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"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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Think of all the local councils in the world, imagine if they all used something like LibreOffice. Some of their IT budget (i.e. public money) would go on using and improving libre software. Maybe they could work with local tech coops to work on the codebase. Money gets invested locally, code improvements can be used globally.
That amount of distributed labour, the libre offerings would easily surpass the proprietary offerings.
Sex Work Prosecution Changes in New York Are a Welcome Step — but Not Enough https://theintercept.com/2021/04/24/manhattan-prostitution-prosecution-sex-work/
Some Right-Wing Troops Find Themselves Targeted by Their Own War Machine https://theintercept.com/2021/04/25/capitol-riot-militant-right-counterterrorism/
@dynamic I never said religious people are the only ones lacking in reason. They just have obvious limits on reason, even if they try to stretch and reshape those limits. However, "religious" isn't confined to recognized, organized religions. e.g., Ayn Rand's followers
I can't imagine being simple minded enough to be religious. How can you not question everything all of the time? How can you submit so easily to authority? Religious people seem incapable of reason, and therefore are hard to trust.
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Congress is considering adopting language that would keep encryption safe. Let’s tell them to get this done! https://act.eff.org/action/speak-up-for-strong-encryption-rules-in-congress
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"Why Lichess will always be free"
This is our unbreakable promise to you, our users:
- Lichess will never have ads
- Lichess will never sell our user’s data
- Lichess will always be 100% free of charge
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https://lichess.org/blog/YF-ZORQAACAA89PI/why-lichess-will-always-be-free.
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Bad idea. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200 dollars.
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Announcing XMPP<=>ActivityPub gateway project doubled with XMPP Pubsub end-to-end encryption supported by NLnet/NGI Zero (thanks again @NGIZero !)
https://www.goffi.org/b/activitypub-gateway-and-pubsub-e2ee-QGqK
Something I learned at this latest company: The number of compile-time asserts in your code is directly proportional to the number of errors in the design of the code.
(Colleague at this job uses compile-time assert as a way to ensure changes in one area of code produce changes in another area of code; this implies a high level of coupling and low cohesion. i.e., a lot of globals and duplication.)
If you buy a Microsoft Surface to install Linux on it, you are doing more to support the coffers of an unrepentant monopolist than to promote Linux. #microsoftsucks
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EFF opposes digital proof of COVID vaccination as a condition of going about our daily lives. They’re not “vaccine passports” to speed our way back to normal. They’re “vaccine bouncers” that will scrutinize us at doorways and unfairly turn many of us away. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/04/no-digital-vaccine-bouncers
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15,000 call on FTC to protect the Right to Repair.
If you own it, you should be able to repair it. https://uspirg.org/news/usp/more-15000-call-ftc-action-right-repair
Just 3 Democrats Stand in the Way of the PRO Act Coming to the Senate Floor for a Vote https://inthesetimes.com/article/democrats-pro-act-labor-kelly-sinema-warner-dsa-unions
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@lwriemen @LeoSammallahti
Yup. First priority should be making sure everyone has adequate housing, and doesn't have to struggle to maintain it. Then we can worry about what price, if any, should be charged, and to whom.
@GuerillaOntologist @LeoSammallahti Hate the term, market rate, because it fails to account for need. If we think in terms of gentrification, market rate is what drives out the people least able to afford to move.
@zacchiro Just to clarify, the n-th example of experimentation on FOSS developers?
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Greetings, everyone! 🌱
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#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
