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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@stephaniewalter This is a great idea! I wonder though about the tax implications. Would the receiving organization have to pay taxes on the gift they received from you? Any experience with that?
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@purism While fixing #convergence related issues in #phosh, #phoc and the kernel for the #librem5 I wanted things to be more automatic. So #phosh can now enable a 'docked' mode on screen plug: windows become moveable automatically (and get their close button back), #squeekboard gets disabled and there's a quick setting that lets you toggle that too:
Question for all those who normally work in an office job away from home, but also do work from home on the side: with COVID-19 making you do your office job at home, do you find it harder to work on the side job?
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Introducing: Fund Your App
Vote for the mobile phone apps you desire to see working on the #librem5 phone!
https://puri.sm/fund-your-app/
"Fund Your App is a great way to show how far we have come with the Librem 5 and PureOS, it also allows people to vote on what is our app development priority."
@Phaserune I agree fully. My FOSS developer philosophy is: If you want something done under your time constraints, then pay me, otherwise it'll get done under my time constraints. GOOD software meets functional requirements, ease of use requirements, and ease of maintenance requirements. This takes time.
The "many eyes" fallacy is continuously getting worse with the additions of new languages and libraries.
Providing 500 each to 50 homeless people resulted in a savings of 100 per person according to new unconditional cash grant experiment https://basicincometoday.com/providing-7500-each-to-50-homeless-people-resulted-in-a-savings-of-8100-per-person-according-to-new-unconditional-cash-grant-experiment/
@dallin @purism Yes! I'm right there. Unfortunately the job part is hampered by my lack of an online open source resume. i.e., contributions to open source projects that "matter"( i.e., use same technologies for same purpose (3GL programming for debian (etal), gtk(etal), popular Linux tools, etc.)) Developing such a resume requires time aside from my day job, side job, and family time requirements. (And of course sleep and recreation.)
Fed Lending Saved Corporate America. It Could Do the Same for Cities and States. https://theintercept.com/2020/10/08/city-state-budget-crisis-fed-coronavirus/
World’s garment workers face ruin as fashion brands refuse to pay 6bn https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/oct/08/worlds-garment-workers-face-ruin-as-fashion-brands-refuse-to-pay-16bn
UN accused over failure to investigate 'war on drugs' killings in the Philippines https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/oct/08/un-accused-over-failure-to-investigate-war-on-drugs-killings-in-the-philippines-duterte
Europe's migration 'crisis' isn't about numbers. It's about prejudice https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/08/europe-migration-crisis-prejudice-eu-refugee-orban-christian
@schestowitz Yes, #microsoft should be included, but there is a bigger issue; this investigation should lead to preventative public safety measures, but will (if it even goes to trial) probably just lead to specific remedies against the individual companies (ala AT&T, IBM, and Microsoft).
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● NEWS ● #ITWire ☞ US report says big four tech firms need to be reined in https://www.itwire.com/technology-regulation/us-report-says-big-four-tech-firms-need-to-be-reined-in.html unacceptable that #microsoft is left out http://techrights.org/2020/08/01/microsoft-loves-trump/
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Courts have been forcing people to defend themselves from eviction on proprietary videoconferencing platforms. We should not accept opaque, proprietary software as infrastructure for our democracy. Read more: https://u.fsf.org/35n
A Bunch of Union Organizers Explain What's Wrong with Unions - We asked the real experts about the gap between public enthusiasm for unions and the lack of actual union members. https://inthesetimes.com/article/union-density-workers-organizing-staff-experts-public-enthusiasm
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The Compost Co-op 
in Greenfield MA was started by formerly incarcerated people to provide living wage jobs for returning citizens. With a successful worker co-op under their belt, they're now looking to purchase an apartment building to provide safe, affordable housing for their members. If you can spare a few bucks, help these amazing comrades make their down payment:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/affordable-housing-and-coop-sustainability
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US #Cooperative Resource Ecosystem Map from Univ. Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives
https://uwcc.wisc.edu/research/national-cooperative-resource-ecosystem/
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Some wonderful news:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/07/golden-dawn-leader-and-ex-mps-found-guilty-in-landmark-trial
tl;dr Greek Nazis are headed to jail. 👍
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#GoldenDawn:
"This is just a geometric symbol."
Greek courts:
"Well, if it is so, then that over there is just a piece of rugged architecture.
And it just so happens that if you use that particular geometric symbol, you end up on the inside of that particular piece of rugged architecture. 🤷♀️"
5 Southern Mayors Propose to Fight Poverty by Guaranteeing Income https://basicincometoday.com/5-southern-mayors-propose-to-fight-poverty-by-guaranteeing-income/
#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
