Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa
Joined May 2019
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I highly recommend anyone getting started with GTK/GNOME app development starts with GTK4 at this point. GTK4 performs better, makes it easier to make custom widgets, and simplifies a lot of things that were more complex before.
If you start with GTK4, you also won't need to worry about porting later :)
If you start with GTK4, you also won't need to worry about porting later :)
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Julia Reda fordert einen Europäischen Open Technology Fund: "Wir müssen viele verschiedene, langfristig angelegte Förderstrukturen für #OpenSource-Technologien aufbauen, für sichere und ungefilterte Kommunikation."
Es ist "von enormer Wichtigkeit #FreieSoftware Komponenten über lange Zeiträume instand zu halten, stetig zu verbessern und laufend auf Schwachstellen zu überprüfen."
"Und die Ausgestaltung des Programms muss in den Händen der Zivilgesellschaft liegen."
This isn't a criticism of the free, open source, software model; it's a cynical look towards software hiring. It used to be that education or experience was enough, now you need demonstration of knowledge. Does any other discipline require that? Do employers look for contribution to open source hardware projects before hiring electrical engineers?
There's something very wrong with the state of the art in software development today. Proliferation of languages/libraries is one of the causes.
Sometimes I wonder if having an online resume of unpaid contributions to open source project is just a measure of how willing you are to do unpaid work. At every company I have worked at, there is an expectation of unpaid overtime built into project schedules. Most entry-level employees come in trusting the company line and believe the schedule actually matters. Hint: if the company can't produce hard data to back the schedule date, it's a lie.
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Not having the "right" buzzwords on your resume keeps you from working for idiots.
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Former Fed Chair Says US Could Adopt an Annual Carbon Dividend Under Biden Administration https://basicincometoday.com/former-fed-chair-says-us-could-adopt-an-annual-carbon-dividend-under-biden-administration/
EU-wide survey: 71% of Europeans now believe the state should provide all citizens a basic income https://basicincometoday.com/eu-wide-survey-71-of-europeans-now-believe-the-state-should-provide-all-citizens-a-basic-income/
Corporate feminism gives us vagina candles and empowerment hotels. But all I want is equal rights | Arwa Mahdawi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/13/corporate-feminism-gives-us-vagina-candles-and-empowerment-hotels-but-all-i-want-is-equal
The Arctic is in a death spiral. How much longer will it exist?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2020/oct/13/arctic-ice-melting-climate-change-global-warming
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This is very auspicious! Let's hope this is the start of a movement in education! https://www.rit.edu/news/rit-creates-openrit-university-wide-initiative-all-things-open (thanks for pointing this out @mackiwg ! )
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Protesters advocating for indigenous rights are increasingly getting hit with bogus lawsuits. We need state and federal anti-SLAPP laws. https://protecttheprotest.org/2019/03/04/the-dakota-access-pipeline-company-is-abusing-the-judicial-system-to-silence-dissent/
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Back in 1913, the mine workers #union was not f-ing around!
(via birdsite: https://twitter.com/postlexical/status/1315044312225181696)
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One of the most useful leftist neologism is the "precariat" (precarious workers in low-paid and gig industries)--Ive seen statistics as high as 60% of new jobs created after 2008 were in the gig economy.
It's useful because these are *the* workers we should be organizing--these jobs are immovable (can't be outsourced) and, as service industry jobs, compose the majority of jobs; this is where we build a mass movement, not in the major unions (other than some of the more radical ones like ILWU).
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Colonization and Decolonization - A Manual for Indigenous Liberation in the 21st Century
is one of the best resources I've found to learn and understand colonization and decolonization. It's a comic by Gord Hill. With his permission, I converted the PDF of it to the web, for those who prefer to read that way.
https://www.clayton.computer/colonization-and-de-colonization-by-zig-zag/
Want some eco-friendly tips? A new study says no, you don’t. https://grist.org/climate/want-some-eco-friendly-tips-a-new-study-says-no-you-dont/
Acknowledging Indigenous land is the first step in taking better care of it https://grist.org/fix/acknowledging-indigenous-land-is-the-first-step-in-taking-better-care-of-it/
Internal mythologies in all organizations need to be challenged periodically. "We do it this way, because it works!" is not a scientific analysis.
Older employees are a quality asset, and newer employees are an innovation asset. (Older and newer is a mix of both time at the company and age.)
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa
Joined May 2019
