$ as "Copilot"
https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-rebrands-its-ai-powered-bing-chat-as-copilot-160027250.html
who was the first person to ever say "who's a good puppy?" and do you think they know what they did?
Yes I am a curmudgeon about it, but I am also genuinely curious when it became the default in so many MUAs to keep the original message's attachments in any reply. Who started that?
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What is the state of the war for clean indoor air? How can I find out how safe I will be in a particular location? Is there an accepted way of measuring indoor air quality/filtration/ventilation that is simple enough that every building, even every room, could be annotated with a score eg in OpenSteetMap?
36 Chambers is 30 years old.
'Consider the sentence "The rabbit is ready to eat."'' (Ted Chiang)
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How is firmware like tofu? If you are at SeaGL today, come to my talk at 13:50 in Room 2 and find out! I will be presenting Free Software Policy with Semi-Firm Firmware.
If you aren't here in person, you can view a livestream of the talk at https://seagl.org. Look for the Attend Remotely or Watch Live links.
https://osem.seagl.org/conferences/seagl2023/program/proposals/963
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Frequency with which something somewhat significant is wrong with your delivery food order:
Frequency with which something somewhat significant is wrong with your delivery food order:
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Very curious why my coffee cup name this afternoon was "USA" (wearing some blue, but no red or white..)
a real congressperson from #NorthCarolina, unlike:
Sly Single
Foxy Fiver
Devious Dime
Cunning Quarter
Perfidious Penny
Tricky Tenner
Is it really already time again for Wiley Nickel ads
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Our Executive Director @baconandcoconut keynotes @SeaGL tomorrow morning, a free and friendly #FOSS conference in Seattle. Swing by if you're in the area! #SeaGL https://seagl.org/news/2023/10/31/Keynotes.html
@LWN is hiring: https://lwn.net/Articles/949461/ -- we'd all benefit from someone excellent in this position -- spread the word.
Happy National #Vegan Day!
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
